Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Belfast East


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

Belfast East 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 East contained the Dock, Pottinger and Victoria wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Bloomfield, Belfast Dock, Belfast Pottinger and Belfast Victoria constituencies. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries] ]

Politics

Belfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party MP in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election results

*Electors: 40,198 Quota: 7,182Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Dawson Bates
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 10,026
percentage = 27.9
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Herbert Dixon
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,849
percentage = 24.6
seat = 2
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Thompson Donald
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 6,856
percentage = 19.1
seat = 3
count = 3 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = James Augustine Duff
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 3,585
percentage = 10.0
seat = 4
count = 4 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = A. Savage
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 3,573
percentage = 10.0
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Thomas Joseph Campbell
party = Irish Parliamentary Party
votes = 2,373
percentage = 6.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Harry Midgley
party = Belfast Labour Party
votes = 645
percentage = 1.8
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 89.3
change = "N/A"

Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Jack Beattie
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
votes = 9,330
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Herbert Dixon
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,508
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = James Woods Gyle
party = Independent Unionist
votes = 5,997
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 2 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Dawson Bates
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 5,744
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 3 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Thompson Donald
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,900
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = James Augustine Duff
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,142
percentage =
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 89.3
change = -15.8

References

External links

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