- Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Londonderry
Type = County
Start = 1921
End = 1929
EM = Single transferable voteLondonderry was a county
constituency of theParliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned five MPs, using thesingle transferable vote method ofproportional representation .Boundaries
Londonderry consisted of the entirety of
County Londonderry , including theCounty Borough of Londonderry . In 1929, the constituency was divided into the City of Londonderry, Foyle, Mid Londonderry, North Londonderry and South Londonderry constituencies. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries] ]Politics
Londonderry was a predominantly Unionist area with a substantial Nationalist minority, electing three Unionists, one Nationalist and one Sinn Féin member in 1921 and three Unionists and two Nationalists in 1925.
Elections results
Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =Robert Newton Anderson
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 13,466
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =Eoin Mac Néill
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 11,866
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dehra Chichester
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,709
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =John Martin Mark
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,155
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =George Leeke
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 6,298
percentage =
seat = 5
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = J. Walsh
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 4,020
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = H. W. Shields
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 1,474
percentage =
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 86.9
change = "N/A"Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =George Leeke
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 13,671
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =Robert Newton Anderson
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 12,085
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =John Martin Mark
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,804
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dehra Chichester
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,261
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = C. MacWhinney
party = Irish Republican
votes = 5,546
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate =Basil McGuckin
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 1,973
percentage =
seat = 5
count = 5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 79.7
change = -7.2References
External links
* http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
* http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
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