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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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27 November 1885		7,523/8,131	92.52
James Horner Haslett	Conservative Party	3,780	50.25
Thomas Sexton	Nationalist	3,743	49.75
Majority		37	0.49

7 July 1886		7,561/8,131	92.99
Thomas Sexton	Nationalist	3,832	50.68
James Horner Haslett	Conservative Party	3,729	49.32
Majority		103	1.36

6 July 1892		7,693/8,324	92.42
Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	4,266	55.45
Thomas Sexton	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist	3,427	44.55
Majority		839	10.91

13 July 1895		9,019
Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 September 1900		9,552
Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 October 1903 Appointment of Hugh Arnold-Foster as Secretary of State for War.

23 October 1903		7,583/8,617	88.00
Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	3,912	51.59
Patrick Dempsey	Nationalist	3,671	48.41
Majority		241	3.18

18 January 1906		8,413/8,891	94.62
Joseph Devlin	Nationalist	4,138	49.19
John Reid Smiley	Unionist	4,122	49.00
Alexander Montgomery Carlisle	Ind LU	153	1.82
Majority		16	0.19

20 January 1910		8,790/9,230	95.23
Joseph Devlin	Nationalist	4,651	52.91
John Peers Boyd Carpenter	Unionist	4,064	46.23
Patrick Joseph Magee	Independent Nationalist	75	0.85
Majority		587	6.68

8 December 1910		8,623/9,230	93.42
Joseph Devlin	Nationalist	4,543	52.68
Sir John Reid Smiley, Bt	Unionist	4,080	47.32
Majority		463	5.37

New
15 November 1922
Robert John Lynn	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		47,230/67,161	70.32
Robert John Lynn	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,975	52.88
Henry Cassidy Midgley	Belfast LAB	22,255	47.12
Majority		2,720	5.76

29 October 1924		52,245/66,010	79.15
Sir Robert John Lynn	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,435	54.43
Henry Cassidy Midgley	Northern Ireland Labour Party	21,122	40.43
Patrick Nash	Sinn Féin	2,688	5.14
Majority		7,313	14.00

30 May 1929		57,451/77,721	73.92
William Edward David Allen	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,274	57.92
Frank C J MacDermot	Nationalist	24,177	42.08
Majority		9,097	15.83

1931 William Allen joins the New Party.

27 October 1931		53,119/77,993	68.11
Alexander Crawford Browne	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,113	58.57
Thomas Joseph Campbell	Nationalist	22,006	41.43
Majority		9,107	17.14

14 November 1935		54,373/79,902	68.05
Alexander Crawford Browne	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,060	62.64
Charles Edward Leddy	Republican	20,313	37.36
Majority		13,747	25.28

Charles Leddy was supported by Sinn Féin.

11 December 1942 Death of Alexander Browne.

9 February 1943		43,163/78,763	54.80
John Beattie	Labour Party	19,936	46.19
Samuel Knox Cunningham	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,426	33.42
William McConnell Wilton	Independent Conservative	7,551	17.49
Hugh Christopher Corvin	Independent Republican	1,250	2.90
Majority		5,510	12.77

William Wilton was the nominee of the Ulster Independent Unionist Association which he had formed in November 1938.

Hugh Corvin sought election as a Republican but was disowned by both the Nationalist and Sinn F?in organisations in Belfast.

5 July 1945		57,516/78,674	73.11
John Beattie	Independent Labour	30,787	53.53
Samuel Knox Cunningham	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,729	46.47
Majority		4,058	7.06

23 February 1950		65,938/78,896	83.58
Rev James Godfrey MacManaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,917	51.44
John Beattie	Irish Labour	30,539	46.31
James Steele	Sinn Féin	1,482	2.25
Majority		3,378	5.12

October 1950 Disqualification of Rev James MacManaway due to his being a Minister of the Church of Ireland at the time of his election.

