The candidates for the parliamentary seats at Queen’s University lodge their deposits to stand. We see incumbent MPs Charles Stewart, Bessie McConachie and Sheelagh Murnaghan.  

William McGookin talks to Charles Stewart and Bessie McConachie. It’s an interesting conversation on why the issue of abolishing the university seats is important this time round. We also see William’s cutaway questions which helps the start of the interview make more sense.  

Within the election office, we see all the candidates and the election official, Professor Newark, with the vote declaration. 

The Queen’s University parliamentary seats were abolished in 1969.  

Ian McClure was a surgeon and Ulster Unionist MP. 

Charles Stewart QC was a barrister and independent politician in Northern Ireland. 

Sheelagh Mary Murnaghan, OBE (26 May 1924 – 14 September 1993) was an Ulster Liberal Party MP. She was also a barrister and human rights activist. The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal and non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland linked to the British Liberal Party. Sheelagh Murnaghan was its only MP, serving from 1961 to 1969. 

Bessie McConachie was a moderate Ulster Unionist.