Belfast Shankill Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency |
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Belfast Shankill shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland | |
Created: | 1929 |
Abolished: | 1972 |
Election Method: | First past the post |
Belfast Shankill was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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Belfast Shankill 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 Shankill was created by the division of Belfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.[1]
In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little nationalist presence. The seat was strongly Unionist, but there was some labour movement strength. For the first twenty-four years of its existence, the seat was held by an independent Unionist.[1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1929 | Tommy Henderson | Independent Unionist | |
1937 | Independent Unionist Association | ||
1940s | Independent Unionist | ||
1953 | Henry Holmes | Ulster Unionist | |
1960 | Desmond Boal | Ulster Unionist | |
1961 | Independent Unionist | ||
1961 | Ulster Unionist | ||
1970 | Independent Unionist | ||
1971 | Democratic Unionist | ||
1973 | constituency abolished |
General Election 1929: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 6,525 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | Samuel McGuffin | 6,244 | 48.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 281 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 74.8 | N/A | |||
Independent Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
General Election 1933: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 6,451 | 50.5 | -0.6 | |
Ulster Unionist | J. N. Fulton | 6,335 | 49.5 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 116 | 1.0 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 76.4 | +1.6 | |||
Independent Unionist hold | Swing |
General Election 1938: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ind. Unionist Association | Tommy Henderson | 7,518 | 51.4 | +0.9 | |
Ulster Unionist | J. N. Fulton | 7,095 | 48.6 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 423 | 2.8 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 83.6 | +7.2 | |||
Ind. Unionist Association gain from Independent Unionist | Swing |
General Election 1953: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ulster Unionist | Henry Holmes | 5,485 | 47.3 | N/A | |
Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 3,215 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Labour (NI) | N. B. Fullerton | 2,897 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,270 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 65.6 | N/A | |||
Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Unionist | Swing | N/A |
General Election 1958: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ulster Unionist | Henry Holmes | 6,411 | 56.2 | +8.9 | |
Labour (NI) | Samuel Cree | 4,995 | 43.8 | +18.0 | |
Majority | 1,416 | 12.4 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 61.5 | -4.1 | |||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
Belfast Shankill by-election, 1960[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ulster Unionist | Desmond Boal | 4,320 | 64.2 | +8.0 | |
Labour (NI) | Samuel Cree | 2,414 | 35.8 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 1,906 | 28.4 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 28.4 | -33.1 | |||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
General Election 1965: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ulster Unionist | Desmond Boal | 6,289 | 67.4 | N/A | |
Labour (NI) | D. A. Overend | 3,035 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,254 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50.5 | N/A | |||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
General Election 1969: Belfast Shankill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ulster Unionist | Desmond Boal | 6,384 | 49.4 | -18.0 | |
Independent Unionist | S. H. Walsh | 4,545 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Labour (NI) | D. A. Overend | 1,997 | 15.4 | -17.2 | |
Majority | 1,839 | 14.2 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 71.1 | +20.6 | |||
Ulster Unionist hold | Swing |
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