:''For other constituencies of the same name, see Down.''

Down was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned eight MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

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Down consisted of the administrative County Down (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Ards, East Down, Iveagh, Mid Down, Mourne, North Down, South Down and West Down constituencies.Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

Politics

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Down had a Unionist majority, but with strong Nationalist support in the south. In both elections, six Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

Election results

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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = James Craig
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = 29,829
|percentage =
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Éamon de Valera
|party = Sinn Féin
|votes = 21,677
|percentage =
|seat = 2
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = John Miller Andrews
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = 12,584
|percentage =
|seat = 3
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = '''Patrick O'Neill
|party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
|votes = 7,317
|percentage =
|seat = 8
|count = 9
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harry Mulholland
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = 4,665
|percentage =
|seat = 5
|count = 2
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Robert McBride
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = 3,297
|percentage =
|seat = 6
|count = 5
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thomas Lavery
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = 2,863
|percentage =
|seat = 4
|count = 2
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thomas McMullan'''
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = 2,692
|percentage =
|seat = 7
|count = 7
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = A. Adams
|party = Independent Labour
|votes = 1,188
|percentage =
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = P. Lavery
|party = Sinn Féin
|votes = 327
|percentage =
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = P. M. Moore
|party = Sinn Féin
|votes = 149
|percentage =
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 87.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = John Miller Andrews
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = James Craig
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Éamon de Valera
|party = Irish Republican
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thomas Lavery
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Robert McBride
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thomas McMullan
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harry Mulholland
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = '''Patrick O'Neill'''
|party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
|votes = ''unopposed''
|percentage = ''N/A''
|seat = ''N/A''
|count = ''N/A''
}}

External links

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http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0

http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html

Category:1921 establishments
Category:1929 disestablishments
Category:Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Parliament
Category:Politics of County Down