# Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Enniskillen was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

## Boundaries

Enniskillen was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

## Politics

Enniskillen had a unionist majority, but a substantial nationalist minority. The seat was consistently won by the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate, and it was only contested on four occasions: in 1938 by an Independent Unionist Association candidate, in 1949 by a Nationalist candidate, in 1965 by a Liberal candidate and in 1969 by both the People's Democracy and an independent Unionist candidate.

## Members of Parliament

| Elected | Party | Name |
| 1929 | UUP | Sir Edward Archdale |
| 1938 | UUP | Erne Ferguson |
| 1949 | UUP | Thomas Charles Nelson |
| 1954 | UUP | Harry West |

## Elections

At the 1929 and 1933 general elections, Edward Archdale was elected unopposed.
General Election 9 February 1938: Enniskillen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UUP | Erne Ferguson | 5,679 | 55.9 | N/A |
| | Ind. Unionist Party | W. Clarke | 4,485 | 44.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,194 | 11.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,164 | 86.4 | N/A |
| | UUP hold | UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |
At the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, Erne Ferguson was elected unopposed.
General Election 10 February 1949: Enniskillen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UUP | Erne Ferguson | 5,706 | 54.7 | N/A |
| | Nationalist | W. Blake | 4,729 | 45.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,435 | 85.7 | N/A |
| | UUP hold | UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |
At the 1949 Enniskillen by-election and the 1953 Northern Ireland general election, Thomas Charles Nelson was elected unopposed.
At the 1954 Enniskillen by-election and the 1958 and 1962 general elections, Harry West was elected unopposed.
General Election 25 November 1965: Enniskillen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UUP | Harry West | 5,982 | 66.3 | N/A |
| | Ulster Liberal | Albert McElroy | 3,042 | 33.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,940 | 32.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,024 | 74.9 | N/A |
| | UUP hold | UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |
General Election 24 February 1969: Enniskillen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UUP | Harry West | 4,891 | 48.5 | −17.8 |
| | People's Democracy | M. Bowes-Egan | 2,784 | 27.6 | New |
| | Ind. Unionist | D. T. Archdale | 2,418 | 23.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,107 | 20.9 | –11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,093 | 86.3 | +11.4 |
| | UUP hold | UUP hold | Swing | | |
* Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973