Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Belfast West


Type = Borough
Start = 1921
End = 1929
EM = Single transferable vote

Belfast West 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 West included the Court, Falls, St Anne's, St George's, Smithfield and Woodvale wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Central, Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale constituencies. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries] ]

Politics

Belfast West was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of Nationalist strength, electing three Unionists and one Nationalist in 1921 and one Unionists, one Independent Unionist, one Nationalist and one Labour Party member in 1925.

Election results

*Electors: 57,914 Quota: 10,691Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Thomas Henry Burn
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 13,298
percentage = 24.88
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Joseph Devlin¹
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 10,621
percentage = 19.87
seat = 4
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = William Twaddell
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 10,316
percentage = 19.30
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert John Lynn
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 9,315
percentage = 17.43
seat = 2
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = D. McCullough
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 6,270
percentage = 11.73
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán MacEntee
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 2,954
percentage = 5.53
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Hanna
party = Belfast Labour Party
votes = 367
percentage = 0.69
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Richard Byrne
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 311
percentage = 0.58
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 92.3
change = "N/A"¹Did not take seat.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = Philip James Woods
votes = 25,761
percentage = 55.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Joseph Davison
votes = 19,360
percentage = 41.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,859
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 46,597
percentage = 69.3
change = -23.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing =

*Electorate 65,550; Valid votes 49,484 Quota 9,897Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Joseph Devlin¹
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 17,558
percentage = 35.48
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Philip James Woods
party = Independent Unionist
votes = 9,599
percentage = 19.40
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert John Lynn
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,371
percentage = 16.92
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Thomas Henry Burn
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 4,808
percentage = 9.80
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
candidate = J. McConville
party = Republican Labour
votes = 3,146
percentage = 6.78
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = R. Dickson
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 3,318
percentage = 6.33
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Billy McMullen
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
votes = 2,869
percentage = 5.80
seat = 4
count = 5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 75.5
change = -17.8¹Did not take seat.

References

External links

* http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
* http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html