Larkfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Larkfield


Type = County
Start = 1969
End = 1973
EM = First past the post

Larkfield was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

Before 1969, the area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies of Mid Down and South Antrim.

Larkfield was created by the "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968" as a division of County Antrim. It was located to the south-west of Belfast and comprised "part of the Rural District of Lisburn which consists of the district electoral divisions of Andersonstown, Ardmore, Ballygammon, Dunmurry, Finaghy, Ladybrook, and Upper Malone".

The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at the Northern Ireland general election, 1969. The Parliament was prorogued on 30 March 1972, under the terms of the "Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972". It was formally abolished in 1973 when the "Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973" received royal assent on 18 July 1973.

The area was represented in subsequent bodies, the first being the Northern Ireland Assembly established under the Sunningdale Agreement, after the "Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973" became law on 3 May 1973, as part of the South Antrim, North Down, Belfast South and Belfast West constituencies.

The parliamentary representative of the division was elected using the first past the post system.

Member of Parliament

*1969 - 1973 Rt Hon. William Basil McIvor (17 June 1928 - 5 November 2004) Ulster Unionist

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Basil McIvor
votes = 8,501
percentage = 59.90
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland)
candidate = T. A. Sherry
votes = 2,386
percentage = 16.81
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = T. Magee
votes = 1,714
percentage = 12.08
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Labour Party
candidate = G. L. O'Hare
votes = 1,591
percentage = 11.21
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,115
percentage = 43.09
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 20,774
percentage = 68.32
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
loser = new seat
swing = "N/A"

* "Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973"

References

* "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972", compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
* [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnihoc.htm Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921 - 1972]

External links

* For more information about the Northern Ireland House of Commons, see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/stormont.html