Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Enniskillen
Enniskillen
Former First past the post

Enniskillen was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Enniskillen was a

first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.^[1]

Enniskillen had a

nationalist minority. The seat was consistently won by the Ulster Unionist Party candidate,^[1] and it was only contested on four occasions: in 1938 by an Independent Unionist Association candidate, in 1949 by a Nationalist candidate, in 1965 by a Liberal candidate and in 1969 by both the People's Democracy and an independent Unionist candidate.^[2]

General Election 9 February 1938: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Erne Ferguson	5,679	55.9	*N/A*
	Ind. Unionist Party	W. Clarke	4,485	44.1	New
Majority			1,194	11.8	N/A
Turnout			10,164	86.4	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 10 February 1949: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Erne Ferguson	5,706	54.7	*N/A*
	Nationalist	W. Blake	4,729	45.3	New
Majority			977	9.4	N/A
Turnout			10,435	85.7	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

At the

Thomas Charles Nelson was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 25 November 1965: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Harry West	5,982	66.3	*N/A*
	Ulster Liberal	Albert McElroy	3,042	33.7	New
Majority			2,940	32.6	N/A
Turnout			9,024	74.9	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 24 February 1969: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Harry West	4,891	48.5	-17.8
	People's Democracy	M. Bowes-Egan	2,784	27.6	New
	Ind. Unionist	D. T. Archdale	2,418	23.9	New
Majority			2,107	20.9	–11.7
Turnout			10,093	86.3	+11.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

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