1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
The 1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 October with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.
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12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 630 seats in the House of Commons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region. This was a net gain from the result at the previous election, although they held all seats in the region before the 1959 election was called: in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Philip Clarke was unseated by petition and Robert Grosvenor was declared elected to the seat; in Mid Ulster, George Forrest had been elected in a by-election as an Independent Unionist, but subsequently joined the Ulster Unionists.
In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister, continued in a majority government.
Party | MPs | Votes | ||||
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No. | Change | No. | % | Change | ||
UUP | 12 | 445,013 | 77.2% | |||
Sinn Féin | 0 | 63,415 | 11.0% | |||
NI Labour | 0 | 44,370 | 7.7% | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | 20,062 | 3.5% | |||
Ulster Liberal | 0 | 3,253 | 0.6% | |||
Total | 12 | 576,113 | 100% |
MPs elected
Constituency | Party | MP | |
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Antrim North | UUP | Henry Clark | |
Antrim South | UUP | Knox Cunningham | |
Armagh | UUP | John Maginnis | |
Belfast East | UUP | Stanley McMaster | |
Belfast North | UUP | Stratton Mills | |
Belfast South | UUP | David Campbell | |
Belfast West | UUP | Patricia McLaughlin | |
Down North | UUP | George Currie | |
Down South | UUP | Lawrence Orr | |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | Robert Grosvenor | |
Londonderry | UUP | Robin Chichester-Clark | |
Mid Ulster | UUP | George Forrest |
Footnotes
- Brooke sat as the MP for Lisnaskea in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
References
- "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1959". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- "The 1959 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Retrieved 19 January 2019.