Lisburn was a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Lisburn in County Antrim.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1 January 1801 George Hatton Tory 1801: Co-opted 12 July 1802 Earl of Yarmouth Tory 20 October 1812 Lord Henry Moore Tory 29 June 1818 John Leslie Foster Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Armagh City 22 February 1819 Horace Seymour Tory 16 June 1826 Henry Meynell Tory 18 December 1834 Conservative 5 August 1847 Horace Seymour Peelite Died 23 November 1851 5 January 1852 Sir James Emerson Tennent Conservative Resigned Roger Johnson Smyth Peelite Died 19 September 1853 14 October 1853 Jonathan Joseph Richardson Radical Did not seek re-election 2 April 1857Jonathan Richardson Whig 28 April 1859 Conservative Resigned 23 February 1863 John Dougherty Barbour Liberal Unseated on petition - new writ issued 23 June 1863 Edward Wingfield Verner Conservative Resigned 19 February 1873 Sir Richard Wallace, Bt Conservative Last MP for the constituency1885 Constituency abolished

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Meynell was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s Seymour's death caused a by-election.

Tennent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

Smyth's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.

On petition, Barbour was unseated due to his and his agent's bribery and treating, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s Verner's resigned to contest the 1873 County Armagh by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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)

Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)