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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		62,065/67,424	92.05
Cahir Healy	Nationalist	32,188	51.86
Henry Sacheverell Carleton Richardson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,877	48.14
Majority		2,311	3.72

25 October 1951		62,799/67,219	93.42
Cahir Healy	Nationalist	32,717	52.10
Frederick George Patterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,082	47.90
Majority		2,635	4.20

26 May 1955		60,797/65,770	92.44
Philip Christopher Clarke	Sinn Féin	30,529	50.21
Lord Robert George Grosvenor	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,268	49.79
Majority		261	0.43

2 September 1955 The Northern Ireland High Court unseats Philip Clarke on the basis that he was disqualified on the grounds that he was a felon - he was serving a ten-year sentence for treason - and that Lord Robert Grosvenor was duly declared elected.

25 October 1955 The House of Commons upholds the Court's decision.

8 October 1959		39,428/64,022	61.59
Lord Robert George Grosvenor	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,080	81.36
James H Martin	Sinn Féin	7,348	18.64
Majority		24,732	62.73

15 October 1964		54,493/63,642	85.62
James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,010	55.07
Aloysius Molloy	Republican	16,138	29.61
Giles Eden Fitzherbert	Liberal Party	6,006	11.02
Baptist W Gamble	Labour Party	2,339	4.29
Majority		13,872	25.46

31 March 1966		54,367/63,188	86.04
James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,352	53.99
James Joseph Donnelly	Unity	14,645	26.94
Peter Roger Casement Brady	Republican	10,370	19.07
Majority		14,707	27.05

18 June 1970		64,203/70,381	91.22
Francis Joseph McManus	Unity	32,813	51.11
James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,390	48.89
Majority		1,423	2.22

28 February 1974		61,654/70,570	87.37
Rt Hon Henry William West	Ulster Unionist	26,858	43.56
Francis Joseph McManus	Unity	16,229	26.32
Patrick Denis Haughey	Social Democratic Labour Party	15,410	24.99
Hubert Irvin Brown	PAUU	3,157	5.12
Majority		10,629	17.24

10 October 1974		63,265/71,343	88.68
Meredith Francis Maguire	Independent Republican	32,795	51.84
Rt Hon Henry William West	Ulster Unionist	30,285	47.87
Dr Alan John Evans	CPI	185	0.29
Majority		2,510	3.97

3 May 1979		62,171/71,481	86.98
Meredith Francis Maguire	Independent Republican	22,398	36.03
W Raymond Ferguson	Official Unionist Party	17,411	28.01
Joseph Austin Currie	Independent Social Democratic Labour	10,685	17.19
Ernest Austin Baird	UUU	10,607	17.06
Peter Newton Acheson	Alliance Party	1,070	1.72
Majority		4,987	8.02

5 March 1981 Death of Frank Maguire.

9 April 1981		59,538/72,283	82.37
Robert George Sands	Anti-H	30,492	51.21
Rt Hon Henry William West	Ulster Unionist	29,046	48.79
Majority		1,446	2.43

5 May 1981 Death of Bobby Sands.

20 August 1981		63,727/72,834	87.50
Owen Gerard Carron	Anti-H	31,278	49.08
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis	Ulster Unionist	29,048	45.58
Seamus Anthony Close	Alliance Party	1,930	3.03
Thomas Oliver Moore	Republican Clubs	1,132	1.78
Martin P Green	Peace Lover	249	0.39
Simon Hall-Raleigh	General Amnesty	90	0.14
Majority		2,230	3.50

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		60,156/68,913	87.29
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis	Official Unionist Party	28,630	47.59
Owen Gerard Carron	Sinn Féin	20,954	34.83
Rosemary Flanagan	Social Democratic Labour Party	9,923	16.50
David Alan Kettyles	Workers Party	649	1.08
Majority		7,676	12.76

17 December 1985 Resignation of Ken Maginnis over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead)

23 January 1986		56,080/68,913	81.38
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis	Official Unionist Party	27,857	49.67
Owen Gerard Carron	Sinn Féin	15,278	27.24
Joseph Austin Currie	Social Democratic Labour Party	12,081	21.54
David Alan Kettyles	Workers Party	864	1.54
Majority		12,579	22.43

11 June 1987		55,375/69,997	79.11
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis	Official Unionist Party	27,446	49.56
Paul Edna Corrigan	Sinn Féin	14,623	26.41
Rosemary Flanagan	Social Democratic Labour Party	10,581	19.11
David Alan Kettyles	Workers Party	1,784	3.22
John Trevor Haslett	Alliance Party	941	1.70
Majority		12,823	23.16

9 April 1992		55,128/70,192	78.54
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis	Ulster Unionist Party	26,923	48.84
Thomas Joseph Gallagher	Social Democratic Labour Party	12,810	23.24
Francis Joseph Molloy	Sinn Féin	12,604	22.86
David Alan Kettyles	Prog Soc	1,094	1.98
Eric Anton Herbert Bullick	Alliance Party	950	1.72
Gerry Cullen	New Agenda	747	1.36
Majority		14,113	25.60

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		48,290/64,600	74.75
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis	Ulster Unionist Party	24,862	51.48
Gerry J J McHugh	Sinn Féin	11,174	23.14
Thomas Joseph Gallagher	Social Democratic Labour Party	11,060	22.90
Stephen Anthony Farry	Alliance Party	977	2.02
Simeon Thomas Gillan	Natural Law Party	217	0.45
Majority		13,688	28.35

7 June 2001		52,014/66,640	78.05
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	17,739	34.10
James Cooper	Ulster Unionist Party	17,686	34.00
Thomas Joseph Gallagher	Social Democratic Labour Party	9,746	18.74
William James Dixon	Independent	6,843	13.16
Majority		53	0.10

19 October 2001 Petition - rejected.

5 May 2005		48,793/67,174	72.64
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	18,638	38.20
Arlene Isobel Foster	Democratic Unionist Party	14,056	28.81
Thomas Beatty Elliott	Ulster Unionist Party	8,869	18.18
Thomas Joseph Gallagher	Social Democratic Labour Party	7,230	14.82
Majority		4,582	9.39

6 May 2010		46,803/67,953	68.88
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	21,304	45.52
Rodney Connor	Independent	21,300	45.51
Fearghal McKinney	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,574	7.64
Vasundhara Kamble	Alliance Party	437	0.93
John Bernard Stevenson	Independent	188	0.40
Majority		4	0.01

22 October 2010 Petition - dismissed.

7 May 2015		50,864/70,108	72.55
Thomas Beatty Elliott	Ulster Unionist Party	23,608	46.41
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	23,078	45.37
John Coyle	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,732	5.37
Tanya Jones	Green Party	788	1.55
Hannah Su	Alliance Party	658	1.29
Majority		530	1.04

8 June 2017		53,481/70,601	75.75
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	25,230	47.18
Thomas Beatty Elliott	Ulster Unionist Party	24,355	45.54
Mary Garrity	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,587	4.84
Noreen Campbell	Alliance Party	886	1.66
Tanya Jones	Green Party	423	0.79
Majority		875	1.64

12 December 2019		50,762/72,848	69.68
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	21,986	43.31
Thomas Beatty Elliott	Ulster Unionist Party	21,929	43.20
Adam Gannon	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,446	6.79
Matthew Beaumont	Alliance Party	2,650	5.22
Caroline Wheeler	Independent	751	1.48
Majority		57	0.11

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		51,076/77,828	65.63
Patricia Yvonne Cullen	Sinn Féin	24,844	48.64
Diana Maureen Armstrong	Ulster Unionist Party	20,273	39.69
Eddie Roofe	Alliance Party	2,420	4.74
Paul Patrick Blake	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,386	4.67
Gerry Cullen	Cross-Community Labour Alternative	624	1.22
Carl Duffy	Aontu	529	1.04
Majority		4,571	8.95