East Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

East Clare
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Clare and Ennis

East Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Clare.

General Election 28 November 1885: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Richard Cox	6224	95.6
	Conservative	Hon. Lucius William O’Brien	289	4.4
Majority			5935	91.2
Turnout			10128	64.3
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 12 July 1892: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parnellite Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	3203	53.7
	Irish National Federation	Joseph Richard Cox	2759	46.3
Majority			444	7.4
Turnout			11198	53.2
	Parnellite Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Parnellite Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	3315	50.4	-3.3
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Aloysius McHugh	3258	49.6	+3.3
Majority			57	0.8	-6.6
Turnout			10780	61.0	+7.8
	Parnellite Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 2 October 1900: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			12028
	Irish Nationalist gain from Parnellite Nationalist		Swing

General Election 15 January 1906: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			8585
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 18 January 1910: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			8709
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1910: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			8709
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 10 July 1917: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	5010	71.1
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Lynch, K.C.	2035	28.9
Majority			2975	42.2
Turnout			9130	77.2
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Clare

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Clare–Galway South (1969–77)
Current	Clare (1921–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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