Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast West | |
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borough constituency | |
Created from | Belfast |
Replaced by | Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale |
Belfast West is a parliamentary constituency (seat) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Paul Maskey of Sinn Féin.
In 2017, it ranked the most secure of Northern Ireland's 18 seats by percentage and/or numerical tally of its winning majority, followed by North Down and by North Antrim respectively.[1]
Boundaries
1885–1918: In the Borough of Belfast, Smithfield ward, that part of St. Anne's ward bounded on the north-west by a line drawn along the centre of Carrick Hill, that part of St. George's ward lying to the north of a line drawn along the centre of Grosvenor Street and west of a line drawn along the centre of Durham Street, and the townlands of Ballymagarry and Ballymurphy in the parish of Shankill.
1922–1974: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Court, Falls, St. Anne's, St. George's, Smithfield, and Woodvale. The boundaries of these wards can be seen in Schedule 9 of the Report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland) on the Representation of the People Bill 1917 - redistribution of seats.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Court, Falls, St Anne's, St George's, Smithfield, and Woodvale, and the Rural District of Lisburn electoral divisions of Andersonstown, Ballygammon, and Ladybrook.
1983–1997: The District of Belfast wards of Andersonstown, Ballygomartin, Central, Clonard, Court, Falls, Grosvenor, Highfield, Ladybrook, Milltown, North Howard, St James, Suffolk, and Whiterock.
1997–2010: The District of Belfast wards of Andersonstown, Beechmount, Clonard, Falls, Falls Park, Glencairn, Glencolin, Glen Road, Highfield, Ladybrook, Shankill, Upper Springfield, and Whiterock, and the District of Lisburn wards of Collin Glen, Kilwee, Poleglass, and Twinbrook.
2010–present: The District of Belfast wards of Andersonstown, Beechmount, Clonard, Falls, Falls Park, Glencairn, Glencolin, Glen Road, Highfield, Ladybrook, Shankill, Upper Springfield, and Whiterock, and the City of Lisburn wards of Collin Glen, Dunmurry, Kilwee, Poleglass, Twinbrook, and part of Derryaghy.
The seat was restored in 1922 (having been abolished for the
Prior to the 2010 general election, boundary changes added the Dunmurry ward and the northern part of Derriaghy ward to this seat. Following public consultation, the proposals were passed through Parliament via the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.[4] In an unprecedented move by a Boundary Commission, an electoral ward was split between constituencies following disquiet in parts of Derriaghy. This ward is now split between Belfast West and Lagan Valley.
History
Belfast West has historically been the most
The tenor of the constituency is largely working class and in the 1991 census it was one of only twenty constituencies where the majority of housing was still state owned. Although there are now large pockets of middle-class housing in
The Westminster constituency was consistently held by the Ulster Unionist Party but always had strong Labour movement sympathies. In the 1923 UK general election, the Belfast Labour Party came within 1,000 votes of taking the seat. A by-election in 1943 was won by Jack Beattie, standing for the Northern Ireland Labour Party. For the next twenty-three years the seat would regularly change from unionist to nationalist/labour, with the latter represented by a variety of parties.
In the
Adams' share of the vote, at 37%, was short of a majority and he achieved victory only due to Fitt and the SDLP candidate splitting the non-Sinn Féin vote. In
In the mid-1990s the Boundary Commission originally suggested removing the Shankill wards from the constituency and replacing them with about half of the Belfast South constituency namely the 6 wards of the Balmoral Electoral Area and the Shaftesbury ward, effectively transforming the seat into a Belfast South West constituency.
The subsequent local enquiries were bitterly contested with the SDLP favouring the commission's original proposals which would add an area where Sinn Féin had little support (and aside from the Shaftesbury ward, had not contested in council elections), while Sinn Féin argued instead for adding the mostly republican Twinbrook and Poleglass estates (where they were outpolling the SDLP in council elections by a margin of 3 to 1). With all parties except the SDLP supporting an option of retaining four seats in Belfast the latter option became the commissions final proposals and the Shankill wards remained in the constituency.
