Bangor_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)
54.655°N 5.675°W / 54.655; -5.675
| Bangor | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1972 |
| Election method | First past the post |
Bangor was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Bangor was created by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 as a division of County Down. It was located to the east of Belfast. Before 1969, the area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituency of North Down.
The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at the 1969 general election. 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.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Robert Dodd McConnell | Ind. Unionist | |
| 1972 | Alliance | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. Unionist | Robert Dodd McConnell | 7,714 | 59.8 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Campbell | 5,190 | 40.2 | ||
| Majority | 2,524 | 19.6 | |||
| Turnout | 12,904 | 61.8 | |||
| Ind. Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
- Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921 - 1972
- For more information about the Northern Ireland House of Commons, see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/stormont.doc Archived 11 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine