1953 Northern Ireland general election

1953 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   Nat Leader Viscount Brookeborough James McSparran Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 1 May 1943 15 November 1945 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Mourne Last election 37 seats, 62.7% 9 seats, 26.8% Seats won 38 [a] 7 [b] Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 125,379 [c] 27,796 [c] Percentage 48.6% 10.8% Swing 14.1% 16.0%   Third party Fourth party   Ant Leader None [d] William Norton Party Anti-Partition Irish Labour Leader since n/a 19 July 1932 Leader's seat None Sat in Dáil Éireann Last election Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 2 [e] 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 7,728 [c] 13,223 [c] Percentage 3.0% 5.1% Swing New party New party
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke UUP

The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Results

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38	7	2	5
UUP	Nationalist	AP	Oth

1953 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	43	38 [a]	3	2	+1	73.1	48.6	125,379	-14.1
	Ind. Unionist	8	1	1	2	-1	1.9	12.8	32,998	+12.2
	NI Labour	9	0	0	0	0		12.1	31,360	+5.0
	Nationalist	8	7 [b]	0	2	-2	13.5	10.8	27,796	-16.0
	Irish Labour	6	1	1	0	+1	1.9	5.1	13,223	N/A
	Anti-Partition	3	2 [e]	2	0	+2	3.8	3.0	7,728	N/A
	Independent Irish Labour	2	0	0	0	0		2.6	6,639	N/A
	Ind. Republican Labour	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	2.3	5,947	N/A
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	1.5	3,902	-0.6
	Independent	2	1	0	1	-1	1.9	0.7	1,745	+0.2
	Communist (NI)	1	0	0	0	0		0.5	1,207	+0.3

All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).

Votes summary

Popular vote

Ulster Unionist			48.61%
Independent Unionist			12.79%
Labour			12.16%
Nationalist Party			10.78%
Irish Labour			5.13%
Anti-Partition			3.00%
Independent Irish Labour			2.57%
Republican Labour			2.31%
Independent Labour			1.51%
Communist			0.47%
Independent			0.68%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Ulster Unionist			73.08%
Nationalist Party			13.46%
Anti-Partition			3.85%
Independent Unionist			1.92%
Irish Labour			1.92%
Republican Labour			1.92%
Independent Labour			1.92%
Independent			1.92%

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

1. Includes 21 members elected unopposed.
2. Includes 3 members elected unopposed.
3. Voting only took place in 27 of 52 seats.
   The other 25 MPs were unopposed.
4. Both of the successful Anti-Partition League candidates practiced abstentionism. As a result, the group had no leader in Stormont.
5. Includes 1 member elected unopposed.