BELFAST, BALLYNAFEIGH [1] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 11,799 | 73.5 | † | Rt. Hon. T. Moles
W.K. Gibson | U
Ind U | 5,152
3,525
1,627 |
| 59.4
40.6
18.8 |
| 1933 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. T. Moles | U | unop. |
|
|
| [Death] |
1937
(2/4) |
|
|
| F. Thompson | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 13,745 | 74.6 |
| F. Thompson
W. McMillan | U
Ind | 7,221
3,037
4,184 |
| 70.4
29.6
40.8 |
| 1945 | 16,030 | 74.3 |
| F. Thompson
W. Kennedy
J.R. Baine | U
CWLP
Lab | 5,775
3,715
2,424
2,060 |
| 48.5
31.2
20.3
17.3 |
| 1949 |
|
|
| I. Neill | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1953 | 15,026 | 54.4 |
| Rt. Hon. I. Neill
V.S. McVea | U
Ind U | 5,495
2,682
2,813 |
| 67.2
32.8
34.4 |
| 1958 | 15,196 | 56.5 |
| Rt. Hon. I. Neill
V.S. McVea | U
Ind U | 5,273
3,320
1,953 |
| 61.4
38.6
22.8 |
| 1962 | 15,052 | 62.9 |
| Rt. Hon. I. Neill
F.D. Hazard
Miss J.B. Rosenfield | U
Lab
L | 5,474
2,736
1,255
2,738 |
| 57.8
28.9
13.3
28.9 |
| 1965 | 14,952 | 51.1 |
| Rt. Hon. I. Neill
J.E. Holmes | U
Lab | 5,010
2,624
2,386 |
| 65.6
34.4
31.2 |
| 1969 | 14,572 | 63.1 |
| Rt. Hon. I. Neill
J.E. Holmes | U (O’N)
Lab | 6,523
2,675
3,848 |
| 70.9
29.1
41.8 |
| Notes:- |
| 1938: | McMillan was sponsored by the Hauliers’ Association, which was opposed to government transport policy. |
|
| 1969: | Neill was Speaker of the House of Commons from 3rd March 1969. |
|
|
BELFAST, BLOOMFIELD [2] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 |
|
| † | H. Dixon | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1933 |
|
|
| H. Dixon | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 19,766 | 68.0 |
| H. Dixon
Mrs. P. Moody | U
Prog U | 9,446
3,988
5,458 |
| 70.3
29.7
40.6 |
| 1945 | 21,414 | 73.8 |
| Lord Glentoran (1)
W.H. McCullough | U
Com | 9,995
5,802
4,193 |
| 63.3
36.7
26.6 |
| 1949 | 21,134 | 76.0 |
| Lord Glentoran (1)
T.W. Boyd
W.H. McCullough | U
Lab
Com | 14,058
1,386
623
12,672 |
*
* | 87.5
8.6
3.9
78.9 |
| [Death] |
1950
(31/10) | 22,001 | 44.7 |
| Lord Glentoran (2)
R.S. Thompson | U
Lab | 7,609
2,232
5,377 |
| 77.3
22.7
54.6 |
| 1953 | 22,004 | 46.4 |
| Lord Glentoran (2)
A. Barr | U
Com | 9,004
1,207
7,797 |
* | 88.2
11.8
76.4 |
| 1958 | 21,510 | 63.4 |
| Rt. Hon. Lord Glentoran (2)
E. Bell
E. Courtney | U
Lab
Ind U | 7,124
4,010
2,492
3,114 |
| 52.3
29.4
18.3
22.9 |
| [Resignation on election to the Senate] |
1961
(20/4) | 21,999 | 45.9 |
| W. Scott
R.M. Bingham | U
Lab | 6,212
3,885
2,327 |
| 61.5
38.5
23.0 |
| 1962 | 22,259 | 62.8 |
| W. Scott
R.M. Bingham | U
Lab | 7,921
6,053
1,868 |
| 56.7
43.3
13.4 |
| 1965 | 21,929 | 55.7 |
| W. Scott
R. Caldwell
A. Barr | U
Lab
Com | 7,755
4,154
308
3,601 |
* | 63.5
34.0
2.5
29.5 |
| 1969 | 21,142 | 70.2 |
| W. Scott
W. Spence
R. Caldwell | U (O’N)
Prot U
Lab | 9,084
3,568
2,196
5,516 |
| 61.2
24.0
14.8
37.2 |
| Note:- |
1938-
1945: | Dixon was raised to the Peerage as Lord Glentoran in 1939. |
|
|
