1925 Northern Ireland general election

none September 2017 September 2017 1925 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1921 Northern Ireland general election 1921 List of members of the 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1929 Northern Ireland general election 1929 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 3 April 1925 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg James Craig 7 June 1921 Ulster Unionist Party Down 40 seats, 66.9% 32UUP Includes 10 members elected unopposed. 8 211,662Contest The popular vote totals reflect returns from only 8 of the 10 constituencies, as in Down and QUB no actual voting took place and all of the candidates in these constituencies were elected unopposed. 55.0% 11.9% Joe Devlin.JPG Joe Devlin 1918 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Belfast West 6 seats, 11.8% 10Nat Includes 1 member elected unopposed. 4 91,452Contest 23.8% 12.0% Northern Ireland Labour Party Samuel Kyle 1925 Northern Ireland Labour Party Belfast North 0 seats, 0.6% 3 3 18,114Contest 4.7% 4.1% Éamon de Valera.jpg Éamon de Valera 1917 Republican (Ireland, 1923) Down 6 seats, 20.5% 2Rep Includes 1 member elected unopposed. 4 20,615Contest 5.3% 15.2% File:1925 Northern Ireland General Election Results Map.png 300px Results of the 1925 Northern Ireland General Election. Prime Minister Prime Minister after election James Craig Ulster Unionist Party James Craig Ulster Unionist Party The 1925 Northern Ireland general election was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using Single transferable voting, a form of Proportional Representation. Fifty-two members were elected in ten districts, which each elected between four and eight members.Elected 12 of the 52 members were elected unopposed. The Ulster Unionist government abolished proportional representation during this parliament and replaced it with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain. Results 32 10 4 3 2 1 UUP Nationalist IU Lab R 1925 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 40 32UUP 0 8 -8 211,662 55.0 61.5 -11.9 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 11 10Nat 4 0 +4 91,452 23.8 19.2 +12.0 Independent Unionist 4 4 4 0 +4 34,716 9.0 7.7 N/A Republican (Ireland, 1923) 6 2Rep 0 4 -4 20,615 5.3 3.8 -15.2 Northern Ireland Labour Party 3 3 3 0 +3 18,114 4.7 5.8 +4.1 Unbought Tenants Association 1 1 1 0 +1 4,886 1.3 1.9 N/A Town Tenants' Association 1 0 0 0 3,320 0.9 0.0 N/A |} Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745). In Down (eight seats) and Queen's University of Belfast (four seats), no actual polling took place as all candidates were elected unopposed: 10 Ulster Unionist, 1 Nationalist and 1 Republican. Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 55.01 Nationalist Party Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 23.77 Independent Unionist Independent Unionist 9.02 Republican Republican (Ireland, 1923) 5.36 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 4.71 Unbought Tenants Unbought Tenants Association 1.27 Tenants Associations #777777 0.86 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 61.54 Nationalist Party Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 19.23 Independent Unionist Independent Unionist 7.69 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 5.77 Republican Republican (Ireland, 1923) 3.85 Unbought Tenants Unbought Tenants Association 1.92 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 1925 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election Category:1925 elections in Northern Ireland