1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
January 01, 1970
The 1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 6 December as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting. Only three of the constituencies had contested elections.
1923 United Kingdom general election (Northern Ireland)
^Craig sat as an MP for Down in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
^Devlin sat as an MP for Belfast West in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
Referencesedit
^Walker, Brian Mercer (1992). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1918–1992 (New History of Ireland). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 15–16. ISBN0901714968.
^"Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1923". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 24.
January 01, 1970
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