Coleraine is a former 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.

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Coleraine in County Londonderry.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1 January 1801 Walter Jones Tory 1801: Co-opted 13 November 1806 Sir George Hill, Bt Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Londonderry City 4 February 1807 Walter Jones Tory Resigned 26 June 1809 John Beresford Tory 17 October 1812 Lord George Beresford Tory Resigned 10 June 1814 Sir John Beresford, Bt Tory Resigned 22 February 1823 Sir John Brydges Tory Unseated on petition 4 August 1831 4 August 1831 William Taylor Copeland Whig Declared duly elected on petition 13 December 1832 Sir John Beresford, Bt Tory Unseated on petition 27 May 1833 27 May 1833 William Taylor Copeland Whig Declared duly elected on petition 4 August 1837 Edward Litton Conservative Appointed Master of Chancery in Ireland 18 February 1843 John Boyd Conservative 5 August 1847 Peelite Resigned 22 March 1852 Rt Hon. Richard Bourke Conservative 30 March 1857 John Boyd Conservative Died 2 January 1862 31 January 1862 Sir Henry Bruce, Bt Conservative 6 February 1874 Daniel Taylor Liberal 3 April 1880 Sir Henry Bruce, Bt Conservative Last MP for the constituency1885 Constituency abolished

Election results Elections in the 1830s

Inhabitants were allowed to "tender" votes, with 2 being granted to Brydges and 15 for Thorp. However, just 22 votes of the corporation were accepted. Petitions and counter-petitions over whether the franchise extended to freemen were lodged, but both lapsed ahead of the 1831 election.

Again, inhabitants were allowed to tender votes, with 1 being cast for Brydges and 70 for Copeland, but these were rejected, and just 16 from the corporation in favour of Brydges were accepted. A petition was again lodged and, after lengthy committee proceedings in the House of Commons, it was agreed that 23 of the 70 tendered votes from those who had been admitted as freeman in 1797 were accepted. Copeland was then declared elected.

The candidates initially had 97 votes apiece, but the mayor cast a deciding vote in favour of Beresford. A petition was again lodged and a Commons committee again ruled in favour of the freemen and seated Copeland on 27 May 1833.

Elections in the 1840s

Litton resigned after being appointed Master of Chancery in Ireland, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s Boyd resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s Boyd's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

References

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)