1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

←  1945 23 February 1950 1951  →
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 625 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Sir Basil Brooke, Bt James McSparran Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist Leader since 1943 1945 Leader's seat Did not stand [fn 1] Did not stand [fn 2] Seats won 10 2 Seat change 1

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.

Results ^{[1] [2]}

Party		MPs	Change	Uncontested	Votes [3]	% [3]
	Ulster Unionist	10	1	2	352,334	62.8
	Nationalist	2		0	65,211	11.6
	NI Labour	0		0	67,816	12.1
	Irish Labour Party	0		0	52,715	9.4
	Independent Republican	0		0	23,362	4.2
Total		12	1	2	561,438	100

MPs elected

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

Footnotes

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

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.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 35.