Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Antrim


Type = County
Start = 1921
End = 1929
EM = Single transferable vote

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

Boundaries

Antrim consisted of the administrative County Antrim (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Antrim Borough, Bann Side, Carrick, Larne, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries] ]

Politics

Antrim had a Unionist majority, with some pockets of Nationalist support. In 1921, six Unionists and one Nationalist were elected, while in 1925, there were five unionists, one Nationalist and one member of the Unbought Tenants Association elected.

Election results

*Electorate 93,566; Valid votes 79,949; Quota 9,994Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Milne Barbour
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 17,735
percentage = 22.18
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Hugh O'Neill
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 16,681
percentage = 20.86
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = George Boyle Hanna
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 12,584
percentage = 15.74
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Joseph Devlin
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 9,448
percentage = 11.82
seat = 7
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Dick Megaw
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,326
percentage = 10.41
seat = 5
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Crawford
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 5,976
percentage = 7.47
seat = 4
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = L. J. Walsh
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 4,951
percentage = 6.19
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Fawcett Gordon
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 2,967
percentage = 3.71
seat = 6
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = J. Connolly
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,281
percentage = 1.60
seat =
count =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 85.5
change = "N/A"

*Electorate 98,278; Valid votes 64,315; Quota 8,040Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Milne Barbour
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 13,499
percentage = 20.99
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Hugh O'Neill
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 12,579
percentage = 19.56
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Thomas Stanislaus McAllister
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 11,857
percentage = 18.44
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Crawford
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 7,310
percentage = 11.37
seat = 4
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = George Boyle Hanna
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 6,524
percentage = 10.14
seat = 5
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = George Henderson
party = Unbought Tenants Association
votes = 4,866
percentage = 7.57
seat = 6
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Dick Megaw
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 4,362
percentage = 6.78
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Fawcett Gordon
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 3,318
percentage = 5.16
seat = 7
count = 5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 65.4
change = -20.1

References

External links

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