1943 Belfast West by-election

UK by-election January 2024 November 2013 The 1943 Belfast West by-election, was a by-election held on 9 February 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency of Belfast West, in Northern Ireland. The seat had become vacant when the sitting Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Alexander Browne had died in December 1942.Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X 564 The winner was Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie, a shock result in what had previously been a Unionist safe seat. Result Belfast West by-election, 9 February 1943 Northern Ireland Labour Party Jack Beattie 19,936 46.2 N/A Ulster Unionist Party Knox Cunningham 14,426 33.4 –29.2 Independent Unionist Association William McConnell Wilton 7,551 17.5 N/A Independent Republican (Ireland) Hugh Corvin 1,250 2.9 –34.5 5,510 12.8 N/A 43,163 54.8 –13.2 78,763 Northern Ireland Labour Party Ulster Unionist Party Previous result General election 1935: Belfast West Ulster Unionist Party Alexander Browne 34,060 62.6 +4.0 Independent Republican (Ireland) Charles Leddy 20,313 37.4 N/A 13,747 25.2 +8.0 54,373 68.0 −0.1 79,902 Ulster Unionist Party See also 1950 Belfast West by-election Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency) References External links A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) Belfast West by-election West, 1943 Category:20th century in Belfast Belfast West by-election Belfast West by-election