North Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

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

Boundaries

North 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. North Down was created by the division of Down into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged until 1969, when it gained part of Mid Down, but the eastern half of the seat was split away to form Bangor. It returned one Member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The original seat was centred on the town of Bangor and urban district of Holywood, and it also included parts of the rural districts of Castlereagh and Newtownards.^[1]

The seat had a substantial unionist majority and was always won by unionist candidates, all but one representing the Ulster Unionist Party. It was sometimes contested by Northern Ireland Labour Party, Ulster Liberal Party and independent Unionist candidates, with only the independent Unionist receiving more than one third of the votes cast.^[2]

Elected		Name^[2]
1929	UUP	James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
1941	Independent Unionist	Thomas Bailie
1945	UUP	Thomas Bailie
1953	UUP	Robert Samuel Nixon
1969	UUP	Robert Babington

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North Down by-election, 1941^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Unionist	Thomas Bailie	6,268	55.0	N/A
	UUP	R. Workman	5,137	45.0	N/A
Majority			1,131	10.0	N/A
Turnout				58.4	N/A
	Independent Unionist gain from UUP		Swing	N/A

General Election 1949: North Down^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Thomas Bailie	13,626	87.4	N/A
	NI Labour	Sam Napier	1,956	12.6	N/A
Majority			11,670	74.8	N/A
Turnout				69.4	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1953: North Down^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Robert Samuel Nixon	7,868	53.7	-33.7
	Independent Unionist	Thomas Bailie	6,771	46.3	N/A
Majority			1,097	7.4	-67.4
Turnout				59.1	-10.3
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1962: North Down^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Robert Samuel Nixon	11,067	68.7	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Burns	5,044	31.3	N/A
Majority			6,023	37.4	N/A
Turnout				58.0	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1965: North Down^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Robert Samuel Nixon	10,307	77.1	+8.4
	NI Labour	J. C. Marks	3,066	22.9	N/A
Majority			7,241	54.2	+16.8
Turnout				46.0	-12.0
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: North Down^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Robert Babington	9,013	85.2	+8.1
	Liberal	Sheelagh Murnaghan	1,567	14.8	N/A
Majority			7,446	70.4	+16.2
Turnout				57.5	+11.5
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

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)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Down (1801–85, 1922–50) East Down (1885–1922) Mid Down (1918–22) North Down (1885–1922, 1950—) South Down (1885–1922, 1950—) West Down (1885–1922) Downpatrick (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918)

Current	Lagan Valley (1983—) Newry & Armagh (1983—) Strangford (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

Ards (1929–72)
Bangor (1969–72)
Down (1921–29)
East Down (1929–72)
Iveagh (1929–72)
Lagan Valley (1969–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Mid Down (1929–72)
Mourne (1929–72)
North Down (1929–72)
South Down (1929–72)
West Down (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Down South Down

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	North Down South Down Lagan Valley Newry & Armagh Strangford Upper Bann

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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