West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (disambiguation).

West Clare
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Clare

West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare.

General Election 1 December 1885: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan	6763	95.9
	Conservative	Robert William Carey Reeves	289	4.1
Majority			6474	91.8
Turnout			9813	71.9
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 14 July 1892: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parnellite Nationalist	James Rochfort Maguire	3878	57.5
	Irish National Federation	Dr Bernard O’Connor	2871	42.5
Majority			1007	15.0
Turnout			11077	60.9
	Parnellite Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 23 July 1895: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Major John Eustace Jameson	3376	53.2	+10.7
	Parnellite Nationalist	James Rochfort Maguire	2973	46.8	-10.7
Majority			403	6.4
Turnout			10488	60.5	-0.4
	Irish National Federation gain from Parnellite Nationalist		Swing

General Election 5 October 1900: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Major John Eustace Jameson	unopposed
Turnout			10683
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Sinn Féin	Brian O’Higgins	unopposed
Turnout			21674
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Clare

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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