Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
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Londonderry was a parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, as well as a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. It was replaced in boundary changes in 1983. Londonderry returned two MPs (1801–1885) and later one (1922–1983).
Politics and history of the constituency
From its inception, Londonderry had a unionist majority, though by the 1970s the nationalist vote was approaching 40% in some elections.
In 1951, it was one of the last four seats to be uncontested in a United Kingdom general election.
In 1974 the Ulster Unionist Party repudiated the Sunningdale Agreement and so did not reselect Robin Chichester-Clark, who had been a Minister in the government of Edward Heath. Instead they ran William Ross, who held the seat until the 1983 general election. He was then elected for the new East Londonderry constituency.
For the history of the area post-1983, see Foyle (UK Parliament constituency) and East Londonderry.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted, in 1801–1885, of the whole of County Londonderry,Template:Efn except for the parliamentary boroughs of Coleraine and Londonderry City.
The seat was re-created in 1922. As part of the consequences of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was reduced from 30 to 13. The seat was focused on County Londonderry. From 1922 to 1950, it comprised the administrative county of Londonderry and the County Borough of Londonderry. From 1950 onwards, the rural district of Magherafelt in the south of the county was removed to form part of the new Mid Ulster constituency.
In 1983 the number of seats for Northern Ireland was increased from 12 to 17 and Londonderry was split in two, forming Foyle and East Londonderry.
Members of Parliament
1801–1885
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1801 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hon. Charles Stewart<ref>known as Sir Charles Stewart from 1813</ref> | Tory | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Vacant | |
| 1801 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Sir George Hill, 2nd Bt | Tory | |||
| 1802 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Lord George Beresford | ||||
| 1812 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hon. William Ponsonby | ||||
| 1814 by-election | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Alexander Stewart | Tory<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| 1815 by-election | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | George Robert Dawson | Tory<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| 1818 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Alexander Robert Stewart | Tory | |||
| 1830 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Theobald Jones | Tory<ref name="stookssmith1842">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="walker"/> | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Bt | Tory<ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="walker"/> |
| 1834 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Conservative<ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="walker"/> | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Conservative<ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="walker"/> | ||
| 1842 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Robert Bateson | Conservative<ref name="walker"/> | |||
| 1844 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Thomas Bateson | ||||
| 1857 by-election | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | James Johnston Clark | ||||
| 1857 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Samuel MacCurdy Greer | Radical<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||
| 1859 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Robert Peel Dawson | Conservative<ref name="walker"/> | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Sir Frederick Heygate, 2nd Bt | |
| 1874 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Richard Smyth | Liberal<ref name="walker"/> | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hugh Law | Liberal<ref name="walker"/> |
| 1878 by-election | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Sir Thomas McClure, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1881 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Andrew Porter | ||||
| 1884 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Samuel Walker | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see North Londonderry & South Londonderry | |||||
1922–1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1922 | Sir Malcolm Macnaghten | Ulster Unionist |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1929 by-election | Sir Ronald Ross | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1951 by-election | William Wellwood | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1955 | Robin Chichester-Clark | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | February 1974 | William Ross | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Foyle & East Londonderry | ||
Westminster elections
Elections in the 1830s
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Elections in the 1840s
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- Caused by Bateson's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
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- Caused by Bateson's death
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- Caused by Bateson's resignation.
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Elections in the 1870s
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- Caused by Smyth's death.
Elections in the 1880s
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- Caused by Law's appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland
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- Caused by Law's appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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- Caused by Porter's appointment as Master of the Rolls
Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1970s
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Notes
References
- Pages with broken file links
- Westminster constituencies in County Londonderry (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1922
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Politics of Derry (city)