Mid Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°29′46″N 5°54′58″W / 54.496°N 5.916°W / 54.496; -5.916

Mid Down
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

Mid Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Mid Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Mid Down was created by the division of Down into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged until 1969, when it was considerably reduced in size, with areas of the seat being transferred to Lagan Valley and North Down. It returned one Member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The seat comprised parts of the rural districts of Castlereagh, Hillsborough and Newtownards.^[1]

Politics

The seat had a substantial unionist majority and was always won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates. It was only contested on one occasion, by a Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate who received only 23% of the votes cast.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Elected		Name^[2]
1929	UUP	John Miller Andrews
1953	UUP	Jack Andrews
1964	UUP	Basil Kelly

Election results

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At the 1929, 1933, 1938, 1945 and 1949 Northern Ireland general elections, John Miller Andrews was elected unopposed.^[2]

At the 1953, 1958 and 1962 Northern Ireland general elections, Jack Andrews was elected unopposed.^[2]

Mid Down by-election, 1964^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Basil Kelly	8,674	77.1	N/A
	NI Labour	J. S. Gardner	2,572	22.9	N/A
Majority			6,102	54.2	N/A
Turnout				27.2	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1965 and 1969 Northern Ireland general elections, Basil Kelly was elected unopposed.^[2]

References

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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