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The Belfast South by-election was held on 4 March 1982 following the death of Robert Bradford Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament for Belfast South.Bradford had held the seat since the February 1974 UK general election initially for the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party but since 1978 as a UUP member. He was murdered by the Provisional IRA on 14 November 1981 while holding a political surgery in a community centre in Finaghy.