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27 November 1885		5,471/6,740	81.17
William Johnston	Independent Conservative	3,610	65.98
John Workman	Liberal Party	990	18.10
Robert Seeds	Independent Conservative	871	15.92
Majority		2,620	47.89

7 July 1886		5,199/6,740	77.14
William Johnston	Unionist	4,542	87.36
Andrew McErlean	Nationalist	657	12.64
Majority		3,885	74.73

4 July 1892		7,563
William Johnston	Unionist	Unopposed

13 July 1895		8,192
William Johnston	Unionist	Unopposed

29 September 1900		8,441
William Johnston	Unionist	Unopposed

17 July 1902 Death of William Johnston.

18 August 1902		6,764/10,246	66.02
Thomas Henry Sloan	Independent Unionist	3,795	56.11
Charles William Dunbar-Buller	Unionist	2,969	43.89
Majority		826	12.21

18 January 1906		8,084/9,588	84.31
Thomas Henry Sloan	Independent Unionist	4,450	55.05
Rt Hon Lord Arthur William Hill	Unionist	3,634	44.95
Majority		816	10.09

20 January 1910		9,325/10,622	87.79
James Chambers	Unionist	5,772	61.90
Thomas Henry Sloan	Independent Unionist	3,553	38.10
Majority		2,219	23.80

8 December 1910		8,307/10,622	78.21
James Chambers	Unionist	5,585	67.23
Thomas Henry Sloan	Independent Unionist	2,722	32.77
Majority		2,863	34.46

19 March 1917 Appointment of James Chambers as Solicitor-General for Ireland.

9 April 1917		12,111
James Chambers	Unionist	Unopposed

11 June 1917 Death of James Chambers.

2 July 1917		12,111
William Arthur Lindsay	Unionist	Unopposed

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15 November 1922
Thomas Moles	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		44,054
Rt Hon Thomas Moles	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		43,535
Rt Hon Thomas Moles	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		38,167/59,025	64.66
William John Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,019	62.93
Philip James Woods	Independent Conservative	14,148	37.07
Majority		9,871	25.86

27 October 1931		59,394
William John Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		63,005
William John Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		46,544/70,140	66.36
Conolly Hugh Gage	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,282	52.17
Rt Hon Henry Cassidy Midgeley	Commonwealth Labour	14,096	30.29
James Morrow	Labour Party	8,166	17.54
Majority		10,186	21.88

23 February 1950		46,048/66,486	69.26
Conolly Hugh Gage	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,620	75.18
James Elliott McKernan	Labour Party	11,428	24.82
Majority		23,192	50.36

25 October 1951		48,861/66,212	73.79
Conolly Hugh Gage	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,046	75.82
Robert McBrinn	Labour Party	11,815	24.18
Majority		25,231	51.64

8 October 1952 Resignation of Conolly Gage. (Northstead)

4 November 1952		30,722/65,195	47.12
Sir David Callender Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,067	75.08
Samuel Napier	Labour Party	7,655	24.92
Majority		15,412	50.17

26 May 1955		42,579/64,844	65.66
Sir David Callender Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,392	78.42
Edward Brown	Labour Party	7,508	17.63
Patrick Kearney	Sinn Féin	1,679	3.94
Majority		25,884	60.79

8 October 1959		43,169/59,864	72.11
Sir David Callender Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,164	69.87
Norman Searight	Labour Party	9,318	21.58
Sheelagh Mary Murnaghan	Liberal Party	3,253	7.54
Brendan O'Reilly	Sinn Féin	434	1.01
Majority		20,846	48.29

12 June 1963 Death of Rt Hon Sir David Campbell.

22 October 1963		27,972/57,864	48.34
Rafton John Pounder	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,989	64.31
Norman Searight	Labour Party	7,209	25.77
Albert Hamilton	Liberal Party	2,774	9.92
Majority		10,780	38.54

15 October 1964		39,314/57,558	68.30
Rafton John Pounder	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,422	69.75
John Hiram Barkley	Labour Party	8,792	22.36
Judith Beatrice Rosenfield	Liberal Party	1,941	4.94
Robert McKnight	Republican	1,159	2.95
Majority		18,630	47.39

