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 Single transferable voting, a form of Proportional Representation. Fifty-two members were elected in ten districts, which each elected between four and eight members. The Ulster Unionist government abolished proportional representation during this parliament and replaced it with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

1925 Northern Ireland general election

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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Craig Joe Devlin
Party UUP Nationalist
Leader since 7 June 1921 1918
Leader's seat Down Belfast West
Last election 40 seats, 66.9% 6 seats, 11.8%
Seats won 32[u 1] 10[n 1]
Seat change Decrease8 Increase4
Popular vote 211,662 91,452
Percentage 55.0% 23.8%
Swing Decrease11.9% Increase12.0%

  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Samuel Kyle Éamon de Valera
Party NI Labour Republican
Leader since 1925 1917
Leader's seat Belfast North Down
Last election 0 seats, 0.6%[nb 1] 6 seats, 20.5%
Seats won 3 2[r 1]
Seat change Increase3 Decrease4
Popular vote 18,114 20,615
Percentage 4.7% 5.3%
Swing Increase4.1% Decrease15.2%

Results of the 1925 Northern Ireland General Election.

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
UUP

Prime Minister after election

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
  Ind. 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 0.9 3,320 N/A

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

In Down (eight seats) and Queen's University of Belfast (four seats), no actual polling took place as all candidates were elected unopposed: 10 Ulster Unionist, 1 Nationalist and 1 Republican.

Votes summary

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Includes 10 members returned unopposed.
  1. ^ Includes 1 member returned unopposed.
  1. ^ Includes 1 member returned unopposed.

References

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