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词条 Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)
释义

  1. Summary

  2. Representation

  3. Boundaries and boundary changes

  4. Electoral system and electorate

  5. Members of Parliament

  6. Elections

     Elections in the 1800s  Elections in the 1810s  Elections in the 1820s  Elections in the 1830s  Elections in the 1840s  Elections in the 1850s  Elections in the 1860s  Elections in the 1870s  Elections in the 1880s 

  7. References

     See also 

  8. External links

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Belfast was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Comprising the city of Belfast, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1801 to 1832, and then two MPs from 1832 until the constituency was divided for the 1885 general election.

Summary

From To Chamber Members
18011832House of Commons of the United Kingdom1
18321885House of Commons of the United Kingdom2

Representation

Under the Act of Union 1800 the Parliament of Ireland was merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 300 members of the Irish House of Commons were reduced to 100 Irish members of the United Kingdom House of Commons. As part of that process Belfast lost one of its seats.

There was no new election for the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom. In Irish constituencies, where the number of seats were reduced from two to one, the MP to go to Westminster was selected by drawing lots.

Boundaries and boundary changes

The map and other details relate to the modern area of Belfast, but are included in this article to give a general idea of the location of the historic constituency.

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Belfast in County Antrim. In 1832 and 1868 the boundaries of that borough were extended. The boundaries in 1832 were defined as follows: "From the Point on the South-east of the Town at which the Blackstaff River joins the River Lagan, up the Blackstaff River, to the Point at which the same is joined by a small Stream which washes the Wall of Mr Campbell's Cotton Works [near where Divis Street joins the Westlink]; thence up the said small Stream to the Point at which the same would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn from the Chimney of Mr Campbell's Cotton Works to an old Fort on the West of the Town, in a field belonging to Mr Elliott, near a Brickfield on the Left of the old Lodge Road [near Denmark Street]; thence in a straight Line to the said old Fort; thence in a straight Line to the South-western Angle of the Graveyard which is to the West of the Infantry Barracks; thence along the Southern Wall of the said Graveyard to the Point at which the same makes an Angle; thence in a straight Line to the South-western Angle of the Enclosure of the Infantry Barracks; thence along the Western Enclosure Wall of the Infantry Barracks to the Northern Extremity thereof; thence along a Ditch which is the Boundary of the Ordnance Land to the Point at which the same reaches the South-western Angle of the Enclosure of the Artillery Barracks; thence along the Western Enclosure Wall of the Artillery Barracks; and along a Ditch in continuation of the Direction thereof, to the Point at which such Ditch meets a Road [the New Lodge Road] which leads from the Ballynure Road into the old Carrickfergus Road; thence along the Road so leading into the old Carrickfergus Road to the Point at which the same joins the old Carrickfergus Road; thence, Northward, along the old Carrickfergus Road to the Point at which the same meets the Mile Water [near Mountcollyer Street]; thence down the Mile Water to the Point at which the same joins the River Lagan; thence along the River Lagan to the Point first described; also beyond the Lagan, the Townland of Ballymacarrett."[1]

The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, provided that all that part of the Borough situate beyond the limits of the Parliamentary Borough as defined in 1832, but within the Municipal Limits, should form part of the Borough for all Purposes connected with the Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough.[2] See [https://archive.org/stream/statutesunitedk29britgoog#page/n1036/mode/2up Belfast Borough Extension Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict.) c. 129].

In the redistribution of 1885 Belfast was further expanded (including parts of County Down as well as County Antrim) and split into four single member divisions; Belfast East, Belfast North, Belfast South and Belfast West.

Electoral system and electorate

The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member ones.

Until 1832 the electorate were the members of Belfast Corporation (the local Council). This had long been resented by reformers as it made the constituency a pocket borough of the Marquess of Donegall.

In 1784 a petition was sent to the Parliament of Ireland.

