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Bannside
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Bannside shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

Bannside was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This was a division of County Antrim. Before 1929 it was part of the seven-member Antrim constituency. The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1929 until the Parliament was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

In terms of the then local government areas the constituency in 1929 comprised parts of the Rural Districts of Antrim, Ballymena and Ballymoney.

After boundary changes in 1969 the constituency included parts of the same Rural Districts but Bannside was extended to take in the northern part of the 1929–1969 Antrim Borough constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929	George Charles Gillespie Young	Ulster Unionist Party
	1933
	1938
	1939	Malcolm William Patrick
	1945	Malcolm William Patrick
	1946	Terence O'Neill
	1949
	1953
	1958
	1962
	1965
	1969
	1970	Ian Paisley	Protestant Unionist
	1971	Ian Paisley	Democratic Unionist
1973		constituency abolished

Elections

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The parliamentary representatives of the division were elected using the first past the post system.

General Election 22 May 1929: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ulster Unionist	George Charles Gillespie Young	5,931	54.31
	Ulster Liberal	George Henderson	4,174	38.22
	Independent Labour	William Ervine	816	7.47
Majority			1,757	16.09
Turnout			16,802	65.00
	Ulster Unionist win (new seat)

General Election 30 November 1933: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	George Charles Gillespie Young	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 9 February 1938: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	George Charles Gillespie Young	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Young

1939 Bannside by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Malcolm Patrick	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 14 June 1945: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Malcolm Patrick	5,029	62.80	N/A
	Ind. Unionist	A. J. Gillespie	2,979	37.20	New
Majority			2,050	25.60	N/A
Turnout			16,461	48.65	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Patrick

1946 Bannside by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 10 February 1949: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 22 October 1953: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 20 March 1958: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 31 May 1962: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 25 November 1965: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Boundary changes

General Election 24 February 1969: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	7,745	47.27	N/A
	Protestant Unionist	Ian Paisley	6,331	38.64	New
	People's Democracy	Michael Farrell	2,310	14.10	New
Majority			1,414	8.63	N/A
Turnout			20,635	79.41	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Resignation of O'Neill

By-Election 16 April 1970: Bannside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant Unionist	Ian Paisley	7,981	43.68	+5.04
	Ulster Unionist	Bolton Minford	6,778	37.09	-10.18
	NI Labour	Patrick McHugh	3,514	19.23	New
Majority			1,203	6.59	N/A
Turnout			22,954	79.61	+0.20
	Protestant Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing	N/A

Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973

Peerage title

When Ian Paisley was created a life peer in 2010, the took his title of Baron Bannside, of North Antrim in the County of Antrim from the constituency he had won in 1970.

References

External links

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies
1921–1929	1929–1973
Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim
Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh
Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria
Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill
Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor
Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale
Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down
Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone
Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry
Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Antrim and the city of Belfast

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Antrim (???–1800)
Antrim (1666–1800)
Belfast (1613–1800)
Carrickfergus (1326–1800)
Lisburn (1661–1800)
Randalstown (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic

Antrim (1801–85, 1922–50)
Mid Antrim (1885–1922)
Belfast (1801–85)
Belfast Cromac (1918–22)
Belfast Duncairn (1918–22)
Belfast Falls (1918–22)
Belfast Ormeau (1918–22)
Belfast Pottinger (1918–22)
Belfast Shankill (1918–22)
Belfast St Anne's (1918–22)
Belfast Victoria (1918–22)
Belfast Woodvale (1918–22)
Carrickfergus (1801–85)
Lisburn (1801–85)
Queen's University of Belfast (1918–50)

Current

East Antrim (1885–1922, 1983—)
North Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—)
South Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—)
Belfast East (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast North (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast South (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast West (1885–1918, 1922—)
Lagan Valley 1983—

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)
No seats taken	East Antrim Mid Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast Cromac Belfast Duncairn Belfast Falls Belfast Ormeau Belfast Pottinger Belfast St Anne's Belfast Shankill Belfast Victoria Belfast Woodvale Queen's University of Belfast

Second Dáil
1921–22

Seats taken	(none)
No seats taken	Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Queen's University of Belfast

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

1921–29

Antrim (1921–29)
Belfast East (1921–29)
Belfast North (1921–29)
Belfast South (1921–29)
West Belfast (1921–29)
Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)

1929–72

Bannside (1929–72)
Belfast Ballynafeigh (1929–72)
Belfast Bloomfield (1929–72)
Belfast Central (1929–72)
Belfast Clifton (1929–72)
Belfast Cromac (1929–72)
Belfast Dock (1929–72)
Belfast Duncairn (1929–72)
Belfast Falls (1929–72)
Belfast Oldpark (1929–72)
Belfast Pottinger (1929–72)
Belfast Shankill (1929–72)
Belfast St Anne's (1929–72)
Belfast Victoria (1929–72)
Belfast Willowfield (1929–72)
Belfast Windsor (1929–72)
Belfast Woodvale (1929–72)
Carrick (1929–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Larne (1929–72)
Mid Antrim (1929–72)
Newtownabbey (1969–72)
North Antrim (1929–72)
Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)
South Antrim (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Lagan Valley

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

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