29 November 1950		62,679/78,459	79.89
Thomas Leslie Teevan	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,796	50.73
John Beattie	Irish Labour	30,883	49.27
Majority		913	1.46

25 October 1951		66,323/78,828	84.14
John Beattie	Irish Labour	33,174	50.02
Thomas Leslie Teevan	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,149	49.98
Majority		25	0.04

26 May 1955		58,688/78,589	74.68
Florence Patricia Anne McLaughlin	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,191	58.26
John Beattie	Irish Labour	16,050	27.35
Eamonn Boyce	Sinn Féin	8,447	14.39
Majority		18,141	30.91

8 October 1959		53,376/73,405	72.71
Florence Patricia Anne McLaughlin	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,898	54.14
John Brennan	Independent Labour	20,062	37.59
Thomas Adair Heenan	Sinn Féin	4,416	8.27
Majority		8,836	16.55

15 October 1964		51,842/69,399	74.70
James Alexander Kilfedder	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,337	41.16
Harry Diamond	Republican Labour Party	14,678	28.31
William Robinson Boyd	Labour Party	12,571	24.25
William McMillan	Republican	3,256	6.28
Majority		6,659	12.84

31 March 1966		50,573/67,575	74.84
Gerard Fitt	Republican Labour Party	26,292	51.99
James Alexander Kilfedder	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,281	48.01
Majority		2,011	3.98

18 June 1970		58,100/68,665	84.61
Gerard Fitt	Republican Labour Party	30,649	52.75
Brian James Henry McRoberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,451	47.25
Majority		3,198	5.50

24 August 1970 Gerry Fitt founds the Social & Democratic Labour Party and is expelled from the Republican Labour Party.

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		47,667/65,651	72.61
Gerard Fitt	Social Democratic Labour Party	19,554	41.02
John McQuade	Democratic Unionist Party	17,374	36.45
Albert Price	Independent Republican	5,662	11.88
John Brady	Republican Clubs	3,088	6.48
William Robinson Boyd	Northern Ireland Labour Party	1,989	4.17
Majority		2,180	4.57

10 October 1974		44,526/66,279	67.18
Gerard Fitt	Social Democratic Labour Party	21,821	49.01
John McQuade	Democratic Unionist Party	16,265	36.53
Kitty O'Kane	Republican Clubs	3,547	7.97
Samuel McKee Gibson	Volunteer Political Party	2,690	6.04
Peter Donal Patrick Kerins	Communist Party	203	0.46
Majority		5,556	12.48

3 May 1979		33,287/58,884	56.53
Gerard Fitt	Social Democratic Labour Party	16,480	49.51
Thomas Passmore	Official Unionist Party	8,245	24.77
William Dickson	Democratic Unionist Party	3,716	11.16
Brian Brennan	Republican Clubs	2,282	6.86
John E Cousins	Alliance Party	2,024	6.08
Derek O'Brien Peters	Northern Ireland Labour Party	540	1.62
Majority		8,235	24.74

22 November 1979 Gerry Fitt resigns from the SDLP, and sits as a Socialist.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,366/60,404	73.45
Gerard Adams	Sinn Féin	16,379	36.92
Dr Joseph Gerard Hendron	Social Democratic Labour Party	10,934	24.64
Gerard Fitt	Independent Socialist	10,326	23.27
Thomas Passmore	Official Unionist Party	2,435	5.49
George Albert Haffey	Democratic Unionist Party	2,399	5.41
Mary McMahon	Workers Party	1,893	4.27
Majority		5,445	12.27

11 June 1987		40,968/60,241	68.01
Gerard Adams	Sinn Féin	16,862	41.16
Dr Joseph Gerard Hendron	Social Democratic Labour Party	14,641	35.74
Frank Millar	Official Unionist Party	7,646	18.66
Mary McMahon	Workers Party	1,819	4.44
Majority		2,221	5.42

9 April 1992		39,970/54,609	73.19
Dr Joseph Gerard Hendron	Social Democratic Labour Party	17,415	43.57
Gerald Adams	Sinn Féin	16,826	42.10
Fred Cobain	Ulster Unionist Party	4,766	11.92
John Terence Lowry	Workers Party	750	1.88
Michael Francis Kennedy	Natural Law Party	213	0.53
Majority		589	1.47

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		45,885/61,785	74.27
Gerard Adams	Sinn Féin	25,662	55.93
Dr Joseph Gerard Hendron	Social Democratic Labour Party	17,753	38.69
Frederick Parkinson	Ulster Unionist Party	1,556	3.39
John Terence Lowry	Workers Party	721	1.57
Liam Kennedy	Home Rule	102	0.22
Mary Daly	Natural Law Party	91	0.20
Majority		7,909	17.24

