South Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°50′17″N 6°53′49″W / 54.838°N 6.897°W
| South Londonderry | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Londonderry |
| Created from | Londonderry |
South Londonderry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons from 1885 until it was abolished in 1922.
Boundaries and boundary changes
This county constituency comprised the southern part of County Londonderry.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Londonderry constituency.
Politics
The constituency was a majority unionist area.
All three candidates in 1918 were Roman Catholics. Had the Sinn Féin candidate won, then instead of taking up the Westminster seat he would have participated in the revolutionary First Dáil.
Members of Parliament
Key to parties: U Irish Unionist Party 1886–1921 and Ulster Unionist 1921–1922.
| From | To | Name | Party | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 1886 | Timothy Michael Healy | Irish Parliamentary Party | 17 May 1855 | 26 March 1931 |
| 1886 | 1900 | Sir Thomas Lea | Liberal Unionist | 17 January 1841 | 9 January 1902 |
| 1900 | 1916 | John Gordon | Liberal Unionist | 23 November 1849 | 26 September 1922 |
| 1916 | 1921 | Denis Henry | Irish Unionist | 7 March 1864 | 1 October 1925 |
| 1921 | 1921 | Robert Chichester | Irish Unionist | 13 August 1874 | 10 December 1921 |
| 1922 | 1922 | Sir William Hacket Pain | Ulster Unionist | 5 February 1855 | 14 February 1924 |
Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
| General Election 14 December 1918: South Londonderry | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Unionist | Denis Stanislaus Henry | 8,942 | 54.7 | N/A | |
| Irish Parliamentary | Professor Arthur William Conway | 3,981 | 24.3 | N/A | |
| Sinn Féin | Louis Joseph Walsh | 3,425 | 20.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,961 | 30.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 16,348 | 77.1 | N/A | ||
| Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Appointment of Henry as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
| By-Election 29 August 1921: South Londonderry | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| UUP | Robert Chichester | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Chichester
| By-Election 28 January 1922: South Londonderry | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| UUP | Sir William Hacket Pain | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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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)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
External links
- Dáil Éireann Members Database Houses of the Oireachtas
- Dáil Debates - Díospóireachtaí Dála Houses of the Oireachtas
See also
- List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1918
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Members of the 1st Dáil
- South Londonderry (NI Parliament constituency)