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colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category" style="font-weight: bold;">Former <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituencies" title="Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies">County</a> constituency<br />for the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #efefef;">Former constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1929</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data">1973</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Election method</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">First past the post</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ards</b> was a constituency of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ards_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ards was a <a href="/wiki/County_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituency">county constituency</a> comprising the town of <a href="/wiki/Newtownards" title="Newtownards">Newtownards</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ards_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Ards peninsula">Ards peninsula</a> and the town of <a href="/wiki/Donaghadee" title="Donaghadee">Donaghadee</a>. It was created in 1929 when the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_(Method_of_Voting_and_Redistribution_of_Seats)_Act_(Northern_Ireland)_1929" title="House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929">House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929</a> introduced <a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a> elections throughout Northern Ireland. Ards was created by the division of <a href="/wiki/Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Down</a> into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a> was <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Temporary_Provisions)_Act_1972" title="Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972">temporarily suspended</a> in 1972, and then <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Constitution_Act_1973" title="Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973">formally abolished</a> in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-commons_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commons-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ards_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ards had a <a href="/wiki/Unionist_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist (Ireland)">unionist</a> majority, and consistently elected <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> members. It was sometimes contested by members of the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">Northern Ireland Labour Party</a> or <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Labour_Party" title="Commonwealth Labour Party">Commonwealth Labour Party</a>, who received between 19% and 42% of the votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ards_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Elected </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Name<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1929_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1929 Northern Ireland general election">1929</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Mulholland,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet">Henry Mulholland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1945 Northern Ireland general election">1945</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Perceval-Maxwell_(politician,_born_1896)" title="Robert Perceval-Maxwell (politician, born 1896)">Robert Perceval-Maxwell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1949_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1949 Northern Ireland general election">1949</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_May_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="William May (Northern Ireland politician)">William May</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1962 Northern Ireland general election">1962</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td 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href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_(1924%E2%80%931953).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Ulster Banner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281924%E2%80%931953%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281924%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281924%E2%80%931953%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281924%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281924%E2%80%931953%29.svg/200px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281924%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland">Government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Governor of Northern Ireland">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(Northern_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council (Northern Ireland)">Privy Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council_of_Northern_Ireland#Ministries" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland">Ministries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Prime Minister of Northern Ireland">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigavon_ministry" title="Craigavon ministry">Craigavon ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_ministry_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Andrews ministry (Northern Ireland)">Andrews ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookeborough_ministry" title="Brookeborough ministry">Brookeborough ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Neill_ministry" title="O'Neill ministry">O'Neill ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichester-Clark_ministry" title="Chichester-Clark ministry">Chichester-Clark ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulkner_ministry" title="Faulkner ministry">Faulkner ministry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Civil_Service" title="Northern Ireland Civil Service">Northern Ireland Civil Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_departments,_their_agencies_and_their_ministers_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of government departments, their agencies and their ministers in Northern Ireland">Departments</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland">Acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_statutory_rules_and_orders_of_Northern_Ireland" title="List of statutory rules and orders of Northern Ireland">Statutory rules and orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Senate of Northern Ireland">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_Senate_of_Northern_Ireland" title="List of speakers of the Senate of Northern Ireland">Speaker of the Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Senate_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland">Leader of the Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Northern_Ireland" title="House of Commons of Northern Ireland">House of Commons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland">Speaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Northern Ireland)">Leader of the Opposition</a></li></ul></li> <li>Members</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_1st_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 1st Parliament of Northern Ireland">1921</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_2nd_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 2nd Parliament of Northern Ireland">1925</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 3rd Parliament of Northern Ireland">1929</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_4th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 4th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1933</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 5th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1938</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 6th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1945</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 7th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1949</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 8th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1953</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 9th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 10th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 11th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 12th Parliament of Northern Ireland">1969</a> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Senate_of_Northern_Ireland" title="List of members of the Senate of Northern Ireland">Senate</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Elections in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/1921_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1921 Northern Ireland general election">1921</a>, <a href="/wiki/1925_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1925 Northern Ireland general election">1925</a>, <a href="/wiki/1929_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1929 Northern Ireland general election">1929</a>, <a href="/wiki/1933_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1933 Northern Ireland general election">1933</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1938_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1938 Northern Ireland general election">1938</a>, <a href="/wiki/1945_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1945 Northern Ireland general election">1945</a>, <a href="/wiki/1949_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1949 Northern Ireland general election">1949</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1953 Northern Ireland general election">1953</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1958_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1958 Northern Ireland general election">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1962 Northern Ireland general election">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1965 Northern Ireland general election">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1969 Northern Ireland general election">1969</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Ireland_Parliament_by-elections" title="List of Northern Ireland Parliament by-elections">By-elections</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituencies" title="Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Northern_Ireland" title="List of political parties in Northern Ireland">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">See also</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">Fourth Home Rule Bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Constitution_Act_1973" title="Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973">Constitution Act 1973</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <div class="hlist" style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_political_science#Politics_by_region" title="Outline of political science">Other countries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1929_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1929 Northern Ireland general election">General Election 1929</a>: Ards<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Mulholland,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet">Henry Mulholland</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,556 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">A. Adams </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,818 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.2 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DAA520; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">J. Boyd </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,349 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.6 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,738 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,723 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1933_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1933 Northern Ireland general election">1933</a> and <a href="/wiki/1938_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1938 Northern Ireland general election">1938 general elections</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Mulholland,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet">Henry Mulholland</a> was elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1945 Northern Ireland general election">General Election 1945</a>: Ards<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Perceval-Maxwell_(politician,_born_1896)" title="Robert Perceval-Maxwell (politician, born 1896)">Robert Perceval-Maxwell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,976 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #b22222; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Labour_Party" title="Commonwealth Labour Party">Commonwealth Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Albert_McElroy" title="Albert McElroy">Albert McElroy</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,615 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,361 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,591 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1949_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1949 Northern Ireland general election">1949 Northern Ireland general election</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_May_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="William May (Northern Ireland politician)">William May</a> was elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1953_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1953 Northern Ireland general election">General Election 1953</a>: Ards<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_May_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="William May (Northern Ireland politician)">William May</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,562 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McDowell_(politician)" title="Jack McDowell (politician)">Jack McDowell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,022 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,540 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,584 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1958_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1958 Northern Ireland general election">1958 Northern Ireland general election</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_May_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="William May (Northern Ireland politician)">William May</a> was elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1962_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1962 Northern Ireland general election">General Election 1962</a>: Ards<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Long_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Long (UK politician)">William Long</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,501 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>71.