Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

Sligo
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Sligo
BoroughSligo
1801–1870
Seats1
Created fromSligo Borough (IHC)
Replaced byCounty Sligo

The parliamentary borough of Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a borough constituency from 1801 to 1870 by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system of election. It succeeded the two-seat constituency of Sligo represented in the Irish House of Commons until the abolition of the Irish Parliament on 1 January 1801 under the Acts of Union 1800. It was disfranchised under the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870.

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