1959 Belfast East by-election

The 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[1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1955: Belfast East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Alan McKibbin	26,938	62.5	+0.8
	NI Labour	Tom Boyd	13,041	30.2	-8.1
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mulcahy	3,156	7.3	New
Majority			13,897	32.3	+8.8
Turnout			43,135	70.4	-4.1
Registered electors			61,258
	UUP hold		Swing

Result of the by-election

1959 Belfast East by-election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Stanley McMaster	19,524	57.8	-4.7
	NI Labour	James Gardner	14,264	42.2	+10.0
Majority			5,260	15.6	-16.7
Turnout			33,788	57.9	-12.5
Registered electors			58,388
	UUP hold		Swing

External links

• A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)

References

1. Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
2. "1959 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.