Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Mid 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 central part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of East Muskerry and West Muskerry and that part of the barony of Barretts not contained within the constituency of North East Cork.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Irish National Federation
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1901 by-election	D. D. Sheehan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906 by-election		Independent Labour
	1910 (Jan)		All-for-Ireland League
	1910 (Dec)		All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Terence McSwiney	Sinn Féin
	1920	vacant
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	5,033	97.9
	Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union	Arthur St George Patton	106	2.1
Majority			4,927	95.8
Turnout			5,139	69.4
Registered electors			7,409
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

1895 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

By-election 1901: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	D.D. Sheehan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	D.D. Sheehan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Sheehan was expelled from the IPP on the grounds of being a "factionist" and, in protest and to re-emphasize his public support, he resigned the seat and re-stood as an Independent (Labour) candidate in the resulting by-election.

By-election, 1906: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	D.D. Sheehan	Unopposed
	Independent Labour gain from Irish Parliamentary

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	D.D. Sheehan	2,824	58.6	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	William Fallon	1,999	41.4	N/A
Majority			825	17.2	N/A
Turnout			4,823	73.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,599
	All-for-Ireland gain from Independent Labour		Swing	N/A

December 1910 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	D.D. Sheehan	2,738	56.4	−2.2
	Irish Parliamentary	Timothy Corcoran	2,115	43.6	+2.2
Majority			623	12.8	−4.4
Turnout			4,853	73.5	+0.4
Registered electors			6,599
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing	−2.2

1918 general election: Mid Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Terence MacSwiney	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)