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1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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1964 UK general election in Northern Ireland
1964 United Kingdom general election
January 2019
January 2019
1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1959 15 October 1964 1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1966 All 12 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons 71.7% (5.8 pp) Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Captain Rt. Hon. Terence O'Neill 1966 (cropped).png 150 120 160 0 30 Terence O'Neill Ulster Unionist Party Conservative Party (UK) 1963 Sat in Stormont 12 401,897 63.2% 14.0 pp Northern Ireland Labour Party Lab Tom Boyd 1958 Northern Ireland Labour Party Sat in Stormont 0 102,759 16.1% 8.4 pp
On 15 October 1964, the 1964 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.
The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region, as they had at the previous election.
In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lost their majority, lost power after thirteen years in government. The Labour Party won a narrow majority and Harold Wilson was appointed as Prime Minister.
Candidates
Affiliation CandidatesUlster Unionist Party 12Independent Republican (Ireland) 12Northern Ireland Labour Party 10Ulster Liberal Party 4Republican Labour Party 1Total 39
Results
+Partyhttps://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1964.cfm Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1964 ElectionsIreland.org 19 January 2019 19 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230906/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1964.cfm livehttps://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw64.htm The 1964 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland ARK: Northern Ireland Elections 19 January 2019 26 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181226112310/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw64.htm liveSeatsAggregate Votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference Ulster Unionist Party 12 0 0 100.0 401,897 63.2 14.0 Northern Ireland Labour Party 0 0 0 — 102,759 16.1 8.4 Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 colspan="3" Did not stand in 1959 — 101,628 15.9 Ulster Liberal Party 0 0 0 — 17,354 2.7 2.1 Republican Labour Party 0 colspan="3" New — 14,678 2.3 New Total 12 638,316 71.7https://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 PartyHenry ClarkAntrim South Ulster Unionist PartyKnox CunninghamArmagh Ulster Unionist PartyJohn MaginnisBelfast East Ulster Unionist PartyStanley McMasterBelfast North Ulster Unionist PartyStratton MillsBelfast South Ulster Unionist PartyRafton PounderBelfast West Ulster Unionist PartyPatricia McLaughlinDown North Ulster Unionist PartyGeorge CurrieDown South Ulster Unionist PartyLawrence OrrFermanagh and South Tyrone Ulster Unionist PartyMarquess of AbercornLondonderry Ulster Unionist PartyRobin Chichester-ClarkMid Ulster Ulster Unionist PartyGeorge Forrest
See also
1964 United Kingdom general election in England
1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
1964 United Kingdom general election in Wales
References
#Northern Ireland
1964
Category:1964 elections in Northern Ireland