Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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- For other constituencies of the same name, see Belfast West.
| Belfast West Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency |
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| Belfast West shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Created: | 1921 |
| Abolished: | 1929 |
| Election Method: | Single transferable vote |
Belfast West 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Belfast West included the Court, Falls, St Anne's, St George's, Smithfield and Woodvale wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Central, Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale constituencies.[1]
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Belfast West was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of Nationalist strength, electing three Unionists and one Nationalist in 1921 and one Unionists, one Independent Unionist, one Nationalist and one Labour Party member in 1925.
[edit] Election results
- Electors: 57,914 Quota: 10,691
| 1921 General Election: Belfast West (4 seats) | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Henry Burn | 13,298 | 24.88 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Devlin1 | 10,621 | 19.87 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Twaddell | 10,316 | 19.30 | 3 | 3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert John Lynn | 9,315 | 17.43 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | D. McCullough | 6,270 | 11.73 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Seán MacEntee | 2,954 | 5.53 | |||
| Belfast Labour | John Hanna | 367 | 0.69 | |||
| Nationalist (NI) | Richard Byrne | 311 | 0.58 | |||
| Turnout | 92.3 | N/A | ||||
1Did not take seat.
| Belfast West by-election, 1923 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent Unionist | Philip James Woods | 25,761 | 55.3 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Joseph Davison | 19,360 | 41.6 | ||
| Majority | 7,859 | ||||
| Turnout | 46,597 | 69.3 | -23.0 | ||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- Electorate 65,550; Valid votes 49,484 Quota 9,897
| 1925 General Election: Belfast West (4 seats) | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Devlin1 | 17,558 | 35.48 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent Unionist | Philip James Woods | 9,599 | 19.40 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert John Lynn | 8,371 | 16.92 | 3 | 3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Henry Burn | 4,808 | 9.80 | |||
| Republican Labour | J. McConville | 3,146 | 6.78 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | R. Dickson | 3,318 | 6.33 | |||
| Labour (NI) | Billy McMullen | 2,869 | 5.80 | 4 | 5 | |
| Turnout | 75.5 | -17.8 | ||||
1Did not take seat.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
- http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
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