Belfast Cromac (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Belfast Cromac Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency


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

Belfast Cromac was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

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

[edit] Boundaries

Belfast Cromac 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 Cromac was created by the division of Belfast South 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 south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. It was always won by Unionist candidates, although labour movement and independent unionist candidates often contested it.^[1] All but its last MP died in office.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1929 - 38: Anthony Babington, Ulster Unionist Party
1938 - 53: Maynard Sinclair, Ulster Unionist Party
1953 - 62: Joseph Morgan, Ulster Unionist Party
1969 - 73: William Kennedy, Ulster Unionist Party

[edit] Election results

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General Election 1929: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Anthony Babington	6,680	61.1	N/A
	Independent Unionist	James Reid	4,246	38.9	N/A
Majority			2,434	22.2	N/A
Turnout				64.6	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1933, Anthony Babington was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1938: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Maynard Sinclair	7,869	64.5	N/A
	Progressive Unionist	William John Stewart	4,337	35.5	N/A
Majority			3,532	29.0	N/A
Turnout				75.4	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Maynard Sinclair	8,407	67.1	+ 2.6
	Communist (NI)	Betty Sinclair	4,130	32.9	N/A
Majority			4,277	34.2	+ 5.2
Turnout				71.6	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1949: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Maynard Sinclair	10,152	82.4	+ 15.3
	Independent Labour	James A. Donnelly	2,170	17.6	N/A
Majority			7,982	64.8	+ 30.6
Turnout				74.3	+ 2.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1953: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Morgan	5,293	67.0	- 15.4
	Independent Unionist	T. Allen	2,170	17.6	N/A
Majority			2,689	34.0	- 30.8
Turnout				48.6	- 25.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1958, William Morgan was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1962: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Morgan	5,863	64.5	N/A
	Labour (NI)	C. Allen	3,225	35.5	N/A
Majority			2,638	29.0	N/A
Turnout				63.4	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Belfast Cromac by-election, 1962^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William Kennedy	4,801	62.0	- 2.5
	Labour (NI)	C. Allen	1,866	24.1	- 11.4
	Liberal	Robert Huston	1,074	13.9	N/A
Majority			3,114	43.6	+ 14.6
Turnout				54.0	- 9.6
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1965: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William Kennedy	5,126	71.8	+ 7.3
	Labour (NI)	Jack Barkley	2,012	28.2	- 7.3
Majority			3,114	43.6	+ 14.6
Turnout				50.2	- 13.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: Belfast Cromac^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William Kennedy	6,320	77.0	+ 5.2
	Labour (NI)	Jack Barkley	1,134	13.8	- 14.4
	People's Democracy	Edward Wiegleb	752	9.8	N/A
Majority			5,186	63.2	+ 19.6
Turnout				60.6	+ 10.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		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 ^k Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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