Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Belfast Oldpark


Belfast=yes
Type = Borough
Start = 1929
End = 1973
EM = First past the post

Belfast Oldpark was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Boundaries

Belfast Oldpark was a borough constituency comprising part of northern 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 Oldpark was created by the division of Belfast North 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 North Belfast, the seat had little nationalist presence. The seat alternated between Unionist and labour movement representatives, and was often closely contested.

Members of Parliament

*1929 - 45: Alexander Hungerford, Ulster Unionist Party
*1945 - 49: Robert Getgood, Northern Ireland Labour Party
*1949 - 58: William James Morgan, Ulster Unionist Party
*1958 - 73: Vivian Simpson, Northern Ireland Labour Party

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Hungerford
votes = 6,122
percentage = 50.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Sam Kyle
votes = 5,933
percentage = 49.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 189
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 77.0
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 = Alexander Hungerford
votes = 5,427
percentage = 56.6
change = + 5.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Unionist
candidate = W. McC. Wilton
votes = 5,933
percentage = 49.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,272
percentage = 13.2
change = + 11.6Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 61.9
change = - 15.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Hungerford
votes = 7,310
percentage = 50.5
change = - 6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = John Macgougan
votes = 5,900
percentage = 40.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Progressive Unionist Association
candidate = R. Bradford
votes = 1,253
percentage = 8.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,410
percentage = 9.7
change = - 3.5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.9
change = + 13.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Robert Getgood
votes = 8,829
percentage = 56.2
change = + 15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Hungerford
votes = 6,390
percentage = 40.7
change = - 9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Republican Party (Ireland)
candidate = David Wylie
votes = 481
percentage = 3.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,439
percentage = 15.5
change = + 5.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.7
change = - 0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Northern Ireland Labour Party
loser = Ulster Unionist Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William James Morgan
votes = 9,599
percentage = 59.0
change = + 18.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Robert Getgood
votes = 6,661
percentage = 41.0
change = - 15.2Election box majority
votes = 2,938
percentage = 18.0
change = + 2.5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.6
change = + 3.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
loser = Northern Ireland Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William James Morgan
votes = 6,984
percentage = 50.2
change = - 8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Billy Blease
votes = 4,183
percentage = 30.0
change = - 11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Irish Labour Party
candidate = C. F. Hughes
votes = 2,752
percentage = 19.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,801
percentage = 20.2
change = - 2.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 64.7
change = - 13.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Ulster Unionist Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Vivian Simpson
votes = 6,307
percentage = 50.6
change = + 20.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = William James Morgan
votes = 6,152
percentage = 49.4
change = - 0.8Election box majority
votes = 155
percentage = 1.2
change = - 19.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 61.5
change = - 3.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Northern Ireland Labour Party
loser = Ulster Unionist Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Vivian Simpson
votes = 8,486
percentage = 62.5
change = + 11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = W. H. Cushley
votes = 5,082
percentage = 37.5
change = - 11.9Election box majority
votes = 3,404
percentage = 25.0
change = + 23.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 69.7
change = + 8.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Northern Ireland Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Vivian Simpson
votes = 6,210
percentage = 59.5
change = - 3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = John Ferguson
votes = 4,221
percentage = 40.5
change = + 3.0Election box majority
votes = 1,989
percentage = 19.0
change = - 6.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 55.1
change = - 14.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Northern Ireland Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
candidate = Vivian Simpson
votes = 6,779
percentage = 56.5
change = - 3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Ulster Unionist Party
candidate = Joseph Foster Cairns
votes = 5,224
percentage = 43.5
change = + 3.0Election box majority
votes = 1,555
percentage = 13.0
change = - 6.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.4
change = + 12.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Northern Ireland Labour Party
swing =

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