The boundary changes, coupled with the IRA ceasefire, meant that support for Sinn Féin in the constituency soared to new levels and in all elections held in the seat since 1996 they have taken over 50% of the vote. In 1997 Adams regained the seat and held it in 2001, 2005 and 2010. In 2011, Adams decided to stand in the 2011 Republic of Ireland general election and vacated his seat.
In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by 74.1%.[7]
Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament since a 2011 by-election is Paul Maskey of Sinn Féin, who succeeded Gerry Adams, the party president. Adams previously held the seat from 1983 to 1992 when he lost it to Joe Hendron of the Social Democratic and Labour Party but regained it in 1997.
In November 2010, Adams announced his intention to contest
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | James Horner Haslett | Conservative | |
1886 | Thomas Sexton | Irish Parliamentary | |
1890 | Irish National Federation | ||
1892 | H. O. Arnold-Forster | Liberal Unionist | |
1906 | Joseph Devlin | Irish Parliamentary | |
1918 | constituency abolished | ||
1922 | constituency recreated | ||
1922 | Robert Lynn | Ulster Unionist | |
1929 | W. E. D. Allen
| ||
1931 | New Party | ||
1931 | Alexander Browne | Ulster Unionist | |
1943 by-election | Jack Beattie | Labour (NI) | |
1943 | Independent Labour
| ||
1945 | Federation of Labour | ||
1949 | Irish Labour | ||
1950 | James MacManaway
|
Ulster Unionist | |
1950 by-election | Thomas Teevan | ||
1951 | Jack Beattie | Irish Labour | |
1955 | Patricia McLaughlin | Ulster Unionist | |
1964 | James Kilfedder | ||
1966 | Gerry Fitt | Republican Labour | |
1970 | Social Democratic and Labour | ||
1979 | Independent
| ||
1983 | Gerry Adams | Sinn Féin | |
1992 | Joe Hendron | Social Democratic and Labour | |
1997 | Gerry Adams | Sinn Féin | |
2011 by-election | Paul Maskey |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 20,866 | 53.8 | ―12.9 | |
People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll
|
6,194 | 16.0 | +5.8 | |
DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 5,220 | 13.5 | +0.1 | |
SDLP | Paul Doherty | 2,985 | 7.7 | +0.7 | |
Alliance | Donnamarie Higgins | 1,882 | 4.9 | +3.0 | |
Aontú | Monica Digney | 1,635 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | 14,672 | 37.8 | ―15.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,782 | 59.1 | ―6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 65,621 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing |
This seat had the largest Sinn Féin vote share at the 2019 general election. It also saw the only increase in vote share for the DUP at the election.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 27,107 | 66.7 | +12.5 | |
DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 5,455 | 13.4 | +5.6 | |
People Before Profit
|
Gerry Carroll
|
4,132 | 10.2 | ―9.0 | |
SDLP | Tim Attwood | 2,860 | 7.0 | ―2.8 | |
Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | 731 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
Workers' Party | Conor Campbell | 348 | 0.9 | ―0.8 | |
Majority | 21,652 | 53.3 | +18.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,830 | 65.41 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 62,423 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 19,163 | 54.2 | ―16.9 | |
People Before Profit
|
Gerry Carroll
|
6,798 | 19.2 | N/A | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 3,475 | 9.8 | ―6.6 | |
DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 2,773 | 7.8 | +0.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Bill Manwaring | 1,088 | 3.1 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Brian Higginson | 765 | 2.2 | New | |
Alliance | Gerard Catney | 636 | 1.8 | ―0.1 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 597 | 1.7 | New | |
NI Conservatives | Paul Shea | 34 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,365 | 35.0 | ―19.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,329 | 56.3 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 62,697 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | ―14.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 16,211 | 70.6 | ―0.5 | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 3,088 | 13.5 | ―2.9 | |
People Before Profit
|
Gerry Carroll | 1,751 | 7.6 | New | |
DUP | Brian Kingston | 1,393 | 6.1 | ―1.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | Bill Manwaring | 386 | 1.7 | ―1.4 | |
Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 122 | 0.5 | ―1.4 | |
Majority | 13,123 | 57.1 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,951 | 37.5 | ―16.5 | ||
