Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Belfast North in Northern Ireland.
Districts of Northern Ireland	Belfast, Newtownabbey
Population	102,531 (2011 census)
Electorate	67,422 (March 2011)
Current constituency
Created	1922
Member of parliament	Nigel Dodds (DUP)
Number of members	One
Created from	Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Shankill
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Shankill
Created from	Belfast
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 54°39′47″N 5°57′54″W / 54.663°N 5.965°W / 54.663; -5.965

Belfast North is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

1950-1974: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Clifton, Duncairn, and Shankill.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Clifton, Dock, Duncairn, and Shankill.

1983-1997: The District of Belfast wards of Ardoyne, Ballysillan, Bellevue, Castleview, Cavehill, Cliftonville, Crumlin, Duncairn, Fortwilliam, Grove, Legoniel, New Lodge, Shankill, and Woodvale.

1997-2010: The District of Belfast wards of Ardoyne, Ballysillan, Bellevue, Castleview, Cavehill, Chichester Park, Cliftonville, Crumlin, Duncairn, Fortwilliam, Legoniel, New Lodge, Water Works, and Woodvale, and the District of Newtownabbey wards of Abbey, Coole, Dunanney, Valley, and Whitehouse.

2010–present: The District of Belfast wards of Ardoyne, Ballysillan, Bellevue, Castleview, Cavehill, Chichester Park, Cliftonville, Crumlin, Duncairn, Fortwilliam, Legoniel, New Lodge, Water Works, and Woodvale, and the District of Newtownabbey wards of Abbey, Ballyhenry, Cloughfern, Collinbridge, Coole, Dunanney, Elmfeild, Glebe, Glengormley, Hightown, Valley, and Whitehouse.

The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut. The seat is centred on the north section of Belfast, though at times the area around the Docks on the north side of the Lagan Estuary has instead been part of variously Belfast East and Belfast West. Belfast North also contains part of the district of Newtownabbey.