Northern Ireland general election, 1945

Northern Ireland general election, 1945

14 June 1945
All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Basil Brooke T. J. Campbell Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 1 May 1943 18 January 1934 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Belfast Central Last election 39 seats, 56.8% 8 seats, 4.9% Seats won 33 10 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 180,342 32,546 Percentage 50.4% 9.1% Swing 6.4% 4.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paddy Agnew None Party NI Labour Ind. Unionists Leader since 1938 — Leader's seat South Armagh (defeated) — Last election 1 seat, 5.7% 2 seats, 6.8% Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 66,053 28,079 Percentage 18.5% 5.0% Swing 12.8% 1.8%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. The election saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, though they retained their majority.

Mirroring the result across the rest of Britain in the 1945 UK general election, candidates standing on behalf of the various Labour parties won a significantly higher vote share of 30%^{[nb 1]}, but this translated into just two new MPs due to the first-past-the-post electoral system.

Results

Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).

Votes summary

Seats summary

Footnotes

1. ↑ 19% for the Northern Irish Labour Party, 8% for the Commonwealth Labour Party, 3% for Independent Labour candidates and 1% for the Federation of Labour

See also

• United Kingdom general election, 1945

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results