Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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Belfast St Anne's | |
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Former First past the post |
Belfast St Anne's was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Boundaries
Belfast St Anne's was a
Belfast St Anne's was created by the division of Belfast West into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.[1]
The constituency contained areas between the current Lisburn Road and Falls Road and consisted of the former St George's ward and most of the former St Anne's ward - although unusually it did not include the eponymous cathedral which was in Belfast Central.
The constituency is now part of Belfast South and Belfast West.
Politics
The constituency was solidly
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1929 | James Hanna McCormick | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1938 | Edmond Warnock | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1969 | Norman Laird | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1970(b) | John Laird | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1973 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
(1921–72) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | James Hanna McCormick | 6,686 | 47.2 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Philip James Woods | 5,273 | 37.2 | ||
Local Option
|
Emily Moffat Clow | 2,209 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 1,413 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,168 | 71.5 | |||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | James Hanna McCormick | 9,533 | 71.6 | +23.4 | |
NI Labour | William John Donaldson | 3,790 | 28.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,743 | 43.2 | +33.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,323 | 59.3 | -12.2 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | Edmond Warnock | 11,183 | 68.4 | -3.2 | |
Progressive Unionist | J. D. Wallace | 5,172 | 31.6 | New | |
Majority | 6,011 | 36.8 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,355 | 66.7 | +7.4 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | Edmond Warnock | 10,119 | 56.9 | -11.5 | |
NI Labour | Joseph Lowden | 7,674 | 43.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,445 | 13.8 | -23.0 | ||
Turnout | 17,793 | 66.7 | 0.0 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | Edmond Warnock | 15,312 | 76.1 | +19.2 | |
NI Labour | Robert S. Thompson | 4,811 | 23.9 | -19.2 | |
Majority | 10,501 | 52.2 | +38.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,123 | 75.4 | +8.7 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
- At the 1953 and 1958 general elections, Edmond Warnock was elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Edmond Warnock | 8,940 | 60.6 | N/A | |
NI Labour | A. Holmes | 5,807 | 39.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,133 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,747 | 64.8 | N/A | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Edmond Warnock | 7,316 | 62.9 | +2.3 | |
NI Labour | William Victor Blease | 4,312 | 37.1 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 3,004 | 25.8 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 11,628 | 53.3 | -11.5 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Norman Laird | 7,126 | 53.0 | -9.9 | |
Ind. Unionist | William McKee
|
4,183 | 31.1 | New | |
National Democratic | John D. Murphy | 2,136 | 15.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,943 | 21.9 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 13,445 | 70.6 | +17.3 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | John Laird | 8,204 | 68.8 | +15.8 | |
SDLP | Gerald Malachy Lavery | 2,881 | 24.2 | New | |
NI Labour | William Ritchie | 836 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 5,323 | 44.6 | +22.7 | ||
Turnout | 11,921 | 59.0 | -11.6 | ||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
References
- ^ a b The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast