Bangor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°39′18″N 5°40′30″W / 54.655°N 5.675°W / 54.655; -5.675

Bangor
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

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

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

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Bangor was created by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 as a division of County Down. It was located to the east of Belfast. Before 1969, the area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituency of North Down.

The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at 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.

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

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1969	Robert Dodd McConnell		Independent Unionist
1972	Robert Dodd McConnell		Alliance

Election results

General Election 24 February 1969: Bangor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Unionist	Robert Dodd McConnell	7,714	59.8	N/A
	UUP	R. Campbell	5,190	40.2	N/A
Majority			2,524	19.6	N/A
Turnout			12,904	61.8	N/A
	Independent Unionist gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973

References

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

External links

For more information about the Northern Ireland House of Commons, see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/stormont.html

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies

1921–1929	1929–1973

Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim

Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria

Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill

Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor

Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale

Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down

Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone

Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry

Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

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