1953 Northern Ireland general election

The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

1953 Northern Ireland general election

22 October 1953
All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Basil Brooke James McSparran Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 1 May 1943 15 November 1945 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Mourne Last election 37 seats, 62.7% 9 seats, 26.8% Seats won 38 7 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 125,379 27,796 Percentage 48.6% 10.8% Swing 14.1% 16.0%   Third party Fourth party   Leader James McSparran William Norton Party Anti-Partition Irish Labour Leader since 1945 19 July 1932 Leader's seat Mourne Sat in Dáil Éireann Last election Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 7,728 13,223 Percentage 3.0% 5.1% Swing New party New party
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

Results

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38	7	2	5
UUP	Nationalist	AP	Oth

1953 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	43	38	3	2	+1	73.1	48.6	125,379	-14.1
	Independent Unionist	8	1	1	2	-1	1.9	12.8	32,998	+12.2
	NI Labour	9	0	0	0	0		12.1	31,360	+5.0
	Nationalist	8	7	0	2	-2	13.5	10.8	27,796	-16.0
	Irish Labour	6	1	1	0	+1	1.9	5.1	13,223	N/A
	Anti-Partition	3	2	2	0	+2	3.8	3.0	7,728	N/A
	Independent Irish Labour	2	0	0	0	0		2.6	6,639	N/A
	Ind. Republican Labour	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	2.3	5,947	N/A
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	1.5	3,902	-0.6
	Independent	2	1	0	1	-1	1.9	0.7	1,745	+0.2
	Communist (NI)	1	0	0	0	0		0.5	1,207	+0.3

All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).

Votes summary

Popular vote Ulster Unionist   48.61% Independent Unionist   12.79% Labour   12.16% Nationalist Party   10.78% Irish Labour   5.13% Anti-Partition   3.00% Independent Irish Labour   2.57% Republican Labour   2.31% Independent Labour   1.51% Communist   0.47% Independent   0.68%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist   73.08% Nationalist Party   13.46% Anti-Partition   3.85% Independent Unionist   1.92% Irish Labour   1.92% Republican Labour   1.92% Independent Labour   1.92% Independent   1.92%

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results