1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

Northern Irish general election 1955 United Kingdom general election January 2019 January 2019 1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1951 26 May 1955 1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1959 All 12 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons 74.1% (5.8 pp) Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png 120 120 160 0 0 Sir Basil Brooke, Bt Ulster Unionist Party Conservative Party (UK) 1943 Sat in Stormont 10 442,647 68.5% 1 9.1 pp Sinn Féin SF Paddy McLogan 1954 Sinn Féin Did not stand 2 152,310 23.6% 2 New party On 26 May 1955, the 1955 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 630 members of the House of Commons, including the 12 Northern Ireland seats in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post. This was the first election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921 where all constituencies in the region were contested The Ulster Unionists regained the seat which they had lost to Jack Beattie from the Irish Labour Party. The nationalist interest was represented by Sinn Féin who gained the two seats previously held by the Nationalist Party. Patricia McLaughlin was the first woman elected as an MP for a Northern Ireland constituency. In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Anthony Eden as Prime Minister, continued in a majority government. Candidates Affiliation CandidatesUlster Unionist Party 12Sinn Féin 12Northern Ireland Labour Party 3Irish Labour 1Total 28 Results +Partyhttps://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1955.cfm Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1955 ElectionsIreland.org 19 January 2019 19 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174743/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1955.cfm livehttps://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw55.htm The 1955 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland ARK: Northern Ireland Elections 19 January 2019SeatsAggregate Votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference Ulster Unionist Party 10 1 0 1 83.3 442,647 68.5 9.1 Sinn Féin 2 colspan="2" Did not stand in 1951 2 16.7 152,310 23.6 Northern Ireland Labour Party 0 0 0 — 35,614 5.5 8.0 Irish Labour 0 0 1 1 — 16,050 2.5 4.7 Independent Nationalist 0 0 1 1 — 0 0.0 7.1 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 0 0 1 1 — 0 0.0 7.1 Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 0 0 — 0 0.0 5.8 Total 12 646,621 74.1https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 4 August 2026 5.8 MPs elected Constituency Party MPAntrim North Ulster Unionist PartyPhelim O'NeillAntrim South Ulster Unionist PartyKnox CunninghamArmagh Ulster Unionist PartyC. W. ArmstrongBelfast East Ulster Unionist PartyAlan McKibbinBelfast North Ulster Unionist PartyH. Montgomery HydeBelfast South Ulster Unionist PartyDavid CampbellBelfast West Ulster Unionist PartyPatricia McLaughlinDown North Ulster Unionist PartyGeorge CurrieDown South Ulster Unionist PartyLawrence OrrFermanagh and South Tyrone Sinn FéinPhilip ClarkeLondonderry Ulster Unionist PartyRobin Chichester-ClarkMid Ulster Sinn FéinTom Mitchell By-elections By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party CauseMid Ulster11 August 1955Tom Mitchell won the most votes at the general election but was disqualified by the House of Commons on the grounds that he was a convicted felon. A by-election was called at which Mitchell again stood and won the most votes. On this occasion an election petition was lodged and Mitchell was again disqualified with the Election Court declaring his opponent Charles Beattie duly elected. It then emerged that Beattie himself was ineligible to sit because he held offices of profit under the Crown. Beattie was indemnified by Parliament against the consequences of sitting and voting while ineligible, and a further writ was moved. In the subsequent by-election, Independent Unionist George Forrest was elected. Forrest later joined the Ulster Unionists and won the seat for the party at the 1959 general election.Tom Mitchell Sinn FéinTom Mitchell Sinn FéinDisqualificationMid Ulster8 May 1956Charles Beattie Ulster Unionist PartyGeorge Forrest Independent UnionistDisqualificationBelfast East19 March 1959Alan McKibbin Ulster Unionist PartyStanley McMaster Ulster Unionist PartyDeath See also 1955 United Kingdom general election in England 1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1955 United Kingdom general election in Wales References #Northern Ireland 1955 Category:1955 elections in Northern Ireland Category:May 1955 in the United Kingdom