Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

For other constituencies of the same name, see Belfast East (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 54°36′14″N 5°52′34″W / 54.604°N 5.876°W / 54.604; -5.876

Belfast East
Former Borough Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast East shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1929
Election method	Single transferable vote

Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

Belfast East contained the Dock, Pottinger and Victoria wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Bloomfield, Belfast Dock, Belfast Pottinger and Belfast Victoria constituencies.^[1]

Politics

Belfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party MP in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)
MPs (1921)		Dawson Bates (Ulster Unionist Party)		Herbert Dixon (Ulster Unionist Party)		Thompson Donald (Ulster Unionist Party)		James Augustine Duff (Ulster Unionist Party)
MPs (1929)		Jack Beattie (Northern Ireland Labour Party)		Herbert Dixon (Ulster Unionist Party)		James Woods Gyle (Independent Unionist)		Dawson Bates (Ulster Unionist Party)

Election results

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24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	UUP	Sir Dawson Bates	27.9	10,026
	UUP	Herbert Dixon	24.6	8,849
	UUP	Thompson Donald	19.1	6,856	9,262
	UUP	James Augustine Duff	10.0	3,585	3,956	6,027	7,662
	Sinn Féin	Archibald Savage	10.0	3,573	3,575	3,576	3,577
	Nationalist	Thomas Joseph Campbell	6.6	2,373	2,435	2,439	2,464
	Belfast Labour	Harry Midgley	1.8	645	648	652	658
Electorate: 40,198 Valid: 35,907 Quota: 7,182 Turnout: 89.3%

1925 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	NI Labour	Jack Beattie		9,330
	UUP	Herbert Dixon		8,508
	Independent Unionist	James Woods Gyle		5,997	8,394
	UUP	Sir Dawson Bates		5,744	5,816	6,581
	UUP	Thompson Donald		1,900	2,119	2,898
	UUP	James Augustine Duff		1,142	1,259	1,698
Electorate: 44,400 Valid: 32,621 Quota: 6,525 Turnout: 73.5%

References

↑ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

External links

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