BELFAST, CENTRAL [3] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 20,399 | 72.5 | † | J. Devlin
D.C. Lindsay | N
U | 10,624
4,163
6,461 |
| 71.8
28.2
43.6 |
| 1933 | 18,965 | 63.6 |
| J. Devlin
P.J. Thornbury | N
Rep | 7,411
4,650
2,761 |
| 61.4
38.6
22.8 |
| [Death] |
1934
(4/6) | 18,800 | 55.7 |
| T.J. Campbell
W. McMullen
H. Diamond
W. McKeaveney | N
Lab
AP
Ind | 4,948
3,784
1,518
214
1,164 |
* | 47.3
36.2
14.5
2.0
11.1 |
| 1938 |
|
|
| T.J. Campbell | N | unop. |
|
|
| 1945 |
|
|
| T.J. Campbell | N | unop. |
|
|
| [Resignation on appointment as a Judge of the County Court] |
1946
(22/8) | 15,924 | 52.4 |
| F. Hanna
V. Halley | Lab
Soc Rep | 5,566
2,783
2,783 |
| 66.7
33.3
33.4 |
| 1949 |
|
|
| F. Hanna | Ind Lab | unop. |
|
|
| 1953 | 15,833 | 69.9 |
| F. Hanna
J.F. Cairns
T.J. O’Sullivan
J. Beattie | Ind Lab
U
Ind Irish Lab
Irish Lab | 3,902
3,326
2,437
1,406
576 |
| 35.3
30.0
22.0
12.7
5.3 |
| 1958 | 13,998 | 71.6 |
| F. Hanna
W. Craig
D.P. Marrinan | Ind Lab
U
Irish Lab | 4,683
3,228
2,105
1,455 |
| 46.8
32.2
21.0
14.6 |
| 1962 |
|
|
| F. Hanna | Ind Lab | unop. |
|
|
| 1965 |
|
|
| J.J. Brennan | Nat DP | unop. |
|
|
| 1969 | 6,384 | 55.9 |
| P. Kennedy
J.J. Brennan | Rep LP
Nat DP | 2,032
1,538
494 |
| 56.9
43.1
13.8 |
| Note:- |
| 1934: | McKeaveney was associated with a group called the Ulster Democratic Party. |
|
|
BELFAST, CLIFTON [4] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 |
|
|
| S.H. Hall-Thompson | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1933 |
|
|
| S.H. Hall-Thompson | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 17,039 | 72.1 |
| S.H. Hall-Thompson
W.M. Wilton | U
IUA | 6,683
5,600
1,083 |
| 54.4
45.6
8.8 |
| 1945 | 17,450 | 67.2 |
| Rt. Hon. S.H. Hall-
Thompson
A. Carlin |
U
Lab |
7,272
4,458
2,814 |
|
62.0
38.0
24.0 |
| 1949 | 17,554 | 73.0 |
| Rt. Hon. S.H. Hall-
Thompson
O.J. Keane |
U
Ind Lab |
10,715
2,107
8,608 |
|
83.6
16.4
67.2 |
| 1953 | 17,964 | 50.9 |
| N. Porter
Rt. Hon. S.H. Hall-
Thompson | Ind U
U | 4,747
4,402
345 |
| 51.9
48.1
3.8 |
| 1958 | 16,982 | 67.5 |
| R.G.C. Kinahan
N. Porter | U
Ind U | 5,755
5,710
45 |
| 50.2
49.8
0.4 |
| [Resignation on election as Lord Mayor of Belfast (and ex officio member of the Senate)] |
1959
(28/5) | 16,982 | 61.1 |
| W.J. Morgan
N. Porter
Mrs. V. Dunlop | U
Ind U
Lab | 5,212
3,978
1,185
1,234 |
* | 50.2
38.4
11.4
11.8 |
| 1962 | 16,515 | 66.9 |
| Rt. Hon. W.J. Morgan
N. Thompson | U
Lab | 6,474
4,571
1,903 |
| 58.6
41.4
17.2 |
| 1965 | 16,223 | 57.5 |
| Rt. Hon. W.J. Morgan
N. Thompson | U
Lab | 6,083
3,247
2,836 |
| 65.2
34.8
30.4 |
| 1969 | 16,196 | 74.3 |
| R.L. Hall-Thompson
Rt. Hon. W.J. Morgan
N. Thompson
M. McKeown | Ind U (O’N)
U
Lab
Nat DP | 6,066
3,215
1,681
1,079
2,851 |
* | 50.4
26.7
13.9
9.0
23.7 |
| Notes:- |
| 1953: | Porter was Director of the Evangelical Protestant Society . Hall-Thompson had been criticized for compromising with the Roman Catholic Church while Minister of Education and was not a member of the Orange Order and Porter sought election as a Unionist whose attitude to the Roman Catholic Church was not suspect. |
