North Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

North Longford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Longford
Created from	Longford

North Longford was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Longford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Justin McCarthy	Irish Parliamentary
	1887	Timothy Michael Healy	Irish Parliamentary
	1891		Irish National Federation
	1892	Justin McCarthy	Irish National Federation
	1900	James Patrick Farrell	Irish Parliamentary
1918		Constituency abolished: see Longford

Elections

General Election 2 December 1885: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Justin McCarthy	2549	94.0
	Conservative	James Mackay Wilson	163	6.0
Majority			2386	88.0
Turnout			3714	73.0
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 8 July 1886: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Justin McCarthy	unopposed
Turnout			3714
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 5 February 1887: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Timothy Michael Healy	unopposed
Turnout			4375
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 15 July 1892: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Justin McCarthy	2741	93.1
	Irish Unionist	James Mackay Wilson	203	6.9
Majority			2538	86.2
Turnout			4589	64.2
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 16 July 1895: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Justin McCarthy	unopposed
Turnout			4442
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 5 October 1900: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Patrick Farrell	unopposed
Turnout			4395
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 16 January 1906: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Patrick Farrell	unopposed
Turnout			3669
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1910: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Patrick Farrell	unopposed
Turnout			3632
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 7 December 1910: Longford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Patrick Farrell	unopposed
Turnout			3632
	Irish Nationalist 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 "L" (part 4)