was a former
United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland.
This constituency was the
Parliamentary Borough of
Londonderry in
County Londonderry .
It returned one
Member Of Parliament 1801-1922.
It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of
Great Britain and
Ireland took effect on
1 January ,
1801 . In 1922 it was combined with
North Londonderry and
South Londonderry , to form the
Londonderry constituency.
After the extension of the franchise in 1885, the constituency was one of the most marginal seats in Ireland. There were many close elections.
Sinn Féin won in 1918. The MP (best known in Irish history as Professor
Eoin MacNeill ) was also returned by
National University Of Ireland . As MacNeill did not take his seat in the
United Kingdom House Of Commons he could not choose which constituency he would represent and arrange a by-election in the other. He played an active role in the
First Dáil and in the government it set up.
The elections in this constituency took place using the
First Past The Post electoral system.
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Sinn Féin
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Professor Eoin MacNeill
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7,335
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''N/A''
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Irish Unionist
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Sir Robert Newton Anderson
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7,020
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''N/A''
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Irish Parliamentary Party
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William Hamilton Davey
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120
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''N/A''
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Sinn Féin
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Liberal Party (UK)
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''N/A''
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