Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Victoria | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
![]() Belfast Victoria shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1973 |
Election method | First past the post |
Belfast Victoria was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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 Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.
The seat contained the eastern parts of the former Victoria ward. It covered an area equivalent to the current wards of Sydenham, Belmont and Ballyhackamore together with parts of the Island and Stormont wards.
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 seven years.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | ||
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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.
Election results
(1921–72) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Dawson Bates | 6,046 | 61.0 | ||
Local Option | James Price | 3,858 | 39.0 | ||
Majority | 2,180 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,251 | 69.5 | |||
UUP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Dawson Bates | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Dawson Bates | 8,309 | 59.3 | N/A | |
Progressive Unionist | Joseph McMaster | 3,434 | 24.5 | New | |
NI Labour | Tom Boyd | 2,268 | 16.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,875 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,921 | 78.2 | N/A | ||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Robert Alexander (Northern Ireland politician) | 7,618 | 54.1 | +0.8 | |
NI Labour | George Matthews | 4,342 | 30.8 | +14.6 | |
Commonwealth Labour | Norman Black | 2,133 | 15.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,276 | 23.3 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,525 | 76.1 | −2.1 | ||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Robert Alexander (Northern Ireland politician) | 11,330 | 82.4 | +28.3 | |
NI Labour | David Bleakley | 2,423 | 17.6 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 8,907 | 64.8 | +41.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,404 | 74.7 | −1.4 | ||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Bill Henderson | 7,198 | 56.5 | −25.9 | |
NI Labour | David Bleakley | 5,536 | 43.5 | +25.9 | |
Majority | 1,662 | 13.0 | −51.8 | ||
Turnout | 20,041 | 63.5 | −1.2 | ||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | David Bleakley | 7,487 | 50.5 | +7.0 | |
UUP | Bill Henderson | 7,340 | 49.5 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 147 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,652 | 75.4 | +11.9 | ||
NI Labour gain from UUP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NI Labour | David Bleakley | 7,882 | 54.2 | +3.7 | |
UUP | Leslie Stewart | 6,668 | 45.8 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 1,214 | 8.4 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,053 | 72.6 | −2.8 | ||
NI Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Roy Bradford | 6,892 | 51.6 | +5.8 | |
NI Labour | David Bleakley | 6,469 | 48.4 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 423 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,370 | 65.6 | −7.0 | ||
UUP gain from NI Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Roy Bradford | 9,249 | 62.9 | +11.3 | |
NI Labour | John Coulthard | 2,972 | 20.2 | −28.2 | |
Protestant Unionist | Ronald Bunting | 2,489 | 16.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,277 | 42.7 | +39.5 | ||
Turnout | 19,504 | 75.4 | +9.8 | ||
UUP hold | Swing |
References
- ^ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast