Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
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Belfast Ballynafeigh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.


Boundaries

Belfast Ballynafeigh was a
borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...
comprising part of southern
Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
. It was created in 1929 when the
House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland at Stormont which changed the usual voting system used for the House of Commons of Northern Ireland f ...
introduced
first past the post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Ballynafeigh was created by the division of Belfast South 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

In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. It was consistently won by
Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...
candidates, although independent Unionst and labour candidates also stood.


Members of Parliament


Election results

* ''Death of Moles''


See also

* Ballynafeigh ward


References

{{Authority control Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies established in 1929 Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Parliament Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Parliament in Belfast Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies disestablished in 1973