|
| 1969: | Morgan was prevented by court order from referring to himself as the official Unionist candidate. There had been irregularities at the selection meeting. |
|
|
BELFAST, CROMAC [5] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 16,918 | 64.6 | † | Rt. Hon. A.B. Babington
J. Reid | U
Ind U | 6,680
4,246
2,434 |
| 61.1
38.9
22.2 |
| 1933 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. A.B. Babington | U | unop. |
|
|
| [Seat vacant at dissolution (Death)] |
| 1938 | 16,178 | 75.4 |
| J.M. Sinclair
W.J. Stewart | U
Prog U | 7,869
4,337
3,532 |
| 64.5
35.5
29.0 |
| 1945 | 17,520 | 71.6 |
| Rt. Hon. J.M. Sinclair
Miss E. Sinclair | U
Com | 8,407
4,130
4,277 |
| 67.1
32.9
34.2 |
| 1949 | 16,574 | 74.3 |
| Rt. Hon. J.M. Sinclair
J.A. Donnelly | U
Ind Lab | 10,152
2,170
7,982 |
| 82.4
17.6
64.8 |
| [Seat vacant at dissolution (Death)] |
| 1953 | 16,246 | 48.6 |
| J.W. Morgan
T. Allen | U
Ind U | 5,293
2,604
2,689 |
| 67.0
33.0
34.0 |
| 1958 |
|
|
| J.W. Morgan | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1962 | 14,337 | 63.4 |
| J.W. Morgan
C. Allen | U
Lab | 5,863
3,225
2,638 |
| 64.5
35.5
29.0 |
| [Death] |
1962
(6/12) | 14,337 | 54.0 |
| J.W. Kennedy
C. Allen
R. Huston | U
Lab
L | 4,801
1,866
1,074
2,935 |
| 62.0
24.1
13.9
37.9 |
| 1965 | 14,224 | 50.2 |
| J.W. Kennedy
J.H. Barkley | U
Lab | 5,126
2,012
3,114 |
| 71.8
28.2
43.6 |
| 1969 | 13,541 | 60.6 |
| J.W. Kennedy
J.H. Barkley
E. Wiegleb | U (O’N)
Lab
PD | 6,320
1,134
752
5,186 |
* | 77.0
13.8
9.2
63.2 |
|
BELFAST, DOCK [6] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 11,751 | 73.7 |
† | C. Blakiston-Houston
D. Gordon
J.W. Gyle | U
Lab
Ind U | 4,035
3,003
1,619
1,032 |
| 46.6
34.7
18.7
11.9 |
| 1933 | 11,069 | 77.5 |
| H.C. Midgley
C. Blakiston-Houston | Lab
U | 4,893
3,685
1,208 |
| 57.0
43.0
14.0 |
| 1938 | 10,170 | 82.5 |
| G.A. Clark
J.H. Collins
H.C. Midgley | U
N
Lab | 3,578
2,891
1,923
687 |
| 42.6
34.5
22.9
8.1 |
| 1945 | 8,797 | 78.5 |
| H. Downey
G.A. Clark | Lab
U | 3,985
2,924
1,061 |
| 57.7
42.3
15.4 |
| 1949 | 8,853 | 79.8 |
| T.L. Cole
H. Downey | U
Lab | 3,674
3,390
284 |
| 52.0
48.0
4.0 |
| 1953 | 9,081 | 75.9 |
| M. Morgan
T.L. Cole | Irish Lab
U | 3,537
3,358
179 |
| 51.3
48.7
2.6 |
| 1958 | 8,192 | 73.9 |
| W. Oliver
G. Fitt | U
Irish Lab | 3,156
2,900
256 |
| 52.1
47.9
4.2 |
| 1962 | 7,793 | 77.9 |
| G. Fitt
W. Oliver | Irish Lab
(Rep LP)
U | 3,288
2,781
507 |
| 54.2
45.8
8.4 |
| 1965 | 7,601 | 70.3 |
| G. Fitt
W. Oliver | Rep LP
U | 3,326
2,016
1,310 |
| 62.3
37.7
24.6 |
| 1969 | 7,212 | 72.2 |
| G. Fitt
H.E. Smith | Rep LP
(SDLP)
U (O’N) | 3,274
1,936
1,338 |
| 62.8
37.2
25.6 |
|
BELFAST, DUNCAIRN [7] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 |
|
| † | W. Grant | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1933 | 15,545 | 70.2 |
| W. Grant
R. Hill | U
Ind U | 6,626
4,294
2,332 |
| 60.7
39.3
21.4 |
