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The by-election was won by Mullan, who took more than half the votes cast. Donnelly took 29% and a clear second place, while
Hastings-Little managed 17%. Brown's share of the vote collapsed to only 2%.
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Two independent unionist candidates stood: J. Hastings-Little, son of James Little, and James Brown, the unsuccessful candidate from the previous year, and former
Stormont MP for South Down.
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69:. Little resigned from the party in protest at this, and easily held his seat as an Independent Ulster Unionist. Official Unionist
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1322:
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574:
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155:. Mullan chose to stand down and pursued his career as a solicitor. Donnelly was elected MP for
47:
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had generally performed well at the 1945 election, although it did not win any seats. It stood
116:, a British politician with Irish ancestry. At the 1945 election, he had taken third place in
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57:(UUP). Little was elected unopposed for the UUP at a 1939 by-election. The other Down MP,
89:
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Unionist Party hoped to regain the second seat. They stood
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309:
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147:, all remaining multi-member constituencies were abolished. Down was divided into
90:
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By-elections to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies
81:. Little took 40% of the votes, and the three other candidates around 20% each.
66:
94:
184:
409:
50:, with all other candidates polling less than 15% of the votes cast.
73:
won the second seat, narrowly beating the second official
Unionist,
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431:
159:
in 1950 and enjoyed a colourful career, eventually joining the
53:
Until the 1945, every MP for the seat had been a member of the
65:, and the UUP decided to also make Little's seat subject to
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The Annual
Register of World Events: A Review of the Year
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Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) Officers 1939-1945
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837:
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694:
629:
583:
554:
475:
20:was held on 6 June 1946, following the death of
42:elected two members. Since its re-creation in
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8:
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1024:
1016:
450:
436:
428:
165:
361:
359:
355:
468:House of Commons of the United Kingdom
103:1945 Northern Ireland general election
1061:38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
308:
171:
7:
1524:1946 elections in the United Kingdom
97:, who had unsuccessfully contested
77:and a second independent unionist,
1539:1946 elections in Northern Ireland
14:
268:
247:
222:
189:
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46:, it had consistently elected
1:
1172:Combined English Universities
598:Queen's University of Belfast
110:Northern Ireland Labour Party
1534:20th century in County Down
124:, but had since joined the
61:, decided to retire at the
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799:Fermanagh and South Tyrone
744:Fermanagh and South Tyrone
738:Fermanagh and South Tyrone
406:"1946 By Election Results"
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167:Down by-election, 1946
93:, a lieutenant in the
75:John Blakiston Houston
1161:Heywood and Radcliffe
867:September 2000:
145:1950 general election
63:1945 general election
55:Ulster Unionist Party
18:1946 Down by-election
1356:Stirling and Falkirk
666:November 1954:
654:November 1952:
636:November 1950:
602:February 1943:
596:November 1940:
590:February 1940:
569:Fermanagh and Tyrone
563:Fermanagh and Tyrone
521:February 1922:
126:British Labour Party
59:Viscount Castlereagh
29:Member of Parliament
26:independent Unionist
1266:Liverpool Edge Hill
701:October 1963:
648:October 1952:
544:January 1929:
515:January 1922:
256:J. Hastings-Little
168:
122:Common Wealth Party
672:August 1955:
