South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = South Londonderry
| type = County
| parl_name = Parliament of Northern Ireland
| image = 200px
| caption = South Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
| year = 1929
| abolished = 1973
| blank1_name = Election method
| blank1_info = First past the post
}}
The South Londonderry constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973. All members for the constituency were from the Chichester-Clark family: the first was both the son-in-law of the second and the father of the third.
Dehra Parker had been elected (as Dehra Chichester) for County Londonderry in the 1921 and 1925 elections under the single transferable vote; she became a Dame before the 1953 election. Her grandson James Dawson Chichester-Clark was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969–1971 and after his resignation was created Baron Moyola in 1971. All three elected members were not only from the same party, but were close relations, as were the penultimate member of the South Londonderry constituency for the Westminster parliament in 1922 and the Westminster MP for Londonderry from 1955 to 1972.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="12" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
| 1929 | rowspan="1"|James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark | rowspan="12"|Ulster Unionist | ||
| 1933
| rowspan="7"|Dehra Parker | ||
| 1933 | ||
| 1938 | ||
| 1945 | ||
| 1949 | ||
| 1953 | ||
| 1958 | ||
| 1960
| rowspan="4"|James Chichester-Clark | ||
| 1962 | ||
| 1965 | ||
| 1969 | ||
| |1973
| colspan="3"|Constituency abolished |
Elections
{{Politics of Northern Ireland 1921-72}}
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
{{Election box begin |
|title=1929 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Following the death of Chichester-Clark:
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 15 March 1933: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1933 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1938 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1945 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1949 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = 9,193
|percentage = 60.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
|candidate = T. B. Agnew
|votes = 5,909
|percentage = 39.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,284
|percentage = 21.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,102
|percentage = 86.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1953 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1958 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Dehra Parker
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Following the resignation of Parker:
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 9 July 1960: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1962 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1965 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1969 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Dawson Chichester-Clark
|votes = 9,195
|percentage = 61.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Democracy (Ireland)
|candidate = Bernadette Devlin
|votes = 5,812
|percentage = 38.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,383
|percentage = 22.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,007
|percentage = 81.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
External links
- [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/ldrcounty.html Stormont election results for Londonderry county seats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705025107/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/ldrcounty.html |date=5 July 2008 }}
{{Parliament of Northern Ireland}}
{{County Londonderry constituencies}}
Category:Historic constituencies in County Londonderry
Category:Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies established in 1929
Category:Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies disestablished in 1973