Mourne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Mourne
Former County Constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1929
Abolished1972
Election method First past the post

Mourne was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Mourne was a county constituency comprising part of southern County Down, including the Mountains of Mourne. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Mourne was created by the division of Down into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one Member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The seat included the town of Newcastle, the town of Kilkeel (which became an urban district in 1936) [1] and also certain district electoral divisions of the rural districts of Banbridge, Downpatrick, Kilkeel and Newry No. 1. [2] [3]

Politics

The seat had a small nationalist majority, with Nationalist Party candidates defeating unionists at every election, excepting 1938, when no nationalist stood. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectedPartyName [4]
1929 Nationalist Patrick O'Neill
1938 UUP George Panter
1945 Nationalist James McSparran
1958 Nationalist James O'Reilly

Election results

General Election 1929: Mourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Patrick O'Neill 6,575 55.1
UUP J. M. Boyle5,35244.9
Majority1,22310.2
Turnout 11,92780.5
Nationalist win (new seat)
General Election 1933: Mourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Patrick O'Neill 6,674 54.1 -1.0
UUP John Maynard Sinclair 5,66745.9+1.0
Majority1,0078.2-2.0
Turnout 12,34182.3+1.8
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

At the 1938 Northern Ireland general election, Unionist George Panter was elected unopposed. [4]

General Election 1945: Mourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist James McSparran 7,784 58.4 New
Ind U James Brown 5,54441.6New
Majority2,24016.8N/A
Turnout 13,32885.2N/A
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1949: Mourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist James McSparran 7,462 55.3 -3.1
UUP N. F. Gordon6,02044.7+3.1
Majority1,44210.6-6.2
Turnout 13,48283.2-2.0
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1953: Mourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist James McSparran 7,532 55.2 -0.1
UUP Joseph Fisher 6,11344.8+0.1
Majority1,41910.4-0.2
Turnout 13,64582.6-0.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1958: Mourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist James O'Reilly 7,139 52.3 -2.9
UUP Eileen Calvert6,50647.7+2.9
Majority6334.6-5.8
Turnout 13,64584.7+2.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ Belfast Gazette, No 787, P 274, 24 July 1936
  2. ↑ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
  3. ↑ A list of the townlands comprising each of those divisions is in the Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page:241 (Banbridge RD), the Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page:260 (Newry No. 1 RD), the Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page:241 (Kilkeel RD) and the Belfast Gazette Publication date:29 June 1923 Issue:105 Page:309 (Kilkeel RD)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Counties: Down
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