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DAA520; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Albert_McElroy" title="Albert McElroy">Albert McElroy</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,008 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,493 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,509 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1965_Northern_Ireland_general_election" title="1965 Northern Ireland general election">General Election 1965</a>: Ards<sup id="cite_ref-demon_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Long_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Long (UK politician)">William Long</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,442 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>81.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">E. Bell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,740 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,702 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+19.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,182 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> 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id="Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland_constituencies" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituencies" title="Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies">constituencies</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">1921–1929</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>1929–1973</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Antrim</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_Borough_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Antrim Borough (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Antrim Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannside_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bannside (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Bannside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkfield_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Larkfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Larkfield</a> (from 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larne_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Larne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mid Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtownabbey_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newtownabbey (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Newtownabbey</a> (from 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Armagh</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Armagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Central Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Armagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mid Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Armagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">North Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Armagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Armagh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Bloomfield_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Dock_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Pottinger_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Pottinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Victoria_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Clifton_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Duncairn_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Duncairn (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Duncairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Oldpark_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Oldpark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Shankill_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Shankill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Ballynafeigh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Ballynafeigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Cromac (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Cromac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Willowfield_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Willowfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Windsor_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Windsor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Central_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Falls_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_St_Anne%27s_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast St Anne's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Woodvale_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Woodvale (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Woodvale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Down</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bangor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Bangor</a> (from 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">East Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iveagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Iveagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Iveagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Lagan Valley</a> (from 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mid Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mourne_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mourne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">North Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">West Down</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Fermanagh and Tyrone</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">East Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enniskillen_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Enniskillen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisnaskea_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lisnaskea (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Lisnaskea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mid Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">North Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Fermanagh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Fermanagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Fermanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">West Tyrone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Londonderry_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Londonderry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Londonderry_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="City of Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">City of Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Foyle (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Foyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Londonderry_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mid Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Londonderry_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">North Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Londonderry_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Londonderry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Queen's University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Queen's University</a> (to 1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_County_Down" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland" title="Parliament of Ireland">Parliament of Ireland</a><br />to 1800</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Down_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="County Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">County Down</a> (????–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Bangor</a> (1613–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downpatrick_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Downpatrick</a> (1586–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Hillsborough</a> (1662–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killyleagh_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Killyleagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Killyleagh</a> (1613–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newry_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Newry</a> (????–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtownards_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Newtownards</a> (????–1800)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a><br />1801–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Down</a> (1801–85, 1922–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Down (UK Parliament constituency)">East Down</a> (1885–1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Down</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a> (1885–1922, 1950–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Down (UK Parliament constituency)">South Down</a> (1885–1922, 1950–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Down (UK Parliament constituency)">West Down</a> (1885–1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downpatrick_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Downpatrick (UK Parliament constituency)">Downpatrick</a> (1801–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newry (UK Parliament constituency)">Newry</a> (1801–1918)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_and_Mid_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast South and Mid Down</a> (2024–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Lagan Valley</a> (1983–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Armagh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newry and Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)">Newry & Armagh</a> (1983–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a> (1983–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Down (UK Parliament constituency)">South Down</a> (1983–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)">Strangford</a> (1983–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Republic)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)">Dáil Éireann</a><br />Revolutionary era 1919–1922</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a><br />1919–21</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">(none)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seats not taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Down (UK Parliament constituency)">East Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Down (UK Parliament constituency)">South Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Down (UK Parliament constituency)">West Down</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Second_D%C3%A1il" title="Second Dáil">Second Dáil</a><br />1921–22</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One or more seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Down</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">No seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">(none)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a><br />1921–72</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ards</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bangor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Bangor</a> (1969–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Down</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Down_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Down (Northern Ireland 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