Mid Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Mid Londonderry
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Mid Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

Mid Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, 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. It was one of five single-member constituencies replacing the former five-member Londonderry constituency. 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.^[1]

The constituency was primarily rural and included areas between Coleraine, Limavady, Derry and Magherafelt.^[2]

The seat was held until 1969 by Nationalist Party candidates, and was rarely contested.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Source:^[3]

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General Election 1953: Mid Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Paddy Gormley	4,134	53.8	N/A
	Anti-Partition	T. B. Agnew	3,550	46.2	N/A
Majority			584	7.6	N/A
Turnout			7,684	48.6	N/A
	Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Mid Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Ivan Cooper	6,056	45.1	N/A
	UUP	R. W. Shields	4,438	33.0	N/A
	Nationalist	Paddy Gormley	2,229	16.6	N/A
	Republican Labour	J. O'Kane	709	5.3	N/A
Majority			1,618	12.1	N/A
Turnout			13,432	81.8	N/A
	Independent Nationalist gain from Nationalist		Swing

Source:^[3]

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 Londonderry

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Coleraine (1801–85) Londonderry (1801–85, 1922–83) Londonderry City (1801–1922) North Londonderry (1885–22) South Londonderry (1885–22)

Current	Foyle (1983—) East Londonderry (1983—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

Seats taken	(none)

No seats taken	(none)

City of Londonderry (1929–72)
Foyle (1929–72)
Londonderry (1921–29)
Mid Londonderry (1929–72)
North Londonderry (1929–72)
South Londonderry (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Londonderry Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Foyle Mid Ulster

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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