Enniskillen (UK Parliament constituency)

Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland (now in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom), 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.

Enniskillen
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by	North Fermanagh

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801, January 1	Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton	Tory	1801: Co-opted
	1802, July 31	Rt Hon. John Beresford	Tory	Also returned by and elected to sit for County Waterford
	1802, December 24	William Burroughs	Tory	Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal
	1806, March 14	John King	Tory	Resigned
	1806, July 3	William Fremantle	Tory
	1806, November 20	Nathaniel Sneyd	Tory	Also returned by and elected to sit for Cavan
	1807, January 14	Richard Henry Alexander Bennet	Tory
	1807, May 14	Charles Pochin	Tory
	1812, October 26	Richard Magenis	Tory[1]	Resigned
	1828, February 11	Hon. Arthur Henry Cole	Tory[2]	Re-elected as a Conservative candidate
	1834, December		Conservative[2]	Resigned
	1844, June 18	Hon. Henry Cole	Conservative	Resigned
	1851, April 12	James Whiteside	Conservative	Resigned to contest Dublin University
	1859, February 21	Hon. John Lowry Cole	Conservative
	1868, November 18	Viscount Crichton	Conservative
	1880, April 2	Viscount Cole	Conservative	Last MP for the constituency
1885		Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Enniskillen[3][2][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Arthur Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			15
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Enniskillen[3][2][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Arthur Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			15
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Enniskillen[3][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Arthur Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			212
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Enniskillen[3][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			228
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Enniskillen[3][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			296
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Enniskillen[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			181
	Conservative hold

Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 June 1844: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			273
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 April 1851: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Whiteside	85	55.6	N/A
	Conservative	John Collum	68	44.4	N/A
Majority			17	11.2	N/A
Turnout			153	89.0	N/A
Registered electors			172
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Whiteside was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1852: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Whiteside	81	52.9	N/A
	Conservative	John Collum	72	47.1	N/A
Majority			9	5.8	N/A
Turnout			153	89.0	N/A
Registered electors			172
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1852: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Whiteside	Unopposed
Registered electors			172
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Whiteside	Unopposed
Registered electors			221
	Conservative hold

Whiteside was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1858: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Whiteside	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

In order to contest the 1859 by-election at Dublin University, Whiteside resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 February 1859: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lowry Cole	107	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	John Collum	71	33.5	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Dane	34	16.0	N/A
Majority			36	17.0	N/A
Turnout			212	90.6	N/A
Registered electors			234
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lowry Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			234
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lowry Cole	117	51.5	N/A
	Liberal	John Collum	107	47.1	New
	Conservative	Arthur Lowry Cole	3	1.3	N/A
Majority			10	4.4	N/A
Turnout			227	86.0	N/A
Registered electors			264
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1868: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Crichton	171	54.1	+2.6
	Liberal	John Collum	141	44.6	−0.5
	Conservative	Charles Frederick Crichton	3	0.9	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Lowry Cole	1	0.3	−1.0
Majority			30	9.5	+5.1
Turnout			316	92.7	+6.7
Registered electors			341
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Crichton	192	52.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Lucius John Collum	172	47.3	+2.7
Majority			20	5.4	−4.1
Turnout			364	92.6	−0.1
Registered electors			393
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

Crichton was appointed a lord of the Treasury, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 Feb 1876: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Crichton	Unopposed
Registered electors			385
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Enniskillen[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lowry Cole	198	52.7	0.0
	Liberal	William Collum	178	47.3	0.0
Majority			20	5.4	0.0
Turnout			376	90.4	−2.2
Registered electors			416
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

References

1. Farrell, Stephen. "MAGENIS, Richard (c.1763-1831), of Chanter Hill, nr. Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 227. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.
3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
4. Farrell, Stephen. "Enniskillen". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
5. Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.

• 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)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)