North Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
| North Antrim | |
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| Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland |
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North Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
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| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1929 |
| Abolished | 1973 |
| Election method | First past the post |
Coordinates: 55°07′16″N 6°19′44″W / 55.121°N 6.329°W
North Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.
The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections for 48 single-member constituencies (including Antrim North).
This constituency was one of seven county divisions in Antrim, so it was smaller than the UK Parliament seat. From 1969 there were nine county divisions in Antrim, but the changes in the vicinity of Belfast did not affect the boundaries of this division.
It comprised (in terms of local government units existing in 1929) parts of the rural districts of Ballycastle and Ballymoney together with the whole of the urban districts of Ballycastle, Ballymoney and Portrush.
It returned one member of Parliament from 1929 until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.
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