I have only just found this thread. Some of you might not realise that the Belfast had the same auto land system as the Trident and in fact did a lot of the system proving trials.
Now the Belfast also had a "rams horn" type of control column which I found to be very comfortable.
I have just looked at my old Pilots Notes and I can confirm that on the cockpit photographs the disconnect button for the automatics were on the left side for the captain and the right hand for the F/O. The PTT/intercom buttons were inboard.
This seems very logical to me. We had a set of throttles each so it seemed right to have your outside hand on the control column and your inside hand on your own set of throttles with your thumbs close to the disconnest buttons for the automatics and the auto throttles.