Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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54°52′23″N 5°54′32″W / 54.873°N 5.909°W
Larne | |
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Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1973 |
Election method | First past the post |
Larne was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Boundaries and boundary changes
[edit]This was a division of County Antrim. Before 1929, it was part of the seven-member Antrim constituency. The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1929 until the Parliament was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.
In terms of the then local government areas the constituency in 1929 comprised parts of the rural districts of Antrim, Ballymena and Larne. The division also included the whole of the urban districts of Larne and Whitehead.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1929 | George Boyle Hanna | Ulster Unionist | |
1937 | Harold Claude Robinson | Ulster Unionist | |
1945 | Walter William Buchanan Topping | Ulster Unionist | |
1960 | William Craig | Ulster Unionist | |
1973 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit](1921–72) |
The parliamentary representatives of the division were elected using the first past the post system.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | George Boyle Hanna | 6,854 | 64.89 | ||
Local Option | James Pringle | 3,709 | 35.11 | ||
Majority | 3,145 | 29.78 | |||
Turnout | 17,154 | 61.58 | |||
UUP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | George Boyle Hanna | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
- Appointment of Hanna as a County Court Judge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Harold Claude Robinson | 6,545 | 50.94 | N/A | |
Ind. Unionist | Andrew Ferris | 6,303 | 49.06 | New | |
Majority | 242 | 1.88 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,320 | 70.13 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Harold Claude Robinson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
- Death of Robinson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Walter Topping | 6,299 | 75.46 | N/A | |
NI Labour | Vivian Simpson | 2,049 | 24.54 | New | |
Majority | 4,250 | 50.92 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,889 | 44.20 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Walter Topping | 8,983 | 75.30 | N/A | |
NI Labour | Vivian Simpson | 2,947 | 24.70 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,036 | 50.60 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,424 | 61.42 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Walter Topping | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Walter Topping | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Walter Topping | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
- Appointment of Topping as Recorder of Belfast
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William Craig | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William Craig | 9,388 | 74.00 | N/A | |
NI Labour | William Cecil Watton | 3,298 | 26.00 | New | |
Majority | 6,090 | 48.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,514 | 61.84 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William Craig | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William Craig | 8,550 | 51.99 | N/A | |
Ind. Unionist | Hugh Wilson | 7,897 | 48.01 | New | |
Majority | 653 | 3.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,728 | 79.35 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
- Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973
References
[edit]- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
External source
[edit]- For the exact definition of Northern Ireland constituency boundaries see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html