Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Queen's University of Belfast


Type=University
Start = 1921
End = 1969
EM = Single transferable vote

Queen's University of Belfast was a university constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 until 1969. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. In 1969 the constituency was abolished under reforms carried out by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.

Boundaries

The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of the Queen's University of Belfast.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Irish Election box begin
title=1921 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = John Campbell
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 835
percentage = 43.4
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = John Hanna Robb
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 368
percentage = 19.1
seat = 3
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert James Johnstone
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 279
percentage = 14.5
seat = 2
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Hugh Morrison
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 243
percentage = 12.6
seat = 4
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Sean Dolan
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 201
percentage = 10.4
seat =
count = 3Election box turnout
votes = 1,926
percentage = 76.2
change = "N/A"

:At the Northern Ireland general election, 1925, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and John Hanna Robb were elected unopposed.

Irish Election box begin
title=1929 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = John Hanna Robb
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 528
percentage = 24.9
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert Corkey
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 510
percentage = 24.0
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert McNeill
party = Independent Unionist
votes = 441
percentage = 20.8
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert James Johnstone
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 340
percentage = 16.0
seat = 4
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Arthur Brownlow Mitchell
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 302
percentage = 14.2
seat =
count = 3Election box turnout
votes = 2,121
percentage = 63.8
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1930s

Irish Election box begin
title=1933 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert James Johnstone
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 695
percentage = 29.5
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert Corkey
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 512
percentage = 21.7
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = John Hanna Robb
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 451
percentage = 19.1
seat = 3
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert McNeill
party = Independent Unionist
votes = 368
percentage = 15.6
seat = 4
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Frederick McSorley
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 331
percentage = 14.0
seat =
count = 2Election box turnout
votes = 2,357
percentage = 62.0
change = - 1.8

:At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1935, Arthur Brownlow Mitchell was elected unopposed.

Irish Election box begin
title=1938 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert Corkey
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 608
percentage = 24.8
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Robert James Johnstone
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 600
percentage = 24.5
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Arthur Brownlow Mitchell
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 369
percentage = 14.7
seat = 3
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Frederick McSorley
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 359
percentage =
seat =
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = S. Sims
party = Independent Unionist
votes = 259
percentage = 10.6
seat =
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = John MacDermott
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 253
percentage = 10.3
seat = 4
count = 5Election box turnout
votes = 2,448
percentage = 61.1
change = - 0.9

:At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1938, Howard Stevenson was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1940s

:At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1942, William Lyle was elected unopposed.

:At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1943, John W. Renshaw was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Herbert Quin
votes = 1,178
percentage = 53.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Irene Calvert
votes = 1,020
percentage = 46.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 158
percentage = 71.9
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 2,198
percentage = 46.7
change = - 14.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Irish Election box begin
title=1945 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Frederick McSorley
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 649
percentage = 21.6
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Howard Stevenson
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 580
percentage = 19.3
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Irene Calvert
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 570
percentage = 18.9
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Herbert Quin
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 535
percentage = 17.8
seat = 4
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = E. B. Wallace
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 286
percentage = 9.5
seat =
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = William Lyle
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 279
percentage = 9.3
seat =
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = S. Sims
party = Independent Unionist
votes = 109
percentage = 3.6
seat =
count = 2Election box turnout
votes = 3,008
percentage = 59.1
change = - 2.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Samuel Irwin
votes = 2,735
percentage = 70.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eileen M. Hickey
votes = 1,126
percentage = 29.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,609
percentage = 41.7
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 3,861
percentage = 57.4
change = - 1.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Irish Election box begin
title=1949 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Samuel Irwin
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,662
percentage = 31.7
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Eileen M. Hickey
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 1,073
percentage = 20.5
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Irene Calvert
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 955
percentage = 18.2
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = E. B. Wallace
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 620
percentage = 11.8
seat =
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = William Lyle
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 588
percentage = 11.2
seat = 4
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Howard Stevenson
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 339
percentage = 6.5
seat =
count = 2Election box turnout
votes = 5,237
percentage = 75.0
change = + 15.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Frederick Lloyd-Dodd
votes = 2,100
percentage = 54.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = N. S. Dickson
votes = 1,312
percentage = 33.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = E. Reid
votes = 479
percentage = 12.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 749
percentage = 19.2
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 3,891
percentage = 54.2
change = - 20.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1950s

Irish Election box begin
title=1953 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Samuel Irwin
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,840
percentage = 32.9
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Eileen M. Hickey
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 1,206
percentage = 21.6
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Elizabeth Maconachie
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 940
percentage = 16.8
seat = 4
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Frederick Lloyd-Dodd
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 706
percentage = 12.6
seat = 3
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = R. Appleton
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 539
percentage = 9.6
seat =
count = 2 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = S. Napier
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
votes = 297
percentage = 5.3
seat =
count = 2 Election box turnout
votes = 5,586
percentage = 63.7
change = - 11.3

Irish Election box begin
title=1958 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Samuel Irwin
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,640
percentage = 28.3
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Charles Stewart
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 1,218
percentage = 21.0
seat = 2
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Elizabeth Maconachie
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,131
percentage = 19.5
seat = 3
count = 2 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Albert McElroy
party = Ulster Liberal Party
votes = 759
percentage = 13.1
seat =
count = 4 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Frederick Lloyd-Dodd
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 706
percentage = 12.2
seat = 4
count = 4 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = S. J. Watt
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
votes = 345
percentage = 5.9
seat =
count = 2 Election box turnout
votes = 5,799
percentage = 52.9
change = - 10.8

Elections in the 1960s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Liberal Party
candidate = Sheelagh Murnaghan
votes = 2,622
percentage = 52.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = S. Rodgers
votes = 2,370
percentage = 47.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 252
percentage = 5.0
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 4,992
percentage = 45.1
change = - 7.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Ulster Liberal Party
loser = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Irish Election box begin
title=1962 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Harold McClure
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 2,040
percentage = 30.0
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Sheelagh Murnaghan
party = Ulster Liberal Party
votes = 1,698
percentage = 24.9
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Elizabeth Maconachie
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 1,252
percentage = 18.4
seat = 3
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = Charles Stewart
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 1,220
percentage = 17.9
seat = 4
count = 3 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
candidate = H. R. Brown
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 597
percentage = 8.8
seat =
count = 3Election box turnout
votes = 6,807
percentage = 53.8
change = + 0.9

:At the Northern Ireland general election, 1965, Harold McClure, Elizabeth Maconachie, Sheelagh Murnaghan and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Robert Porter
votes = 3,717
percentage = 55.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Liberal Party
candidate = Albert McElroy
votes = 2,968
percentage = 44.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 749
percentage = 11.2
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 6,685
percentage = 48.7
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
loser = Independent (politician)
swing = "N/A"

References

* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/qub.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: University]