Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Queen's County was won by Sinn Féin at the 1918 general election, with a majority of 6,972 votes over Irish Parliamentary Party. This page covers every general election in Queen's County from 1832 to 1918.
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, 1832–1918
Election
Elected
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Majority
Turnout
1832
Patrick Lalor (Repeal Association); Charles Henry Coote (Conservative)
694
35.6% (top seat)
Peter Gale (Repeal Association)
11 (0.5 pts)
73.7%
1835
Charles Henry Coote (Conservative); Thomas Vesey (Conservative)
695
28.2% (top seat)
Patrick Lalor (Repeal Association and Whig)
22 (0.8 pts)
82.3%
1837
Charles Henry Coote (Conservative); John Wilson FitzPatrick (Liberal)
943
39.4% (top seat)
Thomas Vesey (Conservative)
49 (1.6 pts)
64.8%
1841
Charles Henry Coote (Conservative); Thomas Vesey (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
Thomas Vesey (Conservative); John Wilson FitzPatrick (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Charles Henry Coote (Conservative); Michael Dunne (Independent Irish)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Charles Henry Coote (Conservative); Michael Dunne (Liberal)
1,424
41.0% (top seat)
John Wilson FitzPatrick (Liberal)
185 (4.1 pts)
66.0%
1859
Francis Plunkett Dunne (Conservative); Michael Dunne (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Francis Plunkett Dunne (Conservative); John Wilson FitzPatrick (Liberal)
1,515
42.5% (top seat)
Patrick McDonald (Liberal)
599 (14.2 pts)
61.5%
1868
John Wilson FitzPatrick (Liberal); Kenelm Thomas Digby (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1874
Kenelm Thomas Digby (Irish Parliamentary Party); Edmund Gerald Dease (Irish Parliamentary Party)
1,639
39.6% (top seat)
George Dunne (Liberal)
646 (14.8 pts)
60.6%
1880
Richard Lalor (Irish Parliamentary Party); Arthur O'Connor (Irish Parliamentary Party)
1,545
39.8% (top seat)
Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby (Conservative)
646 (15.2 pts)
66.4%
1918
Kevin Christoper O'Higgins (Sinn Féin)
13,452
67.5%
Patrick Joseph Meehan (Irish Parliamentary Party)
6,972 (35.0 pts)
76.5%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Patrick Lalor
Repeal Association
772
35.6%
Yes
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
694
32.0%
Yes
Peter Gale
Repeal Association
683
31.5%
No
Edward Dunne
Liberal
18
0.8%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
787
28.2%
Yes
Thomas Vesey
Conservative
695
24.9%
Yes
Patrick Lalor
Repeal Association and Whig
673
24.2%
No
Robert Cassidy
Repeal Association and Whig
631
22.6%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
1,224
39.4%
Yes
John Wilson FitzPatrick
Liberal
943
30.4%
Yes
Thomas Vesey
Conservative
894
28.8%
No
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
40
1.3%
No
John Michael Henry Fock
Liberal
4
0.1%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Thomas Vesey
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Vesey
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
John Wilson FitzPatrick
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Michael Dunne
Independent Irish
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Henry Coote
Conservative
1,850
41.0%
Yes
Michael Dunne
Liberal
1,424
31.6%
Yes
John Wilson FitzPatrick
Liberal
1,239
27.5%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Plunkett Dunne
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Michael Dunne
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Plunkett Dunne
Conservative
1,800
42.5%
Yes
John Wilson FitzPatrick
Liberal
1,515
35.8%
Yes
Patrick McDonald
Liberal
916
21.6%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Wilson FitzPatrick
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
Kenelm Thomas Digby
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Kenelm Thomas Digby
Irish Parliamentary Party
1,726
39.6%
Yes
Edmund Gerald Dease
Irish Parliamentary Party
1,639
37.6%
Yes
George Dunne
Liberal
993
22.8%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Richard Lalor
Irish Parliamentary Party
1,686
39.8%
Yes
Arthur O'Connor
Irish Parliamentary Party
1,545
36.4%
Yes
Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby
Conservative
899
21.2%
No
Kenelm Thomas Digby
Irish Parliamentary Party
109
2.6%
No
1918
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Kevin Christoper O'Higgins
Sinn Féin
13,452
67.5%
Yes
Patrick Joseph Meehan
Irish Parliamentary Party
6,480
32.5%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Queen's County has been contested at 13 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Repeal Association, Conservative, Liberal, Independent Irish, Irish Parliamentary Party, Sinn Féin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Queen's County in the 1918 general election?
Sinn Féin won Queen's County in 1918 with 13,452 votes (67.5%), a majority of 6,972 votes over Irish Parliamentary Party in second place.
Which parties have won Queen's County since 1832?
Since 1832, Queen's County has been won by: Conservative, Independent Irish, Irish Parliamentary Party, Liberal, Repeal Association, Sinn Féin.
What was the closest result in Queen's County?
The closest result on record for Queen's County was 1832, when Repeal Association beat Repeal Association by just 11 votes (0.5 percentage points).
Did Queen's County ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Queen's County 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.