The 1885 Antrim by-election was a by-election held on Thursday 21 May 1885 for the British House of Commons constituency of Antrim in present-day Northern...
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comparable to the North and Mid Antrim divisions which had existed from 1885 to 1922. Since 1950 the Westminster elections have been relatively uncompetitive...
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comprised the eastern part of County Antrim, being carved out of the former Antrim constituency. From 1885, East Antrim consisted of the baronies of Belfast...
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The February 1899 North Antrim by-election was held on 25 February 1899. The by-election was held following the resignation of the previous member Hugh...
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South Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Robin Swann (UUP) From 1885, this constituency was...
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Unlike most Westminster by-elections, ministerial by-elections were often a formality, uncontested by opposition parties. Re-election was required under the...
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Parliament for South Antrim, died on 27 April 2000; as result, a by-election was held in the constituency on 21 September 2000. The election arose after the...
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The 1986 South Antrim by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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the south by Antrim South and Antrim East and to the east by the sea. Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and from the dissolution of Parliament...
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The 1986 East Antrim by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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Antrim is a former county constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It was a two-member constituency in Ireland from 1801 to 1885 and...
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The 1986 North Antrim by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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The 1903 South Antrim by-election was held after the sitting Unionist MP William Ellison-Macartney had left the Commons to take up the post of Deputy-Master...
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Antrim by-election was held on 11 February 1943. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent UUP MP, Joseph McConnell. It was won by the...
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effective from the 2017 Assembly election. Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South and Mid Down Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and...
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The 1887 North Antrim by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of North Antrim on 11 February...
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The 1952 North Antrim by-election was held on 27 October 1952. It was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Ulster Unionist MP, Sir Hugh O'Neill...
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The 1915 Mid Antrim by-election was held on 17 February 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Arthur O'Neill, being killed...
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The 1885 Denbighshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Denbighshire in Wales on 27 May 1885. The...
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The 1913 East Antrim by-election was held on 19 February 1913. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, James McCalmont...
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The 1885 Aylesbury by-election was a by-election held on Thursday 16 July 1885 for the British House of Commons constituency of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire...
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general election were Armagh, Londonderry, North Antrim and South Antrim, at the 1951 general election. The last seats in Great Britain to be uncontested...
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The 1919 East Antrim by-election was held on 27 May 1919. The by-election was held due to the appointment of Commander of the Irish guards of the incumbent...
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James Chaine (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922))
the 1874 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim, and held the seat until his death at the age of 43 in May 1885. Chaine, James Porter...
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small seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the north-easternmost coastal tip of Ireland, in the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding...
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List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland (redirect from List of UK Parliamentary Constituencies in Ireland 1801-1885)
constituency with the same name is noted by (1) and (2). See List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland for Antrim, Londonderry, Tyrone, Armagh, Down...
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in the 1885 general election, held over several days from 24 November 1885 to 18 December 1885. See List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900) UK...
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Valley Aberdeenshire North and Moray East Caerfyrddin Ynys Mon North Antrim South Antrim Lagan Valley North Down Originally elected for Hitchin and Harpenden...
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William Ellison-Macartney (category High sheriffs of Antrim)
became grand secretary of the Orange Institution in Ireland. At the 1885 UK general election, Ellison-Macartney ran for the House of Commons, and was elected...
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The Antrim Road is a major arterial route and area of housing and commerce that runs from inner city north Belfast to Dunadry, passing through Newtownabbey...
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