1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

none January 2019 January 2019 1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1950 25 October 1951 1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1955 All 12 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons 79.9% (2.5 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 9UUP Includes 4 members elected unopposed. 274,928Contest Voting took place in 8 of 12 seats. The other MPs were unopposed. 59.4% 3.4 pp 1 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James McSparran 1945 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Sat in Stormont 1 32,714Contest 7.6% 2.2 pp 1 William Norton, circa 1945.png 135 120 160 0 0 William Norton 1932 Irish Labour Party Sat in Dáil Éireann 1 33,174Contest 7.7% 4.5 pp 1 On 25 October 1951, the 1951 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 625 members of the House of Commons, including the 12 Northern Ireland seats in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post. The Ulster Unionists lost one seat to Jack Beattie, formerly an Independent Labour MP but now standing for the Irish Labour Party. Four Ulster Unionist candidates were returned unopposed, the last UK general election in which any candidates were so returned.https://web.archive.org/web/20080223222448/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html General Election Results 1885–1979 election.demon.co.uk 2008-02-23 2020-11-26 dead Wayback Machine The Nationalists also lost one seat to retirement. It was gained by Michael O'Neill, an independent Nationalist.F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results: 1950-1970. p. 686. In the election as a whole, the Labour Party government led by Clement Attlee, which had won with a narrow majority in the previous election, lost out to the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, who returned as Prime Minister. Candidates Affiliation CandidatesUlster Unionist Party 12Northern Ireland Labour Party 4Irish Labour 1Independent Nationalist 1Nationalist 1Independent Republican (Ireland) 1Total 20 Results +Partyhttps://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1951.cfm Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1951 ElectionsIreland.org 12 January 2019 12 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195119/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1951.cfm liveSeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference Ulster Unionist Party 9UUP 0 1 1 75.0 274,928 59.4 3.4 Irish Labour 1 1 0 1 8.3 33,174 7.2 2.2 Independent Nationalist 1 colspan="2" Did not stand in 1950 1 8.3 33,097 7.1 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 1 0 1 1 8.3 32,714 7.1 4.5 Northern Ireland Labour Party 0 0 0 — 62,324 13.5 1.4 Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 0 0 — 26,976 5.8 1.9 Total 12 0 100.0 463,213 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 871,905British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 77 0333197348 1976 79.9https://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 8 August 2026 2.5 MPs elected Constituency Party MPAntrim NorthUlster UnionistHugh O'NeillAntrim SouthUlster UnionistDouglas SavoryArmaghUlster UnionistRichard HardenBelfast EastUlster UnionistAlan McKibbinBelfast NorthUlster UnionistH. Montgomery HydeBelfast SouthUlster UnionistConolly GageBelfast WestIrish LabourJack BeattieDown NorthUlster UnionistWalter SmilesDown SouthUlster UnionistLawrence OrrFermanagh and South TyroneNationalistCahir HealyLondonderryUlster UnionistWilliam WellwoodUlster MidInd. NationalistMichael O'Neill Notes See also 1951 United Kingdom general election in England 1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1951 United Kingdom general election in Wales References #Northern Ireland 1951 Category:1951 elections in Northern Ireland Category:October 1951 in the United Kingdom