North East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Cork
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Cork and Mallow

North East Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the north-eastern part of County Cork.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Edmund Leamy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1887	William O’Brien	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Anti-Parnellite
	February 1893	Michael Davitt	Anti-Parnellite
	June 1893	William Abraham	Anti-Parnellite
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	January 1910	William O’Brien	All-for-Ireland League
	March 1910	Maurice Healy	All-for-Ireland League
	December 1910	Moreton Frewen	All-for-Ireland League
	1911	Timothy Michael Healy	All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Thomas Hunter	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 28 November 1885: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Edmund Leamy	unopposed
Turnout			8175
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 7 July 1886: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Edmund Leamy	unopposed
Turnout			8175
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

• Leamy resigns

By-election 16 May 1887: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	William O’Brien	unopposed
Turnout			8812
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 7 July 1892: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	William O’Brien	unopposed
Turnout			8781
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

• O’Brien elects to sit for Cork City

By-election 8 February 1893: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Michael Davitt	unopposed
Turnout			8790
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

• Davitt resigns

By-election 28 June 1893: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	William Abraham	unopposed
Turnout			8790
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 18 July 1895: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	William Abraham	unopposed
Turnout			8356
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 4 October 1900: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	William Abraham	unopposed
Turnout			7393
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 18 January 1906: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	William Abraham	unopposed
Turnout			6497
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 27 January 1910: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	All-for-Ireland	William O’Brien	2984	66.4
	Irish Nationalist	William Abraham	1510	33.6
Majority			1474	32.8
Turnout			6634	67.7
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

• O’Brien elects to sit for Cork City

By-election 2 March 1910: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	All-for-Ireland	Maurice Healy	unopposed
Turnout			6634
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing

General Election 8 December 1910: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	All-for-Ireland	Moreton Frewen	unopposed
Turnout			6634
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing

• Frewen resigns

By-election 15 July 1911: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	All-for-Ireland	Timothy Michael Healy	unopposed
Turnout			6670
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Cork North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Hunter	unopposed
Turnout			18239
	Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland		Swing

1887

Leamy resigned and O'Brien was returned unopposed on 16 May 1887.

1892/3

In the United Kingdom general election, 1892 William O'Brien (Irish Parliamentary Party) was returned for both North East Cork and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat.

Being the only nominated candidate in the by-election, Michael Davitt took the seat unopposed on 8 February 1893. He resigned in May (after being threatened with bankruptcy) and a further by-election was held for which William Abraham was returned unopposed on 28 June.

1910

In the January 1910 general election William O'Brien (All-for-Ireland League) was again returned for both North East Cork and Cork City. As usual, he chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat, which was taken unopposed by Maurice Healy (All-for-Ireland League) on 2 March 1910.

In the December 1910 general election North East Cork was won by Moreton Frewen (All-for-Ireland League) but his senior party colleague Tim Healy lost in North Louth. Frewen resigned so that Healy could stand in his vacated seat, and Healy was returned unopposed in the by-election on 16 July 1911.

References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)