Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Armagh


Type = County
Start = 1921
End = 1929
EM = Single transferable vote

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

Boundaries

Armagh consisted of the entirety of County Armagh. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Central, Mid, North and South Armagh constituencies. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries] ]

Politics

Armagh had a slight Unionist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Nationalist minority. In both general elections, two Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

Members of Parliament

Elections

*Electorate 53,977; Valid votes 46,532; Quota 9,307Irish Election box begin
title=24 May 1921 General Election: Armagh (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Richard Best
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 15,988
percentage = 34.36
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Collins [In the Irish elections, 1921 Sinn Féin candidates contested the elections on the basis that, if they won, they would not take seats in the devolved Parliaments of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland but would become part of a revolutionary assembly in Dublin known as the Second Dáil. Michael Collins used his mandate to attend the 2nd Dáil in Dublin.]
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 12,656
percentage = 27.20
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = David Graham Shillington
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 9,730
percentage = 20.91
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Dillon Nugent
party = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
votes = 6,857
percentage = 14.74
seat = 4
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Frank Aiken
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,301
percentage = 2.80
seat =
count =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 86.2
change = "N/A"
* "Second count (distribution of Best's surplus)"
* R. Best (U) (-6,681) 9,307 (elected)
* M. Collins (SF) (..) 12,656 (elected)
* D.G. Shillington (U) (..) 9,730 (elected)
* J.D. Nugent (N) (+103) 6,960 (elected)
* F. Aiken (SF) (+28) 1,329 (runner up)
* non-transferable (+6,550) 6,550
* "Seat vacant at dissolution (death of Collins)"

*Electorate 54,082; Valid votes 42,595; Quota 8,520Irish Election box begin
title=3 April 1925 General Election: Armagh (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Richard Best
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 15,969
percentage = 37.50
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = David Graham Shillington
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 10,575
percentage = 24.83
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Eamon Donnelly
party = Irish Republican
votes = 5,778
percentage = 13.57
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Henry Collins
party = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
votes = 5,272
percentage = 12.38
seat = 4
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Dillon Nugent
party = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
votes = 4,991
percentage = 11.72
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.8
change = -9.1

* "Appointment of Best as Lord Justice of Appeal"

Election box begin
title=Armagh by-election, 1925Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = John Clarke Davison
votes = 22,390
percentage = 79.20
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Unbought Tenants Association
candidate = W. R. Todd
votes = 5,880
percentage = 20.80
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 16,510
percentage = 58.40
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 54,082
percentage = 52.3
change = -26.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

References

ee also

* "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972", compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)