Belfast South (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
54°34′37″N 5°55′23″W / 54.577°N 5.923°W
Belfast South | |
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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 South 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 South was created by the
first past the post: Belfast Ballynafeigh, Belfast Cromac, Belfast Willowfield and Belfast Windsor.[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 South, it was not represented there.[3]
Politics
Belfast South was a strongly
Unionist
area, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 3 Unionists and 1 Independent Unionist MP in 1925. Even following its abolition, Ballynafeigh, Cromac, and Windsor only ever elected Unionist MPs.
MPs
Election | Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MPs )
(1921 |
Thomas Moles (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Hugh Pollock (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Julia McMordie (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Crawford McCullagh (Ulster Unionist Party) | ||||
MPs )
(1925 |
Arthur Black )
(Ulster Unionist Party |
Philip James Woods (Independent Unionist) | ||||||
MPs )
(1925 by-election |
Anthony Babington )
(Ulster Unionist Party |
Election results
(1921–72) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Moles | 42.5 | 17,248 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Pollock | 15.6 | 6,334 | 11,866 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Crawford McCullagh | 12.5 | 5,068 | 7,679 | ||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Barnes | 6.7 | 2,719 | 2,720 | 2,721 | |
Ulster Unionist | Julia McMordie | 5.9 | 2,372 | 4,197 | 8,784 | |
Nationalist | B. McCoy | 4.2 | 1,688 | 1,690 | 1,693 | |
Belfast Labour | James Baird | 2.2 | 875 | 891 | 905 | |
Electorate: 40,566 Valid: 36,304 Quota: 7,261 Turnout: 89.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Philip James Woods | 20.5 | 8,814 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Moles | 18.0 | 7,756 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Pollock | 9.9 | 4,291 | 4,816 | 5,961 | |||
Town Tenants Association | William Magill | 7.7 | 3,320 | 5,382 | 5,436 | 5,442 | 5,573 | |
Ulster Unionist | Arthur Black
|
7.4 | 3,176 | 3,440 | 3,821 | 3,892 | 5,710 | |
Ulster Unionist | Crawford McCullagh | 4.0 | 1,707 | 1,857 | 2,220 | 2,291 | ||
Electorate: 43,164 Valid: 29,064 Quota: 5,813 Turnout: 67.3% |
Woods declined the seat, having also been elected for Belfast West.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Anthony Babington
|
18,857 | 41.6 | 68.0 | |
NI Labour | G. M. Donaldson | 8,856 | 55.3 | 32.0 | |
Majority | 10,001 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 27,713 | 64.2 | -3.1 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 17 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.