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23 February 1950 | 52,646/77,316 | 68.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 41,810 | 79.42 | |
Labour Party | 10,836 | 20.58 | |
Majority | 30,974 | 58.83 | |
25 October 1951 | 53,199/80,921 | 65.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 43,285 | 81.36 | |
Labour Party | 9,914 | 18.64 | |
Majority | 33,371 | 62.73 | |
31 January 1953 Death of Sir Walter Smiles. Drowned in the Princess Victoria ferry accident in the Irish Sea. | |||
15 April 1953 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 May 1955 | 51,952/84,968 | 61.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,315 | 96.85 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,637 | 3.15 | |
Majority | 48,678 | 93.70 | |
8 October 1959 | 52,812/89,886 | 58.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 51,773 | 98.03 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,039 | 1.97 | |
Majority | 50,734 | 96.07 | |
15 October 1964 | 61,314/97,151 | 63.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 45,091 | 73.54 | |
Labour Party | 11,571 | 18.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,797 | 6.19 | |
Republican | 855 | 1.39 | |
Majority | 33,520 | 54.67 | |
31 March 1966 | 49,288/100,755 | 48.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 38,706 | 78.53 | |
Liberal Party | 10,582 | 21.47 | |
Majority | 28,124 | 57.06 | |
18 June 1970 | 80,730/121,196 | 66.61 | |
Ulster Unionist | 55,679 | 68.97 | |
Labour Party | 14,246 | 17.65 | |
Independent Conservative | 6,408 | 7.94 | |
Ind Mod | 3,321 | 4.11 | |
Liberal Party | 1,076 | 1.33 | |
Majority | 41,433 | 51.32 | |
John McGleddery sought election as an Independent Moderate. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 62,488/92,790 | 67.34 | |
Ulster Unionist | 38,169 | 61.08 | |
PAUU | 21,943 | 35.12 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 2,376 | 3.80 | |
Majority | 16,226 | 25.97 | |
10 October 1974 | 57,006/93,604 | 60.90 | |
Ulster Unionist | 40,996 | 71.92 | |
Alliance Party | 9,973 | 17.49 | |
UPNI | 6,037 | 10.59 | |
Majority | 31,023 | 54.42 | |
11 February 1979 James Kilfedder resigns from the Ulster Unionist Council. | |||
3 May 1979 | 62,081/99,861 | 62.17 | |
Independent Ulster Unionist | 36,989 | 59.58 | |
Alliance Party | 13,364 | 21.53 | |
Official Unionist Party | 11,728 | 18.89 | |
Majority | 23,625 | 38.06 | |
January 1980 James Kilfedder founds the Ulster Progressive Unionist Party. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 40,782/62,194 | 65.57 | |
Popular Unionist | 22,861 | 56.06 | |
Alliance Party | 9,015 | 22.11 | |
Official Unionist Party | 8,261 | 20.26 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 645 | 1.58 | |
Majority | 13,846 | 33.95 | |
17 December 1985 Resignation of James Kilfedder over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
23 January 1986 | 38,859/62,194 | 62.48 | |
Popular Unionist | 30,793 | 79.24 | |
Alliance Party | 8,066 | 20.76 | |
Majority | 22,727 | 58.49 | |
11 June 1987 | 40,819/65,765 | 62.07 | |
Popular Unionist | 18,420 | 45.13 | |
Real U | 14,467 | 35.44 | |
Alliance Party | 7,932 | 19.43 | |
Majority | 3,953 | 9.68 | |
9 April 1992 | 44,956/68,662 | 65.47 | |
Popular Unionist | 19,305 | 42.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,371 | 31.97 | |
Alliance Party | 6,611 | 14.71 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 4,414 | 9.82 | |
Natural Law Party | 255 | 0.57 | |
Majority | 4,934 | 10.98 | |
20 March 1995 Death of Sir James Kilfedder. | |||
15 June 1995 | 27,388/70,872 | 38.64 | |
U Free U | 10,124 | 36.97 | |
Ulster Unionist | 7,232 | 26.41 | |
Alliance Party | 6,970 | 25.45 | |
Independent Unionist | 2,170 | 7.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 583 | 2.13 | |
Independent | 108 | 0.39 | |
Independent | 101 | 0.37 | |
Natural Law Party | 100 | 0.37 | |
Majority | 2,892 | 10.56 | |
Michael Brooks sought election as a "Free Private Lee Clegg" candidate. | |||
Christopher Carter sought election as an "Ulster's Independent Voice" candidate. | |||
Bob McCartney was opposed to the Anglo-Irish framework documents for peace in Northern Ireland, claiming they only addressed the issue of peace on the mainland of Britain. | |||
May 1996 Robert McCartney founds the United Kingdom Unionist Party. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 36,566/63,010 | 58.03 | |
UKUP | 12,817 | 35.05 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 11,368 | 31.09 | |
Alliance Party | 7,554 | 20.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 1,810 | 4.95 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 1,602 | 4.38 | |
NI Womens | 1,240 | 3.39 | |
Natural Law Party | 108 | 0.30 | |
NI Party | 67 | 0.18 | |
Majority | 1,449 | 3.96 | |
Robert Mooney sought election as a candidate of the Northern Ireland Party, which he had formed. | |||
7 June 2001 | 37,189/63,212 | 58.83 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 20,833 | 56.02 | |
UKU | 13,509 | 36.33 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 1,275 | 3.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 815 | 2.19 | |
Independent | 444 | 1.19 | |
Sinn Féin | 313 | 0.84 | |
Majority | 7,324 | 19.69 | |
5 May 2005 | 32,290/59,748 | 54.04 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 16,268 | 50.38 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 11,324 | 35.07 | |
Alliance Party | 2,451 | 7.59 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 1,009 | 3.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 822 | 2.55 | |
Independent | 211 | 0.65 | |
Sinn Féin | 205 | 0.63 | |
Majority | 4,944 | 15.31 | |
25 March 2010 Lady Sylvia Hermon resigns from the UUP. | |||
6 May 2010 | 33,481/60,285 | 55.54 | |
Independent Unionist | 21,181 | 63.26 | |
Ulster Conservatives & Unionists | 6,817 | 20.36 | |
Alliance Party | 1,876 | 5.60 | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,634 | 4.88 | |
Green Party | 1,043 | 3.12 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 680 | 2.03 | |
Sinn Féin | 250 | 0.75 | |
Majority | 14,364 | 42.90 | |
7 May 2015 | 35,947/64,207 | 55.99 | |
Independent Unionist | 17,689 | 49.21 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 8,487 | 23.61 | |
Alliance Party | 3,086 | 8.58 | |
Green Party | 1,958 | 5.45 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 1,593 | 4.43 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,482 | 4.12 | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 686 | 1.91 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 355 | 0.99 | |
CISTA | 338 | 0.94 | |
Sinn Féin | 273 | 0.76 | |
Majority | 9,202 | 25.60 | |
8 June 2017 | 39,185/64,334 | 60.91 | |
Independent | 16,148 | 41.21 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 14,940 | 38.13 | |
Alliance Party | 3,639 | 9.29 | |
Green Party | 2,549 | 6.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 941 | 2.40 | |
Sinn Féin | 531 | 1.36 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 400 | 1.02 | |
Independent | 37 | 0.09 | |
Majority | 1,208 | 3.08 | |
12 December 2019 | 40,643/67,099 | 60.57 | |
Alliance Party | 18,358 | 45.17 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 15,390 | 37.87 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 4,936 | 12.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 1,959 | 4.82 | |
Majority | 2,968 | 7.30 | |