Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament since the 2010 general election is Naomi Long, who defeated Peter Robinson, MP for Belfast East since the 1979 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Edward de Cobain | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Gustav Wilhelm Wolff | Conservative | |
| 1910 | Robert McMordie | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1914 (b) | Robert Sharman-Crawford | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
| 1922 | constituency recreated | ||
| 1922 | Herbert Dixon | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1940 | Henry Peirson Harland | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1945 | Thomas Loftus Cole | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1950 | Alan McKibbin | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1959 | Stanley McMaster | Ulster Unionist | |
| Feb 1974 | William Craig | Vanguard | |
| 1978 | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 1979 | Peter Robinson | Democratic Unionist | |
| 2010 | Naomi Long | Alliance | |
Read more about this topic: Belfast East (UK Parliament Constituency)
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