Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)

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Belfast
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Antrim
Borough Belfast
18011885
Seats
  • 1 (1801–1832)
  • 2 (1832–1885)
Created from Belfast (IHC)
Replaced by

Belfast was an Irish borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Comprising the city of Belfast, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1801 to 1832, and then two MPs from 1832 until the constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 before the 1885 general election.

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Representation

Prior to 1801, the parliamentary borough of was a two-seat constituency in the Irish House of Commons. [1] Under the Acts of Union 1800, the Kingdom of Ireland was joined with the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Belfast was represented from 1801 in the United Kingdom House of Commons by one MP. Its MP in 1801 to the First Parliament of the United Kingdom was chosen by lot.

Under the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832, its representation was increased to two seats. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the representation of the parliamentary borough was increased to four seats, and it was divided into four separate divisions.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Belfast in County Antrim. In 1832 and 1868 the boundaries of that borough were extended.

1832 boundaries

The boundaries were defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 as:

"From the Point on the South-east of the Town at which the Blackstaff River joins the River Lagan, up the Blackstaff River, to the Point at which the same is joined by a small Stream which washes the Wall of Mr Campbell's Cotton Works [near where Divis Street joins the Westlink]; thence up the said small Stream to the Point at which the same would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn from the Chimney of Mr Campbell's Cotton Works to an old Fort on the West of the Town, in a field belonging to Mr Elliott, near a Brickfield on the Left of the old Lodge Road [near Denmark Street]; thence in a straight Line to the said old Fort; thence in a straight Line to the South-western Angle of the Graveyard which is to the West of the Infantry Barracks; thence along the Southern Wall of the said Graveyard to the Point at which the same makes an Angle; thence in a straight Line to the South-western Angle of the Enclosure of the Infantry Barracks; thence along the Western Enclosure Wall of the Infantry Barracks to the Northern Extremity thereof; thence along a Ditch which is the Boundary of the Ordnance Land to the Point at which the same reaches the South-western Angle of the Enclosure of the Artillery Barracks; thence along the Western Enclosure Wall of the Artillery Barracks; and along a Ditch in continuation of the Direction thereof, to the Point at which such Ditch meets a Road [the New Lodge Road] which leads from the Ballynure Road into the old Carrickfergus Road; thence along the Road so leading into the old Carrickfergus Road to the Point at which the same joins the old Carrickfergus Road; thence, Northward, along the old Carrickfergus Road to the Point at which the same meets the Mile Water [near Mountcollyer Street]; thence down the Mile Water to the Point at which the same joins the River Lagan; thence along the River Lagan to the Point first described; also beyond the Lagan, the Townland of Ballymacarrett." [2]

1868 boundaries

The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, provided that all that part of the borough situate beyond the limits of the parliamentary borough as defined in 1832, but within the municipal limits, should form part of the borough for all purposes connected with the election of a member or members to serve in parliament for the borough. [3] See Belfast Borough Extension Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict.) c. 129, which defined the boundaries of the borough as follows:

