Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
54°36′14″N 5°52′34″W / 54.604°N 5.876°W
Belfast East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1921 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Election method | Single transferable vote |
Belfast East was a
constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
.
Boundaries
Belfast East was created by the
first past the post: Belfast Bloomfield, Belfast Dock, Belfast Pottinger and Belfast Victoria constituencies.[1]
Second Dáil
In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Belfast East, it was not represented there.[3]
Politics
Belfast East was a predominantly
Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party
MP in 1925.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MPs )
(1921 |
Dawson Bates (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Herbert Dixon (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Thompson Donald (Ulster Unionist Party) |
James Augustine Duff (Ulster Unionist Party) | ||||
MPs )
(1925 |
Jack Beattie (Northern Ireland Labour Party) |
James Woods Gyle (Independent Unionist) |
Election results
(1921–72) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Sir Dawson Bates | 27.9 | 10,026 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Herbert Dixon | 24.6 | 8,849 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thompson Donald | 19.1 | 6,856 | 9,262 | |||
Ulster Unionist | James Augustine Duff | 10.0 | 3,585 | 3,956 | 6,027 | 7,662 | |
Sinn Féin | Archibald Savage | 10.0 | 3,573 | 3,575 | 3,576 | 3,577 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Joseph Campbell | 6.6 | 2,373 | 2,435 | 2,439 | 2,464 | |
Belfast Labour | Harry Midgley | 1.8 | 645 | 648 | 652 | 658 | |
Electorate: 40,198 Valid: 35,907 Quota: 7,182 Turnout: 89.3% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
NI Labour | Jack Beattie | 28.6 | 9,330 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Herbert Dixon | 26.1 | 8,508 | |||
Ind. Unionist | James Woods Gyle | 18.4 | 5,997 | 8,394 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Sir Dawson Bates | 17.6 | 5,744 | 5,816 | 6,581 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thompson Donald | 5.8 | 1,900 | 2,119 | 2,898 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Augustine Duff | 3.5 | 1,142 | 1,259 | 1,698 | |
Electorate: 44,400 Valid: 32,621 Quota: 6,525 Turnout: 73.5% |
References
- ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
- ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.