Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Belfast Clifton Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency


Belfast Clifton shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1929
Abolished:	1973
Election Method:	First past the post

Belfast Clifton was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

1 Boundaries
2 Politics
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 References

[edit] 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 Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.^[1]

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

1929 - 53: Samuel Hall-Thompson, Ulster Unionist Party
1953 - 58: Norman Porter, Independent Unionist
1958 - 59: Robin Kinahan, Ulster Unionist Party
1959 - 69: William John Morgan, Ulster Unionist Party
1969 - 73: Lloyd Hall-Thompson, Independent Unionist

[edit] Election results

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At the 1929 and Northern Ireland general elections, Samuel Hall-Thompson was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1938: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Hall-Thompson	6,683	54.4	N/A
	Ind. Unionist Association	W. McC. Wilton	5,600	45.6	N/A
Majority			1,083	8.8	N/A
Turnout				72.1	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Hall-Thompson	7,272	62.0	+ 7.6
	Labour (NI)	Andrew Carlin	4,458	38.0	N/A
Majority			2,814	24.0	+ 15.2
Turnout				67.2	- 4.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1949: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Hall-Thompson	10,715	83.6	+ 21.6
	Independent Labour	O. J. Keane	2,107	16.4	N/A
Majority			8,608	67.2	+ 43.2
Turnout				73.0	+ 5.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1953: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Unionist	Norman Porter	4,747	51.9	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Hall-Thompson	4,402	48.1	- 35.5
Majority			345	3.8	- 63.4
Turnout				50.9	- 22.1
	Independent Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing	N/A

General Election 1958: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robin Kinahan	5,755	50.2	+ 2.1
	Independent Unionist	Norman Porter	5,710	49.8	- 2.1
Majority			45	0.4	- 3.4
Turnout				67.5	+ 16.6
	Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Unionist		Swing	N/A

Belfast Clifton by-election, 1959^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William John Morgan	5,212	50.2	0.0
	Independent Unionist	Norman Porter	3,978	38.4	- 11.4
	Labour (NI)	Victoria Dunlop	1,185	11.4	N/A
Majority			1,234	11.8	+ 11.4
Turnout				61.1	- 6.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1962: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William John Morgan	6,474	58.6	+ 8.4
	Labour (NI)	Norman Thompson	4,571	41.4	N/A
Majority			1,903	17.2	+ 16.8
Turnout				66.9	- 0.6
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1965: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William John Morgan	6,083	65.2	+ 6.6
	Labour (NI)	Norman Thompson	3,247	34.8	- 6.6
Majority			2,836	30.4	+ 13.2
Turnout				57.5	- 9.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: Belfast Clifton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Unionist	Lloyd Hall-Thompson	6,066	50.4	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	William John Morgan	3,215	26.7	- 38.5
	Labour (NI)	Norman Thompson	1,681	13.9	- 20.9
	National Democrats	Michael McKeown	1,079	9.0	N/A'
Majority			2,851	23.7	- 6.7
Turnout				74.3	+ 15.8
	Independent Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing	N/A

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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