South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
South Down | |
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county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Downpatrick |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin) |
Created from | Down |
1885–1922 | |
Created from | Down |
Replaced by | Down |
South Down is a
Constituency profile
The seat covers the Mourne Mountains, and Downpatrick to the north. It has a short border with the Republic to the south. The area voted to Remain in the EU.[1]
Boundaries
The
The seat was re-created in 1950 when the old
.In 1983 the seat was radically cut down as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17. Significant parts of the constituency were transferred to either
In boundary changes proposed by a review in 1995, the seat was originally to be abolished and replaced by a new Mid Down constituency. This provoked a storm of protest and following a local enquiry minor changes were made with the seat losing one small section to
In 2005, the
History
1885–1922
The constituency was a predominantly
The First Dáil
In 1921, Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the
1950–present
When initially created, this seat had a clear
The House of Commons seat was consistently held by the Ulster Unionist Party from its creation until 1987. In the October 1974 general election the former Conservative MP Enoch Powell defended the seat for the UUP, representing a coup for them as they gained the support of a high-profile English politician, offering them a spokesperson to the United Kingdom as a whole.
Powell advocated a policy of integration for Northern Ireland whereby all forms of devolution would be wound up and the province governed as an integral part of the United Kingdom. As part of this, he campaigned for the province to have the same ratio of MPs to population as in the rest of the United Kingdom, rather than fewer, which had previously been justified due to the existence of the devolved
Since then, the unionist vote has declined further due to boundary changes, which excluded mainly unionist
The winning vote share in 2019 was the smallest of the 650 nationwide; it was just under 1⁄3 of the total votes that were cast.
Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament since the
In this section by-elections are indicated by an asterisk after the date and italic type.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Constituency created | ||
1885 | John Francis Small | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1886 | Michael McCartan | ||
1892 | Irish National Federation | ||
1895 | |||
1900 | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1902* | Jeremiah McVeagh | ||
1906 | |||
1910 (Jan) | |||
1910 (Dec) | |||
1918 | |||
1922 | Constituency abolished – see Down | ||
1950 | Constituency re-created from Down | ||
1950 | Lawrence Orr | Ulster Unionist Party | |
1951 | |||
1955 | |||
1959 | |||
1964 | |||
1966 | |||
1970 | |||
1974 (Feb) | |||
1974 (Oct) | Enoch Powell | ||
1979 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | Eddie McGrady | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
1992 | |||
1997 | |||
2001 | |||
2005 | |||
2010 | Margaret Ritchie
| ||
2015 | |||
2017 | Chris Hazzard | Sinn Féin | |
2019 |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Chris Hazzard | 16,137 | 32.4 | ―7.5 | |
SDLP | Michael Savage | 14,517 | 29.2 | ―5.9 | |
DUP | Glyn Hanna | 7,619 | 15.3 | ―2.1 | |
Alliance | Patrick Brown | 6,916 | 13.9 | +10.3 | |
Ulster Unionist | Jill Macauley | 3,307 | 6.6 | +2.7 | |
Aontú | Paul Brady | 1,266 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,620 | 3.2 | ―1.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,762 | 62.9 | ―4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 79,113 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | ―0.8 |
This seat saw the largest decrease in vote share for the SDLP at the 2019 general election.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Chris Hazzard | 20,328 | 39.9 | +11.4 | |
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie
|
17,882 | 35.1 | ―7.2 | |
DUP | Diane Forsythe | 8,867 | 17.4 | +9.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Harold McKee | 2,002 | 3.9 | ―5.4 | |
Alliance | Andrew McMurray | 1,814 | 3.6 | ―0.2 | |
Majority | 2,446 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,893 | 67.2 | +10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 75,685 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP | Swing | ―9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie[14]
|
18,077 | 42.3 | ―6.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Chris Hazzard[14] | 12,186 | 28.5 | ―0.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Harold McKee | 3,964 | 9.3 | +2.0 | |
DUP | Jim Wells | 3,486 | 8.2 | ―0.4 | |
UKIP
|
Henry Reilly[14] | 3,044 | 7.1 | New | |
Alliance | Martyn Todd[14] | 1,622 | 3.8 | +2.5 | |
NI Conservatives | Felicity Buchan | 318 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,891 | 13.8 | ―6.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,697 | 56.8 | ―3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 75,220 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing | ―2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie
|
20,648 | 48.5 | +1.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Caitríona Ruane | 12,236 | 28.7 | +1.7 | |
DUP | Jim Wells | 3,645 | 8.6 | ―7.6 | |
UCU-NF | John McCallister | 3,093 | 7.3 | ―1.5 | |
TUV | Ivor McConnell | 1,506 | 3.5 | New | |
Green (NI)
|
Cadogan Enright | 901 | 2.1 | New | |
Alliance | David Griffin | 560 | 1.3 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 8,412 | 19.8 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,589 | 60.2 | ―8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 70,784 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing | ―0.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 21,557 | 44.7 | ―1.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Caitríona Ruane | 12,417 | 25.8 | +6.1 | |
DUP | Jim Wells | 8,815 | 18.3 | +3.3 | |
