North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1923–1961 constituency, see Cork North (Dáil Éireann constituency).

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

North 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 northern part of County Cork.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	James Christopher Flynn	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Anti-Parnellite
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	January 1910	Patrick Guiney	All-for-Ireland League
	1913	John Guiney	All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Patrick O'Keeffe	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

13 January 1910: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Patrick Guiney	2,888
	United Irish League	M.L. Barry	1,798
Majority			1,090
Turnout
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

December 1910: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Patrick Guiney	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing

Guiney died in office and was succeeded by his brother John Guiney at a by-election held on 4 November 1913.

December 1918: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Patrick O'Keeffe	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Sinn Féin hold		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 "C" (part 5)