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style="font-weight: bold;">Former <a href="/wiki/County_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituency">county constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a>–<a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clare (UK Parliament constituency)">Clare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ennis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ennis (UK Parliament constituency)">Ennis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>East Clare</b> was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) from 1885 to 1922. </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885 United Kingdom general election</a> the area was part of the <a href="/wiki/Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clare (UK Parliament constituency)">Clare</a> constituency. From 1922, shortly before the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>, it was not represented in the UK Parliament. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This constituency comprised the eastern part of <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a>. In 1918, it was extended to include a small part of County Galway which had been transferred to Clare in 1898. </p><p><b>1885–1918</b>: The baronies of Burren, Bunratty Lower, Bunratty Upper, Tulla Lower, Tulla Upper, that part of the barony of Inchiquin consisting of the parishes of Dysert, Kilkeedy, Killinaboy, Kilnamona, Rath (excluding the <a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">townlands</a> of Carrowvere, Drinagh, Loughnagowan, Martry, Moanreel North and Moanreel South) and Ruan, and that part of the barony of Islands consisting of the parishes of Clare Abbey, Clondagad (excluding the townlands of Dehomad, Furroor and Liscasey), Drumcliff and Killone. </p><p><b>1918–1922</b>: The existing East Clare constituency, together with that part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Galway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)">South Galway</a> constituency comprised in the administrative county of Clare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Years</th> <th>Member <sup id="cite_ref-rayment_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rayment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>1885–1892 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Richard_Cox" title="Joseph Richard Cox">Joseph Richard Cox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1892–1900 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parnellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Parnellite">Parnellite</a> Nationalist </td></tr> <tr> <td>1900–1917 </td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr> <tr> <td>1917–1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1880s">Elections in the 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 28 November 1885</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#99FF66; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Richard_Cox" title="Joseph Richard Cox">Joseph Richard Cox</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,224 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>95.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Conservative_Party" title="Irish Conservative Party">Irish Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lucius_O%27Brien,_15th_Baron_Inchiquin" title="Lucius O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin">Lucius O'Brien</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">289 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.4 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,935 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">91.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,513 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,128 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#99FF66"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 5 July 1886</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Richard_Cox" title="Joseph Richard Cox">Joseph Richard Cox</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,128 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 12 July 1892</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#99FF66; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_League" title="Irish National League">Irish National League</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,203 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00FA9A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_Federation" title="Irish National Federation">Irish National Federation</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Richard_Cox" title="Joseph Richard Cox">Joseph Richard Cox</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,759 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">444 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,962 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11,198 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_League" title="Irish National League">Irish National League</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 19 July 1895</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#99FF66; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_League" title="Irish National League">Irish National League</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,315 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00FA9A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_Federation" title="Irish National Federation">Irish National Federation</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P._A._McHugh" title="P. A. McHugh">P. A. McHugh</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,258 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,573 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,780 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_League" title="Irish National League">Irish National League</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 2 October 1900</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">12,028 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 15 January 1906</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,585 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election 18 January 1910</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,709 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">General election 6 December 1910</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Redmond" title="Willie Redmond">Willie Redmond</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,709 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Death of Redmond</li></ul> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1917_Clare_East_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1917 Clare East by-election">By-election 10 July 1917</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#326760; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,010 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>71.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Lynch_(Irish_attorney_general)" title="Patrick Lynch (Irish attorney general)">Patrick Lynch, K.C.</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,035 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,975 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,045 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9,130 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #326760"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Irish general election">General Election 14 December 1918</a>: Clare East<sup id="cite_ref-walker_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">23,511 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #326760;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Clare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm">Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-walker-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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