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All 60 seats to Belfast Corporation 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Belfast Corporation | ||||||||||||||||
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An election to Belfast Corporation took place in January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had seen elections for local government in Ireland change to a more proportional system. As a result, Unionist dominance of the Belfast council was somewhat undermined, and the party lost 15 seats. In contrast Labour, Sinn Féin, and Nationalist representation grew, resulting in a more politically and socially representative council. [1]
147 candidates stood for the sixty seats on the council. The sixty seats were in nine new wards, identical to the parliamentary constituencies. [2] In advance of the election, the Irish Times stated that it expected the Unionists to lose between five and eight seats, to be picked up by the Labour and Nationalist candidates, with Sinn Féin having a chance of taking one or two seats. [3]
The result in the Falls was controversial; over twenty candidates stood, creating the most complex election by single-transferable vote to date; and 764 votes were disallowed due to spoiled ballot papers. 300 of these lacked an official mark; this was because the printing press marking them had ceased adding it near the end of the run, but this error was not noticed until the election count took place. [4] [5]
After the election Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet was elected by the new council as Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Following the partition of Ireland the Northern Irish Government restored the older, and less representative ward based electoral system. [1]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes [6] | FPv% | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | 56 | 29 | -17 | 40,907 | 45.95 | ||
Labour Unionist | 6 | 4,699 | 5.28 | ||||
Belfast Labour | 37 | 10 | +10 | 12,768 | 14.34 | ||
Nationalist | 40 | 5 | -3 | 10,758 | 12.08 | ||
Sinn Féin | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7,120 | 8.00 | ||
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 4,167 | 4.68 | ||||
Independent Labour | 2 | 3,007 | 3.37 | ||||
Independent | 1 | 4,467 | 5.02 | ||||
NAUL | 0 | 1,138 | 1.28 | ||||
Totals | 60 | 89,031 | 100.00 | — |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Julia McMordie | 1,968 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | David Anderson | 1,698 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | W. J. McGowan | - | - | - | - | - | 1,140 | 1,485 | |||||
Labour Unionist | John F. Gordon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,054 | 1,329 | ||||
Nationalist | Archibald Savage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,152 | ||
Belfast Labour | J. S. L. McKeague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,050 | ||
Belfast Labour | James Duff | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,002 | Eliminated | ||
Nationalist | James Smith | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 643 | Eliminated | |||
Ulster Unionist | John S. Shaw J.P. | - | - | - | - | - | - | Eliminated | |||||
Ulster Unionist | John Stanley Johnston | - | - | - | - | - | Eliminated | ||||||
NAUL | James Johnston | - | - | - | - | Eliminated | |||||||
Independent Nationalist | James Feenan | - | - | - | Eliminated | ||||||||
Independent | Zimri Stewart | - | - | - | Eliminated | ||||||||
Belfast Labour | Alexander Stewart | - | - | - | Eliminated | ||||||||
Electorate: 13,474 Valid: 8,379 Spoilt: 267 Quota: 1,198 Turnout: 8,646 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Dr J. D. Williamson | 12.45 | 1,037 | 1,055 | 1,090 | 1,143 | 1,302 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | J. W. T. Watters | 12.40 | 1,033 | 1,044 | 1,098 | 1,137 | 1,366 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Campbell White (Lord Mayor) | 11.74 | 978 | 991 | 1,022 | 1,051 | 1,191 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Frederick Coates | 11.35 | 945 | 957 | 1,020 | 1,055 | 1,162 | 1,307 | |||||
Belfast Labour | James Baird | 9.63 | 802 | 815 | 826 | 876 | 890 | - | - | - | 1,082 | 1,259 | |
Nationalist | J. P. O'Kane | 9.25 | 770 | 771 | 773 | 778 | 779 | - | - | - | 783 | Eliminated | |
Belfast Labour | David Robb Campbell | 8.80 | 733 | 743 | 748 | 782 | 792 | - | - | - | 1,150 | 1,498 | |
Ulster Unionist | W. J. Price | 6.75 | 562 | 578 | 632 | 703 | Eliminated | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Alexander McConnell | 5.82 | 485 | 659 | 688 | 762 | 791 | - | - | Eliminated | |||
Independent | Robert Pierce | 4.45 | 371 | 393 | 424 | Eliminated | |||||||
Labour Unionist | William Lorimer | 3.71 | 309 | 319 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Emily S. Montgomery | 3.63 | 302 | Eliminated | |||||||||
