Belfast South (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°34′37″N 5°55′23″W / 54.577°N 5.923°W / 54.577; -5.923

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

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

Belfast South 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 South contained the Cromac, Ormeau and Windsor wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Ballynafeigh, Belfast Cromac, Belfast Willowfield and Belfast Windsor constituencies.^[1]

Politics

Belfast South was a strongly Unionist area, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 3 Unionists and 1 Independent Unionist MP in 1925. Even following its abolition, Ballynafeigh, Cromac, and Windsor only ever elected Unionist MPs.

Election results

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24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast South (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	UUP	Thomas Moles	42.5	17,248
	UUP	Hugh Pollock	15.6	6,334	11,866
	UUP	Crawford McCullagh	12.5	5,068	7,679
	UUP	Julia McMordie	5.9	2,372	4,197	8,784
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Barnes	6.7	2,719	2,720	2,721
	Nationalist	B. McCoy	4.2	1,688	1,690	1,693
	Belfast Labour	James Baird	2.2	875	891	905
Electorate: 40,566 Valid: 36,304 Quota: 7,261 Turnout: 89.5%

1925 General Election: Belfast South (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Independent Unionist	Philip James Woods	20.5	8,814
	UUP	Thomas Moles	18.0	7,756
	UUP	Hugh Pollock	9.9	4,291	4,816	5,961
	UUP	Arthur Black	7.4	3,176	3,440	3,821	3,892	5,710
	Town Tenants Association	William Magill	7.7	3,320	5,382	5,436	5,442	5,573
	UUP	Crawford McCullagh	4.0	1,707	1,857	2,220	2,291	eliminated
Electorate: 43,164 Valid: 29,064 Quota: 5,813 Turnout: 67.3%

Woods declined the seat, having also been elected for Belfast West.

Belfast South by-election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Anthony Babington	18,857	41.6	68.0
	NI Labour	G. M. Donaldson	8,856	55.3	32.0
Majority			10,001	36.1
Turnout			27,713	64.2	-3.1
	UUP hold		Swing

References

↑ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

External links

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