1920 Londonderry Borough Council election

Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1920

January 1920
All 41 seats to Londonderry County Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Irish Unionist Sinn Féin Seats won 19 10
Council control after election Nationalist alliance

An election to Londonderry County Borough Council took place in January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had seen elections for local government in Ireland change to a more proportional system. As a result Unionists lost control over Londonderry borough council, which for the first time passed into the control of the city's Catholic majority.

Nationalist control of the council wouldn't last however, and following the partition of Ireland the Northern Irish Government restored the older, and less representative ward based system.

Results by party

style="width: 2px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Irish Unionist Alliance" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #32cd32;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #cdffab;" data-sort-value="Independent Nationalist" |

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
Irish Unionist	19
Sinn Féin	10
Nationalist	10
Independent Nationalist	1
Totals		41			100%	—

References

Preceded by Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1914

Londonderry elections

Succeeded by Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1925