Bannside (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
# Bannside (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

## Elections

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

General Election 22 May 1929: Bannside :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,757 | 16.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,802 | 65.00 | |
| | Ulster Unionist win (new seat) | Ulster Unionist win (new seat) | Ulster Unionist win (new seat) | Ulster Unionist win (new seat) | Ulster Unionist win (new seat) |

General Election 30 November 1933: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | George Charles Gillespie Young | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 9 February 1938: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | George Charles Gillespie Young | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Death of Young

1939 Bannside by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Malcolm Patrick | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 14 June 1945: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Malcolm Patrick | 5,029 | 62.80 | N/A |
| | Ind. Unionist | A. J. Gillespie | 2,979 | 37.20 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,050 | 25.60 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,461 | 48.65 | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Death of Patrick

1946 Bannside by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Terence O'Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 10 February 1949: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Terence O'Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 22 October 1953: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Terence O'Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 20 March 1958: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Terence O'Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 31 May 1962: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Terence O'Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General Election 25 November 1965: Bannside :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ulster Unionist | Terence O'Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Boundary changes

General Election 24 February 1969: Bannside :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,414 | 8.63 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,635 | 79.41 | N/A |
| | Ulster Unionist hold | Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Resignation of O'Neill

By-Election 16 April 1970: Bannside :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,203 | 6.59 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,954 | 79.61 | +0.20 |
| | Protestant Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist | 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.

