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Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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For other constituencies of the same name, see Belfast North (disambiguation).
Belfast North
Former Borough constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1929
Election methodSingle transferable vote

Belfast North 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 North contained the Clifton, Duncairn and Shankill wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Clifton, Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Oldpark and Belfast Shankill constituencies.[1]

Politics

(1921–72)
Politics of Northern Ireland
The Ulster Banner
Government
Parliament
1921, 1925, 1929, 1933
1938, 1945, 1949, 1953
1958, 1962, 1965, 1969
Senate
Elections
1921, 1925, 1929, 1933
1938, 1945, 1949, 1953
1958, 1962, 1965, 1969
By-elections
See also

Belfast North was a predominantly Unionist area with considerable pockets of labour strength. It returned four Unionists in 1921, but in 1925, it returned only two official Unionists, plus one independent Unionist and a Labour member.

Members of Parliament

Election Member
(Party) 		Member
(Party) 		Member
(Party) 		Member
(Party)
MPs
(1921) 		style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color;"| Lloyd Campbell
(Ulster Unionist Party) 		style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color;"| Samuel McGuffin
(Ulster Unionist Party) 		rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color;"| William Grant
(Ulster Unionist Party) 		style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color;"| Robert McKeown
(Ulster Unionist Party)
MPs
(1925) 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color;"| Tommy Henderson
(Independent Unionist) 		style="background:Template:Northern Ireland Labour Party/meta/color;"| Sam Kyle
(Northern Ireland Labour Party) 		style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color;"| Lloyd Campbell
(Ulster Unionist Party)

Election results

24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP Lloyd Campbell 12,875    
UUP Samuel McGuffin 11,596    
UUP William Grant 6,148 9,880  
UUP Robert McKeown 3,562 4,676 8,263
Sinn Féin Michael Carolan 3,235 3,268 3,275
Nationalist F. P. Harkin 1,509 1,516 1,519
Independent J. B. Wallace 926 944 972
Electorate: 43,194   Valid: 39,851   Quota: 7,971   Turnout: 92.3%  
1925 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Ind. Unionist Tommy Henderson 10,306      
NI Labour Sam Kyle 5,915 7,650    
UUP William Grant 6,610 6,934    
UUP Lloyd Campbell 5,421 5,952 6,163 7,026
UUP John William Nixon 4,068 4,951 5,471 6,021
UUP H. T. Whitaker 1,276 1,389 1,481 eliminated
Electorate: 47,228   Valid: 33,596   Quota: 6,720   Turnout: 71.1%  

References

  1. ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
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