Belfast (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°55′48″W / 54.597°N 5.930°W / 54.597; -5.930

Belfast
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Belfast

Belfast was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

Belfast in County Antrim was enfranchised as a borough constituency in 1613. It continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Parliament of Ireland was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801.

During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland Belfast was represented from 1654 in the Westminster Parliament as part of the Carrickfergus and Belfast constituency. Belfast was the place of election in this single-member constituency. See First Protectorate Parliament for further details.

In 1661, following the restoration of the King, the Parliament of Ireland was re-established as it had existed before the Protectorate. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Belfast was represented with one member.^[1]

Under the Act of Union 1800 the Parliament of Ireland was merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 300 members of the Irish House of Commons were reduced to 100 Irish members of the United Kingdom House of Commons. As part of that process Belfast lost one of its seats.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1613-1615 Sir John Blennerhassett
1654–1660 Commonwealth - See Carrickfergus and Belfast (constituency)
1660 Sir Jerome Alexander ^[2]

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament	Mark Talbot	Belfast had only one seat
1692	George Macartney	James Macartney
1695	Charles Chichester	James Macartney
1703	William Crafford	William Cairnes
1707	William Crafford	Samuel Ogle
1713	Robert Moore	Anthony Atkinson
1715	George Macartney	John Ichingham Chichester
1721		George Macartney
1725		John Chichester
1727		David John Barry
1745		John Chichester
1747		William Macartney
1757	Arthur Barry	William Macartney
1761	John Chichester	John Ludford
1768	Hon. Henry Skeffington	George Hamilton

1776		Barry Yelverton ^{[note 1]}	Patriot
1777		Alexander Crookshank
1784		Joseph Hewitt
1792	Sir William Godfrey, 1st Bt
1797	Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester	George Crookshank
1798	Alexander Hamilton
January 1800	James Edward May
February 1800	James Edward May	John Congreve
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Belfast

Notes

↑ Also elected for Carrickfergus in 1776, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
↑ Clarke, Aidan. Prelude to Restoration in Ireland: The End of the Commonwealth, 1659–1660.

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Antrim and the city of Belfast

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Antrim Borough (1666–1800)
Antrim County (???–1800)
Belfast (1613–1800)
Carrickfergus (1326–1800)
Lisburn (???–1800)
Randalstown (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Antrim (1801–85, 1922–50) Mid Antrim (1885–1922) Belfast (1801–85) Belfast Cromac (1918–22) Belfast Duncairn (1918–22) Belfast Falls (1918–22) Belfast Ormeau (1918–22) Belfast Pottinger (1918–22) Belfast Shankill (1918–22) Belfast St Anne's (1918–22) Belfast Victoria (1918–22) Belfast Woodvale (1918–22) Carrickfergus (1801–85) Lisburn (1801–85) Queen's University of Belfast (1918–50)

Current	East Antrim (1885–1922, 1983—) North Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—) South Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—) Belfast East (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast North (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast South (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast West (1885–1918, 1922—) Lagan Valley 1983—

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	East Antrim Mid Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast Cromac Belfast Duncairn Belfast Falls Belfast Ormeau Belfast Pottinger Belfast St Anne's Belfast Shankill Belfast Victoria Belfast Woodvale Queen's University of Belfast

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	(none)

No seats taken	Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Queen's University of Belfast

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

1921–29	Antrim (1921–29) Belfast East (1921–29) Belfast North (1921–29) Belfast South (1921–29) West Belfast (1921–29) Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)

1929–72	Bannside (1929–72) Belfast Ballynafeigh (1929–72) Belfast Bloomfield (1929–72) Belfast Central (1929–72) Belfast Clifton (1929–72) Belfast Cromac (1929–72) Belfast Dock (1929–72) Belfast Duncairn (1929–72) Belfast Falls (1929–72) Belfast Oldpark (1929–72) Belfast Pottinger (1929–72) Belfast Shankill (1929–72) Belfast St Annes (1929–72) Belfast Victoria (1929–72) Belfast Willowfield (1929–72) Belfast Windsor (1929–72) Belfast Woodvale (1929–72) Carrick (1929–72) Larkfield (1929–72) Larne (1929–72) Mid Antrim (1929–72) Newtownabbey (1969–72) North Antrim (1929–72) Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69) South Antrim (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Lagan Valley

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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