| 1938 | 17,441 | 75.8 |
| W. Grant
C.M. Lowe
R. Hill | U
Ind U
IUA | 7,151
3,956
2,111
3,195 |
| 54.1
29.9
16.0
24.2 |
| 1945 | 17,177 | 75.2 |
| Rt. Hon. W. Grant
J. Morrow | U
Lab | 7,034
5,875
1,159 |
| 54.5
45.5
9.0 |
| 1949 | 17,026 | 77.6 |
| Rt. Hon. W. Grant
J. Morrow | U
Lab | 10,979
2,230
8,749 |
| 83.1
16.9
66.2 |
| [Death] |
1949
(29/11) | 18,773 | 54.7 |
| G.B. Hanna
J. Morrow | U
Lab | 7,590
2,686
4,904 |
| 73.9
26.1
47.8 |
| 1953 |
|
|
| G.B. Hanna | U | unop. |
|
|
| [Resignation on appointment as a County Court Judge for County Down] |
1956
(4/12) | 20,365 | 34.4 |
| W.K. Fitzsimmons
J.W. McDowell | U
Lab | 4,779
2,218
2,561 |
| 68.3
31.7
36.6 |
| 1958 |
|
|
| W.K. Fitzsimmons | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1962 | 19,577 | 60.6 |
| W.K. Fitzsimmons
J.W. McDowell
R. Montague | U
Lab
Ind Soc | 6,943
4,850
66
2,093 |
* | 58.5
40.9
0.6
17.6 |
| 1965 | 19,475 | 49.3 |
| W.K. Fitzsimmons
J.W. McDowell | U
Lab | 6,200
3,404
2,796 |
| 64.6
35.4
29.2 |
| 1969 | 18,415 | 63.8 |
| Rt. Hon. W.K. Fitzsimmons
N. Porter | U (O’N)
Ind U | 7,435
4,321
3,114 |
| 63.2
36.8
26.4 |
| Notes:- |
| 1938: | Lowe had been a member of the Independent Unionist Association but had fallen out with the group before the election. |
|
| 1962: | Montague sought election as a 'World Socialist' candidate. |
|
| 1969: | Porter was Director of the Evangelical Protestant Society. Fitzsimmons had resigned from the Orange Order when his daughter married a Roman Catholic and Porter sought election as a Unionist whose attitude to the Roman Catholic Church was not suspect. |
|
|
BELFAST, FALLS [8] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 16,817 | 74.0 |
† | R. Byrne
W. McMullen | N
Lab | 6,941
5,509
1,432 |
| 55.8
44.2
11.6 |
| 1933 |
|
|
| R. Byrne | N | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 18,029 | 55.5 |
| R. Byrne
J. Glass | N
Lab | 5,334
4,667
667 |
| 53.3
46.7
6.6 |
| [Death] |
1942
(6/11) | 17,633 | 47.6 |
| E. Donnelly
Dr. G.J. McGourran
J. Glass | Rep
N
Lab | 4,595
1,971
1,821
2,624 |
| 54.8
23.5
21.7
31.3 |
| [Seat vacant at dissolution (Death)] |
| 1945 | 18,610 | 62.8 |
| H. Diamond
J.H. Collins
J. McGlade | Soc Rep
Fed Lab
N | 5,016
3,912
2,766
1,104 |
| 42.9
33.5
23.6
9.4 |
| 1949 |
|
|
| H. Diamond | Soc Rep | unop. |
|
|
| 1953 | 20,225 | 56.9 |
| H. Diamond
J.G. MacKearney
J. Macgougan | Rep LP
Ind Irish Lab
Irish Lab | 5,947
4,202
1,361
1,745 |
| 51.7
36.5
11.8
15.2 |
| 1958 | 19,452 | 52.8 |
| H. Diamond
J.G. MacKearney | Rep LP
Ind Irish Lab | 7,510
2,761
4,749 |
| 73.1
26.9
46.2 |
| 1962 | 19,099 | 52.4 |
| H. Diamond
J.J. Brennan | Rep LP
Ind Lab | 7,662
2,343
5,319 |
| 76.6
23.4
53.2 |
| 1965 |
|
|
| H. Diamond | Rep LP | unop. |
|
|
| 1969 | 19,802 | 59.7 |
| P.J. Devlin
H. Diamond | Lab (SDLP)
Rep LP | 6,275
5,549
726 |
| 53.1
46.9
6.2 |
|
BELFAST, OLDPARK [9] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 15,653 | 77.0 |
† | A.W. Hungerford
S. Kyle | U
Lab | 6,122
5,933
189 |
| 50.8
