Mid Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Mid Londonderry
Former County constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Mid Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1929
Abolished1973
Election methodFirst past the post

Mid Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. It was one of five single-member constituencies replacing the former five-member Londonderry constituency. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.[1]

The constituency was primarily rural and included areas between Coleraine, Limavady, Derry and Magherafelt.[2]

The seat was held until 1969 by Nationalist Party candidates, and was rarely contested.[3]

  1. ^ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
  3. ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Counties: Londonderry". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2008.