Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies)

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Antrim is one of the six counties comprising Northern Ireland.

County Antrim was represented in the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1921-1973. This article deals with the Antrim County constituencies. For the County Antrim Borough constituencies in the City of Belfast, see Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies). See also the List of Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies 1921-1973.

[edit] Boundaries

1921-1929: The part of County Antrim not included in the Belfast seats was a seven member constituency, electing MPs using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. There was a two member UK Parliament constituency of Antrim, 1922-1950, with the same boundaries.

1929-1969: The area was divided into seven single-member divisions, electing MPs using the first past the post electoral system. From north to south the divisions were:-

  • North; bordered by the sea to the north, Londonderry North to the west, Bann Side and Mid to the south and the sea to the east.
  • Mid; bounded by North to the north, Bann Side to the west, Antrim and Larne to the south and the sea to the east.
  • Bann Side; with North to the north, Londonderry North and Londonderry South to the west, Lough Neagh to the south, Antrim to the south east and Mid to the east.
  • Larne; adjacent to Mid to the north, Antrim to the west, Carrick to the south and the sea to the east.
  • Antrim; adjoining Mid to the north, Bann Side and Lough Neagh to the west, South to the south, Belfast to the south east, Carrick to the east and Larne to the north east.
  • Carrick; next to Larne to the north, Antrim to the east, Belfast to the south and the sea to the east.
  • South; in the southernmost part of the county with Antrim to the north, Lough Neagh to the west, Down Iveagh to the south, Down Mid to the east and Belfast to the north east.

1969-1973: Under the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, the four member Queen's University of Belfast constituency was abolished in 1969. Two of its seats were re-allocated to Antrim. The new divisions of Larkfield and Newtownabbey affected the boundaries of the existing Antrim, Bann Side, Carrick and South seats.

[edit] Summary of Representation of Constituencies

Key to Parties: N Nationalist, DUP Democratic Unionist Party, PUP Protestant Unionist Party, U Ulster Unionist, UTA Unbought Tenants Association

  • 1921-1925 U 6, N 1 (1st Parliament) (see note a)
  • 1925-1929 U 5, N 1, UTA 1 (2nd Parliament)
  • 1929-1969 U 7 (3rd-11th Parliaments)
  • 1969-1970 U 9 (12th Parliament)
  • 1970-1971 U 7, PUP 2 (12th Parliament) (see note b)
  • 1971-1973 U 7, DUP 2 (12th Parliament) (see note c)

Notes:-

(a) Joseph Devlin (N) was also elected for Belfast, West and chose to represent that seat. The Antrim seat remained vacant for the rest of the Parliament.

(b) The PUP won two seats from U, in by-elections held on 16 April 1970. The Reverend Ian Paisley won Bann Side and the Reverend William Beattie was elected from Antrim, South.

(c) The PUP became the DUP in October 1971.

[edit] Members of Parliament

In this list the multi member constituency (1921-29) is ANTRIM and the single member division of the county (1929-73) is Antrim.

  • 1965-1969 A. Ardill (U) Carrick
  • 1969-1973 R. Baillie (U) Newtownabbey
  • 1921-1951 Sir J.M. Barbour (U) ANTRIM then South from 1929 (died in office)
  • 1970-1973 Rev. W.J. Beattie (PUP then DUP) South (elected at by-election)
  • 1943-1945 J.D. Campbell (U) Carrick (elected at by-election - died in office)
  • 1960-1973 William Craig (U) Larne (elected at by-election)
  • 1945-1950 L.E. Curran (U) Carrick (elected at by-election - resigned, on appointment as a Judge of the High Court)
  • 1921-1938 R. Crawford (U) ANTRIM then Mid from 1929
  • 1921-1921 Joseph Devlin (N) ANTRIM (elected to sit for Belfast West)
  • 1969-1973 Mrs A. Dickson (U) Carrick
  • 1968-1970 R. Ferguson (U) South (elected at by-election - resigned)
  • 1921-1943 J.F. Gordon (U) ANTRIM then Carrick from 1929 (resigned)
  • 1921-1937 G.B. Hanna (U) ANTRIM then Larne from 1929 (resigned, on appointment as a County Court Judge)
  • 1925-1929 G. Henderson (UTA) ANTRIM
  • 1950-1965 A. Hunter (U) Carrick (elected at by-election)
  • 1929-1945 Sir R.J. Lynn (U) North (died in office)
  • 1925-1929 T.S. McAllister (N) ANTRIM
  • 1945-1957 W.V. McCleery (U) North (elected at by-election - died in office)
  • 1951-1968 R.W.B. McConnell (U) South (elected at by-election - resigned)
  • 1969-1973 Basil McIvor (U) Larkfield
  • 1921-1925 R.D. Megaw (U) ANTRIM
  • 1929-1951 H. Minford (U) Antrim (died in office)
  • 1951-1973 N.O. Minford (U) Antrim (elected at by-election)
  • 1958-1973 P.R.H. O'Neill (U) North
  • 1921-1929 (Robert William) Hugh O'Neill (U) ANTRIM
  • 1946-1970 Terence Marne O'Neill (U) Bann Side (elected at by-election - resigned)
  • 1970-1973 Rev. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (PUP then DUP) (elected at by-election)
  • 1938-1945 J. Patrick (U) Mid
  • 1939-1946 M.W. Patrick (U) Bann Side (elected at by-election - died in office)
  • 1937-1945 H.C. Robinson (U) Larne (elected at by-election - died in office)
  • 1953-1973 Dr R. Simpson (U) Mid
  • 1945-1960 W.W.B. Topping (U) Larne (elected at by-election - resigned, on appointment as Recorder of Belfast)
  • 1945-1953 R.N. Wilson (U) Mid
  • 1929-1939 G.C.G. Young (U) Bann Side (died in office)

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