# Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

## Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | 1st Member | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Note |
| 1801, January 1 | | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | | Viscount Cole | | 1801: Co-opted |
| 1802, July 19 | | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | | Viscount Cole | | |
| 1803, June 27 | | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | | Hon. Lowry Cole | | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. |
| 1823, March 8 | | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | | Viscount Corry | Tory | Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius. |
| 1831, May 16 | | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | | Viscount Cole | Tory | |
| 1834, June 27 | | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Tory | | Viscount Cole | Tory | Archdall resigned. |
| 1834, December | | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Conservative | | Viscount Cole | Conservative | |
| 1840, 30 April | | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Conservative | | Sir Arthur Brooke | Conservative | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. |
| 1854, 29 December | | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Conservative | | Hon. Henry Cole | Conservative | Death of Brooke. |
| 1874, 16 February | | William Humphrys Archdale | Conservative | | Hon. Henry Cole | Conservative | |
| 1880, April 13 | | William Humphrys Archdale | Conservative | | Viscount Crichton | Conservative | Last MPs for the constituency |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Mervyn Archdall | 685 | 34.4 |
| | Tory | Armar Lowry-Corry | 563 | 28.3 |
| | Whig | Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet of Colebrooke | 467 | 23.4 |
| | Whig | Thomas Brooke | 277 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,015 | 98.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,032 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1831: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | William Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,232 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1832: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | William Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,429 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
Archdall resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 27 June 1834: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1835: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | William Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,484 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1837: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | William Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,864 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

Cole succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Enniskillen and causing a by-election.
By-election, 30 April 1840: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1841: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,271 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1847: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,193 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,497 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Brooke's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 29 December 1854: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1857: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,420 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1859: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,672 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,861 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1868: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,175 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Cole | 2,285 | 32.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,205 | 30.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Grey Vesey Porter | 1,546 | 21.6 | New |
| | Liberal | Charles Robert Barton | 1,111 | 15.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 659 | 9.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,574 (est) | 75.2 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,752 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Fermanagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,479 | 36.7 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Viscount Crichton | 2,443 | 36.2 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal | John Grey Vesey Porter | 1,835 | 27.2 | −9.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 608 | 9.0 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,314 (est) | 90.3 (est) | +15.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,778 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 | |