Larkfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| Larkfield | |
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| Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland |
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Larkfield shown within Northern Ireland
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| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1973 |
| Election method | First past the post |
See also East Malling and Larkfield, England.
Larkfield was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Contents
Boundaries and boundary changes
Before 1969, the area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies of Mid-Down and South Antrim.
Larkfield was created by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 as a division of County Antrim. It was located to the south-west of Belfast and comprised "part of the rural district of Lisburn which consists of the district electoral divisions of Andersonstown, Ardmore, Ballygammon, Dunmurry, Finaghy, Ladybrook, and Upper Malone".
The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at the Northern Ireland general election, 1969. The Parliament was prorogued on 30 March 1972, under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972. It was formally abolished in 1973 when the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 received Royal Assent on 18 July 1973.
The parliamentary representative of the division was elected using the first-past-the-post system.
Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1969 | Basil McIvor | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1973 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| UUP | Basil McIvor | 8,501 | 59.90 | N/A | |
| National Democratic | Tom Sherry | 2,386 | 16.81 | N/A | |
| NI Labour | Tom Magee | 1,714 | 12.08 | N/A | |
| Republican Labour | Gerry O'Hare | 1,591 | 11.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,115 | 43.09 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,774 | 68.32 | N/A | ||
| UUP gain from new seat | Swing | N/A | |||
- Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973
References
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921 - 1972
External links
- For more information about the Northern Ireland House of Commons, see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/stormont.html
