East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922 This article is about 1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and of the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the post-1923 constituency, see Cork East (Dáil constituency).

East Cork
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Cork and Youghal
Replaced by	Cork East and North East

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 County Cork constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cork, consisting of the barony of Imokilly and that part of the barony of Barrymore not contained within the North East Cork constituency.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	William John Lane	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891	William John Lane	Irish National Federation
1892	Anthony Donelan	Irish National Federation
1900	Anthony Donelan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1911 by-election	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918	David Kent	Sinn Féin
1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	William John Lane	4,314	94.2
	Independent	Henry Villiers-Stuart	266	5.8
Majority			4,048	88.4
Turnout			4,580	58.4
Registered electors			6,934
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William John Lane	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

1895 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

December 1910 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	3,173	63.4	*N/A*
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	1,834	36.6	N/A
Majority			1,339	26.8	N/A
Turnout			5,007	79.3	N/A
Registered electors			6,316
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

1911 by-election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Muldoon	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1918 general election: East Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	David Kent	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 337–338, 386. ISBN 0901714127.

Walker, B. M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Cork (????–1800)
Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

County Cork (1801–1885)
Bandon (1801–1885)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–1885)
Mallow (1801–1885)
Youghal (1801–1885)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–1969) Cork City (1977–1981) Cork City North-West (1969–1977) Cork City South-East (1969–1977) Cork East and North East (1921–1923) Cork Mid (1961–1981) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–1923) Cork North (1923–1961) Cork North-East (1961–1981) Cork South (1948–1961) Cork South-East (1937–1948) Cork West (1923–1961)
Current	Cork East (1923–1937, 1948–1961, 1981–) Cork North-Central (1981–) Cork North-West (1981–) Cork South-Central (1981–) Cork South-West (1961–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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