Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Belfast Oldpark Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency


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

Belfast Oldpark was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

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

[edit] Boundaries

Belfast Oldpark 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 Oldpark 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 alternated between Unionist and labour movement representatives, and was often closely contested.^[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

1929 - 45: Alexander Hungerford, Ulster Unionist Party
1945 - 49: Robert Getgood, Northern Ireland Labour Party
1949 - 58: William James Morgan, Ulster Unionist Party
1958 - 73: Vivian Simpson, Northern Ireland Labour Party

[edit] Election results

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General Election 1929: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Hungerford	6,122	50.8	N/A
	Labour (NI)	Sam Kyle	5,933	49.2	N/A
Majority			189	1.6	N/A
Turnout				77.0	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1933: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Hungerford	5,427	56.6	+ 5.8
	Independent Unionist	W. McC. Wilton	5,933	49.2	N/A
Majority			1,272	13.2	+ 11.6
Turnout				61.9	- 15.1
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1938: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Hungerford	7,310	50.5	- 6.1
	Labour (NI)	John Macgougan	5,900	40.8	N/A
	Progressive Unionist	R. Bradford	1,253	8.7	N/A
Majority			1,410	9.7	- 3.5
Turnout				74.9	+ 13.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Robert Getgood	8,829	56.2	+ 15.4
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Hungerford	6,390	40.7	- 9.8
	Socialist Republican	David Wylie	481	3.1	N/A
Majority			2,439	15.5	+ 5.8
Turnout				74.7	- 0.2
	Labour (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

General Election 1949: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William James Morgan	9,599	59.0	+ 18.3
	Labour (NI)	Robert Getgood	6,661	41.0	- 15.2
Majority			2,938	18.0	+ 2.5
Turnout				78.6	+ 3.9
	Ulster Unionist gain from Labour (NI)		Swing

General Election 1953: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William James Morgan	6,984	50.2	- 8.8
	Labour (NI)	Billy Blease	4,183	30.0	- 11.0
	Irish Labour	C. F. Hughes	2,752	19.8	N/A
Majority			2,801	20.2	- 2.2
Turnout				64.7	- 13.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1958: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Vivian Simpson	6,307	50.6	+ 20.6
	Ulster Unionist	William James Morgan	6,152	49.4	- 0.8
Majority			155	1.2	- 19.0
Turnout				61.5	- 3.2
	Labour (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

General Election 1962: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Vivian Simpson	8,486	62.5	+ 11.9
	Ulster Unionist	W. H. Cushley	5,082	37.5	- 11.9
Majority			3,404	25.0	+ 23.8
Turnout				69.7	+ 8.2
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing

General Election 1965: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Vivian Simpson	6,210	59.5	- 3.0
	Ulster Unionist	John Ferguson	4,221	40.5	+ 3.0
Majority			1,989	19.0	- 6.0
Turnout				55.1	- 14.6
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Belfast Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (NI)	Vivian Simpson	6,779	56.5	- 3.0
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Foster Cairns	5,224	43.5	+ 3.0
Majority			1,555	13.0	- 6.0
Turnout				67.4	+ 12.3
	Labour (NI) hold		Swing

[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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