1925 Northern Ireland general election

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 the Proportional Representation system. It was abolished by the Ulster Unionist government during this parliament and replaced with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

1925 Northern Ireland general election

3 April 1925
All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Samuel Kyle Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 1925 Leader's seat Down Belfast West Belfast North Last election 40 seats, 66.9% 6 seats, 11.8% 0 seats, 0.6%[nb 1] Seats won 32 10 3 Seat change 8 4 3 Popular vote 211,662 91,452 18,114 Percentage 55.0% 23.8% 4.7% Swing 11.9% 12.0% 4.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Éamon de Valera — Party Republican Unbought Tenants Leader since 1917 n/a Leader's seat Down None Last election 6 seats, 20.5% Did not stand Seats won 2 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 20,615 4,886 Percentage 5.3% 1.3% Swing 15.2% New party
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.
Prime Minister before election James Craig UUP Elected Prime Minister James Craig UUP

Results

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32	10	4	3	2	1
UUP	Nationalist	IU	Lab	R

1925 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	40	32	0	8	-8	61.5	55.0	211,662	-11.9
	Nationalist	11	10	4	0	+4	19.2	23.8	91,452	+12.0
	Independent Unionist	4	4	4	0	+4	7.7	9.0	34,716	N/A
	Republican	6	2	0	4	-4	3.8	5.3	20,615	-15.2
	NI Labour	3	3	3	0	+3	5.8	4.7	18,114	+4.1
	Unbought Tenants	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	1.3	4,886	N/A
	Town Tenants' Association	1	0	0	0		0	0.9	3,320	N/A

Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).

Votes summary

Popular vote Ulster Unionist   55.01% Nationalist Party   23.77% Independent Unionist   9.02% Republican   5.36% Labour   4.71% Unbought Tenants   1.27% Tenants Associations   0.86%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist   61.54% Nationalist Party   19.23% Independent Unionist   7.69% Labour   5.77% Republican   3.85% Unbought Tenants   1.92%

Notes

1. As Belfast Labour Party.

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results