Registered electors | 61,441 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 22,840 | 71.1 | +2.5 | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 5,261 | 16.4 | +0.3 | |
DUP | William Humphrey | 2,436 | 7.6 | ―3.3 | |
UCU-NF | Bill Manwaring | 1,000 | 3.1 | +0.6 | |
Alliance | Máire Hendron | 596 | 1.9 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 17,579 | 54.7 | ―1.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,133 | 54.0 | ―13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 59,522 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 24,348 | 70.5 | +4.4 | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 5,033 | 14.6 | ―4.3 | |
DUP | Diane Dodds | 3,652 | 10.6 | +4.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Chris McGimpsey | 779 | 2.3 | ―3.9 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 432 | 1.3 | ―0.5 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket
|
Lynda Gilby | 154 | 0.4 | +0.2 | |
Independent
|
Liam Kennedy | 147 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 19,315 | 55.9 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,545 | 64.2 | ―4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 53,536 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 27,096 | 66.1 | +10.2 | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 7,754 | 18.9 | ―19.8 | |
DUP | Eric Smyth | 2,641 | 6.4 | New | |
Ulster Unionist | Chris McGimpsey | 2,541 | 6.2 | +2.8 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 736 | 1.8 | +0.2 | |
Third Way | David Kerr | 116 | 0.3 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket
|
Rainbow George Weiss | 98 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 19,342 | 47.2 | +30.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,982 | 68.7 | ―5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 59,617 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +15.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 25,662 | 55.9 | +13.9 | |
SDLP | Joe Hendron | 17,753 | 38.7 | ―5.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Parkinson | 1,556 | 3.4 | ―8.2 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 721 | 1.6 | -0.3 | |
Human Rights | Liam Kennedy | 102 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | Mary Daly | 91 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 7,909 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,885 | 74.3 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 61,785 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP | Swing | ―9.7 |
1997 Changes are compared to the 1992 notional results shown below.[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | N/A | 20,045 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | N/A | 19,027 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | N/A | 5,275 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Others | N/A | 975 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,018 | 2.2 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Joe Hendron | 17,415 | 43.6 | +7.9 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 16,826 | 42.1 | +1.0 | |
Ulster Unionist | Fred Cobain | 4,766 | 11.9 | ―6.8 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 750 | 1.9 | ―2.5 | |
Natural Law | Michael Francis Kennedy | 213 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 589 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,545 | 73.2 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 54,644 | ||||
SDLP gain from Sinn Féin | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 16,862 | 41.1 | +4.2 | |
SDLP | Joe Hendron | 14,641 | 35.7 | +11.1 | |
Ulster Unionist | Frank Millar | 7,646 | 18.7 | +13.2 | |
Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 1,819 | 4.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,221 | 5.4 | ―6.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,968 | 69.1 | ―5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 59,324 | ||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 16,379 | 36.9 | New | |
SDLP | Joe Hendron | 10,934 | 24.6 | ―14.4 | |
Independent Socialist | Gerry Fitt | 10,326 | 23.3 | ―26.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Passmore | 2,435 | 5.5 | ―19.0 | |
DUP | George Albert Haffey | 2,399 | 5.4 | ―5.8 | |
Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 1,893 | 4.3 | ―2.4 | |
Majority | 5,445 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,366 | 74.3 | +13.7 | ||
Registered electors | 59,675 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP | Swing |
Following the 1979 election, Fitt became increasingly at odds with the SDLP and left it, continuing to sit as an independent socialist.
