1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 625 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Nat Leader Sir Basil Brooke, Bt James McSparran Party UUP Nationalist Alliance Conservative Leader since 1943 1945 Leader's seat Did not stand Did not stand [fn 1] Seats won 10 [a] 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 352,334 [b] 65,211 [b] Percentage 62.8% 11.6% Swing 4.6% 0.4%

The 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 23 February as part of the wider general election. The Representation of the People Act 1948 reorganised constituencies: all MPs were now elected single-seat constituencies using FPTP, ending the two-seat constituencies which had been in place till then, and the university constituency of Queen's University of Belfast was abolished.

Results

In the election as a whole, the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee as Prime Minister was returned with a narrow majority, while the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, continued in opposition.

1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland [1] [2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	12	10 [a]	1	0	+1	83.3	62.8	352,334	-4.0
	NI Labour	5	0	0	0	0	—	12.1	67,816	-0.3
	Nationalist	2	2	0	0	0	16.7	11.6	65,211	-0.4
	Labour	2	0	0	0	0	—	9.4	52,715	+9.4
	Ind. Republican	1	0	0	0	0	—	3.9	21,880	+3.9
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.3	1,482	+0.3
	Ind. Unionist	0	0	0	1	-1	—	—	—	-7.5
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	1	-1	—	—	—	-6.7
	Commonwealth Labour	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	-3.1

MPs elected

Constituency	Party		MP
Antrim North		UUP	Hugh O'Neill
Antrim South		UUP	Douglas Savory
Armagh		UUP	Richard Harden
Belfast East		UUP	Alan McKibbin
Belfast North		UUP	H. Montgomery Hyde
Belfast South		UUP	Conolly Gage
Belfast West		UUP	J. G. MacManaway
Down North		UUP	Walter Smiles
Down South		UUP	Lawrence Orr
Fermanagh and South Tyrone		Nationalist	Cahir Healy
Londonderry		UUP	Sir Ronald Ross, Bt
Mid Ulster		Nationalist	Anthony Mulvey

Footnotes

1. McSparran sat as the MP for Mourne in the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Notes

1. Includes 2 members elected unopposed.
2. Voting took place in 10 of 12 seats.
   The other MPs were unopposed.

References

1. "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1950". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
2. "The 1950 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.