Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

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

Belfast North 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 North contained the Clifton, Duncairn and Shankill wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Clifton, Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Oldpark and Belfast Shankill constituencies.^[1]

Politics

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Belfast North was a predominantly Unionist area with considerable pockets of labour strength. It returned four Unionists in 1921, but in 1925, it returned only two official Unionists, plus one independent Unionist and a Labour member.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)
MPs (1921)		Lloyd Campbell (Ulster Unionist Party)		Samuel McGuffin (Ulster Unionist Party)		William Grant (Ulster Unionist Party)		Robert McKeown (Ulster Unionist Party)
MPs (1925)		Tommy Henderson (Independent Unionist)		Sam Kyle (Northern Ireland Labour Party)		William Grant (Ulster Unionist Party)		Lloyd Campbell (Ulster Unionist Party)

Election results

24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	UUP	Lloyd Campbell		12,875
	UUP	Samuel McGuffin		11,596
	UUP	William Grant		6,148	9,880
	UUP	Robert McKeown		3,562	4,676	8,263
	Sinn Féin	Michael Carolan		3,235	3,268	3,275
	Nationalist	F. P. Harkin		1,509	1,516	1,519
	Independent	J. B. Wallace		926	944	972
Electorate: 43,194 Valid: 39,851 Quota: 7,971 Turnout: 92.3%

1925 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Independent Unionist	Tommy Henderson		10,306
	NI Labour	Sam Kyle		5,915	7,650
	UUP	William Grant		6,610	6,934
	UUP	Lloyd Campbell		5,421	5,952	6,163	7,026
	UUP	John William Nixon		4,068	4,951	5,471	6,021
	UUP	H. T. Whitaker		1,276	1,389	1,481	eliminated
Electorate: 47,228 Valid: 33,596 Quota: 6,720 Turnout: 71.1%

References

↑ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

External links

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