"Your petitioners in the most humble and respectful manner, take leave to represent to your Hon House,That Belfast is a large and populous town, containing above 15,000 inhabitants, carrying on a very extensive foreign commerce, as well as inland trade, and paying annually upwards of £80,000 towards the public revenue.That this numerous body of people not being represented in your Hon House, are, contrary to the fundamental principle of the constitution, governed by laws to which they give no assent; for although the borough of Belfast sends two Members to parliament, yet those members are returned (under the immediate direction of a noble peer) by five or six Burgesses, in the appointment of whom your Petitioners have no share, and therefore the members so returned cannot in any sense, be deemed the Representatives of your Petitioners."

In such circumstances it is hardly surprising that there were no contested elections, for the United Kingdom Parliament, in the constituency until reform took place.

In 1832 the electorate was consideraby extended by the Irish part of the Reform Act 1832. Boroughs in Ireland were given a uniform franchise for the first time. The vote was given to occupiers of land valued at least £10 and resident freemen by birth or servitude (descent from or apprenticeship to an existing freeman of the borough) or who were admitted before March 1831.

Members of Parliament

Election 1st member 1st party 2nd member 2nd party
1801Sir (James) Edward May, BtTory
1802
1806
1807
1812
1814 by-electionStephen Edward MayTory
1816 by-electionJohn MichelTory
1818Arthur ChichesterTory
1820George ChichesterTory
1826
1830Sir Arthur Chichester, BtWhig
1831
1832Lord Arthur ChichesterLiberal
(Conservative from 1834)		James Emerson TennentLiberal
1835John McCanceLiberalConservative
1835 by-electionGeorge DunbarConservative
1837James GibsonLiberalGeorge ChichesterLiberal
1838 by-electionGeorge DunbarConservativeJames Emerson TennentConservative
1841William Gillilan JohnsonConservative
1845 by-electionLord John ChichesterConservative
1847Peelite[3][3][4]Robert James TennentWhig[3][4]
1852Richard DavisonConservativeSir Hugh CairnsConservative
1859
1860 by-electionSamuel Gibson GettyConservative
1865
1866 by-electionSir Charles LanyonConservative
1868Thomas McClureLiberalWilliam JohnstonConservative
1874James CorryConservative
1878 by-electionWilliam EwartConservative
1880
1885constituency divided: see North, East, South and West divisions
Notes:
  • (1) Lord Arthur Chichester and James Emerson Tennent changed party allegiance in 1834 (from Liberal to Conservative).
  • (2) Lord John Ludford Chichester changed party allegiance by 1847 (part of Peelite faction).

Elections

After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In two-member elections (when the exact number of voters is unknowmn) this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that voters did not use both their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout. If the electorate figure is unknown the last known electorate figure is used to provide an estimate of turnout.Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.

Elections in the 1800s

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|change = N/A
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
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}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 12 July 1802: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James May
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|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
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}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 17 November 1806: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James May
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 15 May 1807: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James May
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1810s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 23 October 1812: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James May
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Death of May
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 16 September 1814: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James May
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Appointment of May as Collector of Customs in Belfast Port
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 3 May 1816: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = John Michel
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 8 July 1818: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Arthur Chichester
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1820s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 16 March 1820: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = George Chichester
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 15 June 1826: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = George Chichester
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1830s

