Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Belfast Clifton


Belfast=yes
Type = Borough
Start = 1929
End = 1973
EM = First past the post

Belfast Clifton was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Boundaries

Belfast Clifton was a borough constituency comprising part of northern 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 Clifton was created by the division of Belfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973. [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnihoc.htm The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972] , Northern Ireland Elections]

Politics

In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little nationalist presence. The seat was usually held by the Ulster Unionist Party, but a variety of independent Unionists contested it and occasionally won, and some labour movement candidates achieved strong results.

Members of Parliament

*1929 - 53: Samuel Hall-Thompson, Ulster Unionist Party
*1953 - 58: Norman Porter, Independent Unionist
*1958 - 59: Robin Kinahan, Ulster Unionist Party
*1959 - 69: William John Morgan, Ulster Unionist Party
*1969 - 73: Lloyd Hall-Thompson, Independent Unionist

Election results

:At the 1929 and Northern Ireland general elections, Samuel Hall-Thompson was elected unopposed. [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/belfast.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast] ]

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Samuel Hall-Thompson
votes = 6,683
percentage = 54.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist Association
candidate = W. McC. Wilton
votes = 5,600
percentage = 45.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,083
percentage = 8.8
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.1
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Samuel Hall-Thompson
votes = 7,272
percentage = 62.0
change = + 7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Andrew Carlin
votes = 4,458
percentage = 38.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,814
percentage = 24.0
change = + 15.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.2
change = - 4.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Samuel Hall-Thompson
votes = 10,715
percentage = 83.6
change = + 21.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour
candidate = O. J. Keane
votes = 2,107
percentage = 16.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,608
percentage = 67.2
change = + 43.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.0
change = + 5.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = Norman Porter
votes = 4,747
percentage = 51.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Samuel Hall-Thompson
votes = 4,402
percentage = 48.1
change = - 35.5Election box majority
votes = 345
percentage = 3.8
change = - 63.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 50.9
change = - 22.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent Unionist
loser = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Robin Kinahan
votes = 5,755
percentage = 50.2
change = + 2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = Norman Porter
votes = 5,710
percentage = 49.8
change = - 2.1Election box majority
votes = 45
percentage = 0.4
change = - 3.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.5
change = + 16.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
loser = Independent Unionist
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William John Morgan
votes = 5,212
percentage = 50.2
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = Norman Porter
votes = 3,978
percentage = 38.4
change = - 11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Victoria Dunlop
votes = 1,185
percentage = 11.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,234
percentage = 11.8
change = + 11.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 61.1
change = - 6.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William John Morgan
votes = 6,474
percentage = 58.6
change = + 8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Norman Thompson
votes = 4,571
percentage = 41.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,903
percentage = 17.2
change = + 16.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 66.9
change = - 0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William John Morgan
votes = 6,083
percentage = 65.2
change = + 6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Norman Thompson
votes = 3,247
percentage = 34.8
change = - 6.6Election box majority
votes = 2,836
percentage = 30.4
change = + 13.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 57.5
change = - 9.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = Lloyd Hall-Thompson
votes = 6,066
percentage = 50.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William John Morgan
votes = 3,215
percentage = 26.7
change = - 38.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Norman Thompson
votes = 1,681
percentage = 13.9
change = - 20.9Election box candidate with party link
party = National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland)
candidate = Michael McKeown
votes = 1,079
percentage = 9.0
change = "N/A'Election box majority
votes = 2,851
percentage = 23.7
change = - 6.7Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.3
change = + 15.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent Unionist
loser = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

References