North Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

North Londonderry
North Londonderry
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	One
Created from	Coleraine and Londonderry
Replaced by	Londonderry

North Londonderry was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This county constituency comprised the northern part of County Londonderry.

It returned one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Londonderry constituency.

Politics

The constituency was a predominantly unionist area. Sinn Féin was easily beaten in 1918 and 1919.

The First Dáil

Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.

The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.

In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. This area, in republican theory, was incorporated in a five-member Dáil constituency of Londonderry.

Members of Parliament

Key to parties: U Irish Unionist 1886–1921 and Ulster Unionist 1921–1922.

From	To	Name (Party)	Born	Died
1885	1895	Henry Lyle Mulholland (U)	30 January 1854	22 March 1931
1895	1906	John Atkinson (U)	13 December 1844	13 March 1932
1906	1918	Hugh Thom Barrie (U)	1860	18 April 1922
1918	1919	Hugh Alfred Anderson (U)	26 November 1867	16 June 1933
1919	1922	Hugh Thom Barrie (U)	1860	18 April 1922
1922	1922	Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten (U)	12 January 1869	24 January 1955

Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 14 December 1918: North Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Hugh Alfred Anderson	10,530		N/A
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McGilligan	3,951		N/A
Majority					N/A
Turnout			21,306		N/A
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Resignation of Anderson

By-Election 4 March 1919: North Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Hugh Thom Barrie	9,933		N/A
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McGilligan	4,333		N/A
Majority					N/A
Turnout			21,306		N/A
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Barrie

By-Election 4 June 1922: North Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

References

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume III 1919–1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1979)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)

External links

Dáil Éireann Members Database Houses of the Oireachtas
Dáil Debates - Díospóireachtaí Dála Houses of the Oireachtas