Captain William Wellwood (1893 – 28 Jun 1971) was the

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...

MP for Londonderry in the Westminster Parliament from 1951 to 1955. Following the resignation of incumbent MP Ronald Ross, Wellwood was elected unopposed in a by-election on 19 May 1951. He was one of the last four MPs to be unopposed in a general election, on 25 October 1951. He retired at the

1955 United Kingdom general election The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election in 1951. It was a snap election: after Winston Churchill retired in April 1955, Anthony Eden took over and immediately ca ...

, and was replaced by

Robin Chichester-Clark Sir Robert "Robin" Chichester-Clark (10 January 1928 – 5 August 2016) was Member of Parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and to date was the last member representing a seat in Northern Irel ...

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1893 births 1971 deaths Ulster Unionist Party MPs Recipients of the Military Cross Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (since 1922) UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 {{NorthernIreland-UK-MP-stub