Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Oldpark was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries Belfast Oldpark was a borough constituency comprising part of northern 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 Oldpark was created by the division of Belfast North 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.The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections

Politics In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little nationalist presence. The seat alternated between Unionist and labour movement representatives, and was often closely contested.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1929 Wilson Hungerford Ulster Unionist 1945 Robert Getgood Labour (NI) 1949 William James Morgan Ulster Unionist 1958 Vivian Simpson Labour (NI) 1973 constituency abolished

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