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Belfast North
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Borough constituencyBelfast North shown within Northern Ireland 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.
Contents
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
Northern Ireland 1921–72
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Politics and government of
Northern Ireland 1921–72
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
(1929)Tommy Henderson
(Independent Unionist)Sam Kyle
(Northern Ireland Labour Party)Lloyd Campbell
(Ulster Unionist Party)Election results
1921 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats) Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Ulster Unionist Lloyd Campbell 12,875 1 1 Ulster Unionist Samuel McGuffin 11,596 2 1 Ulster Unionist William Grant 6,148 3 2 Ulster Unionist Robert McKeown 3,562 4 3 Sinn Féin M. Carolan 3,235 Irish Parliamentary F. P. Harkin 1,509 Independent J. B. Wallace 926 Turnout 92.3 N/A - Electors: 43,164 Quota: 5,813
1925 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats) Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Independent Unionist Tommy Henderson 10,306 1 1 Ulster Unionist William Grant 6,610 3 2 Labour (NI) Sam Kyle 5,915 2 2 Ulster Unionist Lloyd Campbell 5,421 4 4 Ulster Unionist John William Nixon 4,068 Ulster Unionist H. T. Whitaker 1,276 Turnout 71.1 -21.2 References
External links
- http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
- http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
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