South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

South Sligo
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Sligo County

South Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Sligo, in particular the baronies of Coolavin, Corran and Tirerrill, and part of the Barony of Leyny.

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1885	Thomas Sexton	Nationalist
1887	Edward Joseph Kennedy	Nationalist
1888	Edmund Leamy	Nationalist
1892	Thomas Curran	Anti-Parnellite
1900	John O'Dowd	Nationalist
1918	Alexander McCabe	Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election 3 December 1885: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Sexton	5,151	90.5	N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Perceval	541	9.5	N/A
Majority			4,610	81.0	N/A
Turnout			7,693	74.0	N/A
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 3 July 1886: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Sexton	unopposed
Turnout			7,693
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 7 February 1887: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Joseph Kennedy	unopposed
Turnout			8,209
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 6 July 1888: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Edmund Leamy	unopposed
Turnout			8,447
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 11 July 1892: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Thomas Curran	4,300	88.7	N/A
	Conservative	Col. John ffolliott	548	11.3	N/A
Majority			3,752	77.4	N/A
Turnout			8,055	60.2	N/A
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Thomas Curran	3,717	87.7	N/A
	Conservative	Col. James Campbell	522	12.3	N/A
Majority			3,195	75.4	N/A
Turnout			7,203	58.9	N/A
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 2 October 1900: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Dowd	unopposed
Turnout			7,670
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 17 January 1906: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Dowd	unopposed
Turnout			7,273
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1910: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Dowd	unopposed
Turnout			7,096
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 8 December 1910: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Dowd	unopposed
Turnout			7,096
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Sligo South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Sinn Féin	Alexander McCabe	9,113	82.1
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Dowd	1,988	17.9
Majority			7,125	64.2	N/A
Turnout			18,003	61.7
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

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 "S" (part 3)