Mid Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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For other constituencies of the same name, see Mid Antrim.

Mid Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.

The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 introduced first past the post elections for 48 single-member constituencies (including Antrim Mid).

It was a single-member division of County Antrim represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. 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 Ballymena, Ballymoney and Larne. The division also included the whole of the Urban District of Ballymena.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election Results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929	Robert Crawford	Ulster Unionist
	1933
	1938	John Patrick
	1945
	1949	Robert Nichol Wilson
	1953	Robert Simpson
	1958
	1962
	1965
	1969
	1973	Constituency abolished

[edit] Election Results

General Election 22 May 1929: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Crawford	7,375	68.21	N/A
	Independent	J. A. Gaston	3,437	31.79	N/A
Majority			3,938	36.42	N/A
Turnout			17,857	60.55	N/A
	Ulster Unionist gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

General Election 30 November 1933: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Crawford	7,567	59.37	-8.84
	Independent Unionist	J. Woodburn	5,178	40.63	+40.63
Majority			2,389	18.74	-17.68
Turnout			18,152	70.21	+9.66
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 9 February 1938: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	John Patrick	9,386	67.53	+8.16
	Progressive Unionist	A. Beggs	4,514	32.47	+32.47
Majority			4,872	35.05	+16.31
Turnout			19,062	72.92	+2.71
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 14 June 1945: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Nicol Wilson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 10 February 1949: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Nicol Wilson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 22 October 1953: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Simpson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 20 March 1958: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Simpson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 31 May 1962: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Simpson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 25 November 1965: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Simpson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 24 February 1969: Antrim Mid
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Simpson	10,249	82.83	N/A
	Labour (NI)	R. H. Galbraith	2,124	17.17	N/A
Majority			8,125	65.67	N/A
Turnout			21,992	56.26	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

• Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973

[edit] References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1979)
• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)

[edit] External links

• http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
• http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
• For the exact definition of Northern Ireland constituency boundaries see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html

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