Drogheda (UK Parliament constituency)

Drogheda was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland

Ireland

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, which returned one Member of Parliament

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(MP) to the House of Commons

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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union

Act of Union 1800

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of Great Britain

Great Britain

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and Ireland

Ireland

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took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the Drogheda constituency

Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Drogheda was represented with two members.-Members of Parliament, 1264–1801:*1661: Moyses Hill...

in the Parliament of Ireland

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Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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of Drogheda

Drogheda

Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea....

in County Louth

County Louth

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Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801, January 1 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...	Edward Hardman		1801: Co-opted
	1806, November 14 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Henry Meade Ogle	Tory
	1807, November 14 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Hon. Thomas Foster Thomas Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard Thomas Henry Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard , styled The Honourable from 1790 until 1821, was an Irish peer and politician-Background:...	Whig
	1812, October 21 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Henry Meade Ogle	Tory
	1820, March 28 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....	Henry Metcalfe	Tory	Died
	1822, March 9	William Meade Smyth	Tory
	1826, June 17 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....	Peter Van Homrigh
	1830, August 13 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...	John Henry North	Tory	Died
	1831, October 20	Thomas Wallace Thomas Wallace (Irish MP) Thomas Wallace was an Irish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a Member of Parliament for Yarmouth from 1827 to 1830, from 1831 to 1835 for Drogheda and then for County Carlow....	Whig
	1832, December 15 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Andrew Carew O'Dwyer	Repeal Association Repeal Association The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland....	Re-elected as the candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
	1835, January 12 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...		Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Unseated on petition. New writ issued.
	1835, April 24			Unseated on petition
	1835, June 21	Hon. Randal Edward Plunkett	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Declared elected on petition
	1837, August 3 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....	Rt Hon. Sir William Somerville, Bt William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney William Meredyth Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney PC , known as Sir William Somerville, Bt, between 1831 and 1863, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1852, July 13 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	James McCann	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Became a member of the Independent Irish Party
	1852		Independent Irish Independent Irish Party The Independent Irish Party was an Irish political party founded in July 1852 by 40 Liberal Irish MPs who had been elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes mentioned as the Irish Independent Opposition Party, and colloquially known as the...	Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
	1857, April 4 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1865, July 17 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	Benjamin Whitworth Benjamin Whitworth Benjamin Whitworth was an Irish politician, who represented constituencies in Ireland at the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster, London....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Unseated on petition. New writ issued.
	1869, March 15	Thomas Whitworth	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1874, February 5 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Dr William Hagarty O'Leary	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...	Died
	1880, March 2	Benjamin Whitworth Benjamin Whitworth Benjamin Whitworth was an Irish politician, who represented constituencies in Ireland at the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster, London....	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...	Last MP for the constituency
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...		Constituency abolished

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