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|title=General election 6 August 1830: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Arthur Chichester
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 20 May 1831: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Arthur Chichester
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 21 December 1832: Belfast (2 seats)}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Chichester
|votes = 834
|percentage = 29.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Emerson Tennent
|votes = 723
|percentage = 25.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert James Tennent
|votes = 625
|percentage = 22.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Sharman Crawford
|votes = 616
|percentage = 22.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,659
|percentage = 85.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}Note: 1,420 electors voted. J. Emerson Tennent and presumably Chichester ceased to support Lord Grey in 1834 (see Emerson Tennent's article in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 17 January 1835: Belfast (2 seats)}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Emerson Tennent
|votes = 773
|percentage = 35.0
|change = +9.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John McCance
|votes = 719
|percentage = 32.6
|change = +32.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Chichester
|votes = 713
|percentage = 32.3
|change = +2.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John French
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.1
|change = +0.1
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,137
|percentage = 65.8
|change = -19.8
}}{{Election box end}}Note: 1,407 electors voted. Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,451 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above.
  • Death of McCance
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 27 August 1835: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Dunbar
|votes = 162
|percentage = 66.4
|change = +66.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert James Tennent
|votes = 82
|percentage = 33.6
|change = +33.6
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 80
|percentage = 32.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,458
|percentage = 9.9
|change = -55.9
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}Note: Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,508 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above. Stooks Smith also indicates that 'Mr Tennent resigned in consequence of a decision of the Assessors'.{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 5 August 1837: Belfast (2 seats)}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Gibson
|votes = 941
|percentage = 25.9
|change = +25.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Chichester
|votes = 922
|percentage = 25.4
|change = +25.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Emerson Tennent
|votes = 901
|percentage = 24.8
|change = +24.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Dunbar
|votes = 869
|percentage = 23.9
|change = -42.5
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,641
|percentage = 50.5
|change = +40.6
}}{{Election box end}}Note: 1,839 electors voted. Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,926 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above.
  • 8 March 1838: On petition Gibson and the Earl of Belfast were unseated and Emerson Tennent and Dunbar declared elected

Elections in the 1840s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 10 July 1841: Belfast (2 seats)}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Emerson Tennent
|votes = 927
|percentage = 26.9
|change = +2.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Gillilan Johnson
|votes = 913
|percentage = 26.4
|change = +26.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Chichester
|votes = 821
|percentage = 23.8
|change = -1.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David Robert Ross
|votes = 792
|percentage = 22.9
|change = +22.9
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,234
|percentage = 45.8
|change = -4.8
}}{{Election box end}}Note: 1,740 electors voted. Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,937 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above.
  • On petition Emerson Tennent and Johnson unseated and new writ issued
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 18 August 1842: Belfast (2 seats)}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David Robert Ross
|votes = 886
|percentage = 39.5
|change = +16.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Emerson Tennent
|votes = 859
|percentage = 38.3
|change = +11.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hamilton Chichester
|votes = 500
|percentage = 22.3
|change = +22.3
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,234 (1841)
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +7.3
}}{{Election box end}}Note: Stooks Smith comments that 'a compromise was entered into by which one of each party was to be returned'.
  • Resignation of Emerson Tennent
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 20 August 1845: Belfast}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Chichester
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 9 August 1847: Belfast (2 seats)}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert James Tennent
|votes = 929
|percentage = 39.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Peelite
|candidate = John Chichester
|votes = 747
|percentage = 31.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Suffern
|votes = 689
|percentage = 29.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,672
|percentage = 12.2
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1850s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 13 July 1852: Belfast (2 seats)[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Davison
|votes = 1,259
|percentage = 37.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Cairns
|votes = 1,193
|percentage = 35.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Robert James Tennent
|votes = 904
|percentage = 26.9
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 289
|percentage = 8.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,130 (est.)
|percentage = 79.0 (est.)
|change =
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,697
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Peelite
|swing =
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 3 April 1857: Belfast (2 seats)[3][5]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Cairns
|votes = 1,479
|percentage = 28.5
|change = −7.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Davison
|votes = 1,410
|percentage = 27.2
|change = −10.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Robinson McClean
|votes = 995
|percentage = 19.2
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Francis Ferguson
|votes = 733
|percentage = 14.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas McClure
|votes = 566
|percentage = 10.9
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 415
|percentage = 8.0
|change = −0.6
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,592 (est.)
|percentage = 73.7
|change = −5.3
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,518
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Appointment of Cairns as Solicitor-General
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 5 March 1858: Belfast[3]}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Cairns
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2 May 1859: Belfast (2 seats)[3]}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Cairns
}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Davison
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,303
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1860s

