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Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)
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| County Cavan | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Cavan |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Created from | County Cavan |
| Replaced by | East Cavan and West Cavan |
County Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Cavan.
Members of Parliament
From 1801 to 1885 County Cavan was one constituency with two Members of Parliament who both represented the whole of the county.
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Francis Saunderson | Whig | Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | ||||
| 1802 | ||||||||
| 1806 | John Maxwell-Barry | Tory | ||||||
| 1807 | ||||||||
| 1812 | ||||||||
| 1818 | ||||||||
| 1820 | ||||||||
| 1824 | Henry Maxwell | Tory[1] | ||||||
| 1826 | Alexander Saunderson | Whig[1][2] | ||||||
| 1830 | ||||||||
| 1831 | Sir John Young, Bt. | Tory[1] | ||||||
| 1832 | ||||||||
| 1835 | Conservative[1] | Conservative[1] | ||||||
| 1837 | ||||||||
| 1839 | Somerset Maxwell | Conservative[1] | ||||||
| 1840 | Henry John Clements | Conservative[1] | ||||||
| 1841 | ||||||||
| 1841 | ||||||||
| 1843 | James Maxwell | Conservative | ||||||
| 1847 | Peelite | |||||||
| 1852 | ||||||||
| 1853 | Peelite | |||||||
| 1855 | Robert Burrowes | Conservative | ||||||
| 1857 | Hugh Annesley | Conservative | ||||||
| 1859 | ||||||||
| 1865 | Edward James Saunderson | Palmerstonian Liberal | ||||||
| 1869 | Conservative | |||||||
| 1874 | Charles Joseph Fay | Home Rule League | Joseph Biggar | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Cavan East and Cavan West | |||||||
Election results
Elections in the 1800s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Francis Saunderson | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Francis Saunderson | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Maxwell-Barry | Unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Maxwell-Barry | Unopposed | |||
Elections in the 1810s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Maxwell-Barry | Unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Maxwell-Barry | Unopposed | |||
Elections in the 1820s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Nathaniel Sneyd | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Maxwell-Barry | Unopposed | |||
John Maxwell-Barry succeeded as 5th Baron Farnham, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Henry Maxwell | Unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Henry Maxwell | 2,854 | 30.5 | N/A | |
| Whig | Alexander Saunderson | 2,673 | 28.6 | N/A | |
| Robert Henry Southwell | 1,917 | 20.5 | N/A | ||
| Charles Coote | 1,901 | 20.3 | N/A | ||