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{{UK former constituency infobox|
| Name = Tyrone
| Type = County
| Year = [[1801]]
| Abolition = [[1885]]
}}
A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two [[Members of Parliament]].
==Boundaries and Boundary Changes==
This constituency comprised the whole of [[County Tyrone]], except the [[Parliamentary borough]] of [[Dungannon]].
It returned two MPs 1801-1885. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] was created on [[1 January]] [[1801]].
In the redistribution, which took effect in 1885, Coubty Tyrone was divided into four single-member constituencies.
==Politics==
The constituency was a predominantly [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] area during this period.
==Members of Parliament==
''Key to parties: C [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], L [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]], T [[Tory Party|Tory]], W [[Whig Party|Whig]].''
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
! From
! To
! Name (Party)
! Born
! Died
|-
|1801
|1802
|[[Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore|Viscount Corry]]
|[[11 July]] [[1774]]
|[[18 April]] [[1841]]
|-
|1801
|1812
|[[James Stewart (1742-1821)|James Stewart]]
|[[1742]]
|[[18 January]] [[1821]]
|-
|1802
|1806
|Rt Hon. [[John Stewart (1758-1825)|John Stewart]]
|c. [[1758]]
|[[22 June]] [[1825]]
|-
|1806
|1812
|Hon. [[Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly|Thomas Knox]]
|[[5 August]] [[1754]]
|[[26 April]] [[1840]]
|-
|1812
|1825
|Rt Hon. Sir [[John Stewart (1758-1825)|John Stewart]], Bt (T)
|c. [[1758]]
|[[22 June]] [[1825]]
|-
|1812
|1818
|Hon. [[Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly|Thomas Knox]]
|[[19 April]] [[1786]]
|[[21 March]] [[1858]]
|-
|1818
|1830
|[[William Stewart (1780-1850)|William Stewart]] (W)
|[[1780]]
|c. [[October]] [[1850]]
|-
|1825
|1873
|Rt Hon. [[Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry]] (T)
|[[9 March]] [[1803]]
|[[6 March]] [[1873]]
|-
|1830
|1835
|Sir [[Hugh Stewart]], Bt (T)
|[[14 May]][[1792]]
|[[19 November]] [[1854]]
|-
|1835
|1837
|Lord [[Claud Hamilton]] (C)
|[[27 July]] [[1813]]
|[[3 June]] [[1884]]
|-
|1837
|1839
|[[James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon|Viscount Alexander]] (C)
|[[27 July]] [[1812]]
|[[30 June]] [[1855]]
|-
|1839
|1874
|Lord [[Claud Hamilton]] (C)
|[[27 July]] [[1813]]
|[[3 June]] [[1884]]
|-
|1873
|1880
|[[Henry William Lowry-Corry]] (C)
|[[30 June]] [[1845]]
|[[6 May]] [[1927]]
|-
|1874
|1885
|[[John William Ellison-Macartney]] (C)
|[[1818]]
|[[13 February]] [[1904]]
|-
|1880
|1881
|[[Edward Falconer Litton]] (L)
|[[1827]]
|[[27 November]] [[1890]]
|-
|1881
|1885
|[[Thomas Alexander Dickson]] (L)
|[[1833]]
|[[17 June]] [[1909]]
|}
''Notes:
* (1) From 1832 Lowry-Corry and Stewart are classified as Comservatives.
* (2) In 1847 Lowry-Corry and Hamilton contested the general election as [[Peelite]]s, but were again Conservatives by 1852.
==Elections==
The single-member elections in this constituency took place using the [[first past the post]] electoral system. Multi-member elections used the plurality at large variant of the [[bloc voting]] system.
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom co-option, 1801|Co-option 1 January 1801]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = James Stewart
|votes = Co-opted
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Viscount Corry
|votes = Co-opted
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
* ''Corry succeeded as 2nd [[Earl Belmore]]''
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom by-elections, 1802|By-Election 1 March 1802]]: Tyrone}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Rt Hon. John Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1802|General Election 19 July 1802]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = James Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Rt Hon. John Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1806|General Election 18 November 1806]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = James Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Hon. Thomas Knox
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1807|General Election 25 May 1807]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = James Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Hon. Thomas Knox
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1812|General Election 20 October 1812]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Thomas Knox
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
|party = Non Partisan
|candidate = Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1818|General Election 1 July 1818]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig Party
|candidate = William Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1820|General Election 22 March 1820]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig Party
|candidate = William Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1826|General Election 20 June 1826]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig Party
|candidate = William Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1830|General Election 9 August 1830]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1831|General Election 14 May 1831]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|candidate = Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1832|General Election 17 December 1832]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1835|General Election 20 January 1835]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lord Claud Hamilton
|votes = 1,057
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rt Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry
|votes = 627
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Viscount Alexander
|votes = 510
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Eccles
|votes = 17
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Template:Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,063
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1837|General Election 7 August 1837]]: Tyrone (2 seats)}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Viscount Alexander
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{expand list}}
==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)
*''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'', edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
===See also===
* [[List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland]]
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[[Category:History of Ireland 1801-1922]]
[[Category:County Tyrone]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies (historic)|Tyrone]]
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