Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency) - Elections Results

Elections Results

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General Election 22 May 1929: Belfast Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Hugh Pollock 8,067 73.7 N/A
Town Tenants' Association William Magill 2,886 26.3 N/A
Majority 5,181 47.4 N/A
Turnout 67.0 N/A
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A

At the General Election 30 November 1933, Hugh Pollock was elected unopposed. At the Belfast Windsor by-election, 1937, William Dowling was elected unopposed.

General Election 9 February 1938: Belfast Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist William Dowling 8,982 67.0 N/A
Progressive Unionist R. H. Press 4,429 33.0 N/A
Turnout 70.9 N/A
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 14 June 1945: Belfast Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Archibald Wilson 8,737 63.7 -3.3
Commonwealth Labour James Kennedy 4,985 36.3 N/A
Turnout 67.0 -3.9
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A

At the 1949 and 1953 Northern Ireland general elections, Archibald Wilson was elected unopposed.

At the Belfast Windsor by-election, 1956 and the 1958, 1962, 1965 and 1969 Northern Ireland general elections, Herbert Kirk was elected unopposed.

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