31 March 1966		35,693/56,381	63.31
Rafton John Pounder	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,329	65.36
Joseph Erskine Holmes	Labour Party	12,364	34.64
Majority		10,965	30.72

18 June 1970		39,090/57,112	68.44
Rafton John Pounder	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,523	70.41
John Coulthard	Labour Party	11,567	29.59
Majority		15,956	40.82

1972 John Pounder resigns from the Conservative whip.

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		51,890/74,534	69.62
Rev Robert Jonathan Bradford	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party	22,083	42.56
Rafton John Pounder	PAUU	18,085	34.85
David Somerville Cook	Alliance Party	5,118	9.86
John Bernard Caraher	Social Democratic Labour Party	4,149	8.00
Joseph Erskine Holmes	Northern Ireland Labour Party	2,455	4.73
Majority		3,998	7.70

10 October 1974		50,846/75,112	67.69
Rev Robert Jonathan Bradford	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party	30,116	59.23
John Basil Caldwell Glass	Alliance Party	11,715	23.04
Stanley Raymond McMaster	Independent Ulster Unionist	4,982	9.80
John Bernard Caraher	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,390	4.70
Joseph Erskine Holmes	Northern Ireland Labour Party	1,643	3.23
Majority		18,401	36.19

19 November 1975 Rev Robert Bradford leaves the VUPP and joins the OUP.

3 May 1979		46,790/68,920	67.89
Rev Robert Jonathan Bradford	Official Unionist Party	28,875	61.71
John Basil Caldwell Glass	Alliance Party	11,745	25.10
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,694	7.89
Victor Brennan	UPNI	1,784	3.81
Jeffrey Dudgeon	Independent Labour	692	1.48
Majority		17,130	36.61

Jeff Dudgeon sought election as a Labour Integrationist.

14 November 1981 Assassination of Robert Bradford.

4 March 1982		43,534/66,219	65.74
Rev William Martin Smyth	Official Unionist Party	17,123	39.33
David Somerville Cook	Alliance Party	11,726	26.94
Rev Robert Thomas William McCrea	Democratic Unionist Party	9,818	22.55
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,839	8.82
John McMichael	Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party	576	1.32
Brian P Caul	U LAB	303	0.70
Jagat Narain	Independent	137	0.31
Simon Hall-Raleigh	Independent	12	0.03
Majority		5,397	12.40

Jagat Narain sought election for Peace State, and withdrew before polling day.

Simon Hall-Raleigh sought election for One Human Family.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		37,358/54,115	69.03
Rev William Martin Smyth	Official Unionist Party	18,669	49.97
David Somerville Cook	Alliance Party	8,945	23.94
Raymond Stuart McCrea	Democratic Unionist Party	4,565	12.22
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	3,216	8.61
Sean McKnight	Sinn Féin	1,107	2.96
Gerard Carr	Workers Party	856	2.29
Majority		9,724	26.03

17 December 1985 Resignation of Rev Martin Smyth over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead)

23 January 1986		30,515/54,115	56.39
Rev William Martin Smyth	Official Unionist Party	21,771	71.35
David Somerville Cook	Alliance Party	7,635	25.02
Gerard Carr	Workers Party	1,109	3.63
Majority		14,136	46.32

11 June 1987		32,706/54,689	59.80
Rev William Martin Smyth	Official Unionist Party	18,917	57.84
David Somerville Cook	Alliance Party	6,963	21.29
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	4,268	13.05
Gerard Carr	Workers Party	1,528	4.67
Sean McKnight	Sinn Féin	1,030	3.15
Majority		11,954	36.55

