Members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland explained

1st Parliament	(1801)
2nd Parliament	(1802)
3rd Parliament	(1806)

This is a list of the MPs for Irish constituencies, who were elected at the 1802 United Kingdom general election, to serve as members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.

This was the first United Kingdom general election, as the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of the United was chosen from the members of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland and not by a popular election.

The 2nd United Kingdom Parliament was elected between 5 July and 28 August 1802, as at this period the exact date for the election in each constituency was fixed by the Returning Officer. The Parliament first assembled on 31 August for a maximum duration of seven years from that date. It was dissolved on 24 October 1806 (a length of four years, one month and twenty four days).

Summary of results by party (Ireland only)

The names of and votes for candidates at elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.

In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.

At the dissolution of the 1st Parliament, the MPs by party (calculated as above), were

Other (unclassified) 50, Tory 34, Whig 16: Total 100.

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Votes	%	Seats election	Seats dissolution
	Tory	45	37	5,703	37.03	43	43
	Whig	33	21	6,274	40.73	28	31
	Other	35	25	3,425	22.24	29	26
	Total	113	83	15,402	100.0	100	100

Note: Two Tory candidates contested and won two constituencies. Each candidacy is counted separately in the table.

General election results by constituency

Constituency		Votes Tory	Votes Whig	Votes other		Result
	County Antrim 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O
	Armagh	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	County Armagh 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
	Athlone	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Bandon	–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
	Belfast	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	Carlow	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	County Carlow 2 members	–	524	437	–	W gain from O
		–	479	426	–	W gain from O
	Carrickfergus	381	270	–	–	T gain from O
	Cashel	–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
	County Cavan 2 members	–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	County Clare 2 members	–	–	880	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	535	499	O hold
	Clonmel	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	Coleraine	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	Cork 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
	County Cork 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	County Donegal 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	County Down 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Downpatrick	–	–	96	87	O hold
	Drogheda	–	–	213	208	O hold ^1
	Dublin 2 members	1,965	642	–	–	T hold ^1
		1,281	1,673	–	–	W gain from T
	County Dublin 2 members	708	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		469	263	–	–	T hold ^1
	Dublin University	39	29	–	–	T hold ^1
	Dundalk	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	Dungannon	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O
	Dungarvan	–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold
	Ennis	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	Enniskillen	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	County Fermanagh 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	Galway	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from W
	County Galway 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	County Kerry 2 members	–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	County Kildare 2 members	–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold
	Kilkenny	–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
	County Kilkenny 2 members	–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
	King's County 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Kinsale	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold
	County Leitrim 2 members	–	779	–	–	W hold ^1
		389	668	–	–	W gain from T
	Limerick	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O
	County Limerick 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold
	Lisburn	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	Londonderry	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O
	County Londonderry 2 members	Unopp	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	County Longford 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold
	County Louth 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Mallow	–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
	County Mayo 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
	County Meath 2 members	–	326	–	–	W gain from O ^1
		–	181	44	–	W gain from O
	County Monaghan 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	New Ross	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold
	Newry	–	Unopp.	–	–	W gain from O
	Portarlington	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold
	Queen's County 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold
	County Roscommon 2 members	–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold
	Sligo	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
	County Sligo 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
	County Tipperary 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Tralee	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O
	County Tyrone 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Waterford	471	440	–	–	T hold ^1
	County Waterford 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold
	County Westmeath 2 members	–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
		–	–	Unopp.	–	O hold ^1
	Wexford	Unopp.	–	–	–	T gain from O
	County Wexford 2 members	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold
	County Wicklow 2 members	–	Unopp	–	–	W hold ^1
		–	Unopp.	–	–	W hold ^1
	Youghal	Unopp.	–	–	–	T hold ^1
Constituency		Votes Tory	Votes Whig	Votes other		Result

Note:

• ¹ Incumbent re-elected

Members by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.

The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1806, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.

A member of the 1st Parliament, for the same constituency, is indicated by an * before the MPs name. A member of the 1st Parliament, for a different constituency in Ireland, is indicated by a + before the MPs name.

