North Down

North Down can refer to:

See also

North Down (Assembly constituency)

North Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the North Down UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see North Down (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)

North Down (UK Parliament constituency)

North Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Sylvia Hermon (Lady Hermon), first elected in the 2001 general election. Hermon represented the constituency on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party until 2010, subsequently sitting as an Independent.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Bangor and Newtownards; the Urban Districts of Donaghadee and Holywood; and the Rural Districts of Castlereagh, Hillsborough, and Newtownards.

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Bangor and Newtownards; the Urban Districts of Donaghadee and Holywood; the Rural District of North Down; the district electoral divisions of Ballycultra, Craigavad, and Holywood Rural in the Rural District of Castlereagh; and the district electoral divisions of Annahilt, Ballykeel, Ballymacbrennan, Ballyskeagh, Ballyworfy, Blaris, Carryduff, Dromara, Drumbo, Glassdrumman, Hillsborough, Maze, Ouley, and Saintfield in the Rural District of Hillsborough.