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This is a list of the MPs for Irish constituencies, who were elected at the 1802 United Kingdom general election, to serve as members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.
This was the first United Kingdom general election, as the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of the United was chosen from the members of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland and not by a popular election.
The 2nd United Kingdom Parliament was elected between 5 July and 28 August 1802, as at this period the exact date for the election in each constituency was fixed by the Returning Officer. The Parliament first assembled on 31 August for a maximum duration of seven years from that date. It was dissolved on 24 October 1806 (a length of four years, one month and twenty four days).
Summary of results by party (Ireland only) The names of and votes for candidates at elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.
In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.
At the dissolution of the 1st Parliament, the MPs by party (calculated as above), were Other (unclassified) 50, Tory 34, Whig 16: Total 100.
Party Candidates Unopposed Votes % Seatselection SeatsdissolutionTory 45 37 5,703 37.03 43 43Whig 33 21 6,274 40.73 28 31Other 35 25 3,425 22.24 29 26Total 113 83 15,402 100.0 100 100
Note: Two Tory candidates contested and won two constituencies. Each candidacy is counted separately in the table.
General election results by constituency
ConstituencyVotesToryVotesWhigVotesotherResult County Antrim2 members Unopp. – – – T gain from O 1 Unopp. – – – T gain from O Armagh Unopp. – – – T hold 1 County Armagh2 members Unopp. – – – T gain from O 1 – Unopp. – – W gain from O Athlone – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Bandon – Unopp. – – W hold 1 Belfast Unopp. – – – T hold 1 Carlow Unopp. – – – T hold 1 County Carlow2 members – 524 437 – W gain from O – 479 426 – W gain from O Carrickfergus 381 270 – – T gain from O Cashel – Unopp. – – W gain from O County Cavan2 members – Unopp. – – W hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold 1 County Clare2 members – – 880 – O hold 1 – – 535 499 O hold Clonmel Unopp. – – – T hold 1 Coleraine Unopp. – – – T hold 1 Cork2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 – Unopp. – – W hold 1 County Cork2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 County Donegal2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold County Down2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Downpatrick – – 96 87 O hold Drogheda – – 213 208 O hold 1 Dublin2 members 1,965 642 – – T hold 1 1,281 1,673 – – W gain from T County Dublin2 members 708 – – – T hold 1 469 263 – – T hold 1 Dublin University 39 29 – – T hold 1 Dundalk Unopp. – – – T hold Dungannon Unopp. – – – T gain from O Dungarvan – Unopp. – – W hold Ennis Unopp. – – – T hold Enniskillen Unopp. – – – T hold County Fermanagh2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold Galway Borough Unopp. – – – T gain from W County Galway2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 County Kerry2 members – Unopp. – – W hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold 1 County Kildare2 members – Unopp. – – W gain from O – Unopp. – – W hold Kilkenny – Unopp. – – W gain from O County Kilkenny2 members – Unopp. – – W hold 1 – Unopp. – – W hold 1 King's County2 members Unopp. – – – T hold – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Kinsale – – Unopp. – O hold County Leitrim2 members – 779 – – W hold 1 389 668 – – W gain from T Limerick Unopp. – – – T gain from O County Limerick2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold Lisburn Unopp. – – – T hold Londonderry Unopp. – – – T gain from O County Londonderry2 members Unopp – – – T hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold County Longford2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold County Louth2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Mallow – Unopp. – – W gain from O County Mayo2 members Unopp. – – – T gain from O 1 – Unopp. – – W gain from O County Meath2 members – 326 – – W gain from O 1 – 181 44 – W gain from O County Monaghan2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold 1 New Ross – – Unopp. – O hold Newry – Unopp. – – W gain from O Portarlington – – Unopp. – O hold Queen's County2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold County Roscommon2 members – Unopp. – – W hold 1 – Unopp. – – W hold Sligo Unopp. – – – T hold 1 County Sligo2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 – Unopp. – – W hold 1 County Tipperary2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Tralee Unopp. – – – T gain from O County Tyrone2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Waterford 471 440 – – T hold 1 County Waterford2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 – Unopp. – – W hold County Westmeath2 members – – Unopp. – O hold 1 – – Unopp. – O hold 1 Wexford Unopp. – – – T gain from O County Wexford2 members Unopp. – – – T hold 1 Unopp. – – – T hold County Wicklow2 members – Unopp – – W hold 1 – Unopp. – – W hold 1 Youghal Unopp. – – – T hold 1ConstituencyVotesToryVotesWhigVotesotherResult
Note: 1 Incumbent re-elected
Members by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.
The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1806, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.
A member of the 1st Parliament, for the same constituency, is indicated by an * before the MPs name. A member of the 1st Parliament, for a different constituency in Ireland, is indicated by a + before the MPs name.