Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast St Anne's was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Belfast St Anne's was a borough constituency comprising part of south-western 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 St Anne's was created by the division of Belfast West 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 constituency contained areas between the current Lisburn Road and Falls Road and consisted of the former St George's ward and most of the former St Anne's ward - although unusually it did not include the eponymous cathedral which was in Belfast Central.

The constituency is now part of Belfast South and Belfast West.

Politics

The constituency was solidly unionist and always elected Ulster Unionist Party Members of Parliament, but was usually contested by labour movement candidates who sometimes polled well.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	James Hanna McCormick	Ulster Unionist Party
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1938	Edmond Warnock	Ulster Unionist Party
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1969	Norman Laird	Ulster Unionist Party
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1970(b)	John Laird	Ulster Unionist Party
	1973	Constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1929: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Hanna McCormick	Template:Replace	47.2
		Philip James Woods	5,273	37.2
		Emily Moffat Clow	2,209	15.6
Majority			1,413	10.0
Turnout			14,168	71.5
	win (new seat)

General Election 1933: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Hanna McCormick	Template:Replace	71.6
		William John Donaldson	3,790	28.4
Majority			5,743	43.2
Turnout			13,323	59.3
	hold		Swing

General Election 1938: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmond Warnock	Template:Replace	68.4
		J. D. Wallace	5,172	31.6
Majority			6,011	36.8
Turnout			16,355	66.7
	hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmond Warnock	Template:Replace	56.9
		Joseph Lowden	7,674	43.1
Majority			2,445	13.8
Turnout			17,793	66.7
	hold		Swing

General Election 1949: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmond Warnock	Template:Replace	76.1
		Robert S. Thompson	4,811	23.9
Majority			10,501	52.2
Turnout			20,123	75.4
	hold		Swing

At the 1953 and 1958 general elections, Edmond Warnock was elected unopposed.

General Election 1962: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmond Warnock	Template:Replace	60.6
		A. Holmes	5,807	39.4
Majority			3,133	21.2
Turnout			14,747	64.8
	hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1965: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmond Warnock	Template:Replace	62.9
		William Victor Blease	4,312	37.1
Majority			3,004	25.8
Turnout			11,628	53.3
	hold		Swing

General Election 1969: Belfast St Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Laird	Template:Replace	53.0
		William McKee	4,183	31.1
		John D. Murphy	2,136	15.9
Majority			2,943	21.9
Turnout			13,445	70.6
	hold		Swing

Belfast St Anne's by-election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Laird	Template:Replace	68.8
		Gerald Malachy Lavery	2,881	24.2
		William Ritchie	836	7.0
Majority			5,323	44.6
Turnout			11,921	59.0
	hold		Swing