South Londonderry (NI Parliament constituency)

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The South Londonderry constituency for the parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the suspension of the Parliament in 1972.

Dehra Parker had been elected (as Dehra Chichester) for County Londonderry in the 1921 and 1925 elections under the single transferable vote; she became a Dame before the 1953 election. James Dawson Chichester-Clark was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969-1971 and after his resignation was created Baron Moyola in 1971. All three elected members were not only from the same party, but were close relations, as was the penultimate member of the South Londonderry constituency for the Westminster parliament in 1922.

[edit] Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

Northern Ireland general election, 1929: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Following the death of Chichester-Clark:

By-election 15 March 1933: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1933: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1938: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1945: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1949: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	9,193	60.9	N/A
	Irish Nationalist	T.B. Agnew	5,909	39.1	N/A
Majority			3,284	21.8	N/A
Turnout			15,102	86.2	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1953: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1958: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Following the resignation of Parker:

By-election 9 July 1960: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1962: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1965: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Northern Ireland general election, 1969: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	9,195	61.3	N/A
	People's Democracy	Bernadette Devlin	5,812	38.7	N/A
Majority			3,383	22.6	N/A
Turnout			15,007	81.6	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• South Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

[edit] External link

• Stormont election results for Londonderry county seats