9 April 1992		33,584/52,032	64.54
Rev William Martin Smyth	Ulster Unionist Party	16,336	48.64
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	6,266	18.66
John Albert Montgomery	Alliance Party	5,054	15.05
Andrew Leonard Fee	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,356	9.99
Sean Hayes	Sinn Féin	1,123	3.34
Peter Hadden	LTU	875	2.61
Patrick Joseph Thomas Lynn	Workers Party	362	1.08
Teresa Margaret Mary Mullan	Natural Law Party	212	0.63
Majority		10,070	29.98

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		39,484/63,439	62.24
Rev William Martin Smyth	Ulster Unionist Party	14,201	35.97
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	9,601	24.32
David Walter Ervine	PUP	5,687	14.40
Steve McBride	Alliance Party	5,112	12.95
Sean Hayes	Sinn Féin	2,019	5.11
Annie Campbell	Women's Party	1,204	3.05
Myrtle Margaretta Boal	Conservative & Unionist Party	962	2.44
Niall Cusack	Independent Labour	292	0.74
Patrick Joseph Thomas Lynn	Workers Party	286	0.72
James McKersie Anderson	Natural Law Party	120	0.30
Majority		4,600	11.65

7 June 2001		37,952/59,436	63.85
Rev William Martin Smyth	Ulster Unionist Party	17,008	44.81
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	11,609	30.59
Monica McWilliams	NI Womens	2,968	7.82
Alexander Maskey	Sinn Féin	2,894	7.63
Geraldine Ann Rice	Alliance Party	2,042	5.38
Dawn Purvis	PUP	1,112	2.93
Patrick Joseph Thomas Lynn	Workers Party	204	0.54
Rainbow George Weiss	Ind Vote	115	0.30
Majority		5,399	14.23

23 June 2003 Rev Martin Smyth resigns the UUP whip in protest against the policies followed by the UUP leadership.

5 May 2005		32,028/52,668	60.81
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	10,339	32.28
James Spratt	Democratic Unionist Party	9,104	28.43
Michael Henry McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party	7,263	22.68
Alexander Maskey	Sinn Féin	2,882	9.00
Geraldine Ann Rice	Alliance Party	2,012	6.28
Lynda Jean Gilby	Rainbow	235	0.73
Patrick Joseph Thomas Lynn	Workers Party	193	0.60
Majority		1,235	3.86

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		34,186/59,524	57.43
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	14,026	41.03
James Spratt	Democratic Unionist Party	8,100	23.69
Paula Jane Bradshaw	Ulster Conservatives & Unionists	5,910	17.29
Anna Lo	Alliance Party	5,114	14.96
Adam Mark James McGibbon	Green Party	1,036	3.03
Majority		5,926	17.33

7 May 2015		38,957/64,927	60.00
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	9,560	24.54
Jonathan Fergus Bell	Democratic Unionist Party	8,654	22.21
Paula Jane Bradshaw	Alliance Party	6,711	17.23
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	Sinn Féin	5,402	13.87
Rodney James McCune	Ulster Unionist Party	3,549	9.11
Clare Bailey	Green Party	2,238	5.74
Bob Stoker	UK Independence Party	1,900	4.88
Ben Manton	Conservative & Unionist Party	582	1.49
Lily Kerr	Workers Party	361	0.93
Majority		906	2.33

8 June 2017		43,705/66,105	66.11
Emma Little Pengelly	Democratic Unionist Party	13,299	30.43
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic Labour Party	11,303	25.86
Paula Jane Bradshaw	Alliance Party	7,946	18.18
Martin Samuel O Mulleoir	Sinn Féin	7,143	16.34
Clare Bailey	Green Party	2,241	5.13
Michael Henderson	Ulster Unionist Party	1,527	3.49
Clare Salier	Conservative & Unionist Party	246	0.56
Majority		1,996	4.57

12 December 2019		47,352/69,984	67.66
Claire Aisling Hanna	Social Democratic Labour Party	27,079	57.19
Emma Little Pengelly	Democratic Unionist Party	11,678	24.66
Paula Jane Bradshaw	Alliance Party	6,786	14.33
Michael Henderson	Ulster Unionist Party	1,259	2.66
Chris McHugh	Aontu	550	1.16
Majority		15,401	32.52