Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870

United Kingdom legislation

Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870
Dates
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to disfranchise the Boroughs of Sligo and Cashel.
Citation	33 & 34 Vict. c. 38
Territorial extent	Ireland
Royal assent	1 August 1870
Other legislation
Relates to	Parliamentary Elections Act 1868
Status: Repealed

The Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 38) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which removed the separate franchise from the parliamentary boroughs of Sligo and Cashel.^[1] This followed allegations of corrupt practices at the 1868 general election and a report under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1868.^[2]

Those previously eligible were to have the right to vote in the county constituencies of County Sligo and County Tipperary respectively, except for certain named within the reports which led to the legislation.

References

^ The Public general statutes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 241.
^ "Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill— [Bill 139.] Second Reading". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 16 June 1870. HC Deb vol 202 cc309-15. Retrieved 23 December 2016.; "Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill.—(No. 167.) Second Reading". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 7 July 1870. HL Deb vol 202 cc1596-1602. Retrieved 23 December 2016.