West Down (UK Parliament constituency) - United_Kingdom

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West Down was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922, using the first past the post electoral system.

West Down
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Replaced by	Down
Created from	Down

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This county constituency was first created in 1885 from the western part of Down. There was a boundary change altering this division in 1918, when the new Mid Down constituency was created, and West Down was redefined.

1885–1918: The baronies of Lower Iveagh, Lower Half, and Lower Iveagh, Upper Half, and that part of the barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half lying within the parishes of Aghaderg, Annaclone and Seapatrick.'.[1]

1918–1922: The rural district of Moira; the part of the rural district of Banbridge which is not included in the East Down constituency; and the urban districts of Banbridge and Dromore.'.[2]

Maps showing the component units of the constituency can be seen here.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Down constituency.

Politics

The constituency was strongly unionist in 1918, when Sinn Féin only polled 1,725 votes. Two subsequent by-elections produced unopposed returns for the Unionist candidates.

The First Dáil

Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.

The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.

In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. This area, in republican theory, was incorporated in an eight-member Dáil constituency of Down.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Lord Arthur Hill	Conservative
	1891	Lord Arthur Hill	Irish Unionist
	1898 (b)	Arthur Hill	Irish Unionist
	1905 (b)	Harry Liddell	Irish Unionist
	1907 (b)	Lord Arthur William Hill	Irish Unionist
	1908(b)	William MacCaw	Irish Unionist
	1918	Daniel Martin Wilson	Irish Unionist
	May 1921	Daniel Martin Wilson	Ulster Unionist
	1921 (b)	Thomas Browne Wallace	Ulster Unionist
	1922(b)	Hugh Hayes	Ulster Unionist
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Arthur Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

1886 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Arthur Hill	6,589	84.6	*N/A*
	Irish Parliamentary	John Baptish McHugh	1,199	15.4	New
Majority			5,390	69.2	N/A
Turnout			7,788	80.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,695
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Hill was re-appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

1886 West Down by-election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Arthur Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Lord Arthur Hill	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

1895 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Lord Arthur Hill	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

Hill resigned.

1898 West Down by-election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Arthur Hill	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Arthur Hill	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

Hill resigns.

1905 West Down by-election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Harry Liddell	4,037	57.2	*N/A*
	Ind. Unionist	Andrew Beattie	3,015	42.8	New
Majority			1,022	14.4	N/A
Turnout			7,052	85.4	N/A
Registered electors			8,254
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

1906 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Harry Liddell	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

Liddell resigns.

1907 West Down by-election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Lord Arthur Hill	3,702	55.9	*N/A*
	Ind. Unionist	Andrew Beattie	2,918	44.1	New
Majority			784	11.8	N/A
Turnout			6,620	79.1	N/A
Registered electors			8,369
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Hill resigns.

1908 West Down by-election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William MacCaw	4,051	59.5	*N/A*
	Ind. Unionist	Andrew Beattie	2,760	40.5	N/A
Majority			1,291	19.0	N/A
Turnout			6,811	82.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,233
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William MacCaw	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

December 1910 general election: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William MacCaw	Unopposed
	Irish Unionist hold

General Election 14 December 1918: West Down[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Daniel Martin Wilson	10,559	85.7	*N/A*
	Sinn Féin	Bernard Campbell	1,725	14.0	New
Majority			8,834	71.7	N/A
Turnout			12,284	68.3	N/A
Registered electors			17,997
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Wilson appointed as Recorder of Belfast

1921 West Down by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Browne Wallace	Unopposed
	Ulster Unionist hold

Wallace appointed Chief Clerk to the High Court of Northern Ireland

1922 West Down by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Hayes	Unopposed
	Ulster Unionist hold

References

Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, (Ch 23) Seventh Schedule, Part III - Ireland - County of Down
Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act, 1918, (Ch 65) Fourth Schedule,
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1978). Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume II 1886–1918. The Harvester Press.
Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1979). 'Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume III 1919–1945. The Harvester Press.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)

External links

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Bangor (1613–1800)
Down (???–1800)
Downpatrick (1586–1800)
Hillsborough (1662–1800)
Killyleagh (1613–1800)
Newry (???–1800)
Newtownards (???–1800)

Westminster
1801–present

Historic	Down (1801–85, 1922–50) East Down (1885–1922) Mid Down (1918–22) North Down (1885–1922, 1950–) South Down (1885–1922, 1950–) West Down (1885–1922) Downpatrick (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918)
Current	Lagan Valley (1983–) Newry & Armagh (1983–) Strangford (1983–)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)
Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Down
No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

Ards (1929–72)
Bangor (1969–72)
Down (1921–29)
East Down (1929–72)
Iveagh (1929–72)
Lagan Valley (1969–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Mid Down (1929–72)
Mourne (1929–72)
North Down (1929–72)
South Down (1929–72)
West Down (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Down South Down
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	North Down South Down Lagan Valley Newry & Armagh Strangford Upper Bann

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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