Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

• State

Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.BoundariesBelfast East contained the Dock, Pottinger and Victoria wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Bloomfield, Belfast Dock, Belfast Pottinger and Belfast Victoria constituencies.PoliticsBelfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party MP in 1925.