Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).

Queen's University, Belfast
Former University constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	One

Queen's University of Belfast was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament from 1918 until 1950.

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of the Queen's University of Belfast.

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[1]	Party
1918	Sir William Whitla	Ulster Unionist
1923	Thomas Sinclair	Ulster Unionist
1940 by-election	Prof. Douglas Lloyd Savory	Ulster Unionist
1950	constituency abolished

Politics and History of the constituency

University constituencies had existed in the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors since 1603 and in 1918 Queen's was enfranchised as such. When the Parliament of Northern Ireland was established, the same franchise was preserved - see Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).

As with most other Northern Ireland seats in this period, the electorate was heavily inclined towards the Ulster Unionists, with no contests for the Westminster seat taking place at all in the interwar years.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, university constituencies at Westminster were abolished immediately prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1950.

Election results

1918 general election: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Sir William Whitla	1,487	92.65	N/A
	Sinn Féin	Sean B. Dolan	118	7.35	N/A
Majority			1,369	85.30	N/A
Turnout			1,605	78.72	N/A

^[2]

General Election 1922: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Sir William Whitla	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3] ^[4]

General Election 1923: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Thomas Sinclair	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[5]

General Election 1924: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Thomas Sinclair	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[5]

General Election 1929: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Thomas Sinclair	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[6]

General Election 1931: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Thomas Sinclair	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[7]

General Election 1935: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Thomas Sinclair	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[8]

Resignation of Sinclair

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 2 November 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Professor Douglas Lloyd Savory	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[8]

1945 general election: Queen's University of Belfast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Professor Douglas Lloyd Savory	1,923	72.5	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Cusack	728	27.5	N/A
Majority			1,195	45.0	N/A
Turnout			2,651	51.6	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing

^[3]^[9]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Q"
↑ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 675. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–1992. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 15. ISBN 0-901714-96-8.
1 2 Walker, Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–1992, page 16
↑ Walker, Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–1992, page 17
↑ Walker, Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–1992, page 18
1 2 Walker, Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–1992, page 19
↑ Walker, Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–1992, page 20

University constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

England	Cambridge University (1603–1950) Oxford University (1603–1950) London University (1868–1950) Combined English Universities (1918–1950)

Ireland	University of Dublin (1801–1922) National University of Ireland (1918–1922) Queen's University of Belfast (1918–1950)

Scotland	Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (1868–1918) Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (1868–1918) Combined Scottish Universities (1918–1950)

Wales	University of Wales (1918–1950)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Antrim and the city of Belfast

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Antrim Borough (1666–1800)
Antrim County (???–1800)
Belfast (1613–1800)
Carrickfergus (1326–1800)
Lisburn (???–1800)
Randalstown (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Antrim (1801–85, 1922–50) Mid Antrim (1885–1922) Belfast (1801–85) Belfast Cromac (1918–22) Belfast Duncairn (1918–22) Belfast Falls (1918–22) Belfast Ormeau (1918–22) Belfast Pottinger (1918–22) Belfast Shankill (1918–22) Belfast St Anne's (1918–22) Belfast Victoria (1918–22) Belfast Woodvale (1918–22) Carrickfergus (1801–85) Lisburn (1801–85) Queen's University of Belfast (1918–50)

Current	East Antrim (1885–1922, 1983—) North Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—) South Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—) Belfast East (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast North (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast South (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast West (1885–1918, 1922—) Lagan Valley 1983—

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	East Antrim Mid Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast Cromac Belfast Duncairn Belfast Falls Belfast Ormeau Belfast Pottinger Belfast St Anne's Belfast Shankill Belfast Victoria Belfast Woodvale Queen's University of Belfast

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	(none)

No seats taken	Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Queen's University of Belfast

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

1921–29	Antrim (1921–29) Belfast East (1921–29) Belfast North (1921–29) Belfast South (1921–29) West Belfast (1921–29) Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)

1929–72	Bannside (1929–72) Belfast Ballynafeigh (1929–72) Belfast Bloomfield (1929–72) Belfast Central (1929–72) Belfast Clifton (1929–72) Belfast Cromac (1929–72) Belfast Dock (1929–72) Belfast Duncairn (1929–72) Belfast Falls (1929–72) Belfast Oldpark (1929–72) Belfast Pottinger (1929–72) Belfast Shankill (1929–72) Belfast St Annes (1929–72) Belfast Victoria (1929–72) Belfast Willowfield (1929–72) Belfast Windsor (1929–72) Belfast Woodvale (1929–72) Carrick (1929–72) Larkfield (1929–72) Larne (1929–72) Mid Antrim (1929–72) Newtownabbey (1969–72) North Antrim (1929–72) Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69) South Antrim (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Lagan Valley

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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