Lagan Valley (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Lagan Valley


Type = County
Start = 1969
End = 1972
EM = First past the post

Lagan Valley 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 Iveagh.

Lagan Valley was created by the "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968" as a division of County Down. It was located to the south of Belfast. The seat included Hillsborough, Drumbo and Carryduff as well as the sprawling rural area of Ballymacbrennan, which are today split between the Lagan Valley and South Belfast Constituencies.

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 North Down constituency.

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

Member of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Robert Porter
votes = unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
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