Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 54°36′14″N 5°52′34″W / 54.604°N 5.876°W / 54.604; -5.876

Belfast East
Former Borough Constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).svg
Belfast East shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1929
Election methodSingle transferable vote

Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

Boundaries[]

Belfast East was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and contained the Dock, Pottinger and Victoria wards of the County Borough of Belfast. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into four constituencies elected under first past the post: Belfast Bloomfield, Belfast Dock, Belfast Pottinger and Belfast Victoria constituencies.[1]

Second Dáil[]

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Belfast East, it was not represented there.[3]

Politics[]

Belfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party MP in 1925.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member
(Party) 		Member
(Party) 		Member
(Party) 		Member
(Party)
MPs
(1921) 		Dawson Bates
(Ulster Unionist Party) 		Herbert Dixon
(Ulster Unionist Party) 		Thompson Donald
(Ulster Unionist Party) 		James Augustine Duff
(Ulster Unionist Party)
MPs
(1925) 		Jack Beattie
(Northern Ireland Labour Party) 		James Woods Gyle
(Independent Unionist)

Election results[]

(1921–72)
Politics of Northern Ireland
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Government
Parliament
1921, 1925, 1929, 1933
1938, 1945, 1949, 1953
1958, 1962, 1965, 1969
Senate
Elections
1921, 1925, 1929, 1933
1938, 1945, 1949, 1953
1958, 1962, 1965, 1969
By-elections
See also
  • Other countries
24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Sir Dawson Bates 27.9 10,026      
UUP Herbert Dixon 24.6 8,849      
UUP Thompson Donald 19.1 6,856 9,262    
UUP James Augustine Duff 10.0 3,585 3,956 6,027 7,662
Sinn Féin Archibald Savage 10.0 3,573 3,575 3,576 3,577
Nationalist Thomas Joseph Campbell 6.6 2,373 2,435 2,439 2,464
Belfast Labour Harry Midgley 1.8 645 648 652 658
Electorate: 40,198   Valid: 35,907   Quota: 7,182   Turnout: 89.3%
1925 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
NI Labour Jack Beattie 28.6 9,330    
UUP Herbert Dixon 26.1 8,508    
Ind U James Woods Gyle 18.4 5,997 8,394  
UUP Sir Dawson Bates 17.6 5,744 5,816 6,581
UUP Thompson Donald 5.8 1,900 2,119 2,898
UUP James Augustine Duff 3.5 1,142 1,259 1,698
Electorate: 44,400   Valid: 32,621   Quota: 6,525   Turnout: 73.5%

References[]

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
  2. ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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