1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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The 1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 25 October as part of the wider general election with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post.
Results[]
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.[1] The Nationalists also lost one seat to retirement. It was gained by Michael O'Neill, an independent Nationalist.[2]
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.
Party | MPs | Change | Uncontested | Votes[4] | %[4] | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | ![]() |
4 | 274,928 | 59.4 | |
Irish Labour Party | 1 | ![]() |
0 | 33,174 | 7.2 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | ![]() |
0 | 33,094 | 7.1 | |
Nationalist | 1 | ![]() |
0 | 32,717 | 7.1 | |
Northern Ireland Labour Party | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 62,324 | 13.5 | |
Independent Republican | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 26,976 | 5.8 | |
Total | 12 | ![]() |
4 | 463,213 | 100 |
MPs elected[]
Constituency | Party | MP | |
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Antrim North | Ulster Unionist | Hugh O'Neill | |
Antrim South | Ulster Unionist | Douglas Savory | |
Armagh | Ulster Unionist | Richard Harden | |
Belfast East | Ulster Unionist | Alan McKibbin | |
Belfast North | Ulster Unionist | H. Montgomery Hyde | |
Belfast South | Ulster Unionist | Conolly Gage | |
Belfast West | Irish Labour | Jack Beattie | |
Down North | Ulster Unionist | Walter Smiles | |
Down South | Ulster Unionist | Lawrence Orr | |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Nationalist | Cahir Healy | |
Londonderry | Ulster Unionist | William Wellwood | |
Ulster Mid | Ind. Nationalist | Michael O'Neill |
Footnotes[]
References[]
- ^ "General Election Results 1885–1979". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results: 1950-1970. p. 686.
- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1951". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 37.
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