1958 Northern Ireland general election
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The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on the 27th of February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough[1] to be held on 20 March 1958.
Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.
Campaign[]
Announcing the election, Viscount Brookeborough remarked that the election would be on the Border issue once more, noting that this was the ninth election on the same issue.[2] Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year.[2]
Results[]
37 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
UUP | Nationalist | Lab | Oth |
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
UUP | 46 | 37 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 71.2 | 44.0 | 106,177 | -4.6 | ||||||
NI Labour | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7.7 | 15.8 | 38,093 | +3.0 | ||||||
Nationalist | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 36,013 | +4.1 | ||||||
Independent Unionist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6.8 | 16,537 | N/A | ||||||
Independent Labour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | — | 3.1 | 7,544 | +0.6 | ||||||
Ind. Republican Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 7,510 | +0.8 | ||||||
Irish Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | — | 3.0 | 7,321 | -2.1 | ||||||
Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 5,168 | N/A | ||||||
Ulster Protestant Action | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2.0 | 4,704 | N/A | ||||||
Ind. Labour Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 4,683 | N/A | ||||||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 4,231 | +1.1 | ||||||
Independent Irish Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 2,761 | -2.5 | ||||||
Ulster Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 759 | N/A |
Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).
Votes summary[]
Seats summary[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Six Counties Election on March 20". Evening Echo. 27 February 1958. p. 1.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Border To Be Issue Again". Irish Independent. 28 February 1958. p. 9.
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- General elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland
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