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Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates:54°36′14″N5°57′00″W / 54.604°N 5.950°W /54.604; -5.950

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Constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

54°36′14″N5°57′00″W / 54.604°N 5.950°W /54.604; -5.950

Belfast Shankill
FormerBorough constituency for theParliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast shown withinNorthern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

Belfast Shankill was a constituency of theParliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

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Belfast Shankill was aborough constituency comprising part of northernBelfast. It was created in 1929 when theHouse of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introducedfirst-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland.

Belfast Shankill was created by the division ofBelfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until theParliament of Northern Ireland wastemporarily suspended in 1972, and thenformally abolished in 1973.^[1]

Politics

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In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had littlenationalist presence. The seat was stronglyUnionist, but there was somelabour movement strength. For the first twenty-four years of its existence, the seat was held by anindependent Unionist.^[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election		Member	Party
	1929	Tommy Henderson	Independent Unionist
	1937		Independent Unionist Association
	1940s		Independent Unionist
	1953	Henry Holmes	Ulster Unionist
	1960	Desmond Boal	Ulster Unionist
	1961		Independent Unionist
	1961		Ulster Unionist
	1970		Independent Unionist
	1971		Democratic Unionist
1973		constituency abolished

Election results

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General Election 1929: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Unionist	Tommy Henderson	6,525	51.1
	UUP	Samuel McGuffin	6,244	48.9
Majority			281	2.2
Turnout			12,769	74.8
	Ind. Unionistwin (new seat)

General Election 1933: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Unionist	Tommy Henderson	6,451	50.5	−0.6
	UUP	James Norman Fulton	6,335	49.5	+0.6
Majority			116	1.0	−1.2
Turnout			12,786	76.4	+1.6
	Ind. Unionisthold		Swing

General Election 1938: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Unionist Party	Tommy Henderson	7,518	51.4	+0.9
	UUP	James Norman Fulton	7,095	48.6	−0.9
Majority			423	2.8	N/A
Turnout			14,613	83.6	+7.2
	Ind. Unionist Partygain fromInd. Unionist		Swing

At the1945 and1949 general elections,Tommy Henderson was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1953: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Henry Holmes	5,485	47.3	*N/A*
	Ind. Unionist	Tommy Henderson	3,215	27.7	N/A
	NI Labour	Norman Branagh Fullerton	2,897	25.0	New
Majority			2,270	19.6	N/A
Turnout			11,597	65.6	N/A
	UUPgain fromInd. Unionist		Swing	N/A

General Election 1958: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Henry Holmes	6,411	56.2	+8.9
	NI Labour	Samuel Cree	4,995	43.8	+18.8
Majority			1,416	12.4	−7.2
Turnout			11,406	61.5	−4.1
	UUPhold		Swing

1960 Belfast Shankill by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Desmond Boal	4,320	64.2	+8.0
	NI Labour	Samuel Cree	2,414	35.8	−8.0
Majority			1,906	28.4	+16.0
Turnout			6,734	28.4	−33.1
	UUPhold		Swing

At the1962 Northern Ireland general election,Desmond Boal was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1965: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Desmond Boal	6,289	67.4	*N/A*
	NI Labour	David Overend	3,035	32.6	New
Majority			3,254	34.8	N/A
Turnout			9,324	50.5	N/A
	UUPhold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: Belfast Shankill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Desmond Boal	6,384	49.4	−18.0
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Walsh	4,545	35.2	New
	NI Labour	David Overend	1,997	15.4	−17.2
Majority			1,839	14.2	−20.6
Turnout			12,926	71.1	+20.6
	UUPhold		Swing

References

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^^a ^bThe Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^jNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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1921–1929	1929–1973
Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim
Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh
Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria
Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill
Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor
Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale
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Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone
Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry
Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

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Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

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Antrim (1666–1800)
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Carrickfergus (1326–1800)
Lisburn (1661–1800)
Randalstown (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic

Antrim (1801–85, 1922–50)
Mid Antrim (1885–1922)
Belfast (1801–85)
Belfast Cromac (1918–22)
Belfast Duncairn (1918–22)
Belfast Falls (1918–22)
Belfast Ormeau (1918–22)
Belfast Pottinger (1918–22)
Belfast Shankill (1918–22)
Belfast South (1885–1918, 1922–2024)
Belfast St Anne's (1918–22)
Belfast Victoria (1918–22)
Belfast Woodvale (1918–22)
Carrickfergus (1801–85)
Lisburn (1801–85)
Queen's University of Belfast (1918–50)

Current

East Antrim (1885–1922, 1983—)
North Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—)
South Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—)
Belfast East (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast North (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast South and Mid Down (2024—)
Belfast West (1885–1918, 1922—)
Lagan Valley 1983—

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

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

1921–29

Antrim (1921–29)
Belfast East (1921–29)
Belfast North (1921–29)
Belfast South (1921–29)
West Belfast (1921–29)
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)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Lagan Valley

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Authority control databases	Yale LUX

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