Ulster Unionist | Dermot Nesbitt | 4,775 | 9.9 | ―7.7 | |
Alliance | Julian Crozier | 613 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 9,140 | 18.9 | ―7.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,177 | 65.4 | ―5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 73,175 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing | ―3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 24,136 | 46.3 | ―6.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy | 10,278 | 19.7 | +9.3 | |
Ulster Unionist | Dermot Nesbitt | 9,173 | 17.6 | ―15.2 | |
DUP | Jim Wells | 7,802 | 15.0 | New | |
Alliance | Betty Campbell | 685 | 1.3 | ―2.2 | |
Majority | 13,858 | 26.6 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,074 | 70.8 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 73,519 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing | ―8.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 26,181 | 52.9 | +1.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | Dermot Nesbitt | 16,248 | 32.8 | −8.1 | |
Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy | 5,127 | 10.4 | +7.4 | |
Alliance | Julian Crozier | 1,711 | 3.5 | +1.0 | |
Natural Law | Rosaleen McKeon | 219 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,933 | 20.1 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,486 | 70.8 | -10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 69,977 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 31,523 | 51.2 | +4.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Drew Nelson | 25,181 | 40.9 | −4.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Fitzpatrick | 1,843 | 3.0 | −1.2 | |
Alliance | Michael Healey | 1,542 | 2.5 | +0.6 | |
NI Conservatives | Stephanie McKenzie-Hill | 1,488 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,342 | 10.3 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 61,577 | 80.9 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 76,186 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 26,579 | 47.0 | +7.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | Enoch Powell | 25,848 | 45.7 | +5.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Geraldine Ritchie | 2,363 | 4.2 | −3.7 | |
Alliance | Siobhan Laird | 1,069 | 1.9 | −1.7 | |
Workers' Party | Des O'Hagan | 675 | 1.2 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 731 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,534 | 79.4 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 71,235 | ||||
SDLP gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Enoch Powell | 24,963 | 48.4 | +8.1 | |
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 23,121 | 44.8 | +5.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Hugh McDowell | 2,963 | 5.7 | −2.2 | |
Workers' Party | Sean Magee | 522 | 1.0 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,842 | 3.6 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,569 | 73.8 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 69,843 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Enoch Powell | 20,693 | 40.3 | −9.7 | |
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 20,145 | 39.3 | +2.0 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Fitzsimmons | 4,074 | 7.9 | New | |
DUP | Cecil Harvey | 3,743 | 7.3 | New | |
Alliance | Patrick Forde | 1,823 | 3.6 | −5.2 | |
Workers' Party | Margaret Magee | 851 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 548 | 1.0 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,329 | 77.7 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 66,923 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Enoch Powell | 32,254 | 50.0 | −0.8 | |
SDLP | Eddie McGrady | 24,033 | 37.3 | −8.1 | |
Alliance | Patrick Forde | 4,407 | 6.8 | New | |
Irish Independence | John Markey | 1,853 | 2.9 | New | |
Republican Clubs
|
Des O'Hagan | 1,682 | 2.6 | −0.9 | |
Inter-Dependence Party | Francis Rice | 216 | 0.3 | New | |
Reform | Peter Courtney | 31 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,221 | 12.7 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 64,476 | 72.0 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 89,562 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Enoch Powell | 33,614 | 50.8 | −1.3 | |
SDLP | Sean Hollywood | 30,047 | 45.4 | +2.6 | |
Republican Clubs
|
Gerard Oliver O'Hanlon | 2,327 | 3.5 | −1.6 | |
Marxist–Leninist (Ireland)
|
David Vipond | 152 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,567 | 5.4 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 66,140 | 72.4 | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 91,354 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 31,088 | 52.1 | −2.2 | |
SDLP | Sean Hollywood | 25,486 | 42.8 | New | |
Republican Clubs
|
Hugh Golding | 3,046 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,602 | 9.4 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,620 | 65.0 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 91,792 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 34,894 | 54.3 | −9.7 | |
Unity | Hugh Golding | 21,676 | 33.7 | New | |
Ulster Liberal | John Quinn | 7,747 | 12.1 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 13,218 | 20.6 | −24.7 | ||
Turnout | 64,317 | 74.0 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 87,079 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 32,876 | 64.0 | +5.0 | |
Ulster Liberal | John Quinn | 9,586 | 18.7 | +8.6 | |
Independent Republican | George Mussen | 8,917 | 17.4 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 23,290 | 45.3 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,379 | 65.8 | −6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 78,096 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 32,922 | 59.0 | −26.4 | |
Independent Republican | George Mussen | 11,031 | 19.8 | New | |
NI Labour | Samuel Thompson | 6,260 | 11.2 | New | |
Ulster Liberal | Hamilton Gooding | 5,610 | 10.1 | New | |
Majority | 21,891 | 39.2 | −31.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,823 | 72.1 | +16.5 | ||
