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unusual facts about Belfast West



Independent Labour Group

John Joseph Brennan stood under the party banner in Belfast West in the 1959 UK general election, where he received 37.6% of the votes cast, then stood in Belfast Falls in the Northern Ireland general election, 1962.

Thomas Leslie Teevan

In 1950, a vacancy arose in the Belfast West constituency, owing to the disqualification of the Reverend James MacManaway for being an Anglican priest despite the Church of Ireland being disestablished.


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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011

# Gerry Carroll of People Before Profit in Belfast West: 1,661 (4.8%), and