Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Enniskillen


Type = County
Start = 1929
End = 1972
EM = First past the post

Enniskillen was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Boundaries

Enniskillen was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Fermanagh South was created by the division of Fermanagh and Tyrone into eight new constituencies, of which three were in County Fermanagh. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973. [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnihoc.htm The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972] , Northern Ireland Elections]

Politics

Enniskillen had an Ulster Unionist majority, but a substantial Irish Nationalist minority. The seat was consistently won by the Ulster Unionist Party candidate, and it was only contested on four occasions: in 1938 by an Independent Unionist Association candidate, in 1949 by a Nationalist Party candidate, in 1965 by an Ulster Liberal Party candidate and in 1969 by both People's Democracy and independent Unionist candidates. [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/fermanagh.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Counties: Fermanagh] ]

Members of Parliament

Elections

At the 1929 and 1933 general elections, Edward Archdale was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Erne Ferguson
votes = 5,679
percentage = 55.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist Association
candidate = W. Clarke
votes = 4,485
percentage = 44.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,194
percentage = 11.8
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 86.4
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1945, Erne Ferguson was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Erne Ferguson
votes = 5,706
percentage = 54.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
candidate = W. Blake
votes = 4,729
percentage = 45.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 977
percentage = 9.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 85.7
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

At the Enniskillen by-election, 1949 and the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, Thomas Charles Nelson was elected unopposed.

At the Enniskillen by-election, 1954 and the 1958 and 1962 general elections, Harry West was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Harry West
votes = 5,982
percentage = 66.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Liberal Party
candidate = Albert McElroy
votes = 3,042
percentage = 33.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,940
percentage = 32.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.9
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Harry West
votes = 4,891
percentage = 48.5
change = -17.8Election box candidate with party link
party = People's Democracy
candidate = M. Bowes-Egan
votes = 2,784
percentage = 27.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = D. T. Archdale
votes = 2,418
percentage = 23.9
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,107
percentage = 20.9
change = -11.7Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 86.3
change = +11.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

* "Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973"

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