Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| Belfast Victoria Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency |
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| Belfast Victoria shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Created: | 1929 |
| Abolished: | 1973 |
| Election Method: | First past the post |
Belfast Victoria was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.
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[edit] 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 Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.[1]
The seat contained the Eastern parts of the former Victoria ward. [2] It covered an area equivalent to the current wards of Sydenham, Belmont and Ballyhackamore together with parts of the Island and Stormont wards.
[edit] 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 7 years.[1]
[edit] 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.
[edit] Election results
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| General Election 22 May 1929: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Dawson Bates | 6,046 | 61.0 | N/A | |
| Local Option | J. Price | 3,858 | 39.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,180 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,251 | 69.5 | N/A | ||
| Ulster Unionist gain | |||||
| General Election 30 November 1933: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Dawson Bates | Unopposed | N/A | ||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 9 February 1938: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Dawson Bates | 8,309 | 59.3 | ||
| Progressive Unionist | J. McMaster | 3,434 | 24.5 | ||
| Labour (NI) | Tom Boyd | 2,268 | 16.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,875 | 34.8 | |||
| Turnout | 17,921 | 78.2 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 22 October 1945: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Alexander | 7,618 | 54.1 | ||
| Labour (NI) | G. Matthews | 4,342 | 30.8 | ||
| Commonwealth Labour | N. Black | 2,133 | 15.1 | ||
| Majority | 3,276 | 23.3 | |||
| Turnout | 18,525 | 76.1 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 10 February 1949: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Alexander | 11,330 | 82.4 | ||
| Labour (NI) | David Bleakley | 2,423 | 17.6 | ||
| Majority | 8,907 | 64.8 | |||
| Turnout | 18,404 | 74.7 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 14 June 1953: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Bill Henderson | 7,198 | 56.5 | ||
| Labour (NI) | David Bleakley | 5,536 | 43.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,662 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 20,041 | 63.5 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 20 March 1958: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour (NI) | David Bleakley | 7,487 | 50.5 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Bill Henderson | 7,340 | 49.5 | ||
| Majority | 147 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 19,652 | 75.4 | |||
| Labour (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing | ||||
| General Election 31 May 1962: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour (NI) | David Bleakley | 7,882 | 54.2 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | L. Stewart | 6,668 | 45.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,214 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 20,053 | 72.6 | |||
| Labour (NI) hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 25 November 1965: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Roy Bradford | 6,892 | 51.6 | ||
| Labour (NI) | David Bleakley | 6,469 | 48.4 | ||
| Majority | 423 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 20,370 | 65.6 | |||
| Ulster Unionist gain from Labour (NI) | Swing | ||||
| General Election 24 February 1969: Belfast Victoria[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Roy Bradford | 9,249 | 62.9 | ||
| Labour (NI) | J. Coulthard | 2,972 | 20.2 | ||
| Protestant Unionist | Ronald Bunting | 2,489 | 16. | ||
| Majority | 6,277 | 42.7 | |||
| Turnout | 19,504 | 75.4 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast
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