Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1920

Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1920
United Kingdom
January 1920

All 41 seats to Londonderry County Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Irish Unionist Sinn Féin
Seats won 19 10

Council control after election

Nationalist alliance

An election to Londonderry County Borough Council took place in January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had seen elections for local government in Ireland change to a more proportional system. As a result Unionists lost control over Londonderry borough council, which for the first time passed into the control of the city's Catholic majority.[1]

Nationalist control of the council wouldn't last however, and following the partition of Ireland the Northern Irish Government restored the older, and less representative ward based system.[1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Irish Unionist 19
Sinn Féin 10
Nationalist 10
Independent Nationalist 1
Totals 41 100%

References

  1. 1 2 Laffan, Michael (1999). The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923. Cambridge University Press. p. 327.
Preceded by
Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1914
Londonderry elections Succeeded by
Londonderry County Borough Council election, 1925
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