East Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

East Kerry
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Kerry

East Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer part of the UK. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Kerry.

This remains the largest majority by percentage of the vote in any contested UK Parliamentary election.

Sheehan (Nationalist) was returned unopposed.

Sheehan was returned again with a large majority over his opponent, Captain John McGillycuddy:

Michael Davitt (Irish National Federation) was returned unopposed, but he also stood unopposed in South Mayo. He took up the South Mayo seat and Kerry East remained vacant until the by-election the following year.

James Roche (Irish National Federation) was returned but with fewer votes than his Nationalist predecessors. It was thought he lost some support because as a divorced man he was less popular with the Catholic vote.

John Murphy (Irish Parliamentary Party) was returned unopposed.

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