Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Down
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Down shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1929
Election method	Single transferable vote

Down was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned eight MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

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Boundaries

Down was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the administrative County Down (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into eight constituencies elected under first past the post: Ards, East Down, Iveagh, Mid Down, Mourne, North Down, South Down and West Down.^[1]

Second Dáil

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.^[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but Éamon de Valera, who was also elected for Clare, was the only MP elected for Down to sit as a TD in Dáil Éireann.^[3]

Politics

Down had a Unionist majority, but with strong Nationalist support in the south. In both elections, six Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

Members of Parliament

Election	MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)
1921		James Craig (UUP)		J. M. Andrews (UUP)		Thomas Lavery (UUP)		Harry Mulholland (UUP)		Robert McBride (UUP)		Thomas McMullan (UUP)		Patrick O'Neill (Nationalist)		Éamon de Valera (Sinn Féin/Republican)
1925		James Craig (UUP)		J. M. Andrews (UUP)		Thomas Lavery (UUP)		Harry Mulholland (UUP)		Robert McBride (UUP)		Thomas McMullan (UUP)		Patrick O'Neill (Nationalist)		Éamon de Valera (Sinn Féin/Republican)

Election results

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)


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1921 General Election: Down (8 seats)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ulster Unionist	James Craig	36.7	29,829
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	26.7	21,677
	Ulster Unionist	J. M. Andrews	15.5	12,584
	Nationalist	Patrick O'Neill	9.0	7,317	7,332	7,806	7,809	7,811	7,814	7,818	7,820	8,171
	Ulster Unionist	Harry Mulholland	5.7	4,665	10,183
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McBride	4.1	3,297	5,944	5,956	8,715	11,819
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lavery	3.5	2,863	12,883
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McMullan	3.3	2,692	4,738	4,751	5,421	6,147	7,282	10,041
	Independent Labour	A. Adams	1.5	1,188	1,448	1,463	1,514	1,532	1,547	1,564	1,569
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Lavery	0.4	327	581	6,276	6,347	6,352	6,358	6,359	6,359	7,470
	Sinn Féin	Patrick M. Moore	0.2	149	197	1,236	1,245	1,252	1,255	1,272	1,284
Electorate: 93,138 Valid: 81,180 Quota: 9,021 Turnout: 87.2%

1925 General Election: Down (8 seats)
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
Ulster Unionist	J. M. Andrews	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ulster Unionist	James Craig	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Republican	Éamon de Valera	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lavery	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ulster Unionist	Robert McBride	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ulster Unionist	Thomas McMullan	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ulster Unionist	Harry Mulholland	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nationalist	Patrick O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	N/A	N/A

References

^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

v t e 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

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Down (????–1800)
Bangor (1613–1800)
Downpatrick (1586–1800)
Hillsborough (1662–1800)
Killyleagh (1613–1800)
Newry (????–1800)
Newtownards (????–1800)

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

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)
Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Down
No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

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

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

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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