Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Bloomfield
Former Borough constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

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

Boundaries

Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency located in eastern Belfast. Established in 1929, it was created 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.

The constituency was formed by dividing Belfast East into four new constituencies, one of which was Belfast Bloomfield. It remained unchanged, returning a single member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972 and subsequently abolished in 1973.

Politics

The constituency was the most staunchly unionist in East Belfast. It was held continuously by Ulster Unionist Party candidates, although labour movement candidates sometimes polled well.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929	Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	Ulster Unionist Party
	1950(b)	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	Ulster Unionist Party
	1961(b)	Walter Scott	Ulster Unionist Party
	1973	Constituency abolished

Election results

At the 1929 and 1933 general elections, Herbert Dixon was elected unopposed.

General Election 1938: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Herbert Dixon	9,446	70.3	N/A
	Progressive Unionist	Phoebe Moody	3,988	29.7	New
Majority			5,458	40.6	N/A
Turnout			13,434	68.0	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	9,995	63.3	−7.0
	Communist (NI)	William McCullough	5,802	36.7	New
Majority			4,193	26.6	−14.0
Turnout			15,797	73.8	+5.8
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1949: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	14,058	87.5	+12.2
	NI Labour	Tom Boyd	1,386	8.6	New
	Communist (NI)	William McCullough	623	3.9	−32.8
Majority			12,672	78.9	+52.3
Turnout			16,057	76.0	+2.2
	UUP hold		Swing

Belfast Bloomfield by-election, 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	7,609	77.3	−10.2
	NI Labour	Robert S. Thompson	2,232	22.7	+14.1
Majority			5,377	54.6	−26.3
Turnout			9,841	44.7	−31.3
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1953: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	9,004	88.2	+0.7
	Communist (NI)	Andy Barr	1,207	11.8	+7.9
Majority			7,797	76.4	−2.5
Turnout			10,211	46.4	+29.6
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1958: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran	7,124	52.3	−35.9
	NI Labour	Edward Bell	4,010	29.4	New
	Ind. Unionist	Edward Courtney	2,492	18.3	New
Majority			3,114	22.9	−53.5
Turnout			13,626	63.4	+17.0
	UUP hold		Swing

1961 Belfast Bloomfield by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	6,212	61.5	+9.2
	NI Labour	Robert McFarland Bingham	3,885	38.5	+9.1
Majority			2,237	23.0	+0.1
Turnout			10,097	45.9	−17.5
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1962: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	7,921	56.7	+4.4
	NI Labour	Robert McFarland Bingham	6,053	43.3	+13.9
Majority			1,868	13.4	−9.5
Turnout			13,974	62.8	−0.6
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1965: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	7,755	63.5	+6.8
	NI Labour	Robert Caldwell	4,154	34.0	−9.3
	Communist (NI)	Andy Barr	308	2.5	New
Majority			3,601	29.5	+16.1
Turnout			12,217	55.7	−5.1
	UUP hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Belfast Bloomfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Walter Scott	9,084	61.2	−2.3
	Protestant Unionist	William Spence	3,568	24.0	New
	NI Labour	Robert Caldwell	2,196	14.8	−19.2
Majority			5,516	37.2	+7.7
Turnout			14,848	70.2	+14.5
	UUP hold		Swing