North Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

North Kerry 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.

North Kerry
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Kerry
Replaced by	Kerry–Limerick West

Representation at Westminster in this constituency ceased at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, which took place on 15 November, shortly before the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Kerry.

1885–1922: The baronies of Clanmaurice and Iraghticonnor.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Stack	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Irish National Federation
	1892	Thomas Sexton	Irish National Federation
	1896 by-election	Michael Joseph Flavin	Irish National Federation
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	James Crowley	Sinn Féin
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Stack	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Stack	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Thomas Sexton	2,858	78.6	N/A
	Irish National League	Edmund Haviland-Burke	776	21.4	N/A
Majority			2,082	57.2	N/A
Turnout			3,634	62.1	N/A
Registered electors			5,855
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Thomas Sexton	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

By-election, 1896: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Michael Joseph Flavin	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Joseph Flavin	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Joseph Flavin	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Joseph Flavin	2,637	74.9	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Thomas Neville Stack	885	25.1	New
Majority			1,752	49.8	N/A
Turnout			3,522	63.7	N/A
Registered electors			5,536
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

December 1910 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Joseph Flavin	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1918 general election: North Kerry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	James Crowley	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

• Walker, B. M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)