Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

For other constituencies of the same name, see Belfast North (disambiguation).

Belfast North Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency
Belfast 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.

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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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

1. ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

External links

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