Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°35′13″N 5°57′22″W / 54.587°N 5.956°W / 54.587; -5.956

Belfast St Anne's
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 St Anne's was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Belfast St Anne's was a borough constituency comprising part of south-western 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 St Anne's was created by the division of Belfast West 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]

The constituency contained areas between the current Lisburn Road and Falls Road and consisted of the former St George's ward and most of the former St Anne's ward - although unusually it did not include the eponymous cathedral which was in Belfast Central.

The constituency is now part of Belfast South and Belfast West.

Politics

The constituency was solidly unionist and always elected Ulster Unionist Party Members of Parliament, but was usually contested by labour movement candidates who sometimes polled well.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1929	James Hanna McCormick	Ulster Unionist Party
1938	Edmond Warnock	Ulster Unionist Party
1969	Norman Laird	Ulster Unionist Party
1970(b)	John Laird	Ulster Unionist Party
1973	Constituency abolished

Election results

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General Election 1929: Belfast St Anne's^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Hanna McCormick	6,686	47.2	N/A
	Independent Unionist	Philip James Woods	5,273	37.2	N/A
	Local Option	Emily Moffat Clow	2,209	15.6	N/A
Majority			1,413	10.0	N/A
Turnout				71.5	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1933: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	James Hanna McCormick	9,533	71.6	+23.4
	NI Labour	William John Donaldson	3,790	28.4	N/A
Majority			5,743	43.2	+33.2
Turnout				59.3	-12.2
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1938: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Edmond Warnock	11,183	68.4	-3.2
	Progressive Unionist	J. D. Wallace	5,172	31.6	N/A
Majority			6,011	36.8	-7.4
Turnout				66.7	+7.4
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Edmond Warnock	10,119	56.9	-11.5
	NI Labour	Joseph Lowden	7,674	43.1	N/A
Majority			2,445	13.8	-23.0
Turnout				66.7	0.0
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1949: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Edmond Warnock	15,312	76.1	+19.2
	NI Labour	Robert S. Thompson	4,811	23.9	-19.2
Majority			10,501	52.2	+38.4
Turnout				75.4	+8.7
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1953 and 1958 general elections, Edmond Warnock was elected unopposed.

General Election 1962: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Edmond Warnock	8,940	60.6	N/A
	NI Labour	A. Holmes	5,807	39.4	N/A
Majority			3,133	21.2	N/A
Turnout				64.8	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1965: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Edmond Warnock	7,316	62.9	+ 2.3
	NI Labour	William Victor Blease	4,312	37.1	- 2.3
Majority			3,004	25.8	+ 4.6
Turnout				53.3	-11.5
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Belfast St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Norman Laird	7,126	53.0	- 9.9
	Independent Unionist	William McKee	4,183	31.1	N/A
	National Democratic	John D. Murphy	2,136	15.9	N/A
Majority			2,943	21.9	- 3.9
Turnout				70.6	+ 17.3
	UUP hold		Swing

Belfast St Anne's by-election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	John Laird	8,204	68.8	+ 15.8
	SDLP	Gerald Malachy Lavery	2,881	24.2	N/A
	NI Labour	William Ritchie	836	7.0	N/A
Majority			5,323	44.6	+ 22.7
Turnout				59.0	- 11.6
	UUP hold		Swing

References

1 2 The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
↑ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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