List of Northern Ireland Parliament by-elections

This is a list of by-elections to the Northern Ireland House of Commons, from its creation in 1921 until its abolition in 1972.

Date	Constituency	Incumbent		Winner		Cause
2 May 1923	Belfast West	William Twaddell	Ulster Unionist	Philip James Woods	Ind. Unionist	Death
6 November 1925	Belfast South	Philip James Woods	Ulster Unionist	Anthony Babington	Ulster Unionist	Declined seat in favour of Belfast West
25 November 1925	Armagh	Richard Best	Ulster Unionist	John Clarke Davison	Ulster Unionist	Appointed Lord Justice of Appeal
10 November 1930	North Tyrone	William Thomas Miller	Ulster Unionist	James Fulton Gamble	Ulster Unionist	Death
4 June 1934	Belfast Central	Joseph Devlin	Nationalist	Thomas Joseph Campbell	Nationalist	Death
22 March 1935	Queen's University of Belfast	Robert McNeill	Ind. Unionist	Arthur Brownlow Mitchell	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
2 April 1937	Belfast Ballynafeigh	Thomas Moles	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Thompson	Ulster Unionist	Death
7 May 1937	Foyle	James Joseph McCarroll	Nationalist	Patrick Maxwell	Nationalist	Death
27 May 1937	Larne	George Boyle Hanna	Ulster Unionist	Harold Claude Robinson	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
29 September 1938	Mid Armagh	John Clarke Davison	Ulster Unionist	Norman Stronge	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
5 December 1938	Queen's University of Belfast	Robert James Johnstone	Ulster Unionist	Howard Stevenson	Ulster Unionist	Death
27 April 1939	City of Londonderry	Edward Sullivan Murphy	Ulster Unionist	William Lowry	Ulster Unionist	Death
10 November 1939	Bannside	George Charles Gillespie Young	Ulster Unionist	Malcolm Patrick	Ulster Unionist	Death
15 March 1941	Central Armagh	David Shillington	Ulster Unionist	George Dougan	Ulster Unionist	Death
27 March 1941	North Down	James Craig	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Bailie	Ind. Unionist	Death
2 July 1941	Mid Tyrone	Hugh McAleer	Nationalist	Michael McGurk	Independent Nationalist	Death
3 December 1941	Belfast Willowfield	Arthur Black	Ulster Unionist	Harry Midgley	NI Labour	Resignation
2 April 1942	Belfast Falls	Richard Byrne	Nationalist	Eamon Donnelly	Independent Republican	Death
19 October 1942	Queen's University of Belfast	Arthur Brownlow Mitchell	Ulster Unionist	William Lyle	Ulster Unionist	Death
2 July 1943	Queen's University of Belfast	Robert Corkey	Ulster Unionist	John W. Renshaw	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
11 August 1943	North Tyrone	James Gamble	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lyons	Ulster Unionist	Death
26 August 1943	Carrick	John Fawcett Gordon	Ulster Unionist	John Dermot Campbell	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
13 December 1944	Queen's University of Belfast	John MacDermott	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Quin	Ulster Unionist	Appointed High Court Judge
12 April 1945	South Tyrone	Rowley Elliott	Ulster Unionist	W. F. McCoy	Ulster Unionist	Death
19 April 1945	Carrick	John Dermot Campbell	Ulster Unionist	Lancelot Curran	Ulster Unionist	Death
19 April 1945	Larne	Harold Claude Robinson	Ulster Unionist	Walter Topping	Ulster Unionist	Death
15 October 1945	North Antrim	Robert Lynn	Ulster Unionist	William McCleery	Ulster Unionist	Death
22 August 1946	Belfast Central	Thomas Joseph Campbell	Nationalist	Frank Hanna	NI Labour	Resignation
7 November 1946	Bannside	Malcolm Patrick	Ulster Unionist	Terence O'Neill	Ulster Unionist	Death
27 June 1947	City of Londonderry	William Lowry	Ulster Unionist	James Godfrey MacManaway	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
20 April 1948	Queen's University, Belfast	Frederick McSorley	Independent	Samuel Irwin	Ulster Unionist	Death
16 August 1948	Mid Tyrone	Michael McGurk	Nationalist	Edward McCullagh	Nationalist	Death
24 October 1949	Enniskillen	Erne Ferguson	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Charles Nelson	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
15 November 1949	Queen's University, Belfast	William Lyle	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	Ulster Unionist	Death
29 November 1949	Belfast Duncairn	William Grant	Ulster Unionist	George Boyle Hanna	Ulster Unionist	Death
20 January 1950	Carrick	Lancelot Curran	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Hunter	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
