Newtownabbey (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Newtownabbey was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

Before 1969, the area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies of Antrim Borough and Carrick.

Newtownabbey was created by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 as a division of County Antrim. It was located to the north of Belfast and comprised "part of the Urban District of Newtownabbey which consists of the wards of Carnmoney, Cavehill, Glengormley, Whitehouse, and Whitewell".

The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 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 area was represented in subsequent bodies, the first being the Northern Ireland Assembly established under the Sunningdale Agreement, after the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 became law on 3 May 1973, as part of the South Antrim constituency.

The parliamentary representative of the division was elected using the first past the post system.

Member of Parliament: House of Commons (Northern Ireland)

• 1969-1973 Rt Hon. Robin John Bailie (born 6 March 1937) Ulster Unionist

Election: House of Commons (Northern Ireland)

General Election 24 February 1969: Newtownabbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Robin John Bailie	9,852	74.29	N/A
	NI Labour	J. W. McDowell	3,410	25.71	N/A
Majority			6,442	48.57	N/A
Turnout			22,151	59.87.32	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