"From the Northern Lighthouse on the Eastern Twin Island [near East Twin Road], Southward, in a straight Line to the Centre of the Bridge over Conn's Water on the Hollywood Railway [Connswater Bridge, near the junction of Connsbank Road with the Sydenham Bypass], thence Southward along the Boundary of the Townland of Ballymacarret to the Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Townland of Ballynafoy [near Hillsborough Drive], thence Southward and Westward along the said Boundary of Ballynafoy to the Point at which the same meets the River Lagan [at the southern end of the Annadale Embankment], thence Westward along the River Lagan to the Centre of the Weir adjoining the Canal [near the eastern end of Laganvale Manor], thence Northward along the Canal to the First Lock [near the eastern end of Prince Edward Park, across Lockview Road], thence North-westward along the Road at the West Side of the River Lagan to the Point at which the same is crossed by the Old Belfast Watercourse, thence South- ward and Westward along the said Watercourse to a Brick Wall belonging to the Water Commissioners, thence Southward along the Fence which divides Mr. Batt's from Mr. Ward's Property, thence Westward along the Fence which divides Mr. Ward’s Property from Mr. Gilmore's and Mr. Batt’s Property to the Old Lisburn Road [the Malone Road], thence Northward about Fifty Yards on the Old Lisburn Road to the Fence of Mr. McQuiston's Property, thence Westward along the said Fence which divides Mr. McQuiston's Property from Mr. Honey's and Mr. Owden's Property to the Point at which the same meets the Blackstaff River [near the Boucher Road], thence North-westward in a straight Line to the Point at which the Old White Rock Road [now the Whiterock Road] meets the Falls Road, thence Westward along the Old White Rock Road to the Point at which the same meets the Cross Road [now Brittons Parade] close to the Fort, thence Northward along the said Cross Road to the Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Townland of Ballymurphy [near Davitts GAC], thence North-westward along the said Boundary to the North-east Point of the said Boundary [near Lyndhurst Meadows], thence Northward in a straight line to the Centre of the Fort immediately behind the House of Mr. Moses Staunton [now Glencairn Clinic], thence North- eastward in a straight Line to the Point at which the Boundary of Ballysillan Lower meets the Forth River [near Forthriver Way], thence North-east- ward along the said Boundary to the North-east Point of the said Boundary at which the same meets a Stream [near Etna Drive], thence Eastward and Northward along the said Stream to the Point at which the said Stream crosses the [Oldpark] Road at Old Park Mills [now Cliftonville Circus], thence Northward and Eastward along the [Westland] Road to the South End of the House of Mr. John Beatty [on Old Westland Road], thence Eastward in a straight Line to the Eastern Angle of the Boundary of the Townland of Old Park [on Hughenden Avenue], thence Eastward in a straight line to the Point at which Buttermilk Lane [now Skegoneill Avenue] meets the Antrim Road, thence Eastward along Buttermilk Lane to the Point at which the same meets the Carrickfergus Road [York Road/Shore Road], thence Eastward in a straight Line to the Point first described."

The boundary is shown as 'Municipal Boundary' on the second edition of the Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland.

1885 division

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough of Belfast was further expanded and defined as: [4]

The present parliamentary borough of Belfast, and
in the parish of Holywood, County Down, the townlands of Ballymaghan, Ballymisert, Strandtown and Strandtown Town, Ballyhackamore and Ballyhackamore Town, and Ballycloghan, and
in the parish of Knockbreda, County Down, the townlands of Knock, Multyhogy, and Ballyrushboy, and
in the parish of Shankill, County Armagh, the townlands of Lower Malone, that part of Upper Malone bounded on the south by the centre of the road running northward and westward for about 80 chains from Shaw's Bridge, Ballymurphy, Ballymagarry, Ballygomartin, Ballysillan Lower, Legoniel and Legoniel Town, Old Park and Old Park Town, Skegoniell, that part of Ballyaghagan which adjoins the Antrim Road (namely the whole of the part east of the Antrim Road, and the part west of the Antrim Road which is within 22 chains of that road), Lowwood, Greencastle and Greencastle Town.

It was divided into four single-member divisions: Belfast East, Belfast North, Belfast South and Belfast West.

Electoral system and electorate

The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member ones.

Until 1832 the electorate were the members of Belfast Corporation. This had long been resented by reformers as it made the constituency a pocket borough of the Marquess of Donegall.

In 1784 a petition was sent to the Parliament of Ireland.

"Your petitioners in the most humble and respectful manner, take leave to represent to your Hon House,

That Belfast is a large and populous town, containing above 15,000 inhabitants, carrying on a very extensive foreign commerce, as well as inland trade, and paying annually upwards of £80,000 towards the public revenue.

That this numerous body of people not being represented in your Hon House, are, contrary to the fundamental principle of the constitution, governed by laws to which they give no assent; for although the borough of Belfast sends two Members to parliament, yet those members are returned (under the immediate direction of a noble peer) by five or six Burgesses, in the appointment of whom your Petitioners have no share, and therefore the members so returned cannot in any sense, be deemed the Representatives of your Petitioners."

In 1832 the electorate was considerably extended by the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832. Boroughs in Ireland were given a uniform franchise for the first time. The vote was given to occupiers of land valued at least £10 and resident freemen by birth or servitude (descent from or apprenticeship to an existing freeman of the borough) or who were admitted before March 1831.

