1958 Northern Ireland general election

none September 2017 September 2017 1958 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1953 Northern Ireland general election 1953 List of members of the 8th House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1962 Northern Ireland general election 1962 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 20 March 1958 Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png Viscount Brookeborough 1 May 1943 Ulster Unionist Party Lisnaskea 38 seats, 48.6% 37UUP Includes 25 members elected unopposed. 1 106,177Contest Voting only took place in 25 of 52 seats. The other 27 MPs were unopposed. 44.0% 4.6% Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Joe Stewart 1958 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) East Tyrone 7 seats, 10.8% 7Nat Includes 2 members elected unopposed. 36,013Contest 14.9% 4.1% Northern Ireland Labour Party Tom Boyd 1958 Northern Ireland Labour Party Belfast Pottinger 0 seats, 12.1% 4 4 38,093Contest 15.8% 3.0% Northern Ireland general election 1958.png 320px Election results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough27 February 1958 Six Counties Election on March 20 1 Evening Echo to be held on 20 March 1958. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election. Campaign Announcing the election, Viscount Brookeborough remarked that the election would be on the Border issue once more, noting that this was the ninth election on the same issue.28 February 1958 Border To Be Issue Again 9 Irish Independent Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year. Results + ↓ 37 7 4 4 UUP Nationalist Lab Oth 1958 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 46 37UUP 3 4 -1 106,177 44.0 71.2 -4.6 Northern Ireland Labour Party 8 4 4 0 +4 38,093 15.8 7.7 +3.0 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 8 7Nat 0 0 0 36,013 14.9 13.5 +4.1 Independent Unionist 5 0 0 1 0 16,537 6.8 — N/A Independent Labour 2 0 0 1 -1 7,544 3.1 — +0.6 Ind. Republican Labour 1 1 0 0 0 7,510 3.1 1.9 +0.8 Irish Labour Party 3 0 0 1 -1 7,321 3.0 — -2.1 Independent Nationalist 2 1 1 0 +1 5,168 2.1 1.9 N/A Ulster Protestant Action 1 0 0 0 0 4,704 2.0 — N/A Independent Labour Group 1 1 1 0 +1 4,683 2.0 1.9 N/A Independent (politician) 2 1 0 0 0 4,231 1.8 1.9 +1.1 Independent Irish Labour 1 0 0 0 0 2,761 1.1 — -2.5 Ulster Liberal Party 1 0 0 0 0 759 0.3 — N/A |} Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501). Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist #48A5EE 43.97 Labour #cd5c5c 15.77 Nationalist Party #32cd32 14.91 Independent Unionist #0077ff 6.85 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 5.06 Republican Labour #85de59 3.11 Irish Labour #CC0000 3.03 Ind. Nationalist #99ff66 2.14 Ind. Protestant Unionist orange 1.95 Independent Irish Labour #FFE8E8 1.14 Ulster Liberal #DAA520 0.31 Independent #dddddd 1.75 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist #48A5EE 71.15 Nationalist Party #32cd32 13.46 Labour #cd5c5c 7.69 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 1.92 Republican Labour #85de59 1.92 Independent Nationalist #99ff66 1.92 Independent #dddddd 1.92 See also List of members of the 9th House of Commons of Northern Ireland 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 1958 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election General election