  • Resignation of Davison
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 15 June 1860: Belfast[3]}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Gibson Getty
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 15 July 1865: Belfast (2 seats)[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Cairns
|votes = 1,822
|percentage = 40.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Gibson Getty
|votes = 1,728
|percentage = 38.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hay
|votes = 991
|percentage = 21.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 737
|percentage = 16.2
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,766 (est.)
|percentage = 81.0 (est.)
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,415
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Appointment of Cairns as Attorney-General
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 13 July 1866: Belfast[3]}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Cairns
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,615
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Appointment of Cairns as Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery (of England and Wales)
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 2 November 1866: Belfast[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Lanyon
|votes = 1,263
|percentage = 99.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William McMeechan
|votes = 13
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,250
|percentage = 98.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,276
|percentage = 35.3
|change = −45.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,615
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 21 November 1868: Belfast (2 seats)[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Johnston
|votes = 5,975
|percentage = 39.1
|change = −1.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas McClure
|votes = 4,202
|percentage = 27.5
|change = −10.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Lanyon
|votes = 3,540
|percentage = 23.1
|change = +1.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Mulholland
|votes = 1,580
|percentage = 10.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,750 (est.)
|percentage = 80.1 (est.)
|change = −0.9
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 12,168
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,773
|percentage =11.6
|change = −4.6
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.2
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 662
|percentage =4.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −3.3
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1870s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 5 February 1874: Belfast (2 seats)[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Corry
|votes = 8,412
|percentage = 39.7
|change = +16.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Johnston
|votes = 8,176
|percentage = 38.6
|change = −0.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas McClure
|votes = 4,096
|percentage = 19.3
|change = −8.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = John Rea[6]
|votes = 506
|percentage = 2.4
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,080
|percentage = 19.3
|change = +7.7
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,896 (est.)
|percentage = 80.7 (est.)
|change = +0.6
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 15,979
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +10.4
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.8
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Appointment of Johnston as Inspector of Fisheries
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 2 April 1878: Belfast[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Ewart
|votes = 8,241
|percentage = 62.7
|change = −15.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = Robert Seeds[7]
|votes = 4,895
|percentage = 37.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,346
|percentage = 25.5
|change = +6.2
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 13,136
|percentage = 65.7
|change = −15.0
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 20,005
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1880s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1 April 1880: Belfast (2 seats)[8]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Ewart
|votes = 8,132
|percentage = 30.1
|change = −8.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Corry
|votes = 7,683
|percentage = 28.4
|change = −11.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = Robert Seeds[9]
|votes = 6,119
|percentage = 22.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Shaw Brown
|votes = 5,122
|percentage = 18.9
|change = −0.4
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,561
|percentage = 9.5
|change = −9.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,149 (est.)
|percentage = 90.4 (est.)
|change = +9.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 21,188
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =−9.9
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =−11.3
}}{{Election box end}}
  • Constituency divided in the 1885 redistribution

References

1. ^[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-3cDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA239&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act, 1832, Schedule, paragraph 4]
2. ^[https://archive.org/stream/statutesunitedk31britgoog#page/n254/mode/2up Section 9]
3. ^1 {{cite news |title=Irish Members Returned |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000897/18470814/018/0003 |accessdate=15 September 2018 |work=Tipperary Vindicator |date=14 August 1847 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
4. ^1 {{cite news |title=The Irish Members |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001424/18470814/025/0004 |accessdate=15 September 2018 |work=Dublin Weekly Nation |date=14 August 1847 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=Irish Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/18570321/009/0003 |accessdate=15 September 2018 |work=Freeman's Journal |date=21 March 1857 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Belfast Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001115/18740206/059/0002|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=Derry Journal|date=6 February 1874|pages=2-3|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Belfast Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000467/18780404/019/0003|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=Falkirk Herald|date=4 April 1878|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
8. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B. M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=Dr Seeds|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/18800320/130/0004|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=Northern Whig|date=20 March 1880|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

See also

  • List of Irish constituencies
  • List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland

External links

  • Peter Robinson, the former MP for the constituency, provided details on [https://web.archive.org/web/20080807174604/http://www.peterrobinson.org/electionhistory.html his web-site] of the Parliamentary boundaries and electoral history of Belfast since the Union and provided brief biographies of Belfast MPs. The report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland) (Cd 8830, 1917), which is referred to on that website, is available online [https://archive.org/details/op1256586-1001 here].
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