Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
54°57′04″N 6°12′29″W / 54.951°N 6.208°W
| Antrim | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
.svg) Antrim shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Election method | Single transferable vote |
Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned seven MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
Boundaries
Antrim was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the administrative County Antrim (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency was divided into the seven constituencies elected under first past the post: Antrim Borough, Bann Side, Carrick, Larne, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies.[1]
Second Dáil
In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Antrim, it was not represented there.[3]
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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | MP (Party) |
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| 1921 | style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| | John Milne Barbour (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| | Hugh O'Neill (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| | George Boyle Hanna (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| | Robert Crawford (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| | Robert Dick Megaw (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=1| | John Fawcett Gordon (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)/meta/color" rowspan=2| | Joseph Devlin (Nationalist) |
| 1925 | style="background-color: Template:Unbought Tenants Association/meta/color" | | George Henderson (Unbought Tenants) |
Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (Nationalist) | |||||||||||
Election results
| (1921–72) |
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | John Milne Barbour | 22.18 | 17,735 | |||||
| UUP | Hugh O'Neill | 20.86 | 16,681 | |||||
| UUP | George Boyle Hanna | 15.74 | 12,584 | |||||
| Nationalist | Joseph Devlin | 11.82 | 9,448 | 9,469 | 9,499 | 9,528 | 9,560 | |
| UUP | Robert Dick Megaw | 10.41 | 8,326 | 8,991 | 11,979 | |||
| UUP | Robert Crawford | 7.47 | 5,976 | 11,958 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Louis Joseph Walsh | 6.19 | 4,951 | 4,958 | 4,973 | 4,988 | 5,028 | |
| UUP | John Fawcett Gordon | 3.71 | 2,967 | 3,890 | 7,507 | 10,029 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Joseph Connolly | 1.60 | 1,281 | 1,424 | 1,461 | 1,485 | 1,511 | |
| Electorate: 93,566 Valid: 79,949 Quota: 9,994 Turnout: 85.5% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | John Milne Barbour | 20.99 | 13,499 | |||||
| UUP | Hugh O'Neill | 19.56 | 12,579 | |||||
| Nationalist | Thomas Stanislaus McAllister | 18.44 | 11,857 | |||||
| UUP | Robert Crawford | 11.37 | 7,310 | 11,369 | ||||
| UUP | George Boyle Hanna | 10.14 | 6,524 | 7,216 | 8,720 | |||
| Unbought Tenants | George Henderson | 7.57 | 4,866 | 4,908 | 4,994 | 8,712 | ||
| UUP | Robert Dick Megaw | 6.78 | 4,362 | 4,643 | 6,217 | 6,271 | 6,469 | |
| UUP | John Fawcett Gordon | 5.16 | 3,318 | 3,703 | 5,078 | 5,123 | 8,254 | |
| Electorate: 98,278 Valid: 64,315 Quota: 8,040 Turnout: 65.4% | ||||||||
References
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
