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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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27 November 1885		6,832/8,666	78.84
Edward Samuel Wesley de Cobain	Independent Conservative	3,033	44.39
Sir James Porter Corry, Bt	Conservative Party	2,929	42.87
Robert Wallace Murray	Liberal Party	870	12.73
Majority		104	1.52

7 July 1886		6,294/8,666	72.63
Edward Samuel Wesley de Cobain	Unionist	5,055	80.31
Robert McCalmont	Liberal Party	1,239	19.69
Majority		3,816	60.63

26 February 1892 Edward de Cobain expelled from the House of Commons. He absconded to the United States of America after a warrant for his arrest on charges of commission of acts of gross indecency was issued. He was convicted on 21 March 1893.

9 March 1892		7,353/11,339	64.85
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Unionist	4,746	64.55
Sir William Thomas Charley	Independent Unionist	2,607	35.45
Majority		2,139	29.09

4 July 1892		11,339
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Unionist	Unopposed

13 July 1895		13,035
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Unionist	Unopposed

29 September 1900		14,566
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Unionist	Unopposed

13 January 1906		16,002
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Unionist	Unopposed

15 January 1910		16,330
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Unionist	Unopposed

3 December 1910		16,330
Robert James McMordie	Unionist	Unopposed

25 March 1914 Death of Robert McMordie.

6 April 1914		19,600
Robert Gordon Sharman-Crawford	Unionist	Unopposed

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15 November 1922
Herbert Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		44,289
Rt Hon Herbert Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		44,209
Rt Hon Herbert Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		37,085/56,426	65.72
Rt Hon Herbert Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,855	75.11
Denis Ireland	Liberal Party	9,230	24.89
Majority		18,625	50.22

27 October 1931		37,841/57,166	66.19
Rt Hon Herbert Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,431	75.13
John Campbell	Labour Party	9,410	24.87
Majority		19,021	50.27

14 November 1935		59,101
Rt Hon Herbert Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

8 July 1939 Elevation of Rt Hon Herbert Dixon to the Peerage - Baron Glentoran.

8 February 1940
Henry Peirson Harland	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		38,017/60,175	63.18
Thomas Loftus Cole	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,443	56.40
Thomas William Boyd	Labour Party	16,574	43.60
Majority		4,869	12.81

23 February 1950		47,182/61,561	76.64
Alan John McKibbin	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,844	63.25
Thomas William Boyd	Labour Party	17,338	36.75
Majority		12,506	26.51

25 October 1951		46,791/62,768	74.55
Alan John McKibbin	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,881	61.72
Thomas William Boyd	Labour Party	17,910	38.28
Majority		10,971	23.45

26 May 1955		43,135/61,258	70.42
Alan John McKibbin	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,938	62.45
Thomas William Boyd	Labour Party	13,041	30.23
Liam Mulcahy	Sinn Féin	3,156	7.32
Majority		13,897	32.22

2 December 1958 Death of Alan McKibbin.

19 March 1959		33,788/58,388	57.87
Stanley Raymond McMaster	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,524	57.78
James Steele Gardner	Labour Party	14,264	42.22
Majority		5,260	15.57

8 October 1959		44,126/58,663	75.22
Stanley Raymond McMaster	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,510	60.08
James Steele Gardner	Labour Party	16,412	37.19
Bernard Boswell	Sinn Féin	1,204	2.73
Majority		10,098	22.88

15 October 1964		42,186/58,196	72.49
Stanley Raymond McMaster	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,804	58.80
Samuel John Watt	Labour Party	15,555	36.87
David McConnell	Republican	1,827	4.33
Majority		9,249	21.92

31 March 1966		38,933/57,077	68.21
Stanley Raymond McMaster	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,283	54.67
Robert Martin McBirney	Labour Party	17,650	45.33
Majority		3,633	9.33

18 June 1970		45,037/59,524	75.66
Stanley Raymond McMaster	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,778	59.46
David Wylie Bleakley	Labour Party	18,259	40.54
Majority		8,519	18.92

1972 Stanley McMaster resigns from the Conservative whip.

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		57,518/78,821	72.97
Rt Hon William Craig	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party	27,817	48.36
Stanley Raymond McMaster	PAUU	20,077	34.91
Rt Hon David Wylie Bleakley	Northern Ireland Labour Party	8,122	14.12
Desmond Edward Gillespie	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,502	2.61
Majority		7,740	13.46

10 October 1974		53,426/79,591	67.13
Rt Hon William Craig	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party	31,594	59.14
Peter John McLachlan	UPNI	14,417	26.98
Rt Hon David Wylie Bleakley	Northern Ireland Labour Party	7,415	13.88
Majority		17,177	32.15

26 November 1977 William Craig resigns as leader of the VUPP and joins the OUP.

3 May 1979		50,989/75,481	67.55
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	15,994	31.37
Rt Hon William Craig	Official Unionist Party	15,930	31.24
Oliver John Napier	Alliance Party	15,066	29.55
Norman Agnew	UPNI	2,017	3.96
George Hill Chambers	Northern Ireland Labour Party	1,982	3.89
Majority		64	0.13

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		38,911/56,065	69.40
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	17,631	45.31
David Jeremy Michael Burchill	Official Unionist Party	9,642	24.78
Oliver John Napier	Alliance Party	9,373	24.09
Denis Donaldson	Sinn Féin	682	1.75
Muriel Tang	Labour and Trade Unionist	584	1.50
Peter Martin Prendiville	Social Democratic Labour Party	519	1.33
Francis Joseph Cullen	Workers Party	421	1.08
Herbert Boyd	Noise	59	0.15
Majority		7,989	20.53

17 December 1985 Resignation of Peter Robinson over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead)

23 January 1986		34,102/56,065	60.83
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	27,607	80.95
Oliver John Napier	Alliance Party	5,917	17.35
Francis Joseph Cullen	Workers Party	578	1.69
Majority		21,690	63.60

11 June 1987		32,909/55,161	59.66
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	20,372	61.90
Dr John Thomas Alderdice	Alliance Party	10,574	32.13
Francis Joseph Cullen	Workers Party	1,314	3.99
Joseph Gerard O'Donnell	Sinn Féin	649	1.97
Majority		9,798	29.77

9 April 1992		35,791/52,833	67.74
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	18,437	51.51
Dr John Thomas Alderdice	Alliance Party	10,650	29.76
David Greene	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,314	9.26
Dorothy Dunlop	Independent Unionist	2,256	6.30
Joseph Gerard O'Donnell	Sinn Féin	679	1.90
Joseph Bell	Workers Party	327	0.91
Guy Francis Redden	Natural Law Party	128	0.36
Majority		7,787	21.76

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		39,029/61,744	63.21
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	16,640	42.63
Reginald Norman Morgan Empey	Ulster Unionist Party	9,886	25.33
Jim Hendron	Alliance Party	9,288	23.80
Sarah Elizabeth Dines	Conservative & Unionist Party	928	2.38
Dominic Corr	Sinn Féin	810	2.08
Patricia Lewsley	Social Democratic Labour Party	629	1.61
Alexander Derek Dougan	Independent	541	1.39
Joseph Bell	Workers Party	237	0.61
David Howard Collins	Natural Law Party	70	0.18
Majority		6,754	17.31

Derek Dougan sought election as "Former Captain, Northern Ireland Football Team".

7 June 2001		36,829/58,455	63.00
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	15,667	42.54
Tim Lemon	Ulster Unionist Party	8,550	23.22
Dr David King Alderdice	Alliance Party	5,832	15.84
David Walter Ervine	PUP	3,669	9.96
Joseph Gerard O'Donnell	Sinn Féin	1,237	3.36
Ciara Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	880	2.39
Terence Stanley Dick	Conservative & Unionist Party	800	2.17
Joseph Bell	Workers Party	123	0.33
Rainbow George Weiss	Ind Vote	71	0.19
Majority		7,117	19.32

5 May 2005		30,831/53,176	57.98
Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	15,152	49.15
Sir Reginald Norman Morgan Empey	Ulster Unionist Party	9,275	30.08
Naomi Rachel Long	Alliance Party	3,746	12.15
Deborah Mary Devenny	Sinn Féin	1,029	3.34
Mary Muldoon	Social Democratic Labour Party	844	2.74
Alan James Greer	Conservative & Unionist Party	434	1.41
Joseph Bell	Workers Party	179	0.58
Lynda Jean Gilby	Rainbow	172	0.56
Majority		5,877	19.06

14 April 2008 Peter Robinson elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		34,488/59,007	58.45
Naomi Rachel Long	Alliance Party	12,839	37.23
Rt Hon Peter David Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	11,306	32.78
Trevor Ringland	Ulster Conservatives & Unionists	7,305	21.18
David Vance	Traditional Unionist Voice	1,856	5.38
Niall O'Donnghaile	Sinn Féin	817	2.37
Mary Muldoon	Social Democratic Labour Party	365	1.06
Majority		1,533	4.45

7 May 2015		39,682/63,157	62.83
Gavin James Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	19,575	49.33
Naomi Rachel Long	Alliance Party	16,978	42.79
Neil Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,121	2.82
Ross Brown	Green Party	1,058	2.67
Niall Ó Donnghaile	Sinn Féin	823	2.07
Mary Muldoon	Social Democratic Labour Party	127	0.32
Majority		2,597	6.54

8 June 2017		42,890/63,495	67.55
Gavin James Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	23,917	55.76
Naomi Rachel Long	Alliance Party	15,443	36.01
Hazel Legge	Ulster Unionist Party	1,408	3.28
Mairead O'Donnell	Sinn Féin	894	2.08
Georgina Milne	Green Party	561	1.31
Sheila Bodel	Conservative & Unionist Party	446	1.04
Seamas Michael de Faoite	Social Democratic Labour Party	167	0.39
Bobby Beck	Independent	54	0.13
Majority		8,474	19.76

12 December 2019		42,445/66,245	64.07
Gavin James Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	20,874	49.18
Naomi Rachel Long	Alliance Party	19,055	44.89
Carl Christian McClean	Ulster Unionist Party	2,516	5.93
Majority		1,819	4.29

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		42,706/72,917	58.57
Rt Hon Gavin James Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	19,894	46.58
Naomi Rachel Long	Alliance Party	17,218	40.32
John Ross	Traditional Unionist Voice	1,918	4.49
Ryan Warren	Ulster Unionist Party	1,818	4.26
Brian Smyth	Green Party	1,077	2.52
S?amas Michael de Faoite	Social Democratic Labour Party	619	1.45
Ryan North	Independent	162	0.38
Majority		2,676	6.27