Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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- For other constituencies of the same name, see Down.
| Down Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency |
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| 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.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] 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.
[edit] Election results
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| 1921 General Election: Down (8 seats) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| 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 | |
[edit] References
[edit] 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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