Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

For other constituencies of the same name, see Belfast West (disambiguation).

Belfast West Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency
Belfast West shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1921
Abolished:	1929
Election Method:	Single transferable vote

Belfast West was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

Belfast West included the Court, Falls, St Anne's, St George's, Smithfield and Woodvale wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Central, Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale constituencies.

Politics

Northern Ireland 1921–72

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Belfast West was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of Nationalist strength, electing three Unionists and one Nationalist in 1921 and one Unionists, one Independent Unionist, one Nationalist and one Labour Party member in 1925.

Election results

• Electors: 57,914 Quota: 10,691

1921 General Election: Belfast West (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Henry Burn	13,298	24.88	1	1
	Nationalist (NI)	Joseph Devlin1	10,621	19.87	4	4
	Ulster Unionist	William Twaddell	10,316	19.30	3	3
	Ulster Unionist	Robert John Lynn	9,315	17.43	2	2
	Sinn Féin	D. McCullough	6,270	11.73
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacEntee	2,954	5.53
	Belfast Labour	John Hanna	367	0.69
	Nationalist (NI)	Richard Byrne	311	0.58
Turnout				92.3	N/A

¹Did not take seat.

Belfast West by-election, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Unionist	Philip James Woods	25,761	55.3
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Davison	19,360	41.6
Majority			7,859
Turnout			46,597	69.3	-23.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

• Electorate 65,550; Valid votes 49,484 Quota 9,897

1925 General Election: Belfast West (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Nationalist (NI)	Joseph Devlin1	17,558	35.48	1	1
	Independent Unionist	Philip James Woods	9,599	19.40	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	Robert John Lynn	8,371	16.92	3	3
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Henry Burn	4,808	9.80
	Republican Labour	J. McConville	3,146	6.78
	Ulster Unionist	R. Dickson	3,318	6.33
	Labour (NI)	Billy McMullen	2,869	5.80	4	5
Turnout				75.5	-17.8

¹Did not take seat.

External links

• http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
• http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html