Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

54°34′41″N 5°55′19″W / 54.578°N 5.922°W / 54.578; -5.922

Belfast Ballynafeigh
Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast Ballynafeigh shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

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

Boundaries

Belfast Ballynafeigh 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 Ballynafeigh 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.

Politics

In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. It was consistently won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates, although independent Unionist and labour candidates also stood.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1929	Thomas Moles	Ulster Unionist Party
1933	Thomas Moles
1937	Frederick Thompson
1945	Frederick Thompson
1949	Ivan Neill
1950
1953
1958
1962
1965
1969
1973	Constituency abolished

Election results

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)

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General Election 22 May 1929: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UUP	Thomas Moles	5,152	59.4
	Ind. Unionist	William Kennedy Gibson	3,525	40.6
Majority			1,627	18.8
Turnout			8,677
	UUP win (new seat)

General Election 30 November 1933: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Thomas Moles	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Moles

1937 Belfast Ballynafeigh By-election: Belfast Ballynafeigh, 2 April 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Frederick Thompson (Northern Irish politician)	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 9 February 1938: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Frederick Thompson (Northern Irish politician)	7,221	70.4	*N/A*
	Independent	William McMillan	3,037	29.6	New
Majority			4,184	40.8	N/A
Turnout			10,258
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 14 June 1945: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Frederick Thompson (Northern Irish politician)	5,775	48.5	−21.9
	Commonwealth Labour	William Kennedy	3,715	31.2	New
	NI Labour	John Roney Baine	2,424	20.3	New
Majority			2,060	17.3	−23.5
Turnout			21,069	45.78
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 10 February 1949: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Ivan Neill	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 22 October 1953: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Ivan Neill	5,495	67.2	*N/A*
	Ind. Unionist	Victor Scott McVea	2,682	32.8	New
Majority			2,813	34.4	N/A
Turnout			8,177
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 20 March 1958: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Ivan Neill	5,273	61.4	−5.8
	Ind. Unionist	Victor Scott McVea	3,320	38.6	+5.8
Majority			1,953	22.8	−11.6
Turnout			8,593
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 31 May 1962: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Ivan Neill	5,474	57.8	−3.6
	NI Labour	F. D. Hazard	2,736	28.9	New
	Ulster Liberal	Judith Rosenfield	1,255	13.3	New
Majority			2,738	28.9	+6.1
Turnout			9,465
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 25 November 1965: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Ivan Neill	5,010	65.6	+7.8
	NI Labour	Erskine Holmes	2,624	34.4	+5.5
Majority			2,386	31.2	+2.3
Turnout			7,634
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 24 February 1969: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Ivan Neill	6,523	70.9	+5.3
	NI Labour	Erskine Holmes	2,675	29.1	−5.3
Majority			3,848	41.8	+10.6
Turnout			9,198
	UUP hold		Swing

References

^ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)
No seats taken	East Antrim Mid Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast Cromac Belfast Duncairn Belfast Falls Belfast Ormeau Belfast Pottinger Belfast St Anne's Belfast Shankill Belfast Victoria Belfast Woodvale Queen's University of Belfast

Second Dáil
1921–22

Seats taken	(none)
No seats taken	Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Queen's University of Belfast

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1921–72

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Belfast North (1921–29)
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Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)

1929–72

Bannside (1929–72)
Belfast Ballynafeigh (1929–72)
Belfast Bloomfield (1929–72)
Belfast Central (1929–72)
Belfast Clifton (1929–72)
Belfast Cromac (1929–72)
Belfast Dock (1929–72)
Belfast Duncairn (1929–72)
Belfast Falls (1929–72)
Belfast Oldpark (1929–72)
Belfast Pottinger (1929–72)
Belfast Shankill (1929–72)
Belfast St Anne's (1929–72)
Belfast Victoria (1929–72)
Belfast Willowfield (1929–72)
Belfast Windsor (1929–72)
Belfast Woodvale (1929–72)
Carrick (1929–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Larne (1929–72)
Mid Antrim (1929–72)
Newtownabbey (1969–72)
North Antrim (1929–72)
Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)
South Antrim (1929–72)

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1979–2020

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