1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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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.
Results
The 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.
| 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| UUP | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 63.2 | 401,897 | -14.0 | ||||||
| NI Labour | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 102,759 | +8.4 | ||||||
| Ind. Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 101,628 | +15.9 | ||||||
| Ulster Liberal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 17,354 | +2.1 | ||||||
| Republican Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 14,678 | +2.3 | ||||||
MPs elected
Footnotes
References
- ^ "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.