Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Belfast Pottinger Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency
Belfast Pottinger shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1929
Abolished:	1972
Election Method:	First past the post

Belfast Pottinger was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Politics 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Belfast Pottinger was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern 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 Pottinger was created by the division of Belfast East 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.^[1]

[edit] Politics

The seat was a stronghold for the labour movement, although Unionist candidates always polled well and were occasionally able to win the seat.^[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1929 - 1949: Jack Beattie, Northern Ireland Labour Party (1929 - 34); Independent Labour (1934 - 42); Northern Ireland Labour Party (1942 - 43); Independent Labour (1943 - 1945); Federation of Labour (Ireland) (1945 - 49); Independent Labour (1949)
• 1949 - 1958: Samuel Rodgers, Ulster Unionist Party
• 1958 - 1969: Tom Boyd, Northern Ireland Labour Party
• 1969 - 1972: Joshua Cardwell, Ulster Unionist Party

[edit] Election results

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General Election 1929: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Jack Beattie	6,071	54.6	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	James Augustine Duff	5,057	45.4	N/A
Majority			1,014	9.2	N/A
Turnout				76.0	N/A
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1933: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Jack Beattie	5,753	53.6	-1.0
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Loftus Cole	4,978	46.4	+1.0
Majority			775	7.2	-2.0
Turnout				79.6	+3.6
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1938: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Jack Beattie	5,480	52.2	-1.4
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Loftus Cole	5,011	47.8	+1.4
Majority			469	4.4	-2.8
Turnout				80.9	+1.4
	Independent Labour gain from Labour (NI)		Swing

General Election 1945: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Jack Beattie	5,952	52.5	+0.3
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Rodgers	4,474	47.5	-0.3
Majority			478	5.0	+0.6
Turnout				78.7	-2.2
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1949: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Rodgers	6,262	62.9	+15.4
	Independent Labour	Jack Beattie	3,693	37.1	-15.4
Majority			2,569	25.8	+20.8
Turnout				82.7	+4.0
	Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Labour		Swing

General Election 1953: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Rodgers	3,680	45.1	-17.8
	Labour (NI)	Tom Boyd	3,324	40.8	N/A
	Irish Labour	Jack Beattie	1,151	14.1	N/A
Majority			356	4.3	-21.5
Turnout				68.2	-14.5
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1958: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Tom Boyd	4,573	58.5	+17.7
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Rodgers	3,240	41.5	-3.6
Majority			1,333	17.0	+12.7
Turnout				71.8	+3.6
	Labour (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

General Election 1962: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Tom Boyd	4,674	62.4	+3.9
	Ulster Unionist	H. Walker	2,822	37.6	-3.9
Majority			1,852	24.8	+7.8
Turnout				72.0	+0.2
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing

General Election 1965: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Tom Boyd	3,208	57.9	-4.5
	Ulster Unionist	J. Bannister	2,334	42.1	+4.5
Majority			874	15.8	-9.0
Turnout				58.9	-13.1
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Belfast Pottinger[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Joshua Cardwell	2,902	51.4	+9.3
	Labour (NI)	R. M. McBirney	2,744	48.6	-9.3
Majority			158	2.8	-13.0
Turnout				67.8	+8.9
	Labour (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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