Members of Parliament

Election1st member1st party2nd member2nd party
1801 Sir (James) Edward May, Bt Tory
1802
1806
1807
1812
1814 by-election Stephen Edward May Tory
1816 by-election John Michel Tory
1818 Arthur Chichester Tory
1820 Earl of Belfast Tory [5]
1826
1830 Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt Whig [6]
1831
1832 Lord Arthur Chichester Tory [6] [7] [8] James Emerson Tennent Whig [7] [9]
1834 Conservative [6] [7] [8]
1835 John McCance Whig [6] Conservative [6] [9]
1835 by-election George Dunbar Conservative [6]
1837 James Gibson Whig [6] [10] [11] George Chichester Whig [6] [11]
1838 by-election George Dunbar Conservative [6] James Emerson Tennent Conservative [6] [12]
1841 William Gillilan Johnson Conservative [6]
1842 by-election David Robert Ross Whig [6] [12]
1845 by-election Lord John Chichester Conservative
1847 Robert James Tennent Whig [13] [14] Peelite [13] [14] [15]
1852 Richard Davison Conservative Sir Hugh Cairns Conservative
1859
1860 by-election Samuel Gibson Getty Conservative
1865
1866 by-election Sir Charles Lanyon Conservative
1868 Thomas McClure Liberal William Johnston Conservative
1874 James Corry Conservative
1878 by-election William Ewart Conservative
1880
1885 constituency divided: see North, East, South and West divisions
Notes

Elections

After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In two-member elections (when the exact number of voters is unknown) this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that voters did not use both their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout. If the electorate figure is unknown the last known electorate figure is used to provide an estimate of turnout.

Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.

Elections in the 1800s

Co-option 1 January 1801: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Edward May Co-opted N/AN/A
Tory win (new seat)
General election 12 July 1802: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Edward May Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
General election 17 November 1806: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Edward May Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
General election 15 May 1807: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Edward May Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold

Elections in the 1810s

General election 23 October 1812: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Edward May Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
By-election 16 September 1814: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory James May Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
By-election 3 May 1816: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Michel Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
General election 8 July 1818: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Arthur Chichester Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold

Elections in the 1820s

General election 16 March 1820: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory George Chichester Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
General election 15 June 1826: Belfast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory George Chichester Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 6 August 1830: Belfast [6] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Arthur Chichester Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Whig gain from Tory
General election 20 May 1831: Belfast [6] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Arthur Chichester Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Whig hold
General election 21 December 1832: Belfast (2 seats) [6] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Arthur Chichester 834 29.8
Whig James Emerson Tennent 723 25.8
Whig Robert James Tennent 62522.3
Radical William Sharman Crawford 61622.0
Turnout 1,42085.6
Registered electors 1,659
Majority1114.0
Tory gain from Whig
Majority983.5
Whig win (new seat)

J. Emerson Tennent ceased to support Lord Grey in 1834 (see Emerson Tennent's article in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).

General election 17 January 1835: Belfast (2 seats) [6] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Emerson Tennent 773 35.0 +9.2
Whig John McCance 719 32.6 +10.3
Conservative Arthur Chichester 71332.3+2.5
Radical John French30.121.9
Turnout 1,40765.819.8
Registered electors 2,137
Majority542.4N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.0
Majority60.3N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing 11.0

Note: Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,451 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above.

By-election, 27 August 1835: Belfast [6] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Dunbar (MP) 162 66.4 0.9
Whig Robert James Tennent 8233.6+1.0
Majority8032.8N/A
Turnout 2449.955.9
Registered electors 2,458
Conservative gain from Whig Swing 1.0

Note: Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,508 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above. Stooks Smith also indicates that 'Mr Tennent resigned in consequence of a decision of the Assessors'.

General election 5 August 1837: Belfast (2 seats) [6] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig James Gibson 941 25.9 +9.6
Whig George Chichester 922 25.4 +9.1
Conservative James Emerson Tennent 90124.810.2
Conservative George Dunbar (MP)86923.98.4
Majority210.6N/A
Turnout 1,83650.415.4
Registered electors 3,641
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +9.5
Whig hold Swing +9.2

Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,926 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 10 July 1841: Belfast (2 seats) [15] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Emerson Tennent 927 26.8 +2.0
Conservative William Gillilan Johnson 913 26.4 +2.5
Whig George Chichester 82123.81.6
Whig David Robert Ross 79222.93.0
Majority922.6N/A
Turnout 1,74829.620.8
Registered electors 5,907
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.2
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.4

Note: 1,740 electors voted. Stooks Smith suggests there were 1,937 registered electors. Walker gives the electorate figure as above.

