Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)




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


















Belfast North
Former Borough Constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).svg
Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland

Former constituency
Created 1921
Abolished 1929
Election method Single 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.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Politics


  • 3 Members of Parliament


  • 4 Election results


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





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




















Northern Ireland 1921–1972

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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)

Lloyd Campbell
(Ulster Unionist Party)

Samuel McGuffin
(Ulster Unionist Party)

William Grant
(Ulster Unionist Party)

Robert McKeown
(Ulster Unionist Party)

MPs
(1925)

Tommy Henderson
(Independent Unionist)

Sam Kyle
(Northern Ireland Labour Party)


Election results













































































24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats)
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 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 % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4


Independent 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



External links



  • http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0

  • http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html










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