South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = South Londonderry


Type = County
Start = 1929
End = 1973
EM = First past the postThe South Londonderry constituency for the parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973. All members for the constituency were from the Chichester-Clark family.

Dehra Parker had been elected (as Dehra Chichester) for County Londonderry in the 1921 and 1925 elections under the single transferable vote; she became a Dame before the 1953 election. James Dawson Chichester-Clark was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969-1971 and after his resignation was created Baron Moyola in 1971. All three elected members were not only from the same party, but were close relations, as was the penultimate member of the South Londonderry constituency for the Westminster parliament in 1922.

Members of Parliament

Elections

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

Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1929: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box end

Following the death of Chichester-Clark:

Election box begin
title=By-election 15 March 1933: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1933: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1938: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1945: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1949: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = 9,193
percentage = 60.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
candidate = T. B. Agnew
votes = 5,909
percentage = 39.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,284
percentage = 21.8
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 15,102
percentage = 86.2
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A" Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1953: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1958: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Dehra Parker
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Following the resignation of Parker:

Election box begin
title=By-election 9 July 1960: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end

Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1962: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1965: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"Election box end Election box begin
title=Northern Ireland general election, 1969: South LondonderryElection box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
votes = 9,195
percentage = 61.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = People's Democracy
candidate = Bernadette Devlin
votes = 5,812
percentage = 38.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,383
percentage = 22.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 15,007
percentage = 81.6
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

ee also

*South Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

External links

* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/ldrcounty.html Stormont election results for Londonderry county seats]