West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (disambiguation). For the costume designer, see Clare West (costume designer).

West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

West Clare
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Clare
Replaced by	Clare

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Clare 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 Clare, consisting of the baronies of Clonderalaw, Corcomroe, Ibrickan and Moyarta, and those parts of the baronies of Inchiquin and Islands not contained within the constituency of East Clare.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Jeremiah Jordan	Nationalist
	1892	James Rochfort Maguire	Parnellite Nationalist
	1895	John Eustace Jameson	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Nationalist
	1904		Unionist
	1906	James Halpin	Nationalist
	1909	Arthur Lynch	Nationalist
	1918	Brian O'Higgins	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1 December 1885: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Jeremiah Jordan	6,763	95.9
	Irish Conservative	Robert William Carey Reeves	289	4.1
Majority			6,474	91.8
Turnout			7,052	71.9
Registered electors			9,813
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 6 July 1886: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Jeremiah Jordan	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,813
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 14 July 1892: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National League	James Rochfort Maguire	3,878	57.5	N/A
	Irish National Federation	Bernard O’Connor	2,871	42.5	N/A
Majority			1,007	15.0	N/A
Turnout			6,749	60.9	N/A
Registered electors			11,077
	Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 23 July 1895: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John Eustace Jameson	3,376	53.2	+10.7
	Irish National League	James Rochfort Maguire	2,973	46.8	−10.7
Majority			403	6.4	N/A
Turnout			6,349	60.5	−0.4
Registered electors			10,488
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League		Swing	+10.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 5 October 1900: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Eustace Jameson	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,683
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 18 January 1906: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Halpin	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,989
	Irish Parliamentary hold

• Death of Halpin

By-election 3 September 1909: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur Lynch	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,854
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 19 January 1910: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur Lynch	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,834
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 8 December 1910: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur Lynch	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,834
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General Election 14 December 1918: Clare West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Brian O'Higgins	Unopposed
Registered electors			21,674
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)