In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. The seat was generally held by Unionist candidates, although labour movement candidates often performed well and sometimes took the seat.[1]
belfast, willowfield, northern, ireland, parliament, constituency, belfast, willowfieldformer, borough, constituencyfor, parliament, northern, irelandbelfast, shown, within, northern, irelandformer, constituencycreated1929abolished1973election, methodfirst, pa. 54 35 13 N 5 53 56 W 54 587 N 5 899 W 54 587 5 899 Belfast WillowfieldFormer Borough constituencyfor the Parliament of Northern IrelandBelfast shown within Northern IrelandFormer constituencyCreated1929Abolished1973Election methodFirst past the postBelfast Willowfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Politics 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 ReferencesBoundaries EditBelfast Willowfield was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats Act Northern Ireland 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland Belfast Willowfield 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 1 Politics EditIn common with other seats in south Belfast the constituency was strongly unionist The seat was generally held by Unionist candidates although labour movement candidates often performed well and sometimes took the seat 1 Members of Parliament EditElection Member Party1929 Arthur Black Ulster Unionist1941 b Harry Midgley Northern Ireland Labour Party1941 Commonwealth Labour Party1947 Ulster Unionist1958 William Hinds Ulster Unionist1969 Tom Caldwell Independent Unionist1973 constituency abolishedElection results EditGeneral Election 1929 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist Arthur Black 4 691 53 9Town Tenants Association Alexander McConnell 4 015 46 1Majority 676 7 8Turnout 8 706 69 4Ulster Unionist win new seat At the 1933 Northern Ireland general election Arthur Black was elected unopposed 2 General Election 1938 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist Arthur Black 7 615 65 1 N AUlster Protestant League Arthur Cleland 4 086 34 9 NewMajority 3 530 30 2 N ATurnout 11 701 74 1 N AUlster Unionist hold Swing N ABelfast Willowfield by election 1941 2 Party Candidate Votes NI Labour Harry Midgley 7 209 74 8 NewUlster Unionist Fred Lavery 2 435 25 2 39 9Majority 4 774 49 6 N ATurnout 9 644 60 0 N ANI Labour gain from Ulster Unionist Swing N AGeneral Election 1945 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Commonwealth Labour Harry Midgley 7 072 55 9 NewUlster Unionist George Irvine Finlay 4 488 35 5 29 6NI Labour Robert McBrinn 1 082 8 6 N AMajority 2 584 20 4 N ATurnout 11 560 75 1 1 0Commonwealth Labour gain from Ulster Unionist Swing N AGeneral Election 1949 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist Harry Midgley 11 304 87 5 52 0NI Labour William Leeburn 1 611 12 5 3 9Majority 9 693 75 0 N ATurnout 12 915 77 3 2 2Ulster Unionist gain from Commonwealth Labour Swing N AGeneral Election 1953 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist Harry Midgley 6 539 68 8 18 7NI Labour Norman Searight 2 966 31 2 18 7Majority 3 573 37 6 37 4Turnout 9 505 59 5 17 8Ulster Unionist hold Swing N AGeneral Election 1958 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist William Hinds 4 017 41 6 27 2NI Labour Norman Searight 2 847 29 5 1 7Ind Unionist Alfred Walker Shaw 2 785 28 9 NewMajority 1 170 12 1 25 5Turnout 9 649 66 6 7 1Ulster Unionist hold Swing N AGeneral Election 1962 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist William Hinds 4 931 58 5 16 9NI Labour Norman Searight 3 497 41 5 12 0Majority 1 434 17 0 4 9Turnout 8 428 62 0 4 6Ulster Unionist hold Swing N AGeneral Election 1965 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ulster Unionist William Hinds 4 918 64 9 6 4NI Labour Martin McBirney 2 654 35 1 6 4Majority 2 264 29 8 12 8Turnout 7 572 57 1 4 9Ulster Unionist hold Swing N AGeneral Election 1969 Belfast Willowfield 2 Party Candidate Votes Ind Unionist Tom Caldwell 4 613 54 3 NewUlster Unionist William Hinds 2 134 25 1 39 8NI Labour Billy Boyd 1 747 20 6 14 5Majority 2 479 29 2 N ATurnout 8 494 68 4 11 3Ind Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist Swing N AReferences Edit a b The Northern Ireland House of Commons 1921 1972 Northern Ireland Elections a b c d e f g h i j k Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results Boroughs Belfast Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Belfast Willowfield Northern Ireland Parliament constituency amp oldid 1121386423, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
