Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, January 1 | Owen Wynne | Tory | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | |
| 1806, July 16 | Col. George Canning | Tory | A cousin of the Rt Hon. George Canning | |
| 1812, November 5 | Rt Hon George Canning | Tory | 1812: Also returned by and elected to sit for Liverpool. Subsequently Prime Minister 1827. |
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| 1813, April 5 | Joshua Spencer | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | ||
| 1815, March 27 | Sir Brent Spencer | |||
| 1818, June 29 | John Bent | Tory | ||
| 1820, March 21 | Owen Wynne | Tory | ||
| 1830, August 4 | John Arthur Wynne | Tory | ||
| 1832, December 21 | John Martin | Liberal 1 | ||
| 1837, August 5 | John Patrick Somers | Liberal 1 | Re-elected as a Repeal Association candidate | |
| 1841, July 9 | Repeal Association | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | ||
| 1848, April 11 | Charles Towneley | Liberal 1 | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | |
| 1848, July 15 | John Patrick Somers | Repeal Association | ||
| 1852, July 15 | Charles Towneley | Liberal 1 | Joined the Independent Irish Party | |
| 1852 | Independent Irish | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | ||
| 1853, July 8 | John Sadleir | Liberal 1 | Died | |
| 1856, March 8 | Rt Hon. John Arthur Wynne | Conservative | ||
| 1857, April 2 | John Patrick Somers | Liberal 1 | Unseated on petition | |
| 1857, July 31 | Rt Hon. John Arthur Wynne | Conservative | Declared duly elected on petition. Resigned | |
| 1860, August 9 | Francis Macdonogh | Conservative | ||
| 1865, July 15 | Richard Armstrong | Liberal | ||
| 1868, November 20 | Lawrence Edward Knox | Conservative | Last MP for the constituency. Election declared void on petition. | |
| 1870, August 1 | constituency disenfranchised | |||
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.
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