There was a by-election for Belfast West constituency on 29 November 1950. It occurred after the winner at the 1950 UK general election,

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, was disqualified as he was a priest. Thomas Teevan, the Unionist candidate, narrowly beat

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, a former MP for the constituency who was the candidate of the Irish Labour Party, by 913 votes. However Beattie beat Teevan at the 1951 general election.

Result

External links

A Vision of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers)

References

1950 elections in the United Kingdom

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