1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

none 1922 United Kingdom general election December 2018 December 2018 1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland United Kingdom parliamentary no 1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland Members of the First Dáil 1918 15 November 1922 1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1923 All 13 seats in Northern Ireland to the House of Commons James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 James Craig Ulster Unionist Party Conservative Party (UK) 7 June 1921 Did not stand 11UUP Includes 10 members elected unopposed. 69,357Contest Voting only took place in 3 of 13 seats. The other 10 MPs were unopposed. 57.2% Joe Devlin.JPG 120 120 160 0 0 Joe Devlin 14 December 1918 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Did not stand 2 42,026Contest 34.7% The 1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 15 November 1922. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with MPs elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting. Only two of the constituencies had contested elections. It was the first election held after the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which had reduced the number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the region designated as Northern Ireland from 30 to 13. It was also the first election held after the approval of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, whereby the Irish Free State separated from the United Kingdom with effect from 6 December 1922, a few weeks after the election was held. The focus of politics in Northern Ireland had shifted to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, after the first general election to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland in May 1921. The party leaders of the three parties had been elected to seats in this parliament rather than at Westminster. Candidates Affiliation CandidatesUlster Unionist Party 13Nationalist Party 2Independent 1Sinn Féin 0Labour Unionist 0Total 16 Results Voting only took place for 3 of 13 seats. The other 10 MPs (all Ulster Unionists) were unopposed. 1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern IrelandWalker Brian Mercer Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1918–1992 (New History of Ireland) Dublin Royal Irish Academy 15 0901714968 1992https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1922.cfm Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election of 6 December 1922 ElectionsIreland.org 26 December 2018 26 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181226233036/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1922.cfm live Ulster Unionist Party yes 13 11UUP N/A N/A N/A 69,357 57.2 84.6 +1.0 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 2 2 N/A N/A N/A 42,026 34.7 15.4 +23.6 Independent (politician) 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 9,861 8.1 — +8.0 Sinn Féin 0 0 N/A N/A N/A — — — -19.0 Labour Unionist 0 0 N/A N/A N/A — — — -7.6 |} Votes in constituencies using the bloc voting system are counted as 0.5 each, as each voter had one vote per seat. Analysis The Ulster Unionist Party was dominant in this election, and won the most seats at every election in Northern Ireland until the 2005 general election. They took the Conservative Party whip in the House of Commons. The Nationalist Party was a successor to the Irish Parliamentary Party which had suffered a large defeat in the previous election, now continuing in the area of Northern Ireland. In the previous election, Sinn Féin had won three of the seats in this region. The Irish Free State had been in the midst of the Irish Civil War from June 1922, which divided Sinn Féin into Pro-Treaty and Anti-Treaty factions (soon to become separate parties), and it did not contest this election to Westminster. In the election as a whole, the Conservatives led by Bonar Law won an absolute majority of 344 of the 615 seats. a MPs elected Constituency Party MPAntrimUlster UnionistCharles CraigUlster UnionistHugh O'NeillArmaghUlster UnionistWilliam AllenBelfast EastUlster UnionistHerbert DixonBelfast NorthUlster UnionistThomas McConnellBelfast SouthUlster UnionistThomas MolesBelfast WestUlster UnionistRobert LynnDownUlster UnionistDavid ReidUlster UnionistJohn SimmsFermanagh and TyroneNationalist PartyThomas HarbisonNationalist PartyCahir HealyLondonderryUlster UnionistMalcolm MacnaghtenQueen's University of BelfastUlster UnionistSir William Whitla Changes since 1918 At the previous general election, the seats won in the area which would become Northern Ireland were: Party MPsUnionist20Nationalist4Sinn Féin3Labour Unionist3 The Sinn Féin members elected sat as TDs for the First Dáil, a revolutionary parliament for an Irish Republic. The table below indicates the political career of each of those elected in 1918 after the 1922 general election: 1918 Constituency Party MP 1922 careerAntrim East Ulster Unionist PartyRobert McCalmontResigned in 1919; succeeded by George Hanna, NI MP 1921–37Antrim Mid Ulster Unionist PartyHugh O'NeillUK MP for AntrimAntrim North Ulster Unionist PartyPeter Kerr-SmileyRetiredAntrim South Ulster Unionist PartyCharles Curtis CraigUK MP for AntrimArmagh Mid Ulster Unionist PartyJames LonsdaleDied in May 1921; succeeded by Henry Armstrong, NI Senator 1921–37Armagh North Ulster Unionist PartyWilliam AllenUK MP for ArmaghArmagh South Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)Patrick DonnellyDid not contest, later unsuccessful in 1929 NI electionBelfast Cromac Ulster Unionist PartyWilliam Arthur LindsayRetiredBelfast Duncairn Ulster Unionist PartyEdward CarsonAppointed as Law Lord in 1921; succeeded by Thomas McConnell, UK MP for Belfast North in 1922Belfast Falls Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)Joseph DevlinNI MP for Belfast WestBelfast Ormeau Ulster Unionist PartyThomas MolesUK MP for Belfast SouthBelfast Pottinger Ulster Unionist PartyHerbert DixonUK MP for Belfast EastBelfast St Anne's Labour UnionistThomas Henry BurnNI MP for Belfast West (UUP)Belfast Shankill Labour UnionistSamuel McGuffinNI MP for Belfast North (UUP)Belfast Victoria Labour UnionistThompson DonaldNI MP for Belfast East (UUP)Belfast Woodvale Ulster Unionist PartyRobert LynnNI MP for Belfast West and UK MP for Belfast WestDown East Ulster Unionist PartyDavid ReidUK MP for DownDown Mid Ulster Unionist PartyJames CraigNI MP for Down and Prime Minister of Northern IrelandDown North Ulster Unionist PartyThomas Watters BrownAppointed judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland in 1922Down South Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)Jeremiah McVeaghDid not contest. Later unsuccessfully sought election.Down West Ulster Unionist PartyDaniel M. WilsonAppointed Recorder of Belfast in 1921; succeeded by Thomas Browne WallaceFermanagh North Ulster Unionist PartyEdward ArchdaleNI MP for Fermanagh and TyroneFermanagh South Sinn FéinSeán O'MahonyNI MP for Fermanagh and TyroneLondonderry City Sinn FéinEoin MacNeillTD for National University of Ireland for Cumann na nGaedhealLondonderry North Ulster Unionist PartyHugh AndersonResigned 1919; succeeded by Hugh T. Barrie, NI Senator in 1922Londonderry South Ulster Unionist PartyDenis HenryAppointed Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland in 1921Tyrone North East Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)Thomas HarbisonUK MP for Fermanagh and TyroneTyrone North West Sinn FéinArthur GriffithDied 12 August 1922Tyrone South Ulster Unionist PartyWilliam CooteNI MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone See also 1922 United Kingdom general election in England 1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1922 United Kingdom general election in Wales Notes References #Northern Ireland 1922 Category:1922 elections in Northern Ireland