West Mayo 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, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Mayo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the western part of County Mayo.
1885–1922: The baronies of Burrishoole and Murrisk, and that part of the barony of Carra not contained within the constituency of South Mayo.
Members of Parliament YearsMemberParty 1885–1890 John Deasy Irish Parliamentary Party 1891–1893 Irish National Federation 1893–1900 Robert Ambrose Irish National Federation 1900–1910 Irish Parliamentary Party 1910–1918 William Doris Irish Parliamentary Party 1918–1922 Joseph MacBride Sinn Féin
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Deasy resigns, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
The 65.1% drop in the Irish Parliamentary Party vote is the largest decrease in a party's vote between successive House of Commons elections in a single constituency. Between elections, the First World War and Easter Rising had changed the political landscape, and the Representation of the People Act 1918 had greatly increased the electorate.
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