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| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24975 | Elected |
| Belfast Labour Party | 22255 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28435 | Elected |
| Northern Ireland Labour Party | 21122 | |
| Sinn Fein | 2688 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (New Party) | 33274 | Elected |
| Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist | 24177 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 31113 | Elected |
| Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist | 22006 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34060 | Elected |
| Irish Republican | 20313 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Feb, 1943 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (Independent Labour) | 19936 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14426 | |
| Independent Conservative | 7551 | |
| Independent Irish Republican | 1250 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Independent Labour (Irish Labour Party) | 30787 | Elected |
| Conservative | 26729 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 33917 | Elected |
| Labour Party (Dublin) | 30539 | |
| Sinn Fein | 1482 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Nov, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 31796 | Elected |
| Labour Party (Dublin) | 30883 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party (Dublin) | 33174 | Elected |
| Conservative | 33149 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34191 | Elected |
| Labour Party (Dublin) | 16050 | |
| Sinn Fein | 8447 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28898 | Elected |
| Northern Ireland Independent Labour Party | 20062 | |
| Sinn Fein | 4416 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21337 | Elected |
| Republican Labour Party | 14678 | |
| Labour | 12571 | |
| Irish Republican | 3256 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Republican Labour Party | 26292 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24281 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Republican Labour Party (Social Dem. & Lab. Pty.) | 30649 | Elected |
| Conservative | 27451 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| SDLP | 19554 | Elected |
| UUU Council | 17374 | |
| Independent Republican | 5662 | |
| Republican Clubs | 3088 | |
| Northern Ireland Labour Party | 1989 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| SDLP | 21821 | Elected |
| UUU Council | 16265 | |
| Republican Clubs | 3547 | |
| Volunteer Political Party | 2690 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | 203 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| SDLP | 16480 | Elected |
| Official Unionist | 8245 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3716 | |
| Republican Clubs | 2284 | |
| Alliance Party | 2024 | |
| Northern Ireland Labour Party | 540 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 16379 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 10934 | |
| Independent Socialist | 10326 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 2435 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2399 | |
| The Workers' (NI) | 1893 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 16862 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 14641 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 7646 | |
| The Workers' (NI) | 1819 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 17415 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 16826 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 4766 | |
| The Workers' (NI) | 750 | |
| Natural Law | 213 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 25662 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 17753 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1556 | |
| The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) | 721 | |
| Independent | 102 | |
| Natural Law | 91 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 27096 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 7754 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2641 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 2541 | |
| Workers' Party | 736 | |
| Third Way | 116 | |
| Vote For Yourself | 98 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 24348 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 5033 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3652 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 779 | |
| The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) | 432 | |
| Vote For Yourself | 154 | |
| Independent | 147 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 22840 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 5261 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2436 | |
| UCUNF UUP & CON joint party | 1000 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 596 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 16211 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3088 | |
| People Before Profit Alliance | 1751 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1393 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 386 | |
| Alliance Party | 122 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 19163 | Elected |
| People Before Profit Alliance | 6798 | |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3475 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2773 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1088 | |
| UK Independence Party | 765 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 636 | |
| Workers' Party (NI) | 597 | |
| Conservative | 34 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 27107 | Elected |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5455 | |
| People Before Profit Alliance | 4132 | |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2860 | |
| Alliance | 731 | |
| Workers Party | 348 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 20866 | Elected |
| People Before Profit Alliance | 6194 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5220 | |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2985 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1882 | |
| Aontú | 1635 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 21009 | Elected |
| People Before Profit Alliance | 5048 | |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 4318 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 4304 | |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 2010 | |
| Alliance | 1077 | |
| Aontú | 904 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 461 | |
| Green | 451 | |
| Independent | 161 | |
More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Here we present how the economic foundations of each locality have changed over time, identifying the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but also breaking down Services into those which, broadly, sell directly to consumers; those which deal mainly with other buinesses, including financial services; and public services, including education and health.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Belfast West Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744780/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 27th July 2026