Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Londonderry
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1929
Election method	Single transferable vote

Londonderry was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned five MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

Boundaries

Londonderry was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the entirety of County Londonderry, including the County Borough of Londonderry. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into five constituencies elected under first past the post: City of Londonderry, Foyle, Mid Londonderry, North Londonderry and South Londonderry.

Second Dáil

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil. All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but Eoin MacNeill, who was also elected for the National University of Ireland, was the only MP elected for Londonderry to sit as a TD in Dáil Éireann.

Politics

Londonderry was a predominantly Unionist area with a substantial Nationalist minority, electing three Unionists, one Nationalist and one Sinn Féin member in 1921 and three Unionists and two Nationalists in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election	MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)
1921		Robert Newton Anderson (UUP)		Dehra Chichester (UUP)		John Martin Mark (UUP)		George Leeke (Nationalist)		Eoin MacNeill Sinn Féin
1925		Robert Newton Anderson (UUP)		Dehra Chichester (UUP)		John Martin Mark (UUP)		George Leeke (Nationalist)		Basil McGuckin (Nationalist)

Elections results

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)

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1921 General Election: Londonderry (5 seats)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Robert Newton Anderson	24.9	13,466
	Sinn Féin	Eoin MacNeill	22.0	11,866
	UUP	Dehra Chichester	16.1	8,709	12,544
	UUP	John Martin Mark	15.1	8,155	8,764	8,801	12,280
	Nationalist	George Leeke	11.7	6,298	6,315	6,483	6,543	6,550	7,710
	Sinn Féin	J. Walsh	7.4	4,020	4,022	6,519	6,521	6,521	6,980
	Nationalist	H. W. Shields	2.7	1,474	1,478	1,643	1,647	1,647
Electorate: 62,111 Valid: 53,988 Quota: 8,999 Turnout: 86.9%

1925 General Election: Londonderry (5 seats)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Nationalist	George Leeke	27.2	13,671
	UUP	Robert Newton Anderson	24.0	12,085
	UUP	John Martin Mark	17.5	8,804
	UUP	Dehra Chichester	16.4	8,261	8,288	11,969
	Republican	C. MacWhinney	11.0	5,546	5,701	5,705	5,749	5,756
	Nationalist	Basil McGuckin	3.9	1,973	7,071	7,080	7,171	7,184
Electorate: 63,174 Valid: 50,340 Quota: 8,391 Turnout: 79.7%

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
"Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
"APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

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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
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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)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Londonderry

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Coleraine (???–1800)
Londonderry City (???–1800)
County Londonderry (???–1800)
Newtown Limavady (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Coleraine (1801–85) Londonderry (1801–85, 1922–83) Londonderry City (1801–1922) North Londonderry (1885–1922) South Londonderry (1885–1922)
Current	Foyle (1983—) East Londonderry (1983—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	Londonderry City
Seats not taken	North Londonderry South Londonderry

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Londonderry
No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

City of Londonderry (1929–72)
Foyle (1929–72)
Londonderry (1921–29)
Mid Londonderry (1929–72)
North Londonderry (1929–72)
South Londonderry (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Londonderry Mid Ulster
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Foyle Mid Ulster

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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