4 April 1950	Belfast Woodvale	John William Nixon	Ind. Unionist	Robert Harcourt	Ulster Unionist	Death
31 October 1950	Belfast Bloomfield	Herbert Dixon	Ulster Unionist	Daniel Dixon	Ulster Unionist	Death
6 December 1950	South Armagh	Malachy Conlon	Nationalist	Charles McGleenan	Anti-Partition	Death
2 February 1951	Antrim	Hugh Minford	Ulster Unionist	Nat Minford	Ulster Unionist	Death
18 June 1951	City of Londonderry	James Godfrey MacManaway	Ulster Unionist	Edward Warburton Jones	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
10 December 1951	South Antrim	John Milne Barbour	Ulster Unionist	Brian McConnell	Ulster Unionist	Death
8 May 1954	Enniskillen	Thomas Charles Nelson	Ulster Unionist	Harry West	Ulster Unionist	Death
15 October 1955	Central Armagh	George Dougan	Ulster Unionist	Isaac Hawthorne	Ulster Unionist	Death
15 November 1955	Belfast Woodvale	Robert Harcourt	Ulster Unionist	Neville Martin	Ulster Unionist	Elected Lord Mayor of Belfast
23 November 1956	Belfast Windsor	Archibald Wilson	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Kirk	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
4 December 1956	Belfast Duncairn	George Boyle Hanna	Ulster Unionist	William Fitzsimmons	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
5 March 1959	West Down	John Edgar Bailey	Ulster Unionist	David John Little	Ulster Unionist	Death
28 May 1959	Belfast Clifton	Robin Kinahan	Ulster Unionist	William James Morgan	Ulster Unionist	Elected Lord Mayor of Belfast
5 February 1960	Larne	Walter Topping	Ulster Unionist	William Craig	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
16 February 1960	Belfast Shankill	Henry Holmes	Ulster Unionist	Desmond Boal	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
9 July 1960	South Londonderry	Dehra Parker	Ulster Unionist	James Chichester-Clark	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
29 November 1960	North Londonderry	Robert Moore	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Burns	Ulster Unionist	Death
20 April 1961	Belfast Bloomfield	Daniel Dixon	Ulster Unionist	Walter Scott	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
22 November 1961	Queen's University, Belfast	Samuel Irwin	Ulster Unionist	Sheelagh Murnaghan	Ulster Liberal	Death
6 December 1962	Belfast Cromac	Joseph Morgan	Ulster Unionist	William Kennedy	Ulster Unionist	Death
9 May 1964	Iveagh	Brian Maginess	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Magowan	Ulster Unionist	Appointed County Court Judge
30 June 1964	East Tyrone	Joseph Francis Stewart	Nationalist	Austin Currie	Nationalist	Death
3 December 1964	Mid Down	John L. O. Andrews	Ulster Unionist	Basil Kelly	Ulster Unionist	Elected to Senate
19 June 1965	West Down	David John Little	Ulster Unionist	John Dobson	Ulster Unionist	Appointed Recorder of Londonderry
23 November 1966	Queen's University, Belfast	Charles Stewart	Independent	Robert Porter	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
25 May 1967	South Down	Joseph Connellan	Nationalist	Michael Keogh	Nationalist	Death
22 March 1968	Lisnaskea	Basil Brooke	Ulster Unionist	John Brooke	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
16 May 1968	City of Londonderry	Edward Warburton Jones	Ulster Unionist	Albert Anderson	Ulster Unionist	Appointed High Court Judge
6 November 1968	South Antrim	Brian McConnell	Ulster Unionist	Richard Ferguson	Ulster Unionist	Resignation
16 April 1970	Bannside	Terence O'Neill	Ulster Unionist	Ian Paisley	Protestant Unionist	Resignation
16 April 1970	South Antrim	Richard Ferguson	Ulster Unionist	William Beattie	Protestant Unionist	Resignation
12 November 1970	Belfast St Anne's	Norman Laird	Ulster Unionist	John Laird	Ulster Unionist	Death

References[edit]

Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons

v t e By-elections in the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom	1801–1806 1806–1818 1818–1832 1832–1847 1847–1857 1857–1868 1868–1885 1885–1900 1900–1918 1918–1931 1931–1950 1950–1979 1979–2010 2010–present Northern Ireland Hereditary peers
Parliament of Great Britain	1707–1715 1715–1734 1734–1754 1754–1774 1774–1790 1790–1800
Parliament of England	1689–1700 1701–1707
Devolved legislatures	Scottish Parliament Senedd (Welsh Parliament)
Other historic	European Parliament (1979–1999) House of Commons of Northern Ireland (1921–72) United Kingdom by-election records
Northern Ireland Assembly vacancies are filled by co-option. Local Government by-election results are generally given on the page for the last election in that area.