Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Belfast Windsor
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Type = Borough
Start = 1929
End = 1973
EM = First past the post

Belfast Windsor was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Boundaries

Belfast Windsor was a borough constituency comprising part of southern 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 Windsor was created by the division of Belfast South 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 south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. The seat was always held by official Unionist candidates, and the rare contests came only from other Unionists.

Members of Parliament

*1929 - 1937: Hugh Pollock, Ulster Unionist Party
*1937 - 1945: William Dowling, Ulster Unionist Party
*1945 - 1956: Archibald Wilson, Ulster Unionist Party
*1956 - 1973: Herbert Kirk, Ulster Unionist Party

Elections results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Hugh Pollock
votes = 8,067
percentage = 73.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Town Tenants' Association
candidate = William Magill
votes = 2,886
percentage = 26.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,181
percentage = 47.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.0
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

At the General Election 30 November 1933, Hugh Pollock was elected unopposed. At the Belfast Windsor by-election, 1937, William Dowling was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William Dowling
votes = 8,982
percentage = 67.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Progressive Unionist Association
candidate = R. H. Press
votes = 4,429
percentage = 33.0
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 70.9
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 = Archibald Wilson
votes = 8,737
percentage = 63.7
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Commonwealth Labour Party
candidate = J. Kennedy
votes = 4,985
percentage = 36.3
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.0
change = -3.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

At the 1949 and 1953 Northern Ireland general elections, Archibald Wilson was elected unopposed.

At the Belfast Windsor by-election, 1956 and the 1958, 1962, 1965 and 1969 Northern Ireland general elections, Herbert Kirk was elected unopposed.

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