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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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27 November 1885		5,245/6,831	76.78
William Ewart	Conservative Party	3,915	74.64
Alexander Bowman	Independent	1,330	25.36
Majority		2,585	49.29

7 July 1886		5,254/6,831	76.91
William Ewart	Unionist	4,522	86.07
Charles James Dempsey	Nationalist	732	13.93
Majority		3,790	72.14

1 August 1889 Death of Sir William Ewart, Bt.

12 August 1889		6,949
Sir Edward James Harland, Bt	Unionist	Unopposed

4 July 1892		8,610
Sir Edward James Harland, Bt	Unionist	Unopposed

13 July 1895		9,418
Sir Edward James Harland, Bt	Unionist	Unopposed

24 December 1895 Death of Sir Edward Harland, Bt.

22 January 1896		7,029/9,201	76.39
Sir James Horner Haslett	Unionist	3,595	51.15
Adam Turner	Independent Unionist	3,434	48.85
Majority		161	2.29

5 October 1900		6,027/10,117	59.57
Sir James Horner Haslett	Unionist	4,172	69.22
Thomas Harrison	Ind LU	1,855	30.78
Majority		2,317	38.44

18 August 1905 Death of Sir James Haslett.

14 September 1905		8,406/10,762	78.11
Rt Hon Sir Daniel Dixon, Bt	Unionist	4,440	52.82
William Walker	Labour Party	3,966	47.18
Majority		474	5.64

18 January 1906		9,523/11,385	83.65
Rt Hon Sir Daniel Dixon, Bt	Unionist	4,907	51.53
William Walker	Labour Party	4,616	48.47
Majority		291	3.06

10 March 1907 Death of Rt Hon Sir Daniel Dixon, Bt.

17 April 1907		10,215/12,065	84.67
George Smith Clark	Unionist	6,021	58.94
William Walker	Labour Party	4,194	41.06
Majority		1,827	17.89

20 January 1910		10,226/11,829	86.45
Robert Thompson	Unionist	6,275	61.36
Robert Gageby	Labour Party	3,951	38.64
Majority		2,324	22.73

3 December 1910		11,829
Robert Thompson	Unionist	Unopposed

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15 November 1922
Thomas Edward McConnell	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		31,942/46,844	68.19
Thomas Edward McConnell	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,771	52.50
Thomas Gibson Henderson	Independent Conservative	15,171	47.50
Majority		1,600	5.01

29 October 1924		35,374/46,902	75.42
Thomas Edward McConnell	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,182	96.63
Hugh Christopher Corvin	Sinn Féin	1,192	3.37
Majority		32,990	93.26

30 May 1929		44,780/61,438	72.89
Thomas Somerset	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,812	62.11
Thomas Gibson Henderson	Independent Conservative	10,909	24.36
David Wilson	Independent Unionist	6,059	13.53
Majority		16,903	37.75

David Wilson sought election as a Temperance Unionist and Local Optionist candidate. He was the nominee of the North Belfast Temperance Council.

27 October 1931		62,017
Thomas Somerset	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		64,258
Thomas Somerset	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		46,606/73,231	63.64
William Frederick Neill	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,761	55.27
William John Leeburn	Labour Party	20,845	44.73
Majority		4,916	10.55

23 February 1950		56,558/75,563	74.85
Harford Montgomery Hyde	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,412	64.38
William John Leeburn	Labour Party	20,146	35.62
Majority		16,266	28.76

25 October 1951		57,680/76,243	75.65
Harford Montgomery Hyde	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,995	60.67
James Morrow	Labour Party	22,685	39.33
Majority		12,310	21.34

26 May 1955		53,344/76,990	69.29
Harford Montgomery Hyde	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,745	63.26
William Robinson Boyd	Labour Party	15,065	28.24
Francis McGlade	Sinn Féin	4,534	8.50
Majority		18,680	35.02

8 October 1959		52,969/74,494	71.11
William Stratton Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,173	60.74
John William McDowell	Labour Party	18,640	35.19
Francis McGlade	Sinn Féin	2,156	4.07
Majority		13,533	25.55

15 October 1964		50,283/72,400	69.45
William Stratton Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,976	59.61
John William McDowell	Labour Party	17,564	34.93
Francis McGlade	Republican	2,743	5.46
Majority		12,412	24.68

31 March 1966		46,818/71,434	65.54
William Stratton Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,891	57.44
David Anthony Overend	Labour Party	19,927	42.56
Majority		6,964	14.87

18 June 1970		59,176/75,740	78.13
William Stratton Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,668	48.45
John Sharkey	Labour Party	18,894	31.93
Rev William John Beattie	Protestant Unionist	11,173	18.88
John Dunlop McKeague	Independent Conservative	441	0.75
Majority		9,774	16.52

December 1972 Stratton Mills resigns from the Conservative whip.