Registered electors | 77,391 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 36,875 | 85.4 | +19.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Kevin O'Rourke | 6,298 | 14.6 | −19.5 | |
Majority | 30,577 | 70.8 | +39.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,173 | 55.6 | −18.3 | ||
Registered electors | 77,627 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 37,921 | 65.9 | +7.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Kevin O'Rourke | 19,624 | 34.1 | New | |
Majority | 18,297 | 31.8 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,545 | 73.9 | −8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 77,832 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 37,789 | 58.4 | −5.1 | |
Independent Republican | Gerald Annesley | 26,976 | 41.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,813 | 16.8 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 64,765 | 82.0 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 79,001 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | 38,508 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Irish Labour
|
Jack MacGougan
|
22,176 | 36.5 | New | |
Majority | 16,332 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 60,684 | 76.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 79,125 | ||||
Ulster Unionist win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah McVeagh | 8,756 | 54.7 | 0.0 | |
Irish Unionist | John Alexander Weir Johnston | 5,573 | 45.3 | 0.0 | |
Independent
|
Alexander Fisher | 436 | 2.9 | New | |
Sinn Féin | Éamon de Valera | 33 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,183 | 21.4 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,798 | 86.5 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 18,708 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah McVeagh | 3,668 | 54.7 | +0.2 | |
Irish Unionist | John Alexander Weir Johnston | 3,040 | 45.3 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 635 | 9.4 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,708 | 86.5 | -3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,753 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah McVeagh | 3,815 | 54.5 | 0.0 | |
Irish Unionist | Lynden Macassey | 3,180 | 45.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 635 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,995 | 90.2 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,753 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah McVeagh | 3,910 | 54.5 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Peter Kerr-Smiley | 3,262 | 45.5 | New | |
Majority | 648 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,172 | 89.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,036 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah McVeagh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Michael McCartan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Michael McCartan | 4,057 | 54.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Rowan | 3,378 | 45.4 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 679 | 9.2 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,435 | 85.3 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,715 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Michael McCartan | 4,207 | 53.4 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Walker Craig | 3,636 | 46.1 | +1.7 | |
Irish National League | Eiver Magenis | 42 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 571 | 7.3 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,885 | 84.4 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,342 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | -2.0 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Michael McCartan | 4,786 | 55.6 | -1.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Swan Corbitt | 3,816 | 44.4 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 970 | 11.2 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,602 | 83.2 | -1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,335 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Francis Small | 4,995 | 57.2 | ||
Irish Conservative | William Henry Kisbey | 3,743 | 42.8 | ||
Majority | 1,252 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,738 | 84.5 | |||
Registered electors | 10,335 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
See also
References
- ^ "Down South: Seat Details". Electoral Calculus.
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, (Ch 23) Seventh Schedule, Part III – Ireland – County of Down
- ^ Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, (Ch 65) Fourth Schedule
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948 (Ch 65) First Schedule, Part IV – Northern Ireland – (a) County Constituencies (144/202)
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 - Schedule (4/8)
- ISBN 0-571-13236-7.
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 - Schedule
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 - Schedule
- ^ "South Down Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF) (second ed.). House of Commons Library. p. 25.
- ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the SOUTH DOWN Constituency – Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland – EONI". www.eoni.org.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Candidates to be MP for South Down". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "By-election Result". United Kingdom Election Results.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36696. London. 20 February 1902. p. 10.
Further reading
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1978). Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume II 1886–1918. The Harvester Press.
- Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1979). 'Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume III 1919–1945. The Harvester Press.
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970
- The Liberal Year Book For 1917, Liberal Publication Department
- The Constitutional Year Book For 1912, Conservative Central Office
- The Constitutional Year Book For 1894, Conservative Central Office
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/