The 1940 Belfast East by-election was held on 8 February 1940. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent UUP MP, Herbert Dixon. It was won by the UUP candidate Henry Peirson Harland, who was unopposed.

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A Vision Of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers)

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