49.2
1.6 |
| 1933 | 15,471 | 61.9 |
| Sir A.W. Hungerford
W.M. Wilton | U
Ind U | 5,427
4,155
1,272 |
| 56.6
43.4
13.2 |
| 1938 | 19,306 | 74.9 |
| Sir A.W. Hungerford
J. Macgougan
R. Bradford | U
Lab
Prog U | 7,310
5,900
1,253
1,410 |
* | 50.5
40.8
8.7
9.7 |
| 1945 | 21,015 | 74.7 |
| R. Getgood
Sir A.W. Hungerford
D. Wylie | Lab
U
Soc Rep | 8,829
6,390
481
2,439 |
* | 56.2
40.7
3.1
15.5 |
| 1949 | 20,699 | 78.6 |
| W.J. Morgan
R. Getgood | U
Lab | 9,599
6,661
2,938 |
| 59.0
41.0
18.0 |
| 1953 | 21,518 | 64.7 |
| W.J. Morgan
W.J. Blease
C.F. Hughes | U
Lab
Irish Lab | 6,984
4,183
2,752
2,801 |
| 50.2
30.0
19.8
20.2 |
| 1958 | 20,271 | 61.5 |
| F.V. Simpson
W.J. Morgan | Lab
U | 6,307
6,152
155 |
| 50.6
49.4
1.2 |
| 1962 | 19,457 | 69.7 |
| F.V. Simpson
W.H. Cushley | Lab
U | 8,486
5,082
3,404 |
| 62.5
37.5
25.0 |
| 1965 | 18,940 | 55.1 |
| F.V. Simpson
J. Ferguson | Lab
U | 6,210
4,221
1,989 |
| 59.5
40.5
19.0 |
| 1969 | 17,817 | 67.4 |
| F.V. Simpson
J.F. Cairns | Lab
U (O’N) | 6,779
5,224
1,555 |
| 56.5
43.5
13.0 |
|
BELFAST, POTTINGER [10] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 14,641 | 76.0 | † | J. Beattie
J.A. Duff | Lab
U | 6,071
5,057
1,014 |
| 54.6
45.4
9.2 |
| 1933 | 13,486 | 79.6 |
| J. Beattie
T.L. Cole | Lab (Ind Lab)
U | 5,753
4,978
775 |
| 53.6
46.4
7.2 |
| 1938 | 12,965 | 80.9 |
| J. Beattie
T.L. Cole | Ind Lab
U | 5,480
5,011
469 |
| 52.2
47.8
4.4 |
| 1945 | 11,975 | 78.7 |
| J. Beattie
Dr. S. Rodgers | Ind Lab
U | 4,952
4,474
478 |
| 52.5
47.5
5.0 |
| 1949 | 12,032 | 82.7 |
| Dr. S. Rodgers
J. Beattie | U
Ind Lab | 6,262
3,693
2,569 |
| 62.9
37.1
25.8 |
| 1953 | 11,960 | 68.2 |
| Dr. S. Rodgers
T.W. Boyd
J.G. Brady | U
Lab
Irish Lab | 3,680
3,324
1,151
356 |
| 45.1
40.8
14.1
4.3 |
| 1958 | 10,880 | 71.8 |
| T.W. Boyd
Dr. S. Rodgers | Lab
U | 4,573
3,240
1,333 |
| 58.5
41.5
17.0 |
| 1962 | 10,404 | 72.0 |
| T.W. Boyd
H. Walker | Lab
U | 4,674
2,822
1,852 |
| 62.4
37.6
24.8 |
| 1965 | 9,415 | 58.9 |
| T.W. Boyd
J. Bannister | Lab
U | 3,208
2,334
874 |
| 57.9
42.1
15.8 |
| 1969 | 8,328** | 67.8 |
| J. Cardwell
R.M. McBirney | U (O’N)
Lab | 2,902
2,744
158 |
| 51.4
48.6
2.8 |
| Note:- |
| 1933: | Beattie was expelled from the Northern Ireland Labour Party in August 1934 after he refused to vote for a Northern Ireland Labour Party motion to issue a writ for the byelection in Belfast, Central. |
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BELFAST, ST. ANNE’S [11] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 19,802 | 71.5 |
† | J.H. McCormick
P.J. Woods
Mrs. E.M. Clow | U
Ind U
LO | 6,686
5,273
2,209
1,413 |
| 47.2
37.2
15.6
10.0 |
| 1933 | 22,477 | 59.3 |
| J.H. McCormick
W.J. Donaldson | U
Lab | 9,533
3,790
5,743 |
| 71.6
28.4
43.2 |
| 1938 | 24,508 | 66.7 |
| J.E. Warnock
J.D. Wallace | U
Prog U | 11,183
5,172
6,011 |
| 68.4
31.6
36.8 |
| 1945 | 26,684 | 66.7 |
| Rt. Hon. J.E. Warnock
J. Lowden | U
Lab | 10,119
7,674
2,445 |
| 56.9
43.1
13.8 |
| 1949 | 26,704 | 75.4 |
| Rt. Hon. J.E. Warnock
