SLIGO BOROUGH (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Sligo Borough' is a former borough constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January, 1801, and returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system of election.
There were problems with the 20 November, 1868 election in the Borough. A petition was presented by the losing candidate, alleging corruption. As a result the election was declared void. Parliament then passed the Sligo and Cashel Disenfranchisement Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c.38). On 1 August, 1870 'Sligo Borough' lost the right to elect its own MP. The area was transferred to form part of the Sligo County constituency.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

References

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Sligo in County Sligo.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1801	Owen Wynne
	16 Jul 1806	George Canning
	5 Apr 1813	Joshua Spencer
	27 Mar 1815	Sir Brent Spencer
	Jun 1818	John Bent
	21 Mar 1820	Owen Wynne
	Aug 1830	John Arthur Wynne
	Dec 1832	John Martin
	Aug 1837	John Patrick Somers
	11 Apr 1848	Charles Towneley
	15 Jul 1848	John Patrick Somers
	Jul 1852	Charles Towneley
	8 Jul 1853	John Sadleir
	8 Mar 1856	John Arthur Wynne
	Apr 1857	John Patrick Somers
	31 Jul 1857	John Arthur Wynne
	9 Aug 1860	Francis Macdonogh
	Jul 1865	Richard Armstrong
	Nov 1868	Lawrence Edward Knox
1870		''constituency disenfranchised''

Elections

References

★ ''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

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

★ ''British Electoral Facts 1832-1987'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 5th edition, 1989)

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