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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		68,759
Rt Hon Sir Robert William Hugh O'Neill, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

25 October 1951		68,448
Rt Hon Sir Robert William Hugh O'Neill, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

8 October 1952 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Hugh O'Neill. (Chiltern Hundreds)

27 October 1952
Phelim Robert Hugh O'Neill	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

26 May 1955		48,572/67,315	72.16
Hon Phelim Robert Hugh O'Neill	Conservative & Unionist Party	41,763	85.98
John Dougan	Sinn Féin	6,809	14.02
Majority		34,954	71.96

8 October 1959		45,087/69,880	64.52
Henry Maitland Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	42,807	94.94
John Dougan	Sinn Féin	2,280	5.06
Majority		40,527	89.89

15 October 1964		44,796/70,762	63.31
Henry Maitland Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,372	90.12
Sean Caughey	Republican	4,424	9.88
Majority		35,948	80.25

31 March 1966		40,868/72,039	56.73
Henry Maitland Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,927	78.12
Richard Gillachrist Moore	Liberal Party	8,941	21.88
Majority		22,986	56.24

18 June 1970		58,638/79,930	73.36
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Protestant Unionist	24,130	41.15
Henry Maitland Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,451	36.58
Patrick Joseph McHugh	Labour Party	6,476	11.04
Alasdair McDonnell	Nat DP	4,312	7.35
Richard Gillachrist Moore	Liberal Party	2,269	3.87
Majority		2,679	4.57

5 October 1971 Dr Ian Paisley founds the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party.

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		64,989/102,985	63.11
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	41,282	63.52
Thomas Edwin Utley	PAUU	13,651	21.01
Mary McAlister	Social Democratic Labour Party	10,056	15.47
Majority		27,631	42.52

10 October 1974		59,491/103,737	57.35
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	43,186	72.59
Dr Hugh Wilson	Alliance Party	8,689	14.61
Mary McAlister	Social Democratic Labour Party	7,616	12.80
Majority		34,497	57.99

3 May 1979		65,692/102,202	64.28
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	33,941	51.67
David Jeremy Michael Burchill	Official Unionist Party	15,398	23.44
Dr Hugh Wilson	Alliance Party	7,797	11.87
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	4,867	7.41
John Francis Turnly	Irish Independence Party	3,689	5.62
Majority		18,543	28.23

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,175/63,951	69.08
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	23,922	54.15
Rev Robert James Coulter	Official Unionist Party	10,749	24.33
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	6,193	14.02
Pearse McMahon	Sinn Féin	2,860	6.47
Malcolm Harry Samuel	Ecology Party	451	1.02
Majority		13,173	29.82

17 December 1985 Resignation of Rev Ian Paisley over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead)

23 January 1986		34,850/63,951	54.49
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	33,937	97.38
Peter Barry	Pro AIA	913	2.62
Majority		33,024	94.76

11 June 1987		41,305/66,552	62.06
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	28,383	68.72
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,149	12.47
John Gareth Williams	Alliance Party	5,140	12.44
Sean Regan	Sinn Féin	2,633	6.37
Majority		23,234	56.25

9 April 1992		45,501/69,124	65.83
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	23,152	50.88
Joseph Alexander Gaston	Ulster Unionist Party	8,216	18.06
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	6,512	14.31
John Gareth Williams	Alliance Party	3,442	7.56
Thomas Richard Holland Sowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,263	4.97
James Kevin McGarry	Sinn Féin	1,916	4.21
Majority		14,936	32.83

1 May 1997		46,186/72,411	63.78
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	21,495	46.54
James Seymour Leslie	Ulster Unionist Party	10,921	23.65
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	7,333	15.88
James K McCarry	Sinn Féin	2,896	6.27
Dr David King Alderdice	Alliance Party	2,845	6.16
Bronagh Anne Therese Hinds	NI Womens	580	1.26
John David O'Neill Wright	Natural Law Party	116	0.25
Majority		10,574	22.89

7 June 2001		49,217/74,451	66.11
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	24,539	49.86
Lexie Scott	Ulster Unionist Party	10,315	20.96
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	8,283	16.83
John Joseph Kelly	Sinn Féin	4,822	9.80
Jayne Alexandra Dunlop	Alliance Party	1,258	2.56
Majority		14,224	28.90

5 May 2005		45,926/74,450	61.69
Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	25,156	54.78
Philip McGuigan	Sinn Féin	7,191	15.66
Rodney James McCune	Ulster Unionist Party	6,637	14.45
Sean Nial Farren	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,585	12.16
Jayne Alexandra Dunlop	Alliance Party	1,357	2.95
Majority		17,965	39.12

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		42,397/73,338	57.81
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	19,672	46.40
Jim Allister	Traditional Unionist Voice	7,114	16.78
Dathí Gerard McKay	Sinn Féin	5,265	12.42
Irwin Armstrong	Ulster Conservatives & Unionists	4,634	10.93
Declan O'Loan	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,738	8.82
Jayne Dunlop	Alliance Party	1,368	3.23
Lyle Cubitt	Independent	606	1.43
Majority		12,558	29.62

7 May 2015		41,907/75,876	55.23
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	18,107	43.21
Timothy Gaston	Traditional Unionist Voice	6,561	15.66
Dath? Gerard McKay	Sinn Féin	5,143	12.27
Robert Samuel Swann	Ulster Unionist Party	5,054	12.06
Declan O'Loan	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,925	6.98
Jayne Dunlop	Alliance Party	2,351	5.61
Robert Hill	UK Independence Party	1,341	3.20
Carol Freeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	368	0.88
Thomas Stephen Palmer	Independent	57	0.14
Majority		11,546	27.55

8 June 2017		48,460/75,657	64.05
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	28,521	58.85
Cara McShane	Sinn Féin	7,878	16.26
Jackson Minford	Ulster Unionist Party	3,482	7.19
Timothy Gaston	Traditional Unionist Voice	3,282	6.77
Patricia O'Lynn	Alliance Party	2,723	5.62
Declan O'Loan	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,574	5.31
Majority		20,643	42.60

24 July 2018 Ian Paisley was suspended from the House of Commons for 30 sitting days due to not declaring gifts. This initiated a petition for recall under the Recall of MPs Act 2015. The DUP whip was also withdrawn from him.

12 December 2019		44,051/77,134	57.11
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	20,860	47.35
Robert Samuel Swann	Ulster Unionist Party	8,139	18.48
Patricia O'Lynn	Alliance Party	6,231	14.14
Cara McShane	Sinn Féin	5,632	12.79
Margaret Anne McKillop	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,943	6.68
Thomas Stephen Palmer	Independent	246	0.56
Majority		12,721	28.88

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		41,185/74,697	55.14
James Hugh Allister	Traditional Unionist Voice	11,642	28.27
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley	Democratic Unionist Party	11,192	27.17
Philip McGuigan	Sinn Féin	7,714	18.73
Sian Mulholland	Alliance Party	4,488	10.90
Jackson Minford	Ulster Unionist Party	3,901	9.47
Helen Maher	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,661	4.03
R?ich?al Mhic Niocaill	Aontu	451	1.10
Tristan Morrow	Independent	136	0.33
Majority		450	1.09