Belfast Falls (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast Falls was a UK parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland. It existed from 1918 to 1922, electing one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post electoral system.

The constituency was created as part of the representation of the People Act 1918, which significantly expanded the electorate and reorganised constituency boundaries. Belfast was allocated new, single-member constituencies, including Belfast Falls.

Geographically, Belfast Falls covered a section of West Belfast, an area with a significant Catholic and Nationalist population. The constituency's name derived from the Falls Road, a major thoroughfare in the area.

Due to the political climate in Ireland during this period, characterised by the rise of Irish nationalism and the push for Home Rule, the constituency was highly contested.

In the 1918 general election, the seat was won by Joseph Devlin, representing the Irish Parliamentary Party. He defeated Éamon de Valera, the Sinn Féin candidate.

Belfast Falls was abolished for the 1922 general election as part of the wider reorganisation of Northern Irish constituencies following the partition of Ireland and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Parliament. The area it covered was largely incorporated into the new Belfast West constituency.