Belfast Woodvale (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

Boundaries Belfast Woodvale was a borough constituency comprising part of western 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 Woodvale was created by the division of Belfast West 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 The seat was strongly Unionist, but there was a strong local labour movement, and for much of its history, the seat was held by the Northern Ireland Labour Party or independent Unionists.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1929 John William Nixon Independent Unionist 1950(b) Robert Harcourt Ulster Unionist 1955(b) Neville Martin Ulster Unionist 1958 Billy Boyd Northern Ireland Labour Party 1965 John McQuade Ulster Unionist Party 1970 Independent Unionist 1971 Democratic Unionist Party 1973 constituency abolished

Election results

At the 1949 Northern Ireland general election, John William Nixon was elected unopposed.

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