Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°35′35″N 5°53′17″W / 54.593°N 5.888°W / 54.593; -5.888

Belfast Bloomfield
Former Borough Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

Belfast Bloomfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland.

Belfast Bloomfield was created by the division of Belfast East 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]

Politics

The constituency was the most staunchly unionist in East Belfast. It was held continuously by Ulster Unionist Party candidates, although labour movement candidates sometimes polled well.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1929	Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	Ulster Unionist Party
1950(b)	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	Ulster Unionist Party
1961(b)	Walter Scott	Ulster Unionist Party
1973	Constituency abolished

Election results

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At the 1929 and 1933 general elections, Herbert Dixon was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1938: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Herbert Dixon	9,446	70.3	N/A
	Progressive Unionist	Phoebe Moody	3,988	29.7	N/A
Majority			5,458	40.6	N/A
Turnout				68.0	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	9,995	63.3	-7.0
	Communist (NI)	William McCullough	5,802	36.7	N/A
Majority			4,193	26.6	-14.0
Turnout				73.8	+5.8
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1949: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	14,058	87.5	+12.2
	NI Labour	Tom Boyd	1,386	8.6	N/A
	Communist (NI)	William McCullough	623	3.9	-32.8
Majority			12,672	78.9	+52.7
Turnout				76.0	+2.2
	UUP hold		Swing

Belfast Bloomfield by-election, 1950^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	7,609	77.3	-10.2
	NI Labour	Robert S. Thompson	2,232	22.7 8.6	+14.1
Majority			5,377	54.6	-26.3
Turnout				44.7	-31.3
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1953: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	9,004	88.2	+0.7
	Communist (NI)	Andy Barr	1,207	11.8	+7.9
Majority			7,797	76.4	-2.5
Turnout				46.4	+29.6
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1958: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	7,124	52.3	-35.9
	NI Labour	Edward Bell	4,010	29.4	N/A
	Independent Unionist	Edward Courtney	2,492	18.3	-11.1
Majority			3,114	22.9	-53.5
Turnout				63.4	+17.0
	UUP hold		Swing

Belfast Bloomfield by-election, 1961^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	6,212	61.5	+9.2
	NI Labour	Robert McFarland Bingham	3,885	38.5	+9.1
Majority			2,237	23.0	+0.1
Turnout				45.9	-17.5
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1962: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	7,921	56.7	+4.4
	NI Labour	Robert McFarland Bingham	6,053	43.3	+13.9
Majority			1,868	13.4	-9.5
Turnout				62.8	-0.6
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1965: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	7,755	63.5	+6.8
	NI Labour	Robert Caldwell	4,154	34.0	-9.3
	Communist (NI)	Andy Barr	308	2.5	N/A
Majority			3,601	29.5	+16.1
Turnout				55.7	-5.1
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Belfast Bloomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	9,084	61.2	-2.3
	Protestant Unionist	William Spence	3,568	24.0	N/A
	NI Labour	Robert Caldwell	2,196	14.8	-19.2
Majority			5,516	37.2	+7.7
Turnout				70.2	+14.5
	UUP hold		Swing

References

1 2 The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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