Election Results
| General Election 1929: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 6,525 | 51.1 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel McGuffin | 6,244 | 48.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 281 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 74.8 | N/A | |||
| Independent Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1933: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 6,451 | 50.5 | -0.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | J. N. Fulton | 6,335 | 49.5 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 116 | 1.0 | -1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 76.4 | +1.6 | |||
| Independent Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1938: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ind. Unionist Association | Tommy Henderson | 7,518 | 51.4 | +0.9 | |
| Ulster Unionist | J. N. Fulton | 7,095 | 48.6 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 423 | 2.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 83.6 | +7.2 | |||
| Ind. Unionist Association gain from Independent Unionist | Swing | ||||
- At the 1945 and 1949 general elections, Tommy Henderson was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1953: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Henry Holmes | 5,485 | 47.3 | N/A | |
| Independent Unionist | Tommy Henderson | 3,215 | 27.7 | N/A | |
| Labour (NI) | N. B. Fullerton | 2,897 | 25.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,270 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 65.6 | N/A | |||
| Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1958: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Henry Holmes | 6,411 | 56.2 | +8.9 | |
| Labour (NI) | Samuel Cree | 4,995 | 43.8 | +18.0 | |
| Majority | 1,416 | 12.4 | -7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 61.5 | -4.1 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Belfast Shankill by-election, 1960 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Desmond Boal | 4,320 | 64.2 | +8.0 | |
| Labour (NI) | Samuel Cree | 2,414 | 35.8 | -8.0 | |
| Majority | 1,906 | 28.4 | +16.0 | ||
| Turnout | 28.4 | -33.1 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- At the Northern Ireland general election, 1962, Desmond Boal was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1965: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Desmond Boal | 6,289 | 67.4 | N/A | |
| Labour (NI) | D. A. Overend | 3,035 | 32.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,254 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 50.5 | N/A | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1969: Belfast Shankill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Desmond Boal | 6,384 | 49.4 | -18.0 | |
| Independent Unionist | S. H. Walsh | 4,545 | 35.2 | N/A | |
| Labour (NI) | D. A. Overend | 1,997 | 15.4 | -17.2 | |
| Majority | 1,839 | 14.2 | -20.6 | ||
| Turnout | 71.1 | +20.6 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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