Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Belfast Victoria Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency
Belfast Victoria shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1929
Abolished:	1973
Election Method:	First past the post

Belfast Victoria 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 Victoria 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 Victoria 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]

The seat contained the Eastern parts of the former Victoria ward. ^[2] It covered an area equivalent to the current wards of Sydenham, Belmont and Ballyhackamore together with parts of the Island and Stormont wards.

[edit] Politics

The seat was held in the early years by Ulster Unionist Party candidates, however there was always strong support for labour movement candidates, with David Bleakley holding the seat for 7 years.^[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929	Sir Dawson Bates	Ulster Unionist Party
	1933
	1938
	1945	Robert Alexander
	1949
	1953	Bill Henderson
	1958	David Bleakley	Northern Ireland Labour Party
	1962
	1965	Roy Bradford	Ulster Unionist Party†
	1969
	1973	Constituency abolished

^†Bradford was elected in 1969 as an "O'Neill Unionist" supporting the reform proposals of the then Prime Minister.

[edit] Election results

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General Election 22 May 1929: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dawson Bates	6,046	61.0	N/A
	Local Option	J. Price	3,858	39.0	N/A
Majority			2,180	22.0	N/A
Turnout			14,251	69.5	N/A
	Ulster Unionist gain

General Election 30 November 1933: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dawson Bates	Unopposed		N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 9 February 1938: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Dawson Bates	8,309	59.3
	Progressive Unionist	J. McMaster	3,434	24.5
	Labour (NI)	Tom Boyd	2,268	16.2
Majority			4,875	34.8
Turnout			17,921	78.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 22 October 1945: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Alexander	7,618	54.1
	Labour (NI)	G. Matthews	4,342	30.8
	Commonwealth Labour	N. Black	2,133	15.1
Majority			3,276	23.3
Turnout			18,525	76.1
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 10 February 1949: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Alexander	11,330	82.4
	Labour (NI)	David Bleakley	2,423	17.6
Majority			8,907	64.8
Turnout			18,404	74.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 14 June 1953: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Bill Henderson	7,198	56.5
	Labour (NI)	David Bleakley	5,536	43.5
Majority			1,662	13.0
Turnout			20,041	63.5
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 20 March 1958: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	David Bleakley	7,487	50.5
	Ulster Unionist	Bill Henderson	7,340	49.5
Majority			147	1.0
Turnout			19,652	75.4
	Labour (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

General Election 31 May 1962: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	David Bleakley	7,882	54.2
	Ulster Unionist	L. Stewart	6,668	45.8
Majority			1,214	8.4
Turnout			20,053	72.6
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing

General Election 25 November 1965: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Bradford	6,892	51.6
	Labour (NI)	David Bleakley	6,469	48.4
Majority			423	3.2
Turnout			20,370	65.6
	Ulster Unionist gain from Labour (NI)		Swing

General Election 24 February 1969: Belfast Victoria[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Bradford	9,249	62.9
	Labour (NI)	J. Coulthard	2,972	20.2
	Protestant Unionist	Ronald Bunting	2,489	16.
Majority			6,277	42.7
Turnout			19,504	75.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[edit] References

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

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