North Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about 1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and of the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the 1923–1969 constituency, see Mayo North (Dáil constituency).

North 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.

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

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 northern part of County Mayo.

1885–1922: The baronies of Erris and Tirawley, and that part of the barony of Gallen contained within the parishes of Attymass and Kilgarvan.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1890	Daniel Crilly	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1900		Irish National Federation
1900–1910	Conor O'Kelly	Irish Parliamentary Party
1910–1918	Daniel Boyle	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922	John Crowley	Sinn Féin

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Daniel Crilly	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,413
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Daniel Crilly	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,413
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Daniel Crilly	2,201	61.2	N/A
	Irish National League	Bernard Egan	1,397	38.8	N/A
Majority			804	22.4	N/A
Turnout			3,598	52.4	N/A
Registered electors			6,860
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Daniel Crilly	1,937	59.5	−1.7
	Irish National League	Bernard Egan	1,316	40.5	+1.7
Majority			621	19.0	−3.4
Turnout			3,253	46.3	−6.1
Registered electors			7,029
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−1.7

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Conor O'Kelly	2,504	69.2	+28.7
	Healyite Nationalist	William Martin Murphy	1,116	30.8	−28.7
Majority			1,388	38.4	+19.4
Turnout			3,620	47.1	+0.8
Registered electors			7,686
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

1906 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Conor O'Kelly	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,027
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Daniel Boyle	1,861	50.5	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Bernard Egan	1,821	49.5	New
Majority			40	1.0	N/A
Turnout			3,682	52.8	N/A
Registered electors			6,977
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

December 1910 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Daniel Boyle	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,977
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1918 general election: North Mayo^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	John Crowley	7,429	80.8	New
	Irish Parliamentary	Daniel Boyle	1,761	19.2	N/A
Majority			5,668	61.6	N/A
Turnout			9,190	43.3	N/A
Registered electors			21,212
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A