Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Pottinger | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
![]() Belfast Pottinger shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1972 |
Election method | First past the post |
Belfast Pottinger was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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 Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.
Politics
The seat was a stronghold for the labour movement, although Unionist candidates always polled well and were occasionally able to win the seat.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1929 | Jack Beattie | Northern Ireland Labour | |
1934 | Independent Labour | ||
1942 | Northern Ireland Labour | ||
1943 | Independent Labour | ||
1945 | Federation of Labour | ||
1949 | Independent Labour | ||
1949 | Samuel Rodgers | Ulster Unionist | |
1958 | Tom Boyd | Northern Ireland Labour | |
1969 | Joshua Cardwell | Ulster Unionist | |
1973 | constituency abolished |
Election results
(1921–72) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | Jack Beattie | 6,071 | 54.6 | ||
UUP | James Augustine Duff | 5,057 | 45.4 | ||
Majority | 1,014 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,128 | 76.0 | |||
NI Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | Jack Beattie | 5,753 | 53.6 | −1.0 | |
UUP | Thomas Loftus Cole | 4,978 | 46.4 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 775 | 7.2 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,731 | 79.6 | +3.6 | ||
NI Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labour | Jack Beattie | 5,480 | 52.2 | −1.4 | |
UUP | Thomas Loftus Cole | 5,011 | 47.8 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 469 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,491 | 80.9 | +1.3 | ||
Independent Labour gain from NI Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labour | Jack Beattie | 5,952 | 52.5 | +0.3 | |
UUP | Samuel Rodgers | 4,474 | 47.5 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 478 | 5.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,426 | 78.7 | −2.2 | ||
Independent Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Samuel Rodgers | 6,262 | 62.9 | +15.4 | |
Independent Labour | Jack Beattie | 3,693 | 37.1 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 2,569 | 25.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,955 | 82.7 | +4.0 | ||
UUP gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Samuel Rodgers | 3,680 | 45.1 | −17.8 | |
NI Labour | Tom Boyd | 3,324 | 40.8 | New | |
Irish Labour | Jack Beattie | 1,151 | 14.1 | New | |
Majority | 356 | 4.3 | −21.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,155 | 68.2 | −14.5 | ||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | Tom Boyd | 4,573 | 58.5 | +17.7 | |
UUP | Samuel Rodgers | 3,240 | 41.5 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 1,333 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,813 | 71.8 | +3.6 | ||
NI Labour gain from UUP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | Tom Boyd | 4,674 | 62.4 | +3.9 | |
UUP | Herbert Walker | 2,822 | 37.6 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,852 | 24.8 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,496 | 72.0 | +0.2 | ||
NI Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | Tom Boyd | 3,208 | 57.9 | −4.5 | |
UUP | John Bannister | 2,334 | 42.1 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 874 | 15.8 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,542 | 58.9 | −13.1 | ||
NI Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Joshua Cardwell | 2,902 | 51.4 | +9.3 | |
NI Labour | Martin McBirney | 2,744 | 48.6 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 158 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,646 | 67.8 | +8.9 | ||
UUP gain from NI Labour | Swing |
References
- ^ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast