South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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South Londonderry Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency
South Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1929
Abolished:	1973
Election Method:	First past the post

The South Londonderry constituency for the parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973. All members for the constituency were from the Chichester-Clark family.

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.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Elections 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929	James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark	Ulster Unionist
	1933	Dehra Parker
	1933
	1938
	1945
	1949
	1953
	1958
	1960	James Chichester-Clark
	1962
	1965
	1969
	1973	Constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

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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
	Nationalist (NI)	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 links

• Stormont election results for Londonderry county seats

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