New Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1708–1832 constituency in Scotland, see Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency). For the 1885–1918 constituency in England, see Ross (UK Parliament constituency).

New Ross
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members	One

New Ross was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of New Ross in County Wexford.

Members of Parliament

The use of Roman numerals, in brackets, is to distinguish between two MPs with the same name. It is not suggested that the men were known in that way, during their lifetimes.

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801 general election	Robert Leigh		1801: Co-opted
	1802 general election	Charles Tottenham (I)		Resigned
	1805 New Ross by-election	Ponsonby Tottenham
	1806 general election	Charles Leigh
	1807 general election	William Wigram (I)
	1812 general election	Charles Leigh
	1818 general election	John Carroll		Resigned
	1821 New Ross by-election	Francis Leigh	Tory	Resigned
	1824 New Ross by-election	John Doherty	Tory
	1826 general election	William Wigram (II)	Tory
	1830 general election	Charles Powell Leslie II	Tory
	1831 general election	Charles Tottenham (II)	Tory	Resigned
	1831 New Ross by-election	William Wigram (II)	Tory
	1832 general election	John Hyacinth Talbot	Repeal Association	Re-elected as a Liberal/Repealer pact candidate
	1835 general election		Liberal
	1841 general election	Hon. Robert Gore	Liberal
	1847 general election	John Hyacinth Talbot	Repeal Association
	1852 general election	Charles Gavan Duffy	Liberal	Joined the Independent Irish Party
	1852		Independent Irish	Resigned
	1856 New Ross by-election	Charles Tottenham (II)	Conservative	Resigned
	1863 New Ross by-election	Charles George Tottenham	Conservative
	1868 general election	Patrick McMahon	Liberal
	1874 general election	John Dunbar	Home Rule League	Died
	1878 New Ross by-election	Charles George Tottenham	Conservative
	1880 general election	Joseph William Foley	Home Rule League	Resigned
	1881 New Ross by-election	John Edward Redmond	Home Rule League	Last MP for the constituency
	1885	Constituency abolished

Elections

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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)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)