1965 Northern Ireland general election

none September 2017 September 2017 1965 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1962 Northern Ireland general election 1962 List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1969 Northern Ireland general election 1969 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 25 November 1965 Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Captain Rt. Hon. Terence O'Neill 1966 (cropped).png 160 120 150 0 35 Terence O'Neill 25 March 1963 Ulster Unionist Party Bannside 34 seats, 48.8% 36UUP Includes 14 members elected unopposed. 2 191,896Contest Voting only took place in 29 of 52 seats. The other 23 MPs were unopposed. 59.1% 10.3% Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Eddie McAteer 2 June 1964 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Foyle 9 seats, 15.1% 9Nat Includes 5 members elected unopposed. 26,748Contest 8.2% 6.9% Tom Boyd 1958 Northern Ireland Labour Party Belfast Pottinger 4 seats, 25.4% 2 2 66,323Contest 20.4% 5.0% Gerry Fitt 1964 Republican Labour Party Belfast Dock Did not exist 2Rep Includes 1 member elected unopposed. 2 3,326Contest 1.0% New party Northern Ireland general election 1965.png 300px Election results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Terence O'Neill Ulster Unionist Party Terence O'Neill Ulster Unionist Party The 1965 Northern Ireland general election was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. Results + ↓ 36 9 2 2 3 UUP Nationalist L R Oth 1965 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 41 36UUP 2 0 +2 191,896 59.1 69.2 +10.3 Northern Ireland Labour Party 17 2 0 2 -2 66,323 20.4 3.8 -5.0 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 9 9Nat 0 0 0 26,748 8.2 17.3 -6.9 National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland) 1 1NDP The sole NDP member was elected unopposed. 1 0 +1 15,206 4.7 1.9 N/A Ulster Liberal Party 4 1Lib The sole Liberal member was elected unopposed. 0 0 0 12,618 3.9 1.9 +0.3 Independent Labour 1 0 0 0 0 4,371 1.4 — -1.7 Republican Labour Party 2 2Rep Includes 1 member elected unopposed. 1 0 +2 3,326 1.0 3.8 N/A New Ireland Movement 1 0 0 0 0 3,111 1.0 — N/A Independent Republican (Ireland) 1 0 0 0 0 682 0.2 — N/A Communist Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 308 0.1 — N/A Independent politician 1 1Ind The sole independent member was elected unopposed. 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 -0.4 |} All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589). Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 59.12 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 20.43 Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 8.24 National Democratic National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland) 4.68 Ulster Liberal Ulster Liberal Party 3.89 Independent Labour Independent Labour 1.35 Republican Labour Republican Labour Party 1.02 New Ireland Movement lightblue 0.96 Independent Republican Independent Republican (Ireland) 0.21 Communist Communist Party of Northern Ireland 0.09 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 69.23 Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 17.31 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 3.85 Republican Labour Republican Labour Party 3.85 National Democratic National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland) 1.92 Independent Independent 1.92 See also List of members of the 11th House of Commons of Northern Ireland Notes References Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20171116175039/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/totals.html 16 November 2017 1965 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election General election