Belfast West by-election, 1950
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There was a by-election for Belfast West constituency on 29 November 1950.
It occurred after the winner at the 1950 UK general election, James Godfrey MacManaway, was disqualified as he was a priest.
Thomas Leslie Teevan, the Unionist candidate, narrowly beat Jack Beattie, a former MP for the constituency who was the candidate of the Irish Labour Party, by 913 votes. However Beattie beat Teevan at the 1951 general election.[1]
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Thomas Teevan | 31,796 | 50.8 | - 0.7 | |
Irish Labour | Jack Beattie | 30,833 | 49.2 | + 2.9 | |
Majority | 913 | 1.5 | - 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 62,629 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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