29 April 1973 Stratton Mills joins the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		49,206/71,081	69.23
John Carson	Ulster Unionist	21,531	43.76
David William Smyth	PAUU	12,755	25.92
Thomas Donnelly	Social Democratic Labour Party	12,003	24.39
Alexander Scott	Northern Ireland Labour Party	2,917	5.93
Majority		8,776	17.84

10 October 1974		47,310/71,779	65.91
John Carson	Ulster Unionist	29,622	62.61
Thomas Donnelly	Social Democratic Labour Party	11,400	24.10
John Ferguson	Alliance Party	3,807	8.05
William Robinson Boyd	Northern Ireland Labour Party	2,481	5.24
Majority		18,222	38.52

3 May 1979		42,344/65,073	65.07
John McQuade	Democratic Unionist Party	11,690	27.61
Alfred Cecil Walker	Official Unionist Party	10,695	25.26
Paschal Joseph O'Hare	Social Democratic Labour Party	7,823	18.47
Anne Letitia Dickson	UPNI	4,220	9.97
John Walls Cushnahan	Alliance Party	4,120	9.73
Seamus Lynch	Republican Clubs	1,907	4.50
Alan Carr	Northern Ireland Labour Party	1,889	4.46
Majority		995	2.35

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		42,419/61,703	68.75
Alfred Cecil Walker	Official Unionist Party	15,339	36.16
George Seawright	Democratic Unionist Party	8,260	19.47
Brian Feeney	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,944	14.01
Joseph Austin	Sinn Féin	5,451	12.85
Paul Maguire	Alliance Party	3,879	9.14
Seamus Lynch	Workers Party	2,412	5.69
William Henry Service Gault	Independent Democratic Unionist	1,134	2.67
Majority		7,079	16.69

17 December 1985 Resignation of Cecil Walker over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead)

23 January 1986		30,284/61,703	49.08
Alfred Cecil Walker	Official Unionist Party	21,649	71.49
Paul Maguire	Alliance Party	5,072	16.75
Seamus Lynch	Workers Party	3,563	11.77
Majority		16,577	54.74

11 June 1987		36,816/59,765	61.60
Alfred Cecil Walker	Official Unionist Party	14,355	38.99
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,795	15.74
George Seawright	Protestant Unionist	5,671	15.40
Terence Patrick McManus	Sinn Féin	5,062	13.75
Seamus Lynch	Workers Party	3,062	8.32
Tom Campbell	Alliance Party	2,871	7.80
Majority		8,560	23.25

9 April 1992		35,914/55,062	65.22
Alfred Cecil Walker	Ulster Unionist Party	17,240	48.00
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	7,615	21.20
Terence Patrick McManus	Sinn Féin	4,693	13.07
Tom Campbell	Alliance Party	2,246	6.25
Margaret Rae Redpath	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,107	5.87
Seamus Lynch	NA	1,386	3.86
Margaret Smith	Workers Party	419	1.17
Daniel O'Leary	Natural Law Party	208	0.58
Majority		9,625	26.80

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		41,452/64,577	64.19
Alfred Cecil Walker	Ulster Unionist Party	21,478	51.81
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	8,454	20.39
Gerard Kelly	Sinn Féin	8,375	20.20
Tom Campbell	Alliance Party	2,221	5.36
Peter Emerson	Green Party	539	1.30
Paul Gerard Treanor	Workers Party	297	0.72
Andrea Heather Gribben	Natural Law Party	88	0.21
Majority		13,024	31.42

7 June 2001		40,932/60,941	67.17
Nigel Alexander Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	16,718	40.84
Gerard Kelly	Sinn Féin	10,331	25.24
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	8,592	20.99
Alfred Cecil Walker	Ulster Unionist Party	4,904	11.98
Marcella Ellen Delaney	Workers Party	253	0.62
Rainbow George Weiss	Ind Vote	134	0.33
Majority		6,387	15.60

5 May 2005		30,540/52,853	57.78
Nigel Alexander Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	13,935	45.63
Gerard Kelly	Sinn Féin	8,747	28.64
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	4,950	16.21
Fred Cobain	Ulster Unionist Party	2,154	7.05
Marjorie Hawkins	Alliance Party	438	1.43
Marcella Ellen Delaney	Workers Party	165	0.54
Lynda Jean Gilby	Rainbow	151	0.49
Majority		5,188	16.99

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		36,993/65,504	56.47
Nigel Alexander Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	14,812	40.04
Gerard Kelly	Sinn Féin	12,588	34.03
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	4,544	12.28
Fred Cobain	Ulster Conservatives & Unionists	2,837	7.67
Billy Webb	Alliance Party	1,809	4.89
Martin McAuley	Independent	403	1.09
Majority		2,224	6.01

7 May 2015		40,593/68,553	59.21
Rt Hon Nigel Alexander Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	19,096	47.04
Gerard Kelly	Sinn Féin	13,770	33.92
Alban Alphonsus Maginness	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,338	8.22
Jason O'Neill	Alliance Party	2,941	7.25
Gemma Weir	Workers Party	919	2.26
Fra Hughes	Independent	529	1.30
Majority		5,326	13.12

8 June 2017		45,936/68,249	67.31
Rt Hon Nigel Alexander Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	21,240	46.24
John Finucane	Sinn Féin	19,159	41.71
Sam Nelson	Alliance Party	2,475	5.39
Martin McAuley	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,058	4.48
Malachai George O'Hara	Green Party	644	1.40
Gemma Weir	Workers Party	360	0.78
Majority		2,081	4.53

12 December 2019		49,037/72,225	67.89
John Finucane	Sinn Féin	23,078	47.06
Rt Hon Nigel Alexander Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	21,135	43.10
Nuala McAllister	Alliance Party	4,824	9.84
Majority		1,943	3.96

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,452/74,240	54.49
John Finucane	Sinn Féin	17,674	43.69
Phillip Brett	Democratic Unionist Party	12,062	29.82
Nuala McAllister	Alliance Party	4,274	10.57
David Clarke	Traditional Unionist Voice	2,877	7.11
Carl Whyte	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,413	3.49
Malachai George O'Hara	Green Party	1,206	2.98
Fiona Ferguson	People Before Profit	946	2.34
Majority		5,612	13.87