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Belfast Ballynafeigh | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1973 |
Election method | First past the post |
Belfast Ballynafeigh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Boundaries
Belfast Ballynafeigh was a borough constituency comprising part of southern 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 Ballynafeigh was created by the division of Belfast South 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.[1]
Politics
In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. It was consistently won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates, although independent Unionst and labour candidates also stood.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1929 | Thomas Moles | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
1933 | ||||
1937 | Frederick Thompson | |||
1945 | ||||
1949 | Ivan Neill | |||
1950 | ||||
1953 | ||||
1958 | ||||
1962 | ||||
1965 | ||||
1969 | ||||
1973 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
(1921–72) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | Thomas Moles | 5,152 | 59.4 | ||
Ind. Unionist | William Kennedy Gibson | 3,525 | 40.6 | ||
Majority | 1,627 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,677 | ||||
Ulster Unionist win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Moles | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Moles
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | Frederick Thompson (Northern Irish politician) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Thompson (Northern Irish politician) | 7,221 | 70.4 | N/A | |
Independent | William McMillan | 3,037 | 29.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,184 | 40.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,258 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Thompson (Northern Irish politician) | 5,775 | 48.5 | -21.9 | |
Commonwealth Labour | William Kennedy | 3,715 | 31.2 | New | |
NI Labour | John Roney Baine | 2,424 | 20.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,060 | 17.3 | -23.5 | ||
Turnout | 21,069 | 45.78 | |||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Neill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Neill | 5,495 | 67.2 | N/A | |
Ind. Unionist | Victor Scott McVea | 2,682 | 32.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,813 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,177 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Neill | 5,273 | 61.4 | -5.8 | |
Ind. Unionist | Victor Scott McVea | 3,320 | 38.6 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 1,953 | 22.8 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,593 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Neill | 5,474 | 57.8 | -3.6 | |
NI Labour | F. D. Hazard | 2,736 | 28.9 | New | |
Ulster Liberal | Judith Rosenfield | 1,255 | 13.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,738 | 28.9 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,465 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Neill | 5,010 | 65.6 | +7.8 | |
NI Labour | Erskine Holmes | 2,624 | 34.4 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 2,386 | 31.2 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,634 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | Ivan Neill | 6,523 | 70.9 | +5.3 | |
NI Labour | Erskine Holmes | 2,675 | 29.1 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 3,848 | 41.8 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,198 | ||||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Ballynafeigh ward