Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| Belfast North | |
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| Former Borough Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland |
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Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland
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| Former constituency | |
| 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.
Contents
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
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Members of Parliament
| Election | Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
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| MPs (1921) |
Lloyd Campbell (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Samuel McGuffin (Ulster Unionist Party) |
William Grant (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Robert McKeown (Ulster Unionist Party) |
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| MPs (1925) |
Tommy Henderson (Independent Unionist) |
Sam Kyle (Northern Ireland Labour Party) |
Lloyd Campbell (Ulster Unionist Party) |
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Election results
| 24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats) | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | |
| UUP | Lloyd Campbell | 12,875 | ||||
| UUP | Samuel McGuffin | 11,596 | ||||
| UUP | William Grant | 6,148 | 9,880 | |||
| UUP | Robert McKeown | 3,562 | 4,676 | 8,263 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Carolan | 3,235 | 3,268 | 3,275 | ||
| Nationalist | F. P. Harkin | 1,509 | 1,516 | 1,519 | ||
| Independent | J. B. Wallace | 926 | 944 | 972 | ||
| Electorate: 43,194 Valid: 39,851 Quota: 7,971 Turnout: 92.3% | ||||||
| 1925 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats) | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |
| Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 10,306 | |||||
| NI Labour | Sam Kyle | 5,915 | 7,650 | ||||
| UUP | William Grant | 6,610 | 6,934 | ||||
| UUP | Lloyd Campbell | 5,421 | 5,952 | 6,163 | 7,026 | ||
| UUP | John William Nixon | 4,068 | 4,951 | 5,471 | 6,021 | ||
| UUP | H. T. Whitaker | 1,276 | 1,389 | 1,481 | eliminated | ||
| Electorate: 47,228 Valid: 33,596 Quota: 6,720 Turnout: 71.1% | |||||||
