North Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)
| Belfast North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Belfast North in Northern Ireland.
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| 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 |
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| European Parliament constituency | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: 54°39′47″N 5°57′54″W / 54.663°N 5.965°W
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.
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