Antrim Larkfield (constituency)

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

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[edit] Boundaries and Boundary Changes

Pre 1969: The area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituency of Antrim, Antrim and part of Antrim South.

1969-1973: Antrim Larkfield was a division of County Antrim. It was created by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968. It was located to the south-west of Belfast and comprised "part of the Rural District of Lisburn which consists of the district electoral divisions of Andersonstown, Ardmore, Ballygammon, Dunmurry, Finaghy, Ladybrook, and Upper Malone".

The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the Northern Ireland general election, 1969. The Parliament was prorogued on 30 March 1972, under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972. It was formally abolished in 1973 when the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 received royal assent on 18 July 1973.

1973-1974: The area was represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly established under the Sunningdale Agreement, after the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 became law on 3 May 1973, as part of the Antrim South Belfast West and Belfast South constituencies.

[edit] Electoral System and Electorate

The parliamentary representative of the division was elected using the first past the post system.

[edit] Member of Parliament: House of Commons (Northern Ireland)

[edit] Election: House of Commons (Northern Ireland)

General Election 24 February 1969: Antrim Larkfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist William Basil McIvor 8,501 59.90 N/A
National Democrats T.A. Sherry 2,386 16.81 N/A
Labour (NI) T. Magee 1,714 12.08 N/A
Republican Labour G.L. O'Hare 1,591 11.21 N/A
Majority 6,115 43.09 N/A
Turnout 20,774 68.32 N/A
Ulster Unionist gain from new seat Swing N/A

[edit] Reference

  • Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)

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