Dublin — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Dublin elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Maurice Brooks (Irish Parliamentary Party) and Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons (Liberal). This page covers every general election in Dublin from 1832 to 1880.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–1880

Election	Elected	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Majority	Turnout
1832	Daniel O'Connell (Repeal Association); Edward Southwell Ruthven (Repeal Association)	3,352	32.6% (top seat)	John Beattie West (Conservative)	1,490 (14.2 pts)	74.6%
1835	Daniel O'Connell (Repeal Association and Whig); Edward Southwell Ruthven (Repeal Association and Whig)	2,630	26.2% (top seat)	George Alexander Hamilton (Conservative)	169 (1.7 pts)	71.9%
1837	Daniel O'Connell (Repeal Association and Whig); Robert Hutton (Liberal)	3,542	25.4% (top seat)	George Alexander Hamilton (Conservative)	75 (0.5 pts)	61.5%
1841	John Beattie West (Conservative); Edward Grogan (Conservative)	3,839	25.6% (top seat)	Daniel O'Connell (Repeal Association)	147 (1.0 pts)	61.4%
1847	Edward Grogan (Conservative); John Reynolds (Repeal Association)	3,229	34.5% (top seat)	William Henry Gregory (Peelite)	104 (1.1 pts)	24.8%
1852	Edward Grogan (Conservative); John Vance (Conservative)	4,429	37.8% (top seat)	John Reynolds (Independent Irish)	1,410 (11.8 pts)	53.1%
1857	Edward Grogan (Conservative); John Vance (Conservative)	3,711	26.5% (top seat)	Francis William Brady (Liberal)	306 (2.1 pts)	71.8%
1859	Edward Grogan (Conservative); John Vance (Conservative)	4,224	26.0% (top seat)	Francis William Brady (Liberal)	248 (1.5 pts)	78.8%
1865	Benjamin Lee Guinness (Conservative); Jonathan Pim (Liberal)	4,653	35.2% (top seat)	John Vance (Conservative)	580 (4.3 pts)	63.1%
1868	Arthur Edward Guinness (Conservative); Jonathan Pim (Liberal)	5,586	25.4% (top seat)	David Robert Plunket (Conservative)	134 (0.6 pts)	85.3%
1874	Arthur Edward Guinness (Conservative); Maurice Brooks (Irish Parliamentary Party)	4,838	41.7% (top seat)	Jonathan Pim (Liberal)	2,901 (23.2 pts)	51.8%
1880	Maurice Brooks (Irish Parliamentary Party); Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons (Liberal)	5,647	26.3% (top seat)	Arthur Edward Guinness (Conservative)	201 (0.9 pts)	80.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Daniel O'Connell	Repeal Association	3,411	32.6%	Yes
Edward Southwell Ruthven	Repeal Association	3,352	32.0%	Yes
John Beattie West	Conservative	1,862	17.8%	No
George Rich	Conservative	1,837	17.6%	No

1835 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Daniel O'Connell	Repeal Association and Whig	2,678	26.2%	Yes
Edward Southwell Ruthven	Repeal Association and Whig	2,630	25.7%	Yes
George Alexander Hamilton	Conservative	2,461	24.1%	No
John Beattie West	Conservative	2,455	24.0%	No

1837 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Daniel O'Connell	Repeal Association and Whig	3,556	25.4%	Yes
Robert Hutton	Liberal	3,542	25.3%	Yes
George Alexander Hamilton	Conservative	3,467	24.7%	No
John Beattie West	Conservative	3,461	24.7%	No

1841 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
John Beattie West	Conservative	3,860	25.6%	Yes
Edward Grogan	Conservative	3,839	25.5%	Yes
Daniel O'Connell	Repeal Association	3,692	24.5%	No
Robert Hutton	Liberal	3,662	24.3%	No

1847 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Edward Grogan	Conservative	3,353	34.5%	Yes
John Reynolds	Repeal Association	3,229	33.3%	Yes
William Henry Gregory	Peelite	3,125	32.2%	No

1852 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Edward Grogan	Conservative	4,531	37.8%	Yes
John Vance	Conservative	4,429	37.0%	Yes
John Reynolds	Independent Irish	3,019	25.2%	No

1857 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Edward Grogan	Conservative	3,767	26.5%	Yes
John Vance	Conservative	3,711	26.1%	Yes
Francis William Brady	Liberal	3,405	23.9%	No
John Reynolds	Liberal	3,348	23.5%	No

1859 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Edward Grogan	Conservative	4,251	26.0%	Yes
John Vance	Conservative	4,224	25.9%	Yes
Francis William Brady	Liberal	3,976	24.3%	No
Alexander McCarthy	Liberal	3,881	23.8%	No

1865 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Benjamin Lee Guinness	Conservative	4,739	35.2%	Yes
Jonathan Pim	Liberal	4,653	34.6%	Yes
John Vance	Conservative	4,073	30.2%	No

1868 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Arthur Edward Guinness	Conservative	5,587	25.4%	Yes
Jonathan Pim	Liberal	5,586	25.4%	Yes
David Robert Plunket	Conservative	5,452	24.8%	No
Dominic John Corrigan	Liberal	5,379	24.4%	No

1874 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Arthur Edward Guinness	Conservative	5,213	41.7%	Yes
Maurice Brooks	Irish Parliamentary Party	4,838	38.7%	Yes
Jonathan Pim	Liberal	1,937	15.5%	No
Edward Fox	Irish Parliamentary Party	515	4.1%	No

1880 (2 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
Maurice Brooks	Irish Parliamentary Party	5,763	26.3%	Yes
Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons	Liberal	5,647	25.8%	Yes
Arthur Edward Guinness	Conservative	5,446	24.9%	No
James Stirling	Conservative	5,059	23.1%	No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

Trend

Dublin has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Repeal Association, Repeal Association and Whig, Liberal, Conservative, Irish Parliamentary Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Dublin in the 1880 general election?

Maurice Brooks (Irish Parliamentary Party), Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons (Liberal) won Dublin in 1880.

Which parties have won Dublin since 1832?

Since 1832, Dublin has been won by: Conservative, Irish Parliamentary Party, Liberal, Repeal Association, Repeal Association and Whig.

What was the closest result in Dublin?

The closest result on record for Dublin was 1837, when Repeal Association and Whig beat Conservative by just 75 votes (0.5 percentage points).

Did Dublin ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dublin elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.