Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
| Belfast North | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
.svg) Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Election method | Single transferable vote |
Belfast North 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 North was created by the
first past the post: Belfast Clifton, Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Oldpark and Belfast Shankill 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 North, it was not represented there.[3]
Politics
| (1921–72) |
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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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Lloyd Campbell | 32.3 | 12,875 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel McGuffin | 29.1 | 11,596 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Grant | 15.4 | 6,148 | 9,880 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert McKeown | 8.9 | 3,562 | 4,676 | 8,263 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Carolan | 8.1 | 3,235 | 3,268 | 3,275 | |
| Nationalist | F. P. Harkin | 3.8 | 1,509 | 1,516 | 1,519 | |
Independent
|
J. B. Wallace | 2.3 | 926 | 944 | 972 | |
| Electorate: 43,194 Valid: 39,851 Quota: 7,971 Turnout: 92.3% | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 30.7 | 10,306 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Grant | 19.7 | 6,610 | 6,934 | |||
| NI Labour | Sam Kyle | 17.6 | 5,915 | 7,650 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Lloyd Campbell | 16.1 | 5,421 | 5,952 | 6,163 | 7,026 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John William Nixon | 12.1 | 4,068 | 4,951 | 5,471 | 6,021 | |
| Ulster Unionist | H. T. Whitaker | 3.8 | 1,276 | 1,389 | 1,481 | ||
| Electorate: 47,228 Valid: 33,596 Quota: 6,720 Turnout: 71.1% | |||||||
References
- ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 20 October 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.