Antrim Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Antrim Borough
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1666 (1666)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Antrim Borough was a two-member borough constituency used to elect members of the Parliament of Ireland.

History

The Borough of Antrim in County Antrim was enfranchised as a borough constituency in 1666. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Antrim Borough was not represented. Thereafter it continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Parliament of Ireland was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.

The borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Antrim.

Electoral System and Electorate

The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections. First past the post was also used for the county division.

The borough had a Potwalloper electorate.

Members of Parliament, 1666–1801

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Antrim Borough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Sir Robert Adare			Arthur Upton
1695		Thomas Brooke			Thomas Dawson
1696		Robert Dalway
1703		Hugh Montgomery			Thomas Bell
1713		Thomas Upton			Hugh Henry
1715		John William MacMullan
1717		John Skeffington
1727		Robert Colvill
1744					James Smyth
1749		Hungerford Skeffington
1768					William John Skeffington
1769		Hugh Skeffington
1776		Hon. Chichester Skeffington
1798		Hon. Henry Skeffington
1801		Disenfranchised

Bibliography

• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons() cites: