1920 Londonderry Borough Council election

Local election in Northern Ireland November 2019 1920 Londonderry Borough Council election United Kingdom Londonderry COA.svg Parliamentary no yes 1914 Londonderry Borough Council election 1914 1925 Londonderry Borough Council election 1925 All 40 seats on Londonderry Borough Council 21 Thursday 15 January 1920 Ulster Unionist Party 19 Sinn Féin 10 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 10 1920 Londonderry Borough Council election (most voted party by electoral area).svg 300px Mayor Mayor after election Robert Newton Anderson Irish Unionist Alliance Hugh O'Doherty Independent Nationalist An election to Londonderry Borough Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. As a result, Unionists lost control over Londonderry borough council, which for the first time passed into the control of the city's Catholic majority. The various Nationalist parties in the city contested the election on a pan-nationalist front, emphasizing the national question of Irish self-government, as well as issues over housing.http://www.jstor.org/stable/23200073 The Irish Labour Party and the 1920 local elections McCabe, Conor 2010 Saothar 35 7–20 23200073 The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had seen the introduction of a PR electoral system for local government elections in Ireland. Turnout was high, at 93.5%. Despite the new electoral system only 2.8% of ballots were spoiled.Laffan Michael The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923 https://books.google.com/books?id=zbz6p-O39aoC&q=labour+ireland+1920+394+seats&pg=PA327 Cambridge University Press 327 9781139426299 1999 Whilst Unionists won nearly 60% of the popular vote, this was connected to the Nationalist dominated West Ward going uncontested. Nationalist control of the council would not last however, and following the partition of Ireland the Northern Irish Government restored the older, and less representative ward based system. Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%Sinn Féin-Nationalist front21(10 SF, 10 N, 1 Ind N)4,06641.78 Ulster Unionist Party195,66658.22Totals409,732100.00— North Ward The Unionists put forward 7 candidates, and Nationalists 5. The Unionists gave instructions that their candidates should be voted for in alphabetical order. In the first round Unionist candidates 1,923 votes (59.72%), and Nationalists 1,297 (40.28%).20 January 1920 Keen party voting in Derry https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1920/0120/Pg006.html The Irish Times 6 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200120/063/0003 subscription britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk British Newspaper Archive North Ward – 11 seats 11 Ulster Unionist Party James Ballantine 1,687 52.04 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Richard Doherty 499 Independent Nationalist Hugh C. O'Doherty 461 Ulster Unionist Party R. A. Deane 20 1407 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Edward McCafferty 216 217 Ulster Unionist Party Sir John McFarland 85 87 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Daniel O'Donnell 81 81 Ulster Unionist Party H. N. Greenway 78 36 Ulster Unionist Party S. W. Kennedy 67 75 Ulster Unionist Party H. S. Robinson 60 63 63 63 64 64 64 65 65 69 312 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) William Joseph O'Donnell 40 40 58 81 81 205 218 218 218 218 218 Ulster Unionist Party B. K. Gilliland 21 35 11 3,586 3,220 22 269 3,242 Waterside Ward In Waterside ward 6 Unionists and 3 Nationalists were returned. Anderson and Bradley, topping the poll, were appointed as Aldermen. Unionists were advised to vote and allocate their preferences for Unionist candidates alphabetically. Waterside Ward – 9 seatshttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1920-01-17?NewspaperTitle=Londonderry+Sentinel&IssueId=BL/0001480/19200117/&County=Londonderry,+Northern+Ireland Results | From 17th Jan 1920 | Londonderry Sentinel | Publication | Londonderry, Northern Ireland | Location | British Newspaper Archive British Newspaper Archive 9 Ulster Unionist Party Alexander Anderson 974 37.85 Sinn Féin Cathal Bradley 399 15.51 Ulster Unionist Party William H. Elliot 273 10.61 Ulster Unionist Party James Blair 184 7.15 880 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) F. O'Sullivan 252 9.83 252 260 Ulster Unionist Party Thomas McCully 100 3.89 113 113 121 721 Ulster Unionist Party J. H. Pollock 14 0.54 17 17 21 32 32 487 Ulster Unionist Party D. P. Thompson 68 2.64 70 70 73 77 77 84 313 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Margaret Morris 194 7.54 196 226 226 227 228 228 228 228 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Robert J. Donaghey 115 4.47 115 218 218 224 225 226 226 226 9 ~ 2573 28 258 2601 South-East Ward South-East Ward – 12 seatssubscription https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200122/068/0003 britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk British Newspaper Archive 11 Ulster Unionist Party H. Babington 1939 50.44 Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Bonner 944 24.56 Nationalist Party (Ireland) W. J. Barclay 230 5.98 232 830 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Robert McAnaney 213 5.54 214 217 217 225 226 230 231 235 235 348 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Michael Cosgrove 165 4.29 166 196 198 696 Sinn Féin James Gallagher 141 3.67 141 146 148 152 158 172 172 409 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Cou Doherty 116 3.02 117 128 129 153 156 537 Ulster Unionist Party John Burns 39 1.01 45 46 1358 Ulster Unionist Party John G. Magee 16 0.42 17 17 19 19 21 22 29 29 514 Ulster Unionist Party T.G. Blair 14 0.36 1631 Ulster Unionist Party David Mitchell 12 0.31 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 22 Ulster Unionist Party James Hamilton 8 0.21 14 14 28 28 1071 Ulster Unionist Party Henry G. McCay 7 0.18 13 13 14 14 20 20 786 11 - 3844 (98.94%) 41 (1.06%) 296 (7.70%) 3885 West Ward The combined Sinn Féin/Nationalist ticket put up 8 candidates for the 8 seats in the West Ward. The Unionist grouping in the city did not put up any candidates, resulting in there being no contest and the Sinn Féin/Nationalist candidates being all successful. West Ward – 8 seatshttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200106/032/0003 subscription britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk British Newspaper Archivehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001123/19200121/011/0003 subscription britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk British Newspaper Archive 0 Sinn Féin Con Bradley No contest Y Sinn Féin Anthony Carlin No contest Sinn Féin P. Hogarty No contest Sinn Féin W. Logue No contest Sinn Féin Patrick Meenan No contest Sinn Féin James McLean No contest Sinn Féin Joseph McKernan No contest Sinn Féin D. J. Shiel No contest - References Londonderry Category:Derry City Council elections