South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

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

South Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Sligo, in particular the baronies of Coolavin, Corran and Tirerrill, and part of the Barony of Leyny.

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1885	Thomas Sexton	Nationalist
1887	Edward Joseph Kennedy	Nationalist
1888	Edmund Leamy	Nationalist
1892	Thomas Curran	Anti-Parnellite
1900	John O'Dowd	Nationalist
1918	Alexander McCabe	Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election December 1885: South Sligo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Thomas Sexton	5,151		N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Perceval	541		N/A
Majority					N/A
Turnout					N/A

At the 1886 General Election Thomas Sexton was returned unopposed, but having been also returned for Belfast West he opted to sit for that constituency, and at a by-election in February 1887 there was no opposition to the return of Edward J. Kennedy (Nationalist), who resigned in June 1888, and at a by-election on the 6th of that month there was no opposition to the return of Edmund Leamy (Nationalist).

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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 "S" (part 3)