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Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

FieldValue
nameAntrim
typeCounty
parl_nameParliament of Northern Ireland
image[[Image:Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).svg200px]]
captionAntrim shown within Northern Ireland
year1921
abolished1929
blank1_nameElection method
blank1_infoSingle transferable vote

Antrim was a county 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 Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the administrative County Antrim (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into seven constituencies elected under first past the post: Antrim Borough, Bann Side, Carrick, Larne, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim.

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. 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.

Politics

Antrim had a Unionist majority, with some pockets of Nationalist support. In 1921, six Unionists and one Nationalist were elected, while in 1925, there were five unionists, one Nationalist and one member of the Unbought Tenants Association elected.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMP
(Party)MP
(Party)MP
(Party)MP
(Party)MP
(Party)MP
(Party)MP
(Party)[1921](1921-northern-ireland-general-election)Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=1Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)}}" rowspan=2[1925](1925-northern-ireland-general-election)Unbought Tenants Association}}"
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)
George Henderson
(Unbought Tenants)Thomas Stanislaus McAllister
(Nationalist)

Election results

References

References

  1. [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries]
  2. "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS.".
  3. (16 August 1921). "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN".
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