Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
54°57′04″N 6°12′29″W / 54.951°N 6.208°W
| Antrim | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
.svg) Antrim shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Election method | Single transferable vote |
Antrim was a
constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned seven MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
.
Boundaries
Antrim was created by the
Second Dáil
In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Antrim, it was not represented there.[3]
Politics
Antrim had a
Unbought Tenants Association
elected.
Members of Parliament
| Election | MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | John Milne Barbour )
(UUP |
Hugh O'Neill (UUP) |
George Boyle Hanna )
(UUP |
Robert Crawford (UUP) |
Robert Dick Megaw )
(UUP |
John Fawcett Gordon (UUP) |
Joseph Devlin (Nationalist) | |||||||
| 1925 | Unbought Tenants )
|
Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (Nationalist) | ||||||||||||
Election results
| (1921–72) |
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|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Milne Barbour
|
22.18 | 17,735 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Hugh O'Neill | 20.86 | 16,681 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | George Boyle Hanna
|
15.74 | 12,584 | |||||
| Nationalist | Joseph Devlin | 11.82 | 9,448 | 9,469 | 9,499 | 9,528 | 9,560 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Dick Megaw
|
10.41 | 8,326 | 8,991 | 11,979 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Crawford | 7.47 | 5,976 | 11,958 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Louis Joseph Walsh | 6.19 | 4,951 | 4,958 | 4,973 | 4,988 | 5,028 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Fawcett Gordon | 3.71 | 2,967 | 3,890 | 7,507 | 10,029 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Joseph Connolly | 1.60 | 1,281 | 1,424 | 1,461 | 1,485 | 1,511 | |
| Electorate: 93,566 Valid: 79,949 Quota: 9,994 Turnout: 85.5% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Milne Barbour
|
20.99 | 13,499 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Hugh O'Neill | 19.56 | 12,579 | |||||
| Nationalist | Thomas Stanislaus McAllister | 18.44 | 11,857 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Crawford | 11.37 | 7,310 | 11,369 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | George Boyle Hanna
|
10.14 | 6,524 | 7,216 | 8,720 | |||
Unbought Tenants
|
George Henderson | 7.57 | 4,866 | 4,908 | 4,994 | 8,712 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Dick Megaw
|
6.78 | 4,362 | 4,643 | 6,217 | 6,271 | 6,469 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Fawcett Gordon | 5.16 | 3,318 | 3,703 | 5,078 | 5,123 | 8,254 | |
| Electorate: 98,278 Valid: 64,315 Quota: 8,040 Turnout: 65.4% | ||||||||
References
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