Election		Constituency	Member	Party	Notes
	1802, 19 July	County Antrim 2 members	Edmond Alexander MacNaghten	Tory
			Hon. John O'Neill	Tory
	1802, 9 July	Armagh	Patrick Duigenan
	1802, 17 July	County Armagh 2 members	Hon. Archibald Acheson (Viscount Acheson)	Tory	Styled Viscount Acheson from February 1806
				Whig
	1802, 26 July	Athlone	William Handcock		Resigned
	1803, 22 August		Thomas Tyrwitt Jones
	1802, 13 July	Bandon	Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt	Whig
	1802, 12 July	Belfast	James Edward May
	1802, 24 July	Carlow	Charles Montague Ormsby	Tory	Appointed Recorder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang)
	1806, 9 June		Michael Symes
	1802, 26 July	County Carlow 2 members	David La Touche	Whig
			Walter Bagenal	Whig
	1802, 30 July	Carrickfergus	Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester	Tory
	1802, 27 July	Cashel	Rt Hon. William Wickham	Whig	Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
	1806, 27 February
	1802, 16 July	County Cavan 2 members			Possibly Tory (see constituency article)
			Nathaniel Sneyd
	1802, 24 July	County Clare 2 members	Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton
			Sir Edward O'Brien, Bt
	1802, 19 July	Clonmel	Rt Hon. William Bagwell	Tory
	1802, 26 July	Coleraine	Walter Jones	Tory
	1802, 16 July	Cork 2 members	Mountifort Longfield	Tory
			Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
	1802, 15 July	County Cork 2 members	Viscount Boyle		Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament
			Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
	1802, 28 July	County Donegal 2 members	Viscount Sudley
			Sir James Stewart, Bt
	1802, 24 July	County Down 2 members	Viscount Castlereagh		Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
			Francis Savage
	1805, 27 July		Hon. John Meade
	1802, 17 July	Downpatrick	Charles Stewart Hawthorne
	1802, 27 July	Drogheda	Edward Hardman
	1802, 21 July	Dublin 2 members	John Claudius Beresford	Tory	Resigned
			John La Touche	Whig
	1804, 31 March		Robert Shaw	Tory
	1802, 14 July	County Dublin 2 members	Hans Hamilton	Tory
			Frederick John Falkiner
	1802, 14 July	Dublin University		Tory	Also returned for Dungannon. Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1805, 28 March
	1802, 15 July	Dundalk	Richard Archdall	Tory
	1802, 12 July	Dungannon	+Hon. George Knox	Tory	Elects to sit for Dublin University
	1803, 9 June		Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt	Tory
	1802, 17 July	Dungarvan	William Greene
	1802, 22 July	Ennis	Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald	Tory
	1802, 31 July	Enniskillen	+Rt Hon. John Beresford	Tory	Elects to sit for County Waterford
	1802, 24 December		William Burroughs	Tory	Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal
	1806, 14 March		John King	Tory	Resigned
	1806, 3 July		William Henry Fremantle	Tory
	1802, 19 July	County Fermanagh 2 members	Viscount Cole	Tory	Cole becomes the 2nd Earl of Enniskillen
			Mervyn Archdall (junior)
	1803, 27 June		Hon. Galbraith Lowry Cole	Tory
	1802, 15 July	Galway	+Denis Bowes Daly	Tory	Resigned to contest County Galway
	1805, 29 June		James Daly	Tory
	1802, 22 July	County Galway 2 members	Richard Martin
				<	-- party -->	Styled Viscount Dunlo from January 1803 Appointed Commissioner for the Affairs of India
	1804, 4 June				Dunlo became the 2nd Earl of Clancarty
	1805, 8 June		+Denis Bowes Daly	Tory	Appointed Joint Mustermaster General in Ireland
	1806, 10 May
	1802, 26 July	County Kerry 2 members	Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry)	Whig
			James Crosbie	Tory
	1802, 20 July	County Kildare 2 members	Lord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald	Whig
			Robert La Touche	Whig
	1802, 22 July	Kilkenny	Hon. Charles Harward Butler	Whig
	1802, 19 July	County Kilkenny 2 members	Hon. James Wandesford Butler
			Rt Hon. William Ponsonby	Whig
	1806, 12 April		Hon. George Ponsonby	Whig
	1802, 22 July	King's County 2 members	Thomas Bernard (senior)
			Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt		Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1805, 6 April			Tory
	1802, 13 July	Kinsale	+Samuel Campbell Rowley		Resigned
	1806, 29 April		Henry Martin	Whig
	1802, 24 July	County Leitrim 2 members	Viscount Clements		Became the 2nd Earl of Leitrim
			Peter La Touche
	1805, 5 February		Henry John Clements	Tory
