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Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

54°35′13″N 5°53′56″W / 54.587°N 5.899°W / 54.587; -5.899

Belfast Willowfield
Former Borough constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast Willowfield 1929-1969
Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1929
Abolished1973
Election methodFirst past the post

Belfast Willowfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

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Belfast Willowfield was a borough constituency comprising part of southern 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 Willowfield was created by the division of Belfast South 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]

Politics

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In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. The seat was generally held by Unionist candidates, although labour movement candidates often performed well and sometimes took the seat.[1]

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1929Arthur BlackUlster Unionist
1941(b)Harry MidgleyNorthern Ireland Labour Party
1941Commonwealth Labour Party
1947Ulster Unionist
1958William HindsUlster Unionist
1969Tom CaldwellIndependent Unionist
1973constituency abolished

Election results

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General Election 1929: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPArthur Black 4,691 53.9
Town Tenants' AssociationAlexander McConnell4,01546.1
Majority6767.8
Turnout8,70669.4
UUP win (new seat)
At the 1933 Northern Ireland general election, Arthur Black was elected unopposed.[2]
General Election 1938: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPArthur Black 7,615 65.1 N/A
Ulster Protestant LeagueArthur Cleland4,08634.9New
Majority3,53030.2N/A
Turnout11,70174.1N/A
UUP holdSwingN/A
Belfast Willowfield by-election, 1941[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NI LabourHarry Midgley 7,209 74.8 New
UUPFred Lavery2,43525.2-39.9
Majority4,77449.6N/A
Turnout9,64460.0N/A
NI Labour gain from UUPSwingN/A
General Election 1945: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Commonwealth LabourHarry Midgley 7,072 55.9 New
UUPGeorge Irvine Finlay4,48835.5-29.6
NI LabourRobert McBrinn1,0828.6N/A
Majority2,58420.4N/A
Turnout11,56075.1+1.0
Commonwealth Labour gain from UUPSwingN/A
General Election 1949: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPHarry Midgley 11,304 87.5 +52.0
NI LabourWilliam Leeburn1,61112.5+3.9
Majority9,69375.0N/A
Turnout12,91577.3+2.2
UUP gain from Commonwealth LabourSwingN/A
General Election 1953: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPHarry Midgley 6,539 68.8 -18.7
NI LabourNorman Searight2,96631.2+18.7
Majority3,57337.6-37.4
Turnout9,50559.5-17.8
UUP holdSwingN/A
General Election 1958: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPWilliam Hinds 4,017 41.6 -27.2
NI LabourNorman Searight2,84729.5-1.7
Ind. UnionistAlfred Walker Shaw2,78528.9New
Majority1,17012.1-25.5
Turnout9,64966.6+7.1
UUP holdSwingN/A
General Election 1962: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPWilliam Hinds 4,931 58.5 +16.9
NI LabourNorman Searight3,49741.5+12.0
Majority1,43417.0+4.9
Turnout8,42862.0-4.6
UUP holdSwingN/A
General Election 1965: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPWilliam Hinds 4,918 64.9 +6.4
NI LabourMartin McBirney2,65435.1-6.4
Majority2,26429.8+12.8
Turnout7,57257.1-4.9
UUP holdSwingN/A
General Election 1969: Belfast Willowfield[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. UnionistTom Caldwell 4,613 54.3 New
UUPWilliam Hinds2,13425.1-39.8
NI LabourBilly Boyd1,74720.6-14.5
Majority2,47929.2N/A
Turnout8,49468.4+11.3
Ind. Unionist gain from UUPSwingN/A

References

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  1. ^ a b The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast
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