Queen's University Of Belfast (UK Parliament Constituency)
Queen's University of Belfast was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament from 1918 until 1950.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Read more about Queen's University Of Belfast (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, Members of Parliament, Politics and History of The Constituency, Election Results
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