Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

The boundaries of the constituency were defined as: Under the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, its boundaries were extended to include all of the municipal borough of Sligo. ==Abolition==

Numerous elections were overturned on petition by the losing candidate; after the 1868 election was overturned, a Royal Commission established under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1868 examined the matter and reported that "at the last three elections of members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Sligo, corrupt practices have extensively prevailed." Parliament passed the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870 which was given royal assent on 1 August 1870. The act disfranchised Sligo as well as Cashel, another Irish borough. The area of Sligo borough became part of the County Sligo constituency. In 1881 Thomas Sexton, one of two MPs for County Sligo, introduced a private member's bill to re-enfranchise the borough, which was defeated on second reading. == Members of Parliament ==

Supplemental Note:- • 1 Walker (like F. W. S. Craig in his compilations of election results for Great Britain) classifies Whig, Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832. The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them, before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election. ==Elections==

Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s On petition, Somers was unseated, causing a by-election. On petition, Towneley was unseated, causing a further by-election. Elections in the 1850s On petition, Towneley was unseated on 6 June 1853 due to bribery by his agents, causing a by-election. Sadleir's death caused a by-election. On petition, the poll was amended due to improperly recorded votes, leaving Wynne with 148 votes and Somers with 147 votes. Wynne was then declared elected on 31 July 1857. Elections in the 1860s Wynne's resignation caused a by-election. Knox's election was declared void on 2 March 1869, and no writ was issued to find a replacement MP. The seat was then disenfranchised on 1 August 1870, and absorbed into County Sligo. ==References==