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The Belfast South by-election was held on 4 March 1982 following the death of Robert Bradford, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament for Belfast South.
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The Belfast East by-election of 1940 was held on 8 February 1940. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent UUP MP, Herbert Dixon. It was won by the UUP candidate Henry Peirson Harland, who was unopposed.
The Londonderry by-election of 1929 was held on 29 January 1929. The by-election was held due to the appointment as high court judge of the incumbent UUP MP, Malcolm Macnaghten. It was won by the UUP candidate Ronald Deane Ross.
The North Down by-election of 1922 was held on 21 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the assassination of the incumbent UUP MP, Henry Wilson who had been elected in the February 1922 North Down by-election. It was won unopposed by the UUP candidate John Morrow Simms.
The North Londonderry by-election of 1922 was held on 2 June 1922. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent UUP MP, Hugh T. Barrie. It was won by the UUP candidate Malcolm Macnaghten.
The South Londonderry by-election of 1922 was held on 18 January 1922. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent UUP MP, Robert Chichester. It was won by the UUP candidate Sir William Hacket Pain.
The South Londonderry by-election of 1921 was held on 29 August 1921. The by-election was held due to the appointed lord chief justice of northern ireland of the incumbent UUP MP, Denis Henry. It was won by the UUP candidate Robert Chichester.
The West Down by-election of 1921 was held on 5 July 1921. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Recorder of Belfast of the incumbent UUP MP, Daniel Martin Wilson. It was unopposed and the UUP candidate Thomas Browne Wallace was elected.
The 2017 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on 2 March 2017. The election was held to elect members (MLAs) following the resignation of deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness in protest over the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal. McGuinness' position was not filled, and thus by law his resignation triggered an election. It was the sixth election since the Assembly was re-established in 1998, and the first to implement a reduction in size to 90 MLAs.
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- ↑ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com.
- 1 2 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
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