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Gerry Fitt | 16,480 | 49.5 | +0.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Passmore | 8,245 | 24.8 | New | |
DUP | Billy Dickson | 3,716 | 11.2 | ―25.3 | |
Republican Clubs
|
Brian Brennan | 2,284 | 6.9 | ―1.1 | |
Alliance | John Cousins | 2,024 | 6.1 | New | |
NI Labour | Derek O'Brien Peters | 540 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,235 | 24.7 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,289 | 56.5 | ―10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 58,884 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Gerry Fitt | 21,821 | 49.0 | +8.0 | |
DUP | John McQuade | 16,265 | 36.5 | 0.0 | |
Republican Clubs
|
Kitty O'Kane | 3,547 | 8.0 | +1.5 | |
Volunteer Political Party | Ken Gibson | 2,690 | 6.0 | New | |
Marxist–Leninist (Ireland)
|
Peter Donal Patrick Kerins | 203 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,556 | 12.5 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,526 | 67.2 | ―4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 66,279 | ||||
SDLP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Gerry Fitt | 19,554 | 41.0 | ||
DUP | John McQuade | 17,374 | 36.5 | ||
Independent Republican | Albert Price | 5,662 | 11.9 | ||
Republican Clubs
|
John Brady | 3,088 | 6.5 | ||
NI Labour | Billy Boyd | 1,989 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 2,180 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,667 | 71.5 | −13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 66,639 | ||||
SDLP gain from Republican Labour | Swing |
After the 1970 election Fitt left the Republican Labour Party to co-found the Social Democratic & Labour Party. The remains of Republican Labour had disintegrated by 1974.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican Labour | Gerry Fitt | 30,649 | 52.8 | +0.8 | |
Ulster Unionist | Brian McRoberts | 27,451 | 47.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 3,198 | 5.5 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 58,100 | 84.5 | +9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 68,665 | ||||
Republican Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican Labour | Gerry Fitt | 26,292 | 52.0 | +23.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Kilfedder | 24,281 | 48.0 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 2,011 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,573 | 74.8 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 67,588 | ||||
Republican Labour gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | James Kilfedder | 21,337 | 41.2 | –12.9 | |
Republican Labour | Harry Diamond | 14,678 | 28.3 | New | |
NI Labour | Billy Boyd | 12,579 | 24.3 | New | |
Independent Republican | Billy McMillen | 3,256 | 6.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,659 | 12.9 | –3.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,850 | 74.7 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 69,399 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Patricia McLaughlin | 28,898 | 54.1 | –4.2 | |
Ind. Labour Group | John Joseph Brennan | 20,062 | 37.6 | New | |
Sinn Féin | Thomas Heenan | 4,416 | 8.3 | –6.1 | |
Majority | 8,836 | 16.5 | –14.4 | ||
Turnout | 53,376 | 72.7 | –2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 73,405 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Patricia McLaughlin | 34,191 | 58.3 | +8.3 | |
Irish Labour
|
Jack Beattie | 20,062 | 27.4 | –22.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Eamonn Boyce | 8,447 | 14.4 | New | |
Majority | 18,141 | 30.9 | +30.9 | ||
Turnout | 62,700 | 74.7 | –9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 78,589 | ||||
Irish Labour
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Labour
|
Jack Beattie | 33,174 | 50.0 | +3.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Teevan | 33,149 | 50.0 | –1.5 | |
Majority | 25 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 66,323 | 84.1 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 78,828 | ||||
Irish Labour gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Teevan | 31,796 | 50.8 | –0.7 | |
Irish Labour
|
Jack Beattie | 30,833 | 49.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 913 | 1.4 | –3.8 | ||
Turnout | 62,629 | 79.8 | -3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 78,459 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | James Godfrey MacManaway
|
33,917 | 51.5 | +5.0 | |
Irish Labour
|
Jack Beattie | 30,539 | 46.3 | –7.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Jimmy Steele
|
1,482 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,378 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 65,938 | 83.6 | +10.5 | ||
Registered electors | 78,896 | ||||
Independent Labour
|
Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour
|
Jack Beattie | 30,787 | 53.5 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | Knox Cunningham | 26,729 | 46.5 | –16.1 | |
Majority | 4,058 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,516 | 73.1 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 78,674 | ||||
Independent Labour gain from NI Labour
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NI Labour | Jack Beattie | 19,936 | 46.2 | New | |
Ulster Unionist | Knox Cunningham | 14,426 | 33.4 | –29.2 | |
Ind. Unionist Party | William McConnell Wilton | 7,551 | 17.5 | New | |
Independent Republican | Hugh Corvin | 1,250 | 2.9 | –34.5 | |
