Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°33′25″N 6°18′40″W / 54.557°N 6.311°W / 54.557; -6.311

For other constituencies of the same name, see Down (disambiguation).

Down Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency
Down shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1921
Abolished:	1929
Election Method:	Single transferable vote

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

Boundaries

Down consisted of the administrative County Down (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Ards, East Down, Iveagh, Mid Down, Mourne, North Down, South Down and West Down constituencies.^[1]

Politics

Down had a Unionist majority, but with strong Nationalist support in the south. In both elections, six Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

Election results

Northern Ireland 1921–72

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1921 General Election: Down (8 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	James Craig	29,829		1	1
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	21,677		2	1
	Ulster Unionist	John Miller Andrews	12,584		3	1
	Nationalist (NI)	Patrick O'Neill	7,317		8	9
	Ulster Unionist	Harry Mulholland	4,665		5	2
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McBride	3,297		6	5
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lavery	2,863		4	2
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McMullan	2,692		7	7
	Independent Labour	A. Adams	1,188
	Sinn Féin	P. Lavery	327
	Sinn Féin	P. M. Moore	149
Turnout				87.2	N/A

1925 General Election: Down (8 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	John Miller Andrews	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	James Craig	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Irish Republican	Éamon de Valera	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lavery	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McBride	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McMullan	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Harry Mulholland	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Nationalist (NI)	Patrick O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A

References

1. ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

External links

• http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
• http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html