R.S. Thompson | U
Lab | 15,312
4,811
10,501 |
| 76.1
23.9
52.2 |
| 1953 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. J.E. Warnock | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1958 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. J.E. Warnock | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1962 | 22,770 | 64.8 |
| Rt. Hon. J.E. Warnock
A. Holmes | U
Lab | 8,940
5,807
3,133 |
| 60.6
39.4
21.2 |
| 1965 | 21,830 | 53.3 |
| Rt. Hon. J.E. Warnock
W.V. Blease | U
Lab | 7,316
4,312
3,004 |
| 62.9
37.1
25.8 |
| 1969 | 19,041 | 70.6 |
| Dr. N.D. Laird
Sir W.C. McKee
J.D. Murphy | U
Ind U (O’N)
Nat DP | 7,126
4,183
2,136
2,943 |
| 53.0
31.1
15.9
21.9 |
| [Death] |
1970
(12/11) | 20,221 | 59.0 |
| J.D. Laird
G.M. Lavery
W. Ritchie | U (Ind U)
(U)
SDLP
Lab | 8,204
2,881
836
5,323 |
* | 68.8
24.2
7.0
44.6 |
| Note:- |
| 1970: | Laird was expelled from the Ulster Unionist Parliamentary Party in January 1972 when he voted for a Democratic Unionist Party censure motion opposing a ban on certain processions planned for the 12th of July. |
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BELFAST, SHANKILL [12] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 17,062 | 74.8 | † | T.G. Henderson
S. McGuffin | Ind U
U | 6,525
6,244
281 |
| 51.1
48.9
2.2 |
| 1933 | 16,725 | 76.4 |
| T.G. Henderson
J.N. Fulton | Ind U (IUA)
U | 6,451
6,335
116 |
| 50.5
49.5
1.0 |
| 1938 | 17,474 | 83.6 |
| T.G. Henderson
J.N. Fulton | IUA
U | 7,518
7,095
423 |
| 51.4
48.6
2.8 |
| 1945 |
|
|
| T.G. Henderson | Ind U | unop. |
|
|
| 1949 |
|
|
| T.G. Henderson | Ind U | unop. |
|
|
| 1953 | 17,690 | 65.6 |
| H. Holmes
T.G. Henderson
N.B. Fullerton | U
Ind U
Lab | 5,485
3,215
2,897
2,270 |
| 47.3
27.7
25.0
19.6 |
| 1958 | 18,536 | 61.5 |
| H. Holmes
S. Cree | U
Lab | 6,411
4,995
1,416 |
| 56.2
43.8
12.4 |
| [Resignation] |
1960
(16/2) | 18,536 | 36.3 |
| D.N.O. Boal
S. Cree | U (Ind U) (U)
Lab | 4,320
2,414
1,906 |
| 64.2
35.8
28.4 |
| 1962 |
|
|
| D.N.O. Boal | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1965 | 18,473 | 50.5 |
| D.N.O. Boal
D.A. Overend | U
Lab | 6,289
3,035
3,254 |
| 67.4
32.6
34.8 |
| 1969 | 18,186 | 71.1 |
| D.N.O. Boal
S.H. Walsh
D.A. Overend | U (Ind U)
(UDUP)
Ind U (O’N)
Lab | 6,384
4,545
1,997
1,839 |
| 49.4
35.2
15.4
14.2 |
| [Seat vacant at prorogation (Resignation)] |
| Note:- |
| 1960: | The Unionist whip was withdrawn from Boal in 1961 when he voted for a motion of censure of the government’s economic policy proposed by the Northern Ireland Labour Party. |
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BELFAST, VICTORIA [13] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 14,251 | 69.5 | † | Rt. Hon. Sir R.D. Bates
J. Price | U
LO | 6,046
3,858
2,180 |
| 61.0
39.0
22.0 |
| 1933 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. Sir R.D. Bates | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 17,921 | 78.2 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir R.D. Bates, Bt.
