Antrim Bann Side (constituency)

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Antrim Bann Side was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

1 Boundaries and Boundary Changes
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 Reference
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This was a division of County Antrim. Before 1929 it was part of the seven-member Antrim (constituency). The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1929 until the Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and abolished in 1973.

In terms of the then local government areas the constituency in 1929 comprised parts of the Rural Districts of Antrim, Ballymena and Ballymoney.

After boundary changes in 1969 the constituency included parts of the same Rural Districts, but Bann Side was extended to take in the northern part of the 1929-1969 Antrim, Antrim constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1929-1939 George Charles Gillespie Young (13 May 1876-17 August 1939) Ulster Unionist
1939-1946 Malcolm William Patrick (1885-17 September 1946) Ulster Unionist
1946-1970 Rt Hon. Terence Marne O'Neill (10 September 1914-12 June 1990) Ulster Unionist
1970-1973 Rev. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926) Protestant Unionist (1970-1971), then Democratic Unionist

[edit] Elections

The parliamentary representatives of the division were elected using the first past the post system.

General Election 22 May 1929: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	G.C.G. Young	5,931	54.31	N/A
	Liberal	G. Henderson	4,174	38.22	N/A
	Independent Labour	W. Ervine	816	7.47	N/A
Majority			1,757	16.09	N/A
Turnout			16,802	65.00	N/A
	Ulster Unionist gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

General Election 30 November 1933: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	G.C.G. Young	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 9 February 1938: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	G.C.G. Young	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Young

By-Election 10 November 1939: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	M.W. Patrick	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 14 June 1945: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	M.W. Patrick	5,029	62.80	N/A
	Independent Unionist	A.J. Gillespie	2,979	37.20	N/A
Majority			2,050	25.60	N/A
Turnout			16,461	48.65	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Patrick

By-Election 7 November 1946: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	T.M. O'Neill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 10 February 1949: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	T.M. O'Neill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 22 October 1953: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	T.M. O'Neill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 20 March 1958: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Rt Hon. T.M. O'Neill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 31 May 1962: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Rt Hon. T.M. O'Neill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 25 November 1965: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Rt Hon. T.M. O'Neill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Boundary changes

General Election 24 February 1969: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Rt Hon. T.M. O'Neill	7,745	47.27	N/A
	Protestant Unionist	Rev. I.R.K. Paisley	6,331	38.64	N/A
	People's Democracy	M. Farrell	2,310	14.10	N/A
Majority			1,414	8.63	N/A
Turnout			20,635	79.41	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Resignation of O'Neill

By-Election 16 April 1970: Antrim Bann Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant Unionist	Rev. I.R.K. Paisley	7,981	43.68	+5.04
	Ulster Unionist	Dr B. Minford	6,778	37.09	-10.18
	Labour (NI)	P. McHugh	3,514	19.23	+19.23
Majority			1,203	6.58	N/A
Turnout			22,954	79.61	+0.20
	Protestant Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing	N/A