| Belfast East Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency |
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| Belfast East shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Created: | 1921 |
| Abolished: | 1929 |
| Election Method: | Single transferable vote |
Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.
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Belfast East contained the Dock, Pottinger and Victoria wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Bloomfield, Belfast Dock, Belfast Pottinger and Belfast Victoria constituencies.[1]
Belfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party MP in 1925.
| Election | Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
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| MPs (1921) |
Dawson Bates (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Herbert Dixon (Ulster Unionist Party) |
Thompson Donald (Ulster Unionist Party) |
James Augustine Duff (Ulster Unionist Party) |
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| MPs (1929) |
Jack Beattie (Northern Ireland Labour Party) |
James Woods Gyle (Independent Unionist) |
Dawson Bates (Ulster Unionist Party) |
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| 1921 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats) | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Ulster Unionist | Dawson Bates | 10,026 | 27.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Dixon | 8,849 | 24.6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thompson Donald | 6,856 | 19.1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | James Augustine Duff | 3,585 | 10.0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sinn Féin | A. Savage | 3,573 | 10.0 | |||
| Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Joseph Campbell | 2,373 | 6.6 | |||
| Belfast Labour | Harry Midgley | 645 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 89.3 | N/A | ||||
| 1925 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats) | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour (NI) | Jack Beattie | 9,330 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Dixon | 8,508 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent Unionist | James Woods Gyle | 5,997 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Dawson Bates | 5,744 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Thompson Donald | 1,900 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Augustine Duff | 1,142 | ||||
| Turnout | 89.3 | -15.8 | ||||
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