J. McMaster
T.W. Boyd | U
Prog U
Lab | 8,309
3,434
2,268
4,875 |
| 59.3
24.5
16.2
34.8 |
| 1945 | 18,525 | 76.1 |
| R.B. Alexander
G. Matthews
N. Black | U
Lab
CWLP | 7,618
4,342
2,133
3,276 |
| 54.1
30.8
15.1
23.3 |
| 1949 | 18,404 | 74.7 |
| R.B. Alexander
D.W. Bleakley | U
Lab | 11,330
2,423
8,907 |
| 82.4
17.6
64.8 |
| 1953 | 20,041 | 63.5 |
| O.W.J. Henderson
D.W. Bleakley | U
Lab | 7,198
5,536
1,662 |
| 56.5
43.5
13.0 |
| 1958 | 19,652 | 75.4 |
| D.W. Bleakley
O.W.J. Henderson | Lab
U | 7,487
7,340
147 |
| 50.5
49.5
1.0 |
| 1962 | 20,053 | 72.6 |
| D.W. Bleakley
L. Stewart | Lab
U | 7,882
6,668
1,214 |
| 54.2
45.8
8.4 |
| 1965 | 20,370 | 65.6 |
| R.H. Bradford
D.W. Bleakley | U
Lab | 6,892
6,469
423 |
| 51.6
48.4
3.2 |
| 1969 | 19,504 | 75.4 |
| R.H. Bradford
J. Coulthard
R.T. Bunting | U (O’N)
Lab
Prot U | 9,249
2,972
2,489
6,277 |
| 62.9
20.2
16.9
42.7 |
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BELFAST, WILLOWFIELD [14] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 12,536 | 69.4 | † | A. Black
A. McConnell | U
TA | 4,691
4,015
676 |
| 53.9
46.1
7.8 |
| 1933 |
|
|
| A. Black | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 15,797 | 74.1 |
| A. Black
A. Cleland | U
Ind | 7,616
4,086
3,530 |
| 65.1
34.9
30.2 |
| [Appointed Recorder of Belfast and Judge of the County Court] |
1941
(3/12) | 16,086 | 60.0 |
| H.C. Midgley
F.J. Lavery | Lab (CWLP)
U | 7,209
2,435
4,774 |
| 74.8
25.2
49.6 |
| 1945 | 16,826 | 75.1 |
| Rt. Hon. H.C. Midgley
G.I. Finlay
R. McBrinn | CWLP (U)
U
Lab | 7,072
4,488
1,082
2,584 |
| 55.9
35.5
8.6
20.4 |
| 1949 | 16,701 | 77.3 |
| Rt. Hon. H.C. Midgley
W.J. Leeburn | U
Lab | 11,304
1,611
9,693 |
* | 87.5
12.5
75.0 |
| 1953 | 15,976 | 59.5 |
| Rt. Hon. H.C. Midgley
N. Searight | U
Lab | 6,539
2,966
3,573 |
| 68.8
31.2
37.6 |
| [Seat vacant at dissolution (Death)] |
| 1958 | 14,498 | 66.6 |
| W.S. Hinds
N. Searight
A.W. Shaw | U
Lab
Ind U | 4,017
2,847
2,785
1,170 |
| 41.6
29.5
28.9
12.1 |
| 1962 | 13,589 | 62.0 |
| W.S. Hinds
N. Searight | U
Lab | 4,931
3,497
1,434 |
| 58.5
41.5
17.0 |
| 1965 | 13,255 | 57.1 |
| W.S. Hinds
R.M. McBirney | U
Lab | 4,918
2,654
2,264 |
| 64.9
35.1
29.8 |
| 1969 | 12,427 | 68.4 |
| T.H. Caldwell
W.S. Hinds
B. Boyd | Ind U (O’N)
U
Lab | 4,613
2,134
1,747
2,479 |
| 54.3
25.1
20.6
29.2 |
| Notes:- |
| 1938: | Cleland was the candidate of the Ulster Protestant League. |
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BELFAST, WINDSOR [15] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 17,761 | 61.7 | † | Rt. Hon. H.M. Pollock
W. Magill | U
TA | 8,067
2,886
5,181 |
| 73.7
26.3
47.4 |
| 1933 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. H.M. Pollock | U | unop. |
|
|
