1959 Belfast East by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2025 November 2013 The 1959 Belfast East by-election of 19 March 1959 was held after the death of Ulster Unionist Party member of parliament Alan McKibbin. The seat was safe, having been won by Unionists at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by nearly 14,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20110811164856/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i02.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net Result of the previous general election General election 1955: Belfast East Ulster Unionist Party Alan McKibbin 26,938 62.5 +0.8 Northern Ireland Labour Party Tom Boyd 13,041 30.2 -8.1 Sinn Féin Liam Mulcahy 3,156 7.3 New 13,897 32.3 +8.9 43,135 70.4 -4.1 61,258 Ulster Unionist Party Result of the by-election 1959 Belfast East by-electionhttp://by-elections.co.uk/59.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071857/http://by-elections.co.uk/59.html 1959 By Election Results 2012-10-10 dead 2015-08-15 Ulster Unionist Party Stanley McMaster 19,524 57.8 -4.7 Northern Ireland Labour Party James Gardner 14,264 42.2 +10.0 5,260 15.6 -16.7 33,788 57.9 -12.5 58,388 Ulster Unionist Party External links A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) References Category:1959 elections in the United Kingdom East Category:20th century in Belfast Category:1959 elections in Northern Ireland Category:March 1959 in the United Kingdom