Electorate: 13,264 Valid: 8,328 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,190 Turnout: 8,478 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | J. Barron | 2,238 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | S. F. Mercier J.P. | 1,386 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | T. E. Alexander | 1,353 | |||||||||||
Nationalist | Patrick Dempsey J.P. | 848 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,262 | ||||
Belfast Labour | J. S. Lawther | 711 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,248 | ||||
Labour Unionist | J. Bradbury | 692 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,285 | ||
Irish Islander | P. Griffith | 542 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | E. J. Elliott | 500 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,124 | ||
T. English J.P. | 446 | ||||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Tyrrell J.P. | 430 | |||||||||||
Belfast Labour | R. McClung | 331 | - | - | - | - | 422 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Dunlop J.P. | 270 | |||||||||||
Independent | R. S. McBurnie | 118 | |||||||||||
Workers | J. Polkinghorne | 80 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 15,259 Valid: 9,945 Spoilt: 248 Quota: 1,244 Turnout: 10,193 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Belfast Labour | Sam Kyle | 2,082 | |||||||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Murphy | 1,585 | |||||||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 1,210 | - | - | - | - | 1,380 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Florence F. Clark | 906 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,368 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | William George Turner | 988 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,340 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Carolan | 918 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,406 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | W. C. Bickerstaff | 848 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,104 | ||
Ulster Unionist | R. Andrews | 794 | |||||||||||||||
Irish Nationalist | H. Martin | 789 | |||||||||||||||
Belfast Labour | Dawson Gordon | 543 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,363 | |||||
Labour Unionist | R. Weir | 340 | |||||||||||||||
Labour Unionist | J. A. Turkington | 293 | |||||||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Edwin Squire | 227 | |||||||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | T. McClughin | 183 | |||||||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | J. Burns | 159 | |||||||||||||||
Trade Unionist | T. Jenkinson | 108 | |||||||||||||||
Belfast Labour | R. McWillians | 84 | |||||||||||||||
Trade Unionist | Zimri Stewart | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Electorate: 17,629 Valid: 12,057 Spoilt: 239 Quota: 1,340 Turnout: 12,296 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Nationalist | Richard Byrne | 16.87 | 1,655 | ||||||||||||||
Nationalist | Oswald Jamison | 14.91 | 1,463 | ||||||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Henry McKeag | 13.34 | 1,309 | 1,311 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,316 | 1,323 | 1,328 | 1,342 | 1,366 | |||
Sinn Féin | Denis McCullough | 1,034 | - | - | +57 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,173 | 1,228 | 1,464 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Demot Barnes | 781 | - | - | +36 | - | - | - | - | - | 901 | 941 | 1,086 | 1,139 | |||
Belfast Labour | James Boyle | 577 | - | - | - | - | - | +52 | - | 684 | 809 | 849 | - | - | Eliminated | ||
Belfast Labour | Denis Houston | 527 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 667 | 874 | 929 | - | - | Elected | ||
Sinn Féin | James McEntee | 435 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 571 | |||||
Independent | Jeremiah McCavanagh | 369 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 435 | 487 | 498 | ||||||
Belfast Labour | Hugh Gorman | 339 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 412 | |||||||
Nationalist | Constantine O'Neill | 250 | 277 | - | - | - | - | - | 397 | ||||||||
Nationalist | Michael McKeown | 240 | 323 | 351 | - | - | - | - | 542 | 740 | - | 785 | 856 | ||||
Belfast Labour | Daniel McRandall | 209 | - | - | - | - | 226 | ||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Francis McCurry | 168 | - | - | - | 175 | |||||||||||
Nationalist | Felix Kane Jr. | 146 | 218 | 228 | - | - | - | 254 | |||||||||
Nationalist | James Rodgers | 145 | - | - | 173 | ||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Joseph Connolly | 100 | - | 102 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Edward Trodden | 38 | - | 38 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
Independent Nationalist | Michael Cunningham | 23 | - | 24 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
Independent | Zimri Stewart | 3 | - | 3 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 13,139 Valid: 9,811 Spoilt: 764 Quota: 1,402 Turnout: 10,575 |
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Preceded by 1914 Belfast Corporation election | Belfast Corporation elections | Succeeded by 1925 Belfast Corporation election |