The Belfast South by-election was held on 4 March 1982 following the murder of Robert Bradford, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament for Belfast...
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replaced by Belfast South and Mid Down, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. 1885–1918: In the Borough of Belfast, that part...
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brought against him. With McMichael a candidate in the 1982 Belfast South by-election, the South Belfast Brigade scaled down its role. During the protests...
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The 1986 Belfast South by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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Belfast North and Fermanagh and South Tyrone. The SDLP were disappointed with their 14 seats and one of these was subsequently lost in a by-election to...
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The Belfast South by-election of 22 October 1963 was held after the death of Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) Sir David Campbell on 12...
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576 votes (1.3%) in the 1982 Belfast South by-election. The party's two candidates in the 1982 Assembly election in Belfast North similarly failed to...
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a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast South UK Parliament constituency...
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(3 April 2003). "Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1973-1982". Northern Ireland Elections. ARK - Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. Brent, Harry...
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1952 Belfast South by-election was held following the resignation of Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament, Hugh Gage. Belfast South had consistently...
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The 1982 Beaconsfield by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 May 1982 for the House of Commons constituency of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire...
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in South Antrim at the UK general election, winning 2.6% of the votes. The party's only other contest was Brian Caul, who stood in the 1982 Belfast South...
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Martin Smyth (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (since 1922))
vacancy caused by the murder of Robert Bradford, MP for South Belfast. In the 1982 by-election, he received over 17,000 votes and was returned. Later the...
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The 1982 Peckham by-election of 28 October 1982 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Lamborn on 21 August 1982. The seat...
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The 1943 Belfast West by-election, was a by-election held on 9 February 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency of Belfast West, in Northern...
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There was a by-election for Belfast West constituency on 29 November 1950. It occurred after the winner at the 1950 UK general election, James Godfrey...
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The Belfast East by-election of 19 March 1959 was held after the death of Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament Alan McKibbin. The seat was safe,...
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The 1986 Belfast East by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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On 9 June 2011, a by-election was held for the United Kingdom constituency of Belfast West. The by-election was prompted by the resignation of the constituency's...
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The 1982 Gower by-election of 16 September 1982 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ifor Davies on 6 June 1982. The seat was...
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of Belfast West. In the 2019 and 2024 UK general elections, they retained only Belfast East, losing Belfast North to Sinn Féin and Belfast South to the...
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transfer to Belfast South. Following a public meeting and revised recommendations, the new boundaries of Belfast East were confirmed by the commission...
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The 1921 Belfast Duncairn by-election was held on 23 June 1921. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Ulster Unionist MP, Edward Carson, being...
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The 1986 Belfast North by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (category Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986)
government election he contested from 1973–2005.[citation needed] He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons at the 1982 Belfast South by-election. He was...
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Gerry Adams (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (since 1922))
1983–1992 and from 1997–2011, he won election as a Member of Parliament (MP) of the UK Parliament for the Belfast West constituency, but followed the Sinn...
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consistently held by the Ulster Unionist Party but always had strong Labour movement sympathies. In the 1923 UK general election, the Belfast Labour Party...
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The 1940 Belfast East by-election was held on 8 February 1940. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent UUP MP, Herbert...
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well as minor sections to Belfast West, Belfast North and Upper Bann. The new South Antrim which was fought for the 1983 election contained only 43% of the...
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The by-election held in Fermanagh and South Tyrone on 9 April 1981 is considered by many to be the most significant by-election held in Northern Ireland...
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