The 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 15 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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Results
editThe Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region, as they had at the previous election.
In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lost their majority, lost power after thirteen years in government. The Labour Party won a narrow majority and Harold Wilson was appointed as Prime Minister.
Party | MPs | Votes | ||||
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No. | Change | No. | % | Change | ||
UUP | 12 | 401,897 | 63.2% | 14.0 | ||
NI Labour | 0 | 102,759 | 16.1% | 8.4 | ||
Ind. Republican | 0 | 101,628 | 15.9% | 15.9 | ||
Ulster Liberal | 0 | 17,354 | 2.7% | 2.1 | ||
Republican Labour | 0 | 14,678 | 2.3% | 2.3 | ||
Total | 12 | 638,316 | 100 |
MPs elected
editFootnotes
edit- ^ O'Neill sat as the MP for Bannside in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
- ^ Boyd sat as the MP for Belfast Pottinger in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
References
edit- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1964". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "The 1964 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.