Majority | 5,510 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,163 | 54.8 | –13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 78,763 | ||||
NI Labour gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Alexander Browne | 34,060 | 62.6 | +4.0 | |
Independent Republican | Charles Leddy | 20,313 | 37.4 | –4.0 | |
Majority | 13,747 | 25.2 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,373 | 68.0 | –0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 79,902 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Alexander Browne | 31,113 | 58.6 | +0.7 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Joseph Campbell | 22,006 | 41.4 | –0.7 | |
Majority | 9,107 | 17.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 53,119 | 68.1 | –5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 77,993 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Note: The sitting MP,
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | William Edward David Allen | 33,274 | 57.9 | +3.4 | |
Nationalist | Frank C.J. MacDermot | 24,177 | 42.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,097 | 15.8 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 57,451 | 73.9 | –5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 77,721 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Robert John Lynn | 28,435 | 54.5 | +1.6 | |
NI Labour | Harry Midgley | 21,122 | 40.4 | –3.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Nash | 2,688 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,313 | 14.1 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,245 | 79.1 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 66,010 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Robert John Lynn | 24,975 | 52.9 | N/A | |
Belfast Labour | Harry Midgley | 22,255 | 47.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,720 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,230 | 70.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 67,161 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Robert John Lynn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Ulster Unionist win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Devlin | 4,543 | 52.7 | –0.2 | |
Irish Unionist | John Boyd Carpenter | 4,080 | 47.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 463 | 5.4 | –1.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,623 | 93.4 | –1.8 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Devlin | 4,651 | 52.9 | +3.7 | |
Irish Unionist | John Boyd Carpenter | 4,064 | 46.2 | –2.8 | |
Independent Nationalist | Patrick J. Magee | 75 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 587 | 6.7 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,790 | 95.2 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Devlin | 4,138 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | J. R. Smiley | 4,122 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal Unionist | Alexander Carlisle | 153 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 16 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,413 | 94.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,891 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | H. O. Arnold-Forster | 3,912 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Dempsey | 3,671 | 48.4 | New | |
Majority | 241 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,583 | 88.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,617 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist
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H. O. Arnold-Forster | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold
|
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist
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H. O. Arnold-Forster | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | H. O. Arnold-Forster | 4,266 | 55.5 | +6.2 | |
Irish National Federation | Thomas Sexton | 3,427 | 44.5 | –6.2 | |
Majority | 839 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,693 | 92.3 | -0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,334 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | +6.2 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Sexton | 3,832 | 50.7 | +0.9 | |
Irish Conservative | James Horner Haslett | 3,729 | 49.3 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 103 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,561 | 93.0 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,131 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary gain from Irish Conservative | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | James Horner Haslett | 3,780 | 50.2 | ||
Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Sexton | 3,743 | 49.8 | ||
Majority | 37 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,523 | 92.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,131 | ||||
Irish Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
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Further reading
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970
- The Liberal Year Book For 1917, Liberal Publication Department
- The Constitutional Year Book For 1912, Conservative Central Office
- The Constitutional Year Book For 1894, Conservative Central Office
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- Election results from 1951 to the present Archived 2 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, at psr.keele.ac.uk
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2) (Complete list of MPs)