1920 Londonderry Borough Council election

Last updated

1920 Londonderry Borough Council election
Londonderry COA.svg
← 1914Thursday 15 January 19201925 →
All 40 seats on Londonderry Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP Sinn Féin Nationalist
Seats won191010
1920 Londonderry Borough Council election (most voted party by electoral area).svg
Mayor before election

Robert Newton Anderson
Irish Unionist

Mayor after election

Hugh O'Doherty
Ind. Nationalist

An election to Londonderry Borough Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Contents

As a result, Unionists lost control over Londonderry borough council, which for the first time passed into the control of the city's Catholic majority. The various Nationalist parties in the city contested the election on a pan-nationalist front, emphasizing the national question of Irish self-government, as well as issues over housing. [1]

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had seen the introduction of a PR electoral system for local government elections in Ireland. Turnout was high, at 93.5%. Despite the new electoral system only 2.8% of ballots were spoiled. [2] Whilst Unionists won nearly 60% of the popular vote, this was connected to the Nationalist dominated West Ward going uncontested.

Nationalist control of the council would not last however, and following the partition of Ireland the Northern Irish Government restored the older, and less representative ward based system. [2]

Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Sinn Féin-Nationalist front21
(10 SF, 10 N, 1 Ind N)		4,06641.78
UUP 195,66658.22
Totals409,732100.00—

North Ward

The Unionists put forward 7 candidates, and Nationalists 5. The Unionists gave instructions that their candidates should be voted for in alphabetical order. In the first round Unionist candidates 1,923 votes (59.72%), and Nationalists 1,297 (40.28%). [3] [4]

North Ward – 11 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
UUP James Ballantine52.041,687
Nationalist Richard Doherty499
Ind. Nationalist Hugh C. O'Doherty 461
UUP R. A. Deane201407
Nationalist Edward McCafferty216217
UUP Sir John McFarland 8587
Nationalist Daniel O'Donnell8181
UUP H. N. Greenway7836
UUP S. W. Kennedy6775
UUP H. S. Robinson6063 63 63 64 64 64 65 65 69 312
Nationalist William Joseph O'Donnell4040 58 81 81 205 218 218 218 218 218
UUP B. K. Gilliland2135
Electorate: 3,586  Valid: 3,220  Spoilt: 22  Quota: 269  Turnout: 3,242  

    Waterside Ward

    In Waterside ward 6 Unionists and 3 Nationalists were returned. Anderson and Bradley, topping the poll, were appointed as Aldermen. Unionists were advised to vote and allocate their preferences for Unionist candidates alphabetically. [5]

    Waterside Ward – 9 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    UUP Alexander Anderson37.85974
    Sinn Féin Cathal Bradley15.51399
    UUP William H. Elliot10.61273
    UUP James Blair7.15184880
    Nationalist F. O'Sullivan9.83252252 260
    UUP Thomas McCully3.89100113 113 121 721
    UUP J. H. Pollock0.541417 17 21 32 32 487
    UUP D. P. Thompson2.646870 70 73 77 77 84 313
    Nationalist Margaret Morris7.54194196 226 226 227 228 228 228 228
    Nationalist Robert J. Donaghey4.47115115 218 218 224 225 226 226 226
    Electorate: ~  Valid: 2573  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 258  Turnout: 2601  

      South-East Ward

      South-East Ward – 12 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      UUP H. Babington50.441939
      Irish Nationalist James Bonner24.56944
      Irish Nationalist W. J. Barclay5.98230232 830
      Irish Nationalist Robert McAnaney5.54213214 217 217 225 226 230 231 235 235 348
      Irish Nationalist Michael Cosgrove4.29165166 196 198 696
      Sinn Féin James Gallagher3.67141141 146 148 152 158 172 172 409
      Irish Nationalist Cou Doherty3.02116117 128 129 153 156 537
      UUP John Burns1.013945 46 1358
      UUP John G. Magee0.421617 17 19 19 21 22 29 29 514
      UUP T.G. Blair0.36141631
      UUP David Mitchell0.311214 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 22
      UUP James Hamilton0.21814 14 28 28 1071
      UUP Henry G. McCay0.18713 13 14 14 20 20 786
      Electorate: -  Valid: 3844 (98.94%)  Spoilt: 41 (1.06%)  Quota: 296 (7.70%)  Turnout: 3885  

        West Ward

        The combined Sinn-Fein/Nationalist ticket put up 8 candidates for the 8 seats in the West Ward. The Unionist grouping in the city did not put up any candidates, resulting in there being no contest and the Sinn-Fein/Nationalist candidates being all successful. [7]

        West Ward – 8 seats [7] [8]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Sinn Féin Con BradleyNo contest
        Sinn Féin Anthony CarlinNo contest
        Sinn Féin P. HogartyNo contest
        Sinn Féin W. LogueNo contest
        Sinn Féin Patrick MeenanNo contest
        Sinn Féin James McLeanNo contest
        Sinn Féin Joseph McKernanNo contest
        Sinn Féin D. J. ShielNo contest
        Electorate: -  Quota: 

          Related Research Articles

          <span class="mw-page-title-main">Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards

          Mid Ulster is a parliamentary constituency in the UK House of Commons. The current MP is Cathal Mallaghan, of Sinn Féin, who was first elected at the 2024 election.

          Cameron "Cammy" Glasgow is a former Scotland international rugby union player.

          Ian MacIntyre, WS was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 26th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. For a period he was also a Unionist Party MP for Edinburgh West. He was also a Writer to the Signet.

          The 1893–94 Welsh Amateur Cup was the fourth season of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The cup was won by Mold Red Stars who defeated Wrockwardine Wood 4–3 in the final, at Stansty Park, Wrexham.

          <span class="mw-page-title-main">1920 Donegal County Council election</span>

          An election to Donegal County Council took place on Wednesday 26 May 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 45 councillors were elected from 10 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

          An election to all 15 seats on Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of the 1920 Irish local elections. Pembroke was divided into two district electoral areas to elect councillors for a three-year term of office. This term was later extended to 1925.

          Drumchapel RFC was an early twentieth-century East Dunbartonshire-based rugby union club; the town – after being annexed in 1938 – now resides in Glasgow.

          The 1892–93 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.

          Graham Findlay was a Scottish rugby union player. He later became an international referee and was the 23rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

          Aberdeen Nomads RFC were a nineteenth and twentieth-century Aberdeen-based rugby union club. It provided Scotland international players as well as North of Scotland District players but it folded at the Second World War as it lacked players to continue.

          James Aikman Smith (1859-1931) was a Scottish rugby union player and later became an international referee. He became the 47th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

          John MacGill was a Scottish rugby union player. He became a referee and later was the 54th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. His regular playing position was Full back.

          Alfred Lawrie (1882–1942) was a Scottish rugby union player and an international referee. He became the 57th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

          David Thom was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 79th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

          Gordon Masson was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 105th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

          Osborne Football Club was a Scottish rugby union club in Greenock of the nineteenth century.

          Fraser Gore was a Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Forward.

          Ernest Trousseau Roland was a Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Centre.

          Jake Selby was a Scotland international rugby union player.

          George Thom was a Scotland international rugby union player.

          References

          1. ↑ McCabe, Conor (2010). "The Irish Labour Party and the 1920 local elections". Saothar. 35: 7–20. JSTOR   23200073.
          2. 1 2 Laffan, Michael (1999). The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923. Cambridge University Press. p. 327. ISBN   9781139426299.
          3. 1 2 "Keen party voting in Derry". The Irish Times. 20 January 1920. p. 6.
          4. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200120/063/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
          5. 1 2 "Results | From 17th Jan 1920 | Londonderry Sentinel | Publication | Londonderry, Northern Ireland | Location | British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
          6. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200122/068/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
          7. 1 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200106/032/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
          8. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001123/19200121/011/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
          This page is based on this Wikipedia article
          Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
          Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.