Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

Boundaries Belfast Clifton 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 Clifton 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.The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections

Politics In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little nationalist presence. The seat was usually held by the Ulster Unionist Party, but a variety of independent Unionists contested it and occasionally won, and some labour movement candidates achieved strong results.

Members of Parliament Election Member Party 1929Samuel Hall-ThompsonUlster Unionist Party 1953 Norman PorterIndependent Unionist 1958 Robin KinahanUlster Unionist Party 1959(b) William James MorganUlster Unionist Party 1969 Lloyd Hall-ThompsonIndependent Unionist1973Constituency abolished

Election results

At the 1929 and 1933 Northern Ireland general elections, Samuel Hall-Thompson was elected unopposed.

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