There was a by-election for Belfast West constituency

Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast West is a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:The seat was restored 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...

 on 29 November 1950.

It occurred after the winner at the 1950 UK general election, James Godfrey MacManaway

James Godfrey MacManaway

James Godfrey MacManaway, MBE was a British Unionist politician and Church of Ireland cleric, notable for being disqualified as a Member of Parliament, owing to his status as a priest.-Early life:...

, was disqualified as he was a priest.

Thomas Leslie Teevan

Thomas Leslie Teevan

Thomas Leslie Teevan was an Ulster Unionist Party politician and lawyer, notable for his extreme youth, brief career, and very early death.-Early life:...

, the Unionist

Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...

 candidate, narrowly beat Jack Beattie

Jack Beattie

Jack Beattie was a politician from Northern Ireland.He was a teacher by profession. He joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party . In 1925, he became a Member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for Belfast East. He represented Belfast Pottinger from 1929...

, a former MP for the constituency who was the candidate of the Irish Labour Party, by 913 votes. However Beattie beat Teevan at the 1951 general election.

Result