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Sinn Féin Westminster Election Results
This article lists Sinn Féin's election results in UK parliamentary elections. Summary of general election performance Notes For the 1918 election, MPs are given out of the Ireland total. For subsequent elections, MP totals are for Northern Ireland. Four Sinn Féin candidates were elected in two constituencies each, so Sinn Féin actually had 69 out of 101 Irish MPs. In what was to become Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin won 3 seats out of a possible 30. Election results By-elections, 1906–10 By-elections, 1910–18 1918 general election Cork City was a two-seat constituency, and both Sinn Féin candidate were elected. By-elections, 1918–22 1924 general election 1950 general election McAteer stood as an independent republican candidate. 1955 general election By-elections, 1955–59 1959 general election 1964 general election These Sinn Féin members stood as Independent Republican candidates. 1966 general election These Sinn Féin members stood as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( ; ; ) is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. Its members founded the revolutionary Irish Republic and its parliament, the First Dáil, and many of them were active in the Irish War of Independence, during which the party was associated with the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922). The party split before the Irish Civil War and again in its aftermath, giving rise to the two traditionally dominant parties of Irish politics: Fianna Fáil, and Cumann na nGaedheal (which merged with smaller groups to form Fine Gael). For several decades the remaining Sinn Féin organisation was small and often without parliamentary representation. It continued its association with the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish Republican Army. Another split in 1970 at the start of the Troubles led to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 United Kingdom General Election In Northern Ireland
The 2024 general election in Northern Ireland was held on 4 July 2024, with all 18 Northern Irish seats in the House of Commons contested. The general election occurred after the recently completed constituency boundaries review. Background Electoral system MPs are elected in 18 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post. Date of the election On 22 May 2024, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 4 July 2024 as the election date. Constituency boundaries In June 2023, it was published that The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland had made final recommendations for the new boundaries for Northern Ireland's 18 parliamentary constituencies. The report was submitted to the speaker of the UK House of Commons and the UK Government was required to submit a draft of an Order in Council to activate the new boundaries within four months. Changes include: * Belfast South became Belfast South and Mid Down, and incorporates some areas formerly part of Strangford or Lagan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Cromac (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cromac, a division of Belfast, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1922, using the first past the post electoral system. Boundaries and boundary changes The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 and comprised the western half of South Belfast, and contained the then-Cromac and Windsor wards of Belfast Corporation. Prior to the 1918 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Belfast South constituency. Politics The constituency was a predominantly Unionist area, with some Labour support. In the 1918 election Sinn Féin came third. First Dáil After the 1918 election, Sinn Féin invited all those elected for constituencies in Ireland to sit as TDs in Dáil Éireann rather than in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. All those elected for Irish constituencies were includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 East Cavan By-election
The 1918 East Cavan by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of East Cavan on 20 June 1918. The election was caused by the death of the sitting member, Samuel Young of the Irish Parliamentary Party.Michael Laffan, ''The Resurrection of Ireland'', (Cambridge University Press, 1999) page 147-9. Background It had been clear for a long time that a by-election was likely, for Young was 96 years old and had been in poor health; Sinn Féin's preparations had begun as long as a year in advance. Within days of his death, the party's founder and former leader Arthur Griffith was nominated as its candidate. The political climate was tense. Having won four by-elections in 1917 - in North Roscommon, South Longford, East Clare and Kilkenny City - Sinn Féin had appeared to be winning a majority of support of the nationalist population. However, since the beginning of the year the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) had won three sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Tullamore By-election
The 1918 Tullamore by-election was held on 19 April 1918. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Independent Nationalist MP, Edward John Graham. It was won by the Sinn Féin candidate Patrick McCartan, who stood unopposed. McCartan had previously contested the by-election in South Armagh for Sinn Féin but lost out to the Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nati ... candidate. He was subsequently elected for the merged King's County constituency in the 1918 general election. References Tullamore, County Offaly Tullamore by-election By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in King's County constituencies Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies Tullamore by-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 East Tyrone By-election
The 1918 East Tyrone by-election was held on 3 April 1918. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary Party MP, William Redmond. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate Thomas Harbison. The by-election was the last in a short string of by-elections where it seemed that the more moderate nationalists were regaining ground from Sinn Féin before being virtually wiped out in the 1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland. Campaign Redmond had resigned in order to contest the Waterford City by-election which had become vacant when his father, John Redmond, had died. Thomas Harbison was selected as the IPP candidate. The Sinn Féin candidate was Seán Milroy. The campaign was fought with tensions between the two parties with both party leaders, Joseph Devlin (IPP) and Éamon de Valera (SF), visiting to support their candidate. Sinn Fein supporters would regularly walk around the streets armed with Gaelic games hurleys wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Waterford City By-election
The 1918 Waterford City Waterford ( ) is a city in County Waterford in the south-east of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster. The city is situated at the head of Waterford Harbour. It is the oldest [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