By-election, 19 August 1842: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig David Robert Ross 886 39.5 7.2
Conservative James Emerson Tennent 859 38.3 +11.5
Conservative Hamilton Francis Chichester50022.34.1
Turnout 1,123 (est)26.5 (est)3.1
Registered electors 4,234
Majority271.2N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing 7.3
Majority35916.0+13.4
Conservative hold Swing +7.6

Note: Stooks Smith comments that 'a compromise was entered into by which one of each party was to be returned'.

By-election, 20 August 1845: Belfast [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chichester Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 9 August 1847: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert James Tennent 929 39.3 7.4
Peelite John Chichester 747 31.6 N/A
Conservative George Suffern68929.124.1
Turnout 1,183 (est)12.2 (est)17.4
Registered electors 9,672
Majority1827.7N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.3
Majority582.5N/A
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 13 July 1852: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Davison 1,259 37.5 N/A
Conservative Hugh Cairns 1,193 35.5 N/A
Whig Robert James Tennent 90426.912.4
Majority2898.6N/A
Turnout 2,130 (est.)79.0 (est.)+66.8
Registered electors 2,697
Conservative gain from Peelite Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 3 April 1857: Belfast (2 seats) [15] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Cairns 1,479 28.5 7.0
Conservative Richard Davison 1,410 27.2 10.3
Whig John Robinson McClean 99519.2N/A
Whig John Francis Ferguson73314.1N/A
Whig Thomas McClure 56610.9N/A
Majority4158.00.6
Turnout 2,592 (est.)73.75.3
Registered electors 3,518
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
By-election, 5 March 1858: Belfast [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Cairns Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 2 May 1859: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Cairns Unopposed
Conservative Richard Davison Unopposed
Registered electors 3,303
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

By-election 15 June 1860: Belfast [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Gibson Getty Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 15 July 1865: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Cairns 1,822 40.1 N/A
Conservative Samuel Gibson Getty 1,72838.1N/A
Liberal John Hay 99121.8New
Majority73716.3N/A
Turnout 2,766 (est.)81.0 (est.)N/A
Registered electors 3,415
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
By-election 13 July 1866: Belfast [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Cairns Unopposed
Registered electors 3,615
Conservative hold
By-election 2 November 1866: Belfast [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Lanyon 1,263 99.0 N/A
Conservative William McMeechan131.0N/A
Majority1,25098.0N/A
Turnout 1,27635.345.7
Registered electors 3,615
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 21 November 1868: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Johnston 5,975 39.1 1.0
Liberal Thomas McClure 4,202 27.5 10.7
Conservative Charles Lanyon 3,54023.1+1.3
Conservative John Mulholland 1,58010.3N/A
Turnout 9,750 (est.)80.1 (est.)0.9
Registered electors 12,168
Majority1,77311.64.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Majority6624.4N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 3.3

Elections in the 1870s

General election 5 February 1874: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Corry 8,412 39.7 +16.6
Conservative William Johnston 8,176 38.6 0.5
Liberal Thomas McClure 4,09619.38.2
Ind. Conservative John Rea [19] 5062.4New
Majority4,08019.3+7.7
Turnout 12,896 (est.)80.7 (est.)+0.6
Registered electors 15,979
Conservative hold Swing +10.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.8
By-election 2 April 1878: Belfast [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ewart 8,241 62.7 15.6
Ind. Conservative Robert Seeds [20] 4,89537.3+34.9
Majority3,34625.4+6.1
Turnout 13,13665.715.0
Registered electors 20,005
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1 April 1880: Belfast (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ewart 8,132 30.1 8.6
Conservative James Corry 7,683 28.4 11.2
Ind. Conservative Robert Seeds [21] 6,11922.6+20.2
Liberal John Shaw Brown5,12218.90.4
Majority2,5615.8-13.5
Turnout 19,149 (est.)90.4 (est.)+9.7
Registered electors 21,188
Conservative hold Swing 9.9
Conservative hold Swing 11.3

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