County Wicklow was a

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, represented in the

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. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two

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(MPs) to the

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of the

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. At the 1885 general election, under the

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, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Acton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th

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, causing a by-election. Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

References

* *''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) * {{County Wicklow constituencies Historic constituencies in County Wicklow Westminster constituencies in County Wicklow (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885