South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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South Londonderry
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
South Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

The South Londonderry constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973. All members for the constituency were from the Chichester-Clark family: the first was both the son-in-law of the second and the father of the third.

Dehra Parker had been elected (as Dehra Chichester) for County Londonderry in the 1921 and 1925 elections under the single transferable vote; she became a Dame before the 1953 election. Her grandson James Dawson Chichester-Clark was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969–1971 and after his resignation was created Baron Moyola in 1971. All three elected members were not only from the same party, but were close relations, as were the penultimate member of the South Londonderry constituency for the Westminster parliament in 1922 and the Westminster MP for Londonderry from 1955 to 1972.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1929	James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark	Ulster Unionist
1933	Dehra Parker
1933
1938
1945
1949
1953
1958
1960	James Chichester-Clark
1962
1965
1969
1973	Constituency abolished

Elections

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)

Government Governor Privy Council Ministries Prime Minister Craigavon ministry Andrews ministry Brookeborough ministry O'Neill ministry Chichester-Clark ministry Faulkner ministry Northern Ireland Civil Service Departments
Parliament Acts Statutory rules and orders Senate Speaker of the Senate Leader of the Senate House of Commons Speaker Leader of the Opposition Members 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933 1938, 1945, 1949, 1953 1958, 1962, 1965, 1969 Senate
Elections Elections in Northern Ireland 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933 1938, 1945, 1949, 1953 1958, 1962, 1965, 1969 By-elections Constituencies Political parties
See also Fourth Home Rule Bill Constitution Act 1973
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The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

1929 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*

Following the death of Chichester-Clark:

By-election 15 March 1933: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1938 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1945 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1949 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	9,193	60.9	*N/A*
	Nationalist	T. B. Agnew	5,909	39.1	New
Majority			3,284	21.8	N/A
Turnout			15,102	86.2	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1953 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1958 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Dehra Parker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

Following the resignation of Parker:

By-election 9 July 1960: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1962 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1965 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1969 Northern Ireland general election: South Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Dawson Chichester-Clark	9,195	61.3	*N/A*
	People's Democracy	Bernadette Devlin	5,812	38.7	New
Majority			3,383	22.6	N/A
Turnout			15,007	81.6	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

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Stormont election results for Londonderry county seats Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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Parliamentary constituencies in County Londonderry

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Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Coleraine (1801–85) Londonderry (1801–85, 1922–83) Londonderry City (1801–1922) North Londonderry (1885–1922) South Londonderry (1885–1922)
Current	Foyle (1983—) East Londonderry (1983—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	Londonderry City
Seats not taken	North Londonderry South Londonderry

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Londonderry
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Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

City of Londonderry (1929–72)
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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
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European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

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