Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

For the constituency established in 1929, see Antrim Borough (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).

Antrim Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency
Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1921
Abolished:	1929
Election Method:	Single transferable vote

Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned seven MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

Antrim consisted of the administrative County Antrim (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Antrim Borough, Bann Side, Carrick, Larne, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies.

Politics

Antrim had a Unionist majority, with some pockets of Nationalist support. In 1921, six Unionists and one Nationalist were elected, while in 1925, there were five unionists, one Nationalist and one member of the Unbought Tenants Association elected.

Election results

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• Electorate 93,566; Valid votes 79,949; Quota 9,994

24 May 1921 General Election: Antrim (7 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	John Milne Barbour	17,735	22.18	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh O'Neill	16,681	20.86	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	George Boyle Hanna	12,584	15.74	3	1
	Nationalist (NI)	Joseph Devlin	9,448	11.82	7	5
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Dick Megaw	8,326	10.41	5	3
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Crawford	5,976	7.47	4	2
	Sinn Féin	L. J. Walsh	4,951	6.19
	Ulster Unionist	John Fawcett Gordon	2,967	3.71	6	4
	Sinn Féin	J. Connolly	1,281	1.60
Turnout				85.5	N/A

• Electorate 98,278; Valid votes 64,315; Quota 8,040

3 April 1925 General Election: Antrim (7 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	John Milne Barbour	13,499	20.99	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh O'Neill	12,579	19.56	2	1
	Nationalist (NI)	Thomas Stanislaus McAllister	11,857	18.44	3	1
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Crawford	7,310	11.37	4	2
	Ulster Unionist	George Boyle Hanna	6,524	10.14	5	3
	Unbought Tenants	George Henderson	4,866	7.57	6	4
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Dick Megaw	4,362	6.78
	Ulster Unionist	John Fawcett Gordon	3,318	5.16	7	5
Turnout				65.4	-20.1

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