Belfast East by-election, 1959

The Belfast East by-election of 19 March 1959 was held after the elevation to the Peerage of Ulster Unionist Party MP (MP) Alan McKibbin:^[1]

The seat was safe, having been won by Unionists at the United Kingdom general election, 1955 by nearly 14,000 votes^[2]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1955: Belfast East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Alan McKibbin	26,938	62.45
	NI Labour	Tom Boyd	13,041	30.23
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mulcahy	3,156	7.32
Majority			13,897	32.22	-

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