Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)

County Kildare
County Kildare
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Kildare
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Kildare (IHC)
Replaced by	North Kildare and South Kildare

County Kildare is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1801 to 1885.

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	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1801, 1 January	Maurice Keatinge		John La Touche	Whig
1802, 20 July	Lord Robert FitzGerald	Whig	Robert La Touche
1806, 21 November	Lord Robert FitzGerald	Whig		Whig^[1]
1807, 21 May	Lord Henry FitzGerald^[2]	Whig
1814, 23 March	Lord William FitzGerald	Whig^[3]
1830, 18 August	Lord William FitzGerald	Whig^[3]	Richard More O'Ferrall^[4]	Whig^[3]^[5]
1831, 9 May	Sir Josiah Hort, Bt	Whig^[3]
1832, 21 December	Edward Ruthven^[6]	Repeal Association^[3]^[7]
1837, 11 August	Robert Archbold	Whig^[3]^[8]
1847, 18 August	Charles FitzGerald	Whig^[9]^[10]^[11]	Richard Bourke	Conservative^[7]^[9]^[10]^[11]
1852, 13 March	Charles FitzGerald	Whig^[9]^[10]^[11]	William H. F. Cogan	Radical^[12]^[13]
1852, 26 July	David O'Connor Henchy	Ind. Irish^[7]		Ind. Irish^[7]
1857, 7 April	David O'Connor Henchy	Whig^[14]		Radical^[12]^[13]
1859, 19 May	Richard More O'Ferrall^[15]	Whig		Radical^[12]^[13]
1859, 6 June	Richard More O'Ferrall^[15]	Liberal		Liberal
1865, 19 July	Lord Otho FitzGerald^[16]	Liberal
1874, 12 February	Charles Henry Meldon^[17]	Home Rule League
1880, 5 April		Home Rule League	James Leahy^[18]	Home Rule League
1882		Irish Parliamentary	James Leahy^[18]	Irish Parliamentary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard More O'Ferrall	446	38.2	−1.7
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Edward Ruthven	389	33.3	−15.0
	Whig	Frederick Ponsonby	333	28.5	+16.7
Turnout			c. 584	c. 50.7	c. +21.3
Registered electors			1,152
Majority			57	4.9	−23.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+2.9
Majority			56	4.8	−31.7
	Irish Repeal hold		Swing	−15.0

Boundaries

General election 1837: Kildare^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard More O'Ferrall	762	44.3	+6.1
	Whig	Robert Archbold	728	42.3	+13.8
	Conservative	Robert Burke	226	13.1	New
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Edward Ruthven	2	0.1	−33.2
	Conservative	Anthony George Lefroy	2	0.1	New
Turnout			990	70.3	c. +19.6
Registered electors			1,408
Majority			502	29.2	+24.3
	Whig hold		Swing	+11.4
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	+15.2

General election 1847: Kildare^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles FitzGerald	544	43.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Richard Bourke	413	32.8	*New*
	Irish Repeal	John Augustus O'Neill	301	23.9	New
Turnout			629 (est)	22.6 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,788
Majority			131	10.4	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			112	8.9	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1852: Kildare^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	William H. F. Cogan	1,431	41.6	*New*
	Independent Irish	David O'Connor Henchy	1,392	40.5	*New*
	Conservative	Sir Charles Edward Bayly Kennedy, 2nd Baronet	616	17.9	−14.9
Majority			776	22.6	N/A
Turnout			2,028 (est)	73.1 (est)	+50.5
Registered electors			2,774
	Independent Irish gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
	Independent Irish gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1874: Kildare^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles Henry Meldon	1,296	40.3	*New*
	Liberal	William H. F. Cogan	964	30.0	*N/A*
	Liberal	Otho FitzGerald	727	22.6	N/A
	Home Rule	Hill Falconer Morgan^[20]	226	7.0	New
Turnout			1,607 (est)	54.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,930
Majority			569	17.7	N/A
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
Majority			738	7.4	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing