1920 Belfast Corporation election

April 2022 1920 Belfast Corporation election United Kingdom Parliamentary no yes 1914 Belfast Corporation election 1914 1925 Belfast Corporation election 1925 All 60 seats to Belfast Corporation 31 16 January 1920 Ulster Unionist Party 35 William Coates 17 Belfast Labour Party 12 David Robb Campbell 12 1920 Belfast Corporation election (most voted party by electoral area).svg 300px Map showing the area of Belfast Corporation Council control Council control after election Irish Unionist An election to Belfast Corporation took place in January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had seen elections for local government in Ireland change to a more proportional system. As a result, Unionist dominance of the Belfast council was somewhat undermined, and the party lost 15 seats. In contrast Labour, Sinn Féin, and Nationalist representation grew, resulting in a more politically and socially representative council.Laffan Michael The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923 https://books.google.com/books?id=zbz6p-O39aoC&q=labour+ireland+1920+394+seats&pg=PA327 Cambridge University Press 327 9781139426299 1999 147 candidates stood for the sixty seats on the council. The sixty seats were in nine new wards, identical to the parliamentary constituencies."Provincial nominations", Irish Times, 6 January 1920, p.6 In advance of the election, the Irish Times stated that it expected the Unionists to lose between five and eight seats, to be picked up by the Labour and Nationalist candidates, with Sinn Féin having a chance of taking one or two seats."Parties and the elections: interesting figures", Irish Times, 15 January 1920, p.5 The result in the Falls was controversial; over twenty candidates stood, creating the most complex election by single-transferable vote to date; and 764 votes were disallowed due to spoiled ballot papers. 300 of these lacked an official mark; this was because the printing press marking them had ceased adding it near the end of the run, but this error was not noticed until the election count took place."Municipal elections: the Belfast count", 20 January 1920"Returns in the provinces: Belfast Labour's big stride", Irish Times, 19 January 1920 After the election Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet was elected by the new council as Lord Mayor of Belfast. Following the partition of Ireland the Northern Irish Government restored the older, and less representative ward based electoral system. Results by party PartyCandidatesSeats±First Pref. votesp.139FPv%±% Ulster Unionist Party5629-1740,90745.95 Ulster Unionist Labour Association64,6995.28 Belfast Labour Party3710+1012,76814.34 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)405-310,75812.08 Sinn Féin105+57,1208.00 Independent Unionist24,1674.68 Independent Labour23,0073.37 Independent (politician)14,4675.02 National Amalgamated Union of Labour01,1381.28Totals6089,031100.00— Councillors "Interesting contests", Irish Times, 17 January 1920 Pottinger Pottinger - 6 seats 10 Ulster Unionist Party Julia McMordie 1,968 Ulster Unionist Party David Anderson 1,698 Ulster Unionist Party W. J. McGowan - - - - - 1,140 1,485 Labour Unionist John F. Gordon - - - - - - 1,054 1,329 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Archibald Savage - - - - - - - - - 1,152 Belfast Labour Party J. S. L. McKeag - - - - - - - - - 1,050 Belfast Labour Party James Duff - - - - - - - - 1,002 Eliminated Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James Smith - - - - - - - 643 Eliminated Ulster Unionist Party John S. Shaw J.P. - - - - - - Eliminated Ulster Unionist Party John Stanley Johnston - - - - - Eliminated National Amalgamated Union of Labour James Johnston - - - - Eliminated Independent Nationalist James Feenan - - - Eliminated Independent (politician) Zimri Stewart - - - Eliminated Belfast Labour Party Alexander Stewart - - - Eliminated 10 13,474 8,379 267 1,198 8,646 Ormeau Ormeau - 6 seats 10 Ulster Unionist Party Dr J. D. Williamson 1,037 12.45 1,055 1,090 1,143 1,302 Ulster Unionist Party J. W. T. Watters 1,033 12.40 1,044 1,098 1,137 1,366 Ulster Unionist Party John Campbell White (Lord Mayor) 978 11.74 991 1,022 1,051 1,191 Ulster Unionist Party William Frederick Coates 945 11.35 957 1,020 1,055 1,162 1,307 Belfast Labour Party James Baird 802 9.63 815 826 876 890 - - - 1,082 1,259 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) J. P. O'Kane 770 9.25 771 773 778 779 - - - 783 Eliminated Belfast Labour Party David Robb Campbell 733 8.80 743 748 782 792 - - - 1,150 1,498 Ulster Unionist Party W. J. Price 562 6.75 578 632 703 Eliminated Independent Unionist Alexander McConnell 485 5.82 659 688 762 791 - - Eliminated Independent (politician) Robert Pierce 371 4.45 393 424 Eliminated Labour Unionist William Lorimer 309 3.71 319 Eliminated Independent Unionist Emily S. Montgomery 302 3.63 Eliminated 10 13,264 8,328 150 1,190 8,478 Duncairn Duncairn - 7 seats 10 Independent Unionist J. Barron 2,238 Ulster Unionist Party S. F. Mercier J.P. 1,386 Ulster Unionist Party T. E. Alexander 1,353 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Patrick Dempsey J.P. 848 - - - - - - 1,262 Belfast Labour Party J. S. Lawther 711 - - - - - - 1,248 Labour Unionist J. Bradbury 692 - - - - - - - - 1,285 Irish Islander P. Griffith 542 Ulster Unionist Party E. J. Elliott 500 - - - - - - - - 1,124 T. English J.P. 446 Ulster Unionist Party John Tyrrell J.P. 430 Belfast Labour Party R. McClung 331 - - - - 422 Ulster Unionist Party Robert Dunlop J.P. 270 Independent (politician) R. S. McBurnie 118 Workers J. Polkinghorne 80 10 15,259 9,945 248 1,244 10,193 Cromac Crawford McCullough (Unionist) James McKirnan (Nationalist) T. McConnell (Unionist) T. J. Kennedy (Independent Unionist) H. Riddell (Unionist) Lennox (Labour Unionist) Jameson (Unionist) Shankill Shankill - 8 seatsBelfast News-Letter - Monday 19 January 1920Belfast Telegraph - Monday 19 January 1920 14 Belfast Labour Party Sam Kyle 2,082 Ulster Unionist Party Hugh Murphy 1,585 Independent Unionist Tommy Henderson 1,210 - - - - 1,380 Ulster Unionist Party Florence F. Clark 906 - - - - - - - - - 1,368 Ulster Unionist Party William George Turner 988 - - - - - - - - - 1,340 Sinn Féin Michael Carolan 918 - - - - - - - - - - 1,406 Ulster Unionist Party W. C. Bickerstaff 848 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,104 Ulster Unionist Party R. Andrews 794 Nationalist Party (Ireland) H. Martin 789 Belfast Labour Party Dawson Gordon 543 - - - - - - - - - 1,363 Labour Unionist R. Weir 340 Labour Unionist J. A. Turkington 293 Ulster Unionist Party Edwin Squire 227 Independent Unionist T. McClughin 183 Independent Unionist J. Burns 159 Trade Unionist T. Jenkinson 108 Belfast Labour Party R. McWillians 84 Trade Unionist Zimri Stewart 0 14 17,629 12,057 239 1,340 12,296 St Anne's Alexander Boyd (Independent Labour) G. M. Donaldson (Labour) J. A. Doran (Unionist) Alexander Hopkins (Unionist) James Johnston (Unionist) Hugh McLaurin (Unionist) Victoria John Harkin (Nationalist) James Augustine Duff (Unionist) Frank Workman (Unionist) T. Kennedy (Labour) Thompson Donald (Labour Unionist) Joseph Cosgrove (SF) D. Jones (Unionist) Woodvale Joseph Davison (Unionist) John Graham (Unionist) Clarke Scott (Labour) A. Hodgens (Unionist) W. Macartney (Unionist) W. Addis (Labour) Falls Falls - 6 seatsBelfast News-Letter - Saturday 17 January 1920 14 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Richard Byrne 1,655 16.87 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Oswald Jamison 1,463 14.91 Ulster Unionist Party Henry McKeag 1,309 13.34 1,311 - - - - - 1,316 1,323 1,328 1,342 1,366 Sinn Féin Denis McCullough 1,034 - - +57 - - - - - 1,173 1,228 1,464 Sinn Féin Demot Barnes 781 - - +36 - - - - - 901 941 1,086 1,139 Belfast Labour Party James Boyle 577 - - - - - +52 - 684 809 849 - - Eliminated Belfast Labour Party Denis Houston 527 - - - - - - - 667 874 929 - - Elected Sinn Féin James McEntee 435 - - - - - - - - - 571 Independent (politician) Jeremiah McCavanagh 369 - - - - - - 435 487 498 Belfast Labour Party Hugh Gorman 339 - - - - - - - 412 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Constantine O'Neill 250 277 - - - - - 397 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Michael McKeown 240 323 351 - - - - 542 740 - 785 856 Belfast Labour Party Daniel McRandall 209 - - - - 226 Sinn Féin Francis McCurry 168 - - - 175 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Felix Kane Jr. 146 218 228 - - - 254 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James Rodgers 145 - - 173 Sinn Féin Joseph Connolly 100 - 102 Eliminated Sinn Féin Edward Trodden 38 - 38 Eliminated Independent Nationalist Michael Cunningham 23 - 24 Eliminated Independent (politician) Zimri Stewart 3 - 3 Eliminated 14 13,139 9,811 764 1,402 10,575 References 1914 Belfast Corporation election Belfast Corporation elections 1925 Belfast Corporation election Category:1920 Irish local elections 1920 Category:1920s in Ireland Category:20th century in Belfast