509:August 1921:
412:on 5 November 2013
166:
161:Conservative Party
1511:
1510:
1389:Hammersmith South
1384:Batley and Morley
1344:Southwark Central
1311:Glasgow Camlachie
1205:Glasgow Bridgeton
1091:Ashton-under-Lyne
1013:
1012:
890:March 2013:
755:January 1986
748:March 1982:
707:April 1969:
684:March 1959:
660:April 1953:
619:March 1948:
561:March 1931:
534:North Londonderry
517:South Londonderry
511:South Londonderry
347:
346:
120:standing for the
40:Down constituency
1546:
1503:Hereditary peers
1498:Northern Ireland
1395:St Pancras North
1367:Glasgow Hillhead
1216:Paddington North
1156:Glasgow Cathcart
1122:Kensington South
1072:
1063:
1054:
1040:
1033:
1026:
1017:
1005:Hereditary peers
1000:Northern Ireland
884:June 2011:
850:June 1995:
824:Newry and Armagh
809:East Londonderry
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567:June 1934:
538:July 1922:
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489:Belfast Duncairn
482:June 1921:
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186:
169:
114:Desmond Donnelly
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1350:Glasgow Gorbals
1298:
1241:
1199:Battersea North
1132:
1128:Tottenham North
1073:
1068:39th Parliament
1064:
1055:
1050:37th Parliament
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157:Pembrokeshire
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19:
1493:2010–present
1182:
1066:
1057:By-elections
1048:
995:2010–present
914:None to date
913:
886:Belfast West
869:South Antrim
804:Lagan Valley
774:Belfast East
769:Antrim South
759:Antrim North
736:April 1981:
722:
686:Belfast East
650:North Antrim
638:Belfast West
614:
604:Belfast West
592:Belfast East
460:By-elections
414:. Retrieved
410:the original
400:
392:
388:
377:
328:
302:
242:
217:
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207:
202:C. H. Mullan
200:
193:
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138:
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91:C. H. Mullan
88:
52:
37:
22:James Little
17:
15:
1348:September:
1288:Howdenshire
1270:September:
1264:September:
1211:Rotherhithe
1117:Bournemouth
898:West Tyrone
764:Antrim East
644:Londonderry
546:Londonderry
278:James Brown
79:James Brown
67:reselection
1518:Categories
1410:December:
1406:Leeds West
1382:February:
1360:November:
1315:February:
1292:December:
1276:November:
1252:February:
1237:Kilmarnock
1230:December:
1209:November:
1149:February:
1126:December:
1110:November:
892:Mid Ulster
852:North Down
846:Upper Bann
829:Upper Bann
819:Strangford
814:Mid Ulster
794:Down South
789:Down North
709:Mid Ulster
680:Mid Ulster
674:Mid Ulster
662:North Down
540:North Down
528:North Down
494:North Down
484:Mid Armagh
350:References
175:Candidate
153:South Down
149:North Down
99:South Down
95:Royal Navy
85:Candidates
1488:1979–2010
1483:1950–1979
1478:1931–1950
1473:1918–1931
1468:1900–1918
1463:1885–1900
1458:1868–1885
1453:1857–1868
1448:1847–1857
1443:1832–1847
1438:1818–1832
1433:1806–1818
1428:1801–1806
1354:October:
1309:January:
1278:Gravesend
1254:Normanton
1194:Pontypool
1166:Hemsworth
1143:January:
1086:Smethwick
1084:October:
990:1979–2010
985:1950–1979
980:1931–1950
975:1918–1931
970:1900–1918
965:1885–1900
960:1868–1885
955:1857–1868
950:1847–1857
945:1832–1847
940:1818–1832
935:1806–1818
930:1801–1806
523:West Down
505:West Down
416:12 August
293:Majority
227:NI Labour
48:unionists
1362:Edmonton
1232:Aberdare
1203:August:
1101:Monmouth
500:Mid Down
1400:Sowerby
1393:March:
1342:April:
1321:March:
1317:Paisley
1170:March:
1145:Preston
1112:Bromley
1065:»
1059:to the
1047:«
466:to the
314:98,565
310:Turnout
296:21,853
259:16,895
236:28,846
208:50,699
143:At the
118:Evesham
101:at the
1404:July:
1328:Armagh
1260:Jarrow
1189:Bexley
1187:July:
1178:Ogmore
1176:June:
1071:»
1053:«
668:Armagh
621:Armagh
609:Antrim
395:(1947)
369:
288:−16.9
282:2,125
265:−23.3
218:+30.5
178:Votes
172:Party
135:Result
24:, the
1338:Brigg
1323:Wigan
1294:Epsom
1258:May:
907:2020s
878:2010s
861:2000s
838:1990s
730:1980s
718:1970s
695:1960s
630:1950s
584:1920s
555:1930s
476:1920s
338:Swing
331:from
299:22.1
262:17.1
239:29.3
213:51.4
1376:1949
1303:1948
1246:1947
1183:Down
1137:1946
1078:1945
723:None
615:Down
575:Down
418:2015
367:ISBN
329:gain
285:2.2
151:and
108:The
44:1922
38:The
33:Down
31:for
16:The
462:in
326:UUP
303:N/A
243:New
195:UUP
1520::
757::
358:^
185:±%
181:%
163:.
128:.
105:.
35:.
1039:e
1032:t
1025:v
451:e
444:t
437:v
420:.
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