7 June 2001		40,982/59,617	68.74
Gerard Adams	Sinn Féin	27,096	66.12
Alex Attwood	Social Democratic Labour Party	7,754	18.92
Eric Smyth	Democratic Unionist Party	2,641	6.44
Christopher David McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party	2,541	6.20
John Terence Lowry	Workers Party	736	1.80
David Kerr	Third Way	116	0.28
Rainbow George Weiss	Ind Vote	98	0.24
Majority		19,342	47.20

5 May 2005		34,545/53,831	64.17
Gerard Adams	Sinn Féin	24,348	70.48
Alex Attwood	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,033	14.57
Diane Jean Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	3,652	10.57
Christopher David McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party	779	2.26
John Lowry	Workers Party	432	1.25
Lynda Jean Gilby	Rainbow	154	0.45
Liam Kennedy	Independent	147	0.43
Majority		19,315	55.91

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		32,133/59,522	53.99
Gerard Adams	Sinn Féin	22,840	71.08
Alex Attwood	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,261	16.37
William Humphrey	Democratic Unionist Party	2,436	7.58
Bill Manwaring	Ulster Conservatives & Unionists	1,000	3.11
Maire Hendron	Alliance Party	596	1.85
Majority		17,579	54.71

26 January 2011 Resignation of Gerry Adams. There was some confusion over this resignation. Gerry Adams had written to the Speaker on 21 January resigning his seat, in contravention of the standing tradition of accepting an office of profit under the Crown. On 26 January, the Speaker announced that Gerry Adams had been appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead and therefore, under the Disqualification Act 1975, was disqualified from sitting as an MP. However, Gerry Adams subsequently denied that he had applied for the post and "had no truck whatsoever with these antiquated and quite bizarre aspects of the British parliamentary system." Other MPs then expressed concern that the Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared to have acquired the ability to force members to resign by appointing them to offices of profit against their will. (Northstead)

9 June 2011		22,951/61,441	37.35
Paul John Maskey	Sinn Féin	16,211	70.63
Alex Attwood	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,088	13.45
Gerry Carroll	People before Profit	1,751	7.63
Brian Kingston	Democratic Unionist Party	1,393	6.07
Bill Manwaring	Ulster Unionist Party	386	1.68
Aaron McIntyre	Alliance Party	122	0.53
Majority		13,123	57.18

7 May 2015		35,329/62,697	56.35
Paul John Maskey	Sinn Féin	19,163	54.24
Gerry Carroll	People Before Profit	6,798	19.24
Alex Attwood	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,475	9.84
Frank McCoubrey	Democratic Unionist Party	2,773	7.85
Bill Manwaring	Ulster Unionist Party	1,088	3.08
Brian Higginson	UK Independence Party	765	2.17
Gerard Catney	Alliance Party	636	1.80
John Terence Lowry	Workers Party	597	1.69
Paul Simon Shea	Conservative & Unionist Party	34	0.10
Majority		12,365	35.00

8 June 2017		40,633/62,423	65.09
Paul John Maskey	Sinn Féin	27,107	66.71
Frank McCoubrey	Democratic Unionist Party	5,455	13.43
Gerry Carroll	People Before Profit	4,132	10.17
Tim Attwood	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,860	7.04
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood	Alliance Party	731	1.80
Conor Campbell	Workers Party	348	0.86
Majority		21,652	53.29

12 December 2019		38,782/65,644	59.08
Paul John Maskey	Sinn Féin	20,866	53.80
Gerry Carroll	People Before Profit	6,194	15.97
Frank McCoubrey	Democratic Unionist Party	5,220	13.46
Paul Doherty	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,985	7.70
Donnamarie Higgins	Alliance Party	1,882	4.85
Monica Digney	Aontu	1,635	4.22
Majority		14,672	37.83

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		39,743/75,346	52.75
Paul John Maskey	Sinn Féin	21,009	52.86
Gerry Carroll	People Before Profit	5,048	12.70
Paul Doherty	Social Democratic Labour Party	4,318	10.86
Frank McCoubrey	Democratic Unionist Party	4,304	10.83
Ann McClure	Traditional Unionist Voice	2,010	5.06
E?in Millar	Alliance Party	1,077	2.71
Gerard Herdman	Aontu	904	2.27
Ben Sharkey	Ulster Unionist Party	461	1.16
Ash Jones	Green Party	451	1.13
Tony Mallon	Independent	161	0.41
Majority		15,961	40.16