He told electors that emancipation would restore "peace and good order" and that he wished for the county to be rescued "from the degradation of being considered a sort of family property, or hereditary borough".
[2][4] A petition was lodged against his return, which Tuite declined to defend, causing him to be absent for a number of votes in parliament.
After associates registered as defence, however, a commission was established in 1827, but then broke up in 1828 and the petition was decided in his favour.
[2] Tuite stood for election for the same seat in 1830 but, faced with an alliance between his former opponents and criticism for his support of emancipation, he was "rather remiss" with canvassing and was defeated.
[2] He returned to parliament, again sitting for Westmeath, after the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847, when he did not seek re-election.