	1802, 16 July	Limerick	Charles Vereker
	1802, 22 July	County Limerick 2 members	William Odell		Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament
			Charles Silver Oliver
	1802, 12 July	Lisburn	Earl of Yarmouth	Tory
	1802, 21 July	Londonderry	+Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt	Tory
	1802, 21 July	County Londonderry 2 members	Hon. Charles William Stewart	Tory
			Lord George Thomas Beresford
	1802, 16 July	County Longford 2 members	Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt		Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament
			Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen
	1802, 22 July	County Louth 2 members	William Charles Fortescue
			Rt Hon. John Foster		Appointed Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer in Ireland
	1804, 6 August			Tory
	1802, 13 July	Mallow	Denham Jephson	Whig
	1802, 22 July	County Mayo 2 members	Rt Hon. Denis Browne	Tory
			Hon. Henry Augustus Dillon	Whig
	1802, 23 July	County Meath 2 members	Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt	Whig
			Thomas Bligh
	1802, 23 July	County Monaghan 2 members	Richard Dawson
				Tory
	1802, 10 July	New Ross	Charles Tottenham		Resigned
	1805, 26 July		Ponsonby Tottenham
	1802, 13 July	Newry	+Rt Hon. Isaac Corry	Whig
	1802, 17 July	Portarlington	+Henry Brooke Parnell		Resigned
	1802, 30 December		Thomas Tyrwhitt		Resigned
	1806, 15 March		John Langston
	1802, 23 July	Queen's County 2 members	Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
			Sir Eyre Coote		Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
	1806, 17 February				Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1806, 18 April			Whig
	1802, 22 July	County Roscommon 2 members	Arthur French	Whig
			Hon. Edward King
	1802, 24 July	Sligo	Owen Wynne	Tory	Resigned
	1806, 16 July		George Canning	Tory	Cousin of the MP for Tralee
	1802, 23 July	County Sligo 2 members	Joshua Edward Cooper	Tory
			Charles O'Hara	Whig	Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1806, 17 April
	1802, 19 July	County Tipperary 2 members	Viscount Mathew		^a
			John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816)
	1802, 24 July	Tralee	Rt Hon. George Canning	Tory	Appointed Treasurer of the Navy
	1804, 4 June				Cousin of the MP for Sligo
	1802, 19 July	County Tyrone 2 members
			Rt Hon. John Stewart
	1802, 24 July	Waterford	William Congreve Alcock	Tory	Unseated on petition
	1803, 7 December				Declared duly elected on petition. Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland
	1806, 14 March
	1802, 21 July	County Waterford 2 members	Rt Hon. John Beresford	Tory	Also returned for Enniskillen. Died.
			+Edward Lee
	1806, 6 January		+John Claudius Beresford	Tory
	1802, 16 July	County Westmeath 2 members	William Smyth
			Gustavus Hume-Rochfort		Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament
	1802, 9 July	Wexford	Richard Nevill	Tory
	1802, 19 July	County Wexford 2 members		Tory	Became the 2nd Marquess of Ely
			Abel Ram	Tory
	1806, 27 May		Caesar Colclough	Whig
	1802, 22 July	County Wicklow 2 members	William Hoare Hume
			George Ponsonby	Whig	Appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland
	1806, 10 May		William Tighe	Whig
	1802, 13 July	Youghal	Sir John Keane, Bt	Tory

Supplemental note:

• ^a Stooks Smith (vol. III p. 240) states that there was a by-election in 1806, with Hon. Montagu James Mathew (Whig) elected in place of Viscount Mathew who had succeeded as the 2nd Earl Landaff in July. However Stooks Smith is in error: the Return of Members of Parliament (Part II p. 229) shows that no further election was held in the constituency. The History of Parliament 1790–1820 vol. II p. 685 explains that preparations for a county by-election were made in which the new Earl of Llandaff hoped to be succeeded by his brother Montague but was restricted by a Government pledge to support Hon Francis Prittie. When the by-election was overtaken by a dissolution, the Mathew family managed to get both elected by deposing John Bagwell.

References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second 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

• Duration of English, British and United Kingdom parliaments from 1660
• List of parliaments of the United Kingdom
• List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806)
• 1802 United Kingdom general election