Dublin St Stephen's Green | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Dublin St Stephen's Green constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918.
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Dublin within Ireland. Map utilises the modern administrative boundaries.
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1885–1922 | |
Number of members | 1 |
Created from | Dublin |
St Stephen's Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885–1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two member Dublin City constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the St Stephen's Green, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour and Dublin St Patrick's constituencies.
In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf, Dublin St James's and Dublin St Michan's.
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
This constituency comprised parts of the south-east of the city of Dublin, including the area containing its namesake; St Stephen's Green.
Dublin St Stephen's Green gave Sinn Féin almost two-thirds of its votes. The minority was fairly evenly divided between the Irish Parliamentary Party and the Unionists.
In common with other Sinn Féiners, elected in 1918, the Deputy did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann.