1953 Northern Ireland general election

1953 general elections in Northern Ireland September 2017 September 2017 1953 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1949 Northern Ireland general election 1949 List of members of the 7th House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1958 Northern Ireland general election 1958 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 22 October 1953 Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png Viscount Brookeborough 1 May 1943 Ulster Unionist Party Lisnaskea 37 seats, 62.7% 38UUP Includes 21 members elected unopposed. 1 125,379Contest Voting only took place in 27 of 52 seats. The other 25 MPs were unopposed. 48.6% 14.1% Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James McSparran 15 November 1945 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Mourne 9 seats, 26.8% 7Nat Includes 3 members elected unopposed. 2 27,796Contest 10.8% 16.0% Anti-Partition of Ireland League NoneAbstain Both of the successful Anti-Partition League candidates practiced abstentionism. As a result, the group had no leader in Stormont. n/a Anti-Partition of Ireland League None Did not contest 2APL Includes 1 member elected unopposed. 2 7,728Contest 3.0% New party William Norton, circa 1945.png William Norton 19 July 1932 Irish Labour Party Sat in Dáil Éireann Did not contest 1 1 13,223Contest 5.1% New party Northern Ireland general election 1953.png 350px Election results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. Results + ↓ 38 7 2 5 UUP Nationalist AP Oth 1953 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 43 38UUP 3 2 +1 125,379 48.6 73.1 -14.1 Independent Unionist 8 1 1 2 -1 32,998 12.8 1.9 +12.2 Northern Ireland Labour Party 9 0 0 0 0 31,360 12.1 +5.0 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 8 7Nat 0 2 -2 27,796 10.8 13.5 -16.0 Irish Labour Party 6 1 1 0 +1 13,223 5.1 1.9 N/A Anti-Partition of Ireland League 3 2APL 2 0 +2 7,728 3.0 3.8 N/A Independent Irish Labour 2 0 0 0 0 6,639 2.6 N/A Ind. Republican Labour 1 1 1 0 +1 5,947 2.3 1.9 N/A Independent Labour 1 1 0 0 0 3,902 1.5 1.9 -0.6 Independent (politician) 2 1 0 1 -1 1,745 0.7 1.9 +0.2 Communist Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 1,207 0.5 +0.3 All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924). Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist #48A5EE 48.61 Independent Unionist #0077ff 12.79 Labour #cd5c5c 12.16 Nationalist Party #32cd32 10.78 Irish Labour #CC0000 5.13 Anti-Partition #DDFFDD 3.00 Independent Irish Labour #FFE8E8 2.57 Republican Labour #85de59 2.31 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 1.51 Communist red 0.47 Independent #dddddd 0.68 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist #48A5EE 73.08 Nationalist Party #32cd32 13.46 Anti-Partition #DDFFDD 3.85 Independent Unionist #0077ff 1.92 Irish Labour #CC0000 1.92 Republican Labour #85de59 1.92 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 1.92 Independent #dddddd 1.92 See also MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953 References Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20171116175039/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/totals.html 16 November 2017 Notes Category:1953 elections in the United Kingdom 1953 Category:October 1953 in the United Kingdom Category:1953 elections in Northern Ireland