Newry was a
United Kingdom
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Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of
Great Britain
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and
Ireland
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took effect on 1 January 1801.
Boundaries
This constituency was the
parliamentary borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Newry
Newry (; ) is a City status in Ireland, city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Newry River, Clanrye river in counties County Armagh, Armagh and County Down, Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011.
Newry ...
in
County Down
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.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Needham's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Kirk's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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)
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Westminster constituencies in County Down (historic)
Westminster constituencies in County Armagh (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
Politics of Newry