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1935 United Kingdom general election
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1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1931 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1931 14 November 1935 1945 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1945 13 seats in Northern Ireland of the 615 seats in the House of Commons James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Viscount Craigavon Ulster Unionist Party Conservative Party (UK) 1921 Did not stand 11UUP Includes 7 members elected unopposed. 176,925Contest Voting took place in 6 of 13 seats. The other MPs were unopposed. 62.2% 6.2% Judge TJ Campbell.jpg 160 120 160 0 20 T. J. Campbell 1934 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Did not stand 2 50,747Contest 17.8% 21.1%
The 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 14 November as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with MPs elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.
Results
This election saw no change in the distribution of seats from Northern Ireland. Seven MPs were elected unopposed, all of them Ulster Unionists.
In the election as a whole, a second National Government which had been formed before the election was returned with Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party as Prime Minister. The Ulster Unionists were members of the Conservative Party. Also in the government were the National Liberal Party and National Labour.
1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Irelandhttps://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1935.cfm Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1935 ElectionsIreland.org 5 January 2019 22 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171222060004/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1935.cfm liveRallings Colin Thrasher Michael British Electoral Facts 2006 Ashgate 31
Ulster Unionist Party
yes
13
11UUP
0
0
0
176,925
62.2
84.6
+6.2
Independent Nationalist
3
0
0
0
0
56,833
20.0
—
+20.0
Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
2
2
0
0
0
50,747
17.8
15.4
-21.1
Northern Ireland Labour Party
0
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
-5.0
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Votes in constituencies using the bloc voting system are counted as 0.5 each, as each voter had one vote per seat.
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MPs elected
Constituency Party MPAntrimUlster UnionistSir Joseph McConnell, BtUlster UnionistHugh O'NeillArmaghUlster UnionistWilliam AllenBelfast EastUlster UnionistHerbert DixonBelfast NorthUlster UnionistThomas SomersetBelfast SouthUlster UnionistWilliam StewartBelfast WestUlster UnionistAlexander BrowneDownUlster UnionistViscount CastlereaghUlster UnionistDavid ReidFermanagh and TyroneNationalistPatrick CunninghamNationalistAnthony MulveyLondonderryUlster UnionistSir Ronald Ross, BtQueen's University of BelfastUlster UnionistThomas Sinclair
By-elections
By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party CauseDown10 May 1939David Reid Ulster Unionist PartyJames Little Ulster Unionist PartyDeathBelfast East8 February 1940Herbert Dixon Ulster Unionist PartyHenry Harland Ulster Unionist PartyElevation to the PeerageQueen's University of Belfast2 November 1940Thomas Sinclair Ulster Unionist PartyDouglas Savory Ulster Unionist PartyResignationBelfast West9 February 1943Alexander Browne Ulster Unionist PartyJack Beattie Northern Ireland Labour PartyDeathAntrim11 February 1943Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt Ulster Unionist PartyJohn Dermot Campbell Ulster Unionist PartyDeath
See also
1935 United Kingdom general election in England
1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Notes
References
#Northern Ireland
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Category:1935 elections in Northern Ireland
Category:November 1935 in the United Kingdom