North Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885-1922
North Londonderry, or North Derry, was a parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on the electoral system of first past the post from 1885 to 1922.
Politics
The constituency was a predominantly unionist area. Sinn Féin was easily beaten in 1918 and 1919.
Boundaries
Prior to 1885, County Londonderry returned two MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom sitting at the Palace of Westminster. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary county was divided into the divisions of North Derry and South Derry. The parliamentary borough of Coleraine lost its separate representation.
North Derry was defined as:
It was not affected by the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918. Sinn Féin contested the 1918 general election on an abstentionist platform that instead of taking up any seats at Westminster, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. All MPs elected to Irish seats were invited to participate in the First Dáil convened in January 1919, but no members outside of Sinn Féin did so.
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 established the Parliament of Northern Ireland, which came into operation in 1921.
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