| [Death] |
1937
(15/5) |
|
|
| W. Dowling | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1938 | 18,905 | 70.9 |
| W. Dowling
W. Magill | U
Prog U | 8,982
4,429
4,553 |
| 67.0
33.0
34.0 |
| 1945 | 20,482 | 67.0 |
| A.F. Wilson
J. Kennedy | U
CWLP | 8,737
4,985
3,752 |
| 63.7
36.3
27.4 |
| 1949 |
|
|
| A.F. Wilson | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1953 |
|
|
| A.F. Wilson | U | unop. |
|
|
| [Resignation] |
1956
(23/11) |
|
|
| H.V. Kirk | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1958 |
|
|
| H.V. Kirk | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1962 |
|
|
| H.V. Kirk | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1965 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. H.V. Kirk | U | unop. |
|
|
| 1969 |
|
|
| Rt. Hon. H.V. Kirk | U (O’N) | unop. |
|
|
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BELFAST, WOODVALE [16] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % |
|---|
| 1929 | 20,703 | 75.2 |
| J.W. Nixon
W. Beattie | Ind U
U | 9,094
6,465
2,629 |
| 58.4
41.6
16.8 |
| 1933 | 20,129 | 76.4 |
| J.W. Nixon
A. Dalzell | Ind U
U | 8,709
6,676
2,033 |
| 56.6
43.4
13.2 |
| 1938 | 19,896 | 79.5 |
| J.W. Nixon
J.W. Dickson | Ind U
U | 9,335
6,479
2,856 |
| 59.0
41.0
18.0 |
| 1945 | 20,155 | 69.3 |
| J.W. Nixon
S.L. Megraw | Ind U
U | 9,274
4,686
4,588 |
| 66.4
33.6
32.8 |
| 1949 |
|
|
| J.W. Nixon | Ind U | unop. |
|
|
| [Death] |
1950
(4/4) | 20,558 | 57.9 |
| R.J.R. Harcourt
R. Hill
C. Hull
D.H. Walker | U
Ind U
Lab
Ind U | 3,939
3,529
2,893
1,533
410 |
| 33.1
29.7
24.3
12.9
3.4 |
| 1953 | 21,416 | 70.8 |
| R.J.R. Harcourt
J.B. Docherty
W.R. Boyd | U
Ind U
Lab | 6,085
5,786
3,286
299 |
| 40.1
38.2
21.7
1.9 |
| [Resignation on election as Lord Mayor of Belfast (and ex officio member of the Senate)] |
1955
(15/11) | 21,578 | 50.0 |
| J.W.N. Martin
W.R. Boyd | U
Lab | 5,609
5,173
436 |
| 52.0
48.0
4.0 |
| 1958 | 20,847 | 71.8 |
| W.R. Boyd
J.W.N. Martin | Lab
U | 7,529
7,449
80 |
| 50.3
49.7
0.6 |
| 1962 | 20,332 | 71.9 |
| W.R. Boyd
J.F. Kerr | Lab
U | 8,389
6,232
2,157 |
| 57.4
42.6
14.8 |
| 1965 | 20,678 | 57.3 |
| J. McQuade
W.R. Boyd | U
Lab | 6,791
5,067
1,724 |
| 57.3
42.7
14.6 |
| 1969 | 19,984 | 71.6 |
| J. McQuade
W.R. Boyd
R.L. Bell | U (Ind U)
(UDUP)
Lab
Ind U (O’N) | 7,209
3,878
3,231
3,331 |
| 50.7
26.9
22.4
23.8 |
| [Seat vacant at prorogation (Resignation)] |
| Notes:- |
1929-
1949: | Nixon was President of the West Belfast Ulster Protestant Association. |
|
| 1953: | Docherty advocated extension of the boundaries of the County Borough of Belfast, and the construction of more affordable homes for rent within the new boundaries. |
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