Belfast Bloomfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Boundaries
Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency located in eastern Belfast. Established in 1929, it was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland.
The constituency was formed by dividing Belfast East into four new constituencies, one of which was Belfast Bloomfield. It remained unchanged, returning a single member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972 and subsequently abolished in 1973.
Members of Parliament
Election results
At the 1929 and 1933 general elections, Herbert Dixon was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1938: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Herbert Dixon |
9,446 |
70.3 |
N/A |
|
Progressive Unionist |
Phoebe Moody |
3,988 |
29.7 |
New |
| Majority |
5,458 |
40.6 |
N/A |
| Turnout |
13,434 |
68.0 |
N/A |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1945: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran |
9,995 |
63.3 |
-7.0 |
|
Communist (NI) |
William McCullough |
5,802 |
36.7 |
New |
| Majority |
4,193 |
26.6 |
-14.0 |
| Turnout |
15,797 |
73.8 |
+5.8 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1949: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran |
14,058 |
87.5 |
+12.2 |
|
NI Labour |
Tom Boyd |
1,386 |
8.6 |
New |
|
Communist (NI) |
William McCullough |
623 |
3.9 |
-32.8 |
| Majority |
12,672 |
78.9 |
+52.7 |
| Turnout |
16,057 |
76.0 |
+2.2 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| Belfast Bloomfield by-election, 1950 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran |
7,609 |
77.3 |
-10.2 |
|
NI Labour |
Robert S. Thompson |
2,232 |
22.7 |
+14.1 |
| Majority |
5,377 |
54.6 |
-26.3 |
| Turnout |
9,841 |
44.7 |
-31.3 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1953: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran |
9,004 |
88.2 |
+0.7 |
|
Communist (NI) |
Andy Barr |
1,207 |
11.8 |
+7.9 |
| Majority |
7,797 |
76.4 |
-2.5 |
| Turnout |
10,211 |
46.4 |
+29.6 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1958: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran |
7,124 |
52.3 |
-35.9 |
|
NI Labour |
Edward Bell |
4,010 |
29.4 |
New |
|
Ind U |
Edward Courtney |
2,492 |
18.3 |
-11.1 |
| Majority |
3,114 |
22.9 |
-53.5 |
| Turnout |
13,626 |
63.4 |
+17.0 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| 1961 Belfast Bloomfield by-election |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Walter Scott |
6,212 |
61.5 |
+9.2 |
|
NI Labour |
Robert McFarland Bingham |
3,885 |
38.5 |
+9.1 |
| Majority |
2,237 |
23.0 |
+0.1 |
| Turnout |
10,097 |
45.9 |
-17.5 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1962: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Walter Scott |
7,921 |
56.7 |
+4.4 |
|
NI Labour |
Robert McFarland Bingham |
6,053 |
43.3 |
+13.9 |
| Majority |
1,868 |
13.4 |
-9.5 |
| Turnout |
13,974 |
62.8 |
-0.6 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1965: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Walter Scott |
7,755 |
63.5 |
+6.8 |
|
NI Labour |
Robert Caldwell |
4,154 |
34.0 |
-9.3 |
|
Communist (NI) |
Andy Barr |
308 |
2.5 |
New |
| Majority |
3,601 |
29.5 |
+16.1 |
| Turnout |
12,217 |
55.7 |
-5.1 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1969: Belfast Bloomfield |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UUP |
Walter Scott |
9,084 |
61.2 |
-2.3 |
|
Protestant Unionist |
William Spence |
3,568 |
24.0 |
New |
|
NI Labour |
Robert Caldwell |
2,196 |
14.8 |
-19.2 |
| Majority |
5,516 |
37.2 |
+7.7 |
| Turnout |
14,848 |
70.2 |
+14.5 |
|
Ulster Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
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