Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

For the constituency established in 1929, see Antrim Borough (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).

54.951°N 6.208°W / 54.951; -6.208

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

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

Boundaries

Antrim was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the administrative County Antrim (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 seven constituencies elected under first past the post: Antrim Borough, Bann Side, Carrick, Larne, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim.^[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 as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Antrim, it was not represented there.^[3]

Politics

Antrim had a Unionist majority, with some pockets of Nationalist support. In 1921, six Unionists and one Nationalist were elected, while in 1925, there were five unionists, one Nationalist and one member of the Unbought Tenants Association elected.

Members of Parliament

Election	MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)		MP (Party)
1921		John Milne Barbour (UUP)		Hugh O'Neill (UUP)		George Boyle Hanna (UUP)		Robert Crawford (UUP)		Robert Dick Megaw (UUP)		John Fawcett Gordon (UUP)		Joseph Devlin (Nationalist)
1925												George Henderson (Unbought Tenants)		Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (Nationalist)

Election results

24 May 1921 General Election: Antrim (7 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	John Milne Barbour	22.18	17,735
	UUP	Hugh O'Neill	20.86	16,681
	UUP	George Boyle Hanna	15.74	12,584
	Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	11.82	9,448	9,469	9,499	9,528	9,560
	UUP	Robert Dick Megaw	10.41	8,326	8,991	11,979
	UUP	Robert Crawford	7.47	5,976	11,958
	Sinn Féin	Louis Joseph Walsh	6.19	4,951	4,958	4,973	4,988	5,028
	UUP	John Fawcett Gordon	3.71	2,967	3,890	7,507	10,029
	Sinn Féin	Joseph Connolly	1.60	1,281	1,424	1,461	1,485	1,511
Electorate: 93,566   Valid: 79,949   Quota: 9,994   Turnout: 85.5%

3 April 1925 General Election: Antrim (7 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	John Milne Barbour	20.99	13,499
	UUP	Hugh O'Neill	19.56	12,579
	Nationalist	Thomas Stanislaus McAllister	18.44	11,857
	UUP	Robert Crawford	11.37	7,310	11,369
	UUP	George Boyle Hanna	10.14	6,524	7,216	8,720
	Unbought Tenants	George Henderson	7.57	4,866	4,908	4,994	8,712
	UUP	Robert Dick Megaw	6.78	4,362	4,643	6,217	6,271	6,469
	UUP	John Fawcett Gordon	5.16	3,318	3,703	5,078	5,123	8,254
Electorate: 98,278   Valid: 64,315   Quota: 8,040   Turnout: 65.4%

References

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