# Mallow (UK Parliament constituency)

Mallow was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, 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. The constituency lasted until 1885 when it was absorbed into the North East Cork constituency.
Prior to the Union, the Mallow constituency had been represented in the Parliament of Ireland.

## Boundaries

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based on the town of Mallow in County Cork. From the 1801 union until 1832, the boundaries and franchise were the same as in the previous Parliament of Ireland constituency, namely all freeholders within the manor of Mallow. The manor comprised the portion of the civil parish of Mallow north of the River Blackwater, as well as three townlands south of the Blackwater – namely Lower (or North) Quartertown, Upper (or South) Quartertown, and Gortnagraiga – which constituted the portion of the civil parish of Mourne Abbey within the barony of Fermoy. For all Irish borough constituencies, the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 changed the franchise and the ancillary Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined new boundaries, in most cases accepting the recommendations of a committee appointed the previous year. Mallow was one such case, despite protests from the gentry who would be disenfranchised. The new boundary was:
   From the Easternmost Gate Post (opposite the Park Wall of Mr. [Richard Harris-]Purcell) of a Field on the Kanturk Road, the Entrance to which is distant about One hundred and seventy-six Yards (measured along the Kanturk Road) from the Seneschal's House, in a straight Line to the Gate Post nearest the Turnpike in a Wall on the Southern Side of the old Road which runs a little to the North of the Limerick Road, and which Post is distant about Two hundred and forty-two Yards (measured along the said old Road) to the North-west of the Turnpike; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which a Bye Lane joins the Fair-lane Road, about One hundred and fifty Yards to the North of the Entrance to the Lime and Salt Works; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Carrigoon Road, which passes under Mr. [Denham] Jephson's Park Wall, is met by a Fence which divides a Field occupied by Mr. Lynch from a Field occupied by Mr. Carmichael, and which Point is also about Three hundred and seventy-five Yards to the North of a small Door in the Park Wall; thence in a straight Line across the Park to the Westernmost Point at which the Boundary of Mr. [Robert] Delacour's Pleasure Grounds meets the Fermoy Road; thence, Westward, along the Boundary of Mr. Delacour's Pleasure Grounds to the Southernmost Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Garden attached to the Water Mill; thence in a straight Line to a Point in the old Cork Road which is distant Two hundred and twenty-five Yards (measured along the old Cork Road) to the South of the old Turnpike thereon; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the new Cork Road which is distant about Two hundred and ninety Yards (measured along the new Cork Road) to the South of the said old Turnpike, and which Point is at the Commencement of a Nursery Ground; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Eastern Corner of Captain Davis's House to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Blackwater River; thence in a straight Line to the Gate Post first described.
This excluded a large rural hinterland but included the Ballydaheen suburb immediately south of the Blackwater. The new boundary appears on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland's 1878 town plan of Mallow.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Note |
| | 1801, 1 January | John Longfield | | 1801: Co-opted |
| | 1802, 13 July | Denham Jephson | Whig | |
| | 1812, 16 October | Sir James Cotter, Bt | | |
| | 1818, 27 June | William Becher | Whig | |
| | 1826, 16 June | Denham Jephson | Whig | First term |
| | 1832, 16 June | William Daunt | Repeal Association | Unseated on petition |
| | 1833, 24 April | Denham Jephson | Whig | Declared elected. Second term (new surname 1838). |
| | 1859, 6 May | Robert Longfield | Conservative | |
| | 1865, 13 July | Rt Hon. Edward Sullivan | Liberal | Appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland |
| | 1870, 3 February | Henry Munster | Liberal | Unseated on petition and new writ issued |
| | 1870, 10 May | George Waters | Liberal | Appointed chairman, County Waterford Quarter Sessions |
| | 1872, 7 June | William Felix Munster | Liberal | |
| | 1874, 4 February | John George MacCarthy | Home Rule League | |
| | 1880, 2 April | Rt Hon. William Moore Johnson | Liberal | Appointed a Judge of the High Court in Ireland |
| | 1883, 24 January | William O'Brien | Home Rule League | Last MP for the constituency |
| 1885 | 1885 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1831: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 560 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1832: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Repeal | William Joseph O'Neill Daunt | 225 | 51.1 |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson | 215 | 48.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 440 | 96.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 458 | |
| | Irish Repeal gain from Whig | Irish Repeal gain from Whig | Irish Repeal gain from Whig | Irish Repeal gain from Whig |
* On petition, 11 votes were struck off of Daunt's total and Jephson was declared elected.
General election 1835: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 474 | |
| | Whig gain from Irish Repeal | Whig gain from Irish Repeal | Whig gain from Irish Repeal | Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
General election 1837: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson-Norreys | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 564 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson-Norreys | 111 | 68.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Longfield | 52 | 31.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 36.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163 | 48.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 336 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1847: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson-Norreys | 75 | 55.6 | −12.5 |
| | Conservative | David Ross | 60 | 44.4 | +12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 11.2 | −25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 135 | 35.1 | −13.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 385 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −12.5 | |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson-Norreys | 59 | 57.3 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Stannard Eustace | 44 | 42.7 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 14.6 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 103 | 72.0 | +36.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 143 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
General election 1857: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Denham Jephson-Norreys | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 164 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1859: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Longfield | 68 | 55.3 | New |
| | Liberal | Denham Jephson-Norreys | 55 | 44.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 10.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123 | 81.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 151 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Sullivan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 171 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative |
General election 1868: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Sullivan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Sullivan was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 4 January 1869: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Sullivan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

Sullivan was appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland, causing a by-election.
By-election, 3 Feb 1870: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henry Munster | 91 | 52.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Lawrence E. Knox | 83 | 47.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174 | 83.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
Knox stated his intention to petition the return on the basis of bribery and intimidation of the electorate. The petition was successful and a by-election was called.
By-election, 10 May 1870: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Waters | 93 | 52.2 | −0.1 |
| | Home Rule | Lawrence E. Knox | 85 | 47.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 4.4 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178 | 85.6 | +1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Waters was appointment Chairman of Quarter Sessions of County Waterford.
By-election, 7 June 1872: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Felix Munster | 91 | 53.8 | +1.6 |
| | Home Rule | John George MacCarthy | 78 | 46.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 7.6 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169 | 74.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 228 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1874: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Home Rule | John George MacCarthy | 86 | 39.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | William Moore Johnson | 64 | 29.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kilner Arthur Augustus Brazier-Creagh | 57 | 26.4 | N/A |
| | Home Rule | David Augustus Nagle | 9 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 10.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216 | 86.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 250 | | |
| | Home Rule gain from Liberal | Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Moore Johnson | 189 | 72.4 | +42.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Webb | 72 | 27.6 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 | 44.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 261 | 89.1 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 293 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Home Rule | Liberal gain from Home Rule | Swing | N/A | |
Johnson was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 17 May 1880: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Moore Johnson | 201 | 79.4 | +7.0 |
| | Home Rule | Richard Wood Kelly | 52 | 20.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 58.8 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 253 | 86.3 | −2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 293 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
Johnson was appointed a judge and resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 24 Jan 1883: Mallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William O'Brien | 161 | 64.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Naish | 89 | 35.6 | −36.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 28.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 250 | 87.1 | −2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 287 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary gain from Liberal | Irish Parliamentary gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |