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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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15 November 1922 | 40,604/63,505 | 63.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,743 | 75.71 | |
Independent Nationalist | 9,861 | 24.29 | |
Majority | 20,882 | 51.43 | |
Edmund Macnaghten sought election as a Protestant Home-Ruler and Anti-Partitionist candidate. He was disowned by both the Nationalist and Sinn F?in organisations within the constituency. | |||
6 December 1923 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 October 1924 | 37,261/63,087 | 59.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,875 | 82.86 | |
Sinn Féin | 5,869 | 15.75 | |
Independent Conservative | 517 | 1.39 | |
Majority | 25,006 | 67.11 | |
1928 Appointment of Hon Sir Malcolm Macnaghten as a High Court Judge. | |||
29 January 1929 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 May 1929 | 82,201 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 October 1931 | 81,251 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 November 1935 | 85,138 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 79,246/89,979 | 88.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 40,214 | 50.75 | |
Nationalist | 37,561 | 47.40 | |
Labour Party | 1,471 | 1.86 | |
Majority | 2,653 | 3.35 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 58,482/72,515 | 80.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,602 | 62.59 | |
Sinn Féin | 21,880 | 37.41 | |
Majority | 14,722 | 25.17 | |
22 March 1951 Resignation of Sir Ronald Ross, Bt on his appointment as a Northern Ireland Government Agent in London. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
Boundary Change | |||
19 May 1951 | 72,515 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 October 1951 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 May 1955 | 55,313/71,297 | 77.58 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,673 | 64.49 | |
Sinn Féin | 19,640 | 35.51 | |
Majority | 16,033 | 28.99 | |
8 October 1959 | 51,401/73,241 | 70.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,529 | 73.01 | |
Sinn Féin | 13,872 | 26.99 | |
Majority | 23,657 | 46.02 | |
15 October 1964 | 58,823/76,918 | 76.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,700 | 64.09 | |
Republican | 21,123 | 35.91 | |
Majority | 16,577 | 28.18 | |
31 March 1966 | 59,756/78,191 | 76.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,729 | 58.12 | |
Nationalist | 22,167 | 37.10 | |
Republican | 2,860 | 4.79 | |
Majority | 12,562 | 21.02 | |
18 June 1970 | 73,712/90,302 | 81.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 39,141 | 53.10 | |
Unity | 27,006 | 36.64 | |
Independent Labour | 7,565 | 10.26 | |
Majority | 12,135 | 16.46 | |
1972 Robert Chichester-Clark resigns from the Conservative whip. | |||
28 February 1974 | 62,781/92,199 | 68.09 | |
Ulster Unionist | 33,060 | 52.66 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 23,670 | 37.70 | |
Republican Clubs | 4,889 | 7.79 | |
Independent Labour | 1,162 | 1.85 | |
Majority | 9,390 | 14.96 | |
Richard Foster was the nominee of the Derry Labour and Trade Union Party. | |||
10 October 1974 | 64,632/93,141 | 69.39 | |
Ulster Unionist | 35,138 | 54.37 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 26,118 | 40.41 | |
Republican Clubs | 2,530 | 3.91 | |
Independent Labour | 846 | 1.31 | |
Majority | 9,020 | 13.96 | |
Richard Foster was the nominee of the Derry Labour and Trade Union Party. | |||
3 May 1979 | 63,623/94,770 | 67.13 | |
Official Unionist Party | 31,592 | 49.65 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 19,185 | 30.15 | |
Alliance Party | 5,830 | 9.16 | |
Irish Independence Party | 5,489 | 8.63 | |
Republican Clubs | 888 | 1.40 | |
Independent Labour | 639 | 1.00 | |
Majority | 12,407 | 19.50 | |
William Webster was the nominee of the Derry Labour and Trade Union Party. | |||