Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Clifton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
![]() Belfast shown within Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1973 |
Election method | First past the post |
Belfast Clifton was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Boundaries
Belfast Clifton was a borough constituency comprising part of northern 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 Clifton was created by the division of Belfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.
Politics
In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little nationalist presence. The seat was usually held by the Ulster Unionist Party, but a variety of independent Unionists contested it and occasionally won, and some labour movement candidates achieved strong results.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1929 | Samuel Hall-Thompson | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1953 | Norman Porter | Independent Unionist | ||
1958 | Robin Kinahan | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1959(b) | William James Morgan | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1969 | Lloyd Hall-Thompson | Independent Unionist | ||
1973 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
(1921–72) |
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- At the 1929 and 1933 Northern Ireland general elections, Samuel Hall-Thompson was elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Samuel Hall-Thompson | 6,683 | 54.4 | N/A | |
Ind. Unionist Party | William McConnell Wilton | 5,600 | 45.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,083 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,283 | 72.1 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Samuel Hall-Thompson | 7,272 | 62.0 | +7.6 | |
NI Labour | Andrew Carlin | 4,458 | 38.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,814 | 24.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,730 | 67.2 | −4.9 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Samuel Hall-Thompson | 10,715 | 83.6 | +21.6 | |
Independent Labour | Owen J. Keane | 2,107 | 16.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,608 | 67.2 | +43.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,822 | 73.0 | +5.8 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Unionist | Norman Porter | 4,747 | 51.9 | New | |
UUP | Samuel Hall-Thompson | 4,402 | 48.1 | −35.5 | |
Majority | 345 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,149 | 50.9 | −22.1 | ||
Ind. Unionist gain from UUP | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Robin Kinahan | 5,755 | 50.2 | +2.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | Norman Porter | 5,710 | 49.8 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 45 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,465 | 67.5 | +16.6 | ||
UUP gain from Ind. Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William James Morgan | 5,212 | 50.2 | 0.0 | |
Ind. Unionist | Norman Porter | 3,978 | 38.4 | −11.4 | |
NI Labour | Victoria Dunlop | 1,185 | 11.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,234 | 11.8 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,375 | 61.1 | −6.4 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William James Morgan | 6,474 | 58.6 | +8.4 | |
NI Labour | Norman Thompson | 4,571 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,903 | 17.2 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,045 | 66.9 | −0.6 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | William James Morgan | 6,083 | 65.2 | +6.6 | |
NI Labour | Norman Thompson | 3,247 | 34.8 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 2,836 | 30.4 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,330 | 57.5 | −9.4 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unofficial Unionist | Lloyd Hall-Thompson | 6,066 | 50.4 | New | |
UUP | William James Morgan | 3,215 | 26.7 | −38.5 | |
NI Labour | Norman Thompson | 1,681 | 13.9 | −20.9 | |
National Democratic | Michael McKeown | 1,079 | 9.0 | New' | |
Majority | 2,851 | 23.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,041 | 74.3 | +15.8 | ||
Unofficial Unionist gain from UUP | Swing | N/A |
References
- ^ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2008.