List of members of the 8th House of Commons of Northern Ireland

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This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1953 Northern Ireland general election.

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All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1953 Northern Ireland general election are listed.

Members

NameConstituencyParty
Jack Andrews Mid Down UUP
John Edgar Bailey West Down UUP
Basil Brooke Lisnaskea UUP
Joseph Connellan South Down Nationalist
Harry Diamond Belfast Falls Republican Labour
Daniel Dixon Belfast Bloomfield UUP
George Dougan Central Armagh UUP
Brian Faulkner East Down UUP
Patrick Gormley Mid Londonderry Nationalist
Francis Hanna Belfast Central Independent Labour
George Boyle Hanna Belfast Duncairn UUP
Robert Harcourt Belfast Woodvale UUP
Cahir Healy South Fermanagh Nationalist
Bill Henderson Belfast Victoria UUP
Eileen M. Hickey Queen's University Independent
Henry Holmes Belfast Shankill UUP
Alexander Hunter Carrick UUP
Samuel Irwin Queen's University UUP
Edward Warburton Jones City of Londonderry UUP
Liam Kelly Mid Tyrone Anti-Partition
Frederick Lloyd-Dodd Queen's University UUP
Thomas Lyons North Tyrone UUP
Elizabeth Maconachie Queen's University UUP
Brian Maginess Iveagh UUP
William May Ards UUP
Eddie McAteer Foyle Nationalist
William McCleery North Antrim UUP
Brian McConnell South Antrim UUP
William McCoy South Tyrone UUP
Charles McGleenan South Armagh Anti-Partition
Dinah McNabb North Armagh UUP
James McSparran Mourne Nationalist
Harry Midgley Belfast Willowfield UUP
Nat Minford Antrim UUP
Robert Moore North Londonderry UUP
Joseph Morgan Belfast Cromac UUP
Murtagh Morgan Belfast Dock Irish Labour
William James Morgan Belfast Oldpark UUP
Ivan Neill Belfast Ballynafeigh UUP
Thomas Charles Nelson Enniskillen UUP
Robert Samuel Nixon North Down UUP
Roderick O'Connor West Tyrone Nationalist
Terence O'Neill Bannside UUP
Dehra Parker South Londonderry UUP
Norman Porter Belfast Clifton Ind. Unionist
Samuel Rodgers Belfast Pottinger UUP
Robert Simpson Mid Antrim UUP
Joseph Francis Stewart East Tyrone Nationalist
Norman Stronge Mid Armagh UUP
Walter Topping Larne UUP
John Warnock Belfast St Anne's UUP
Archibald Wilson Belfast Windsor UUP

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