Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

Boundaries Belfast Pottinger was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern 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 Pottinger was created by the division of Belfast East 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 a stronghold for the labour movement, although Unionist candidates always polled well and were occasionally able to win the seat.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1929 Jack Beattie Northern Ireland Labour 1934 Independent Labour 1942 Northern Ireland Labour 1943 Independent Labour 1945 Federation of Labour 1949 Independent Labour 1949 Samuel Rodgers Ulster Unionist 1958 Tom Boyd Northern Ireland Labour 1969 Joshua Cardwell Ulster Unionist 1973 constituency abolished

Election results

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