Newtownabbey (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°41′06″N 5°57′58″W / 54.685°N 5.966°W / 54.685; -5.966

Newtownabbey
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Newtownabbey shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

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

Boundaries and boundary changes[]

Before 1969, the area formed part of the Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies of Antrim Borough and Carrick.

Newtownabbey was created by the as a division of County Antrim. It was located to the north of Belfast and comprised "part of the urban district of Newtownabbey which consists of the wards of Carnmoney, Cavehill, Glengormley, Whitehouse, and Whitewell".

The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the 1969 Northern Ireland general election. The Parliament was prorogued on 30 March 1972, under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972. It was formally abolished in 1973 when the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 received Royal Assent on 18 July 1973.

The Parliamentary representative of the division was elected using the first-past-the-post system.

Member of Parliament: House of Commons (Northern Ireland)[]

Election: House of Commons (Northern Ireland)[]

(1921–72)
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• Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973

References[]

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921 - 1972

External links[]

• For more information about the Northern Ireland House of Commons, see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/stormont.html Archived 2006-02-11 at the Wayback Machine