Northern Ireland general election, 1953

Northern Ireland general election, 1953

22 October 1953

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Basil Brooke James McSparran None Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 15 November 1945 N/A Leader's seat Lisnaskea Mourne None Last election 37 seats (62.7%) 9 seats (26.8%) 0 seats (7.1%) Seats won 38 7 0 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 125,379 27,796 31,360 Percentage 48.6% 10.8% 12.1% Swing 14.1% 16.0% 5.0%

Election results by constituency.

Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1953 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

Northern Ireland General Election 1953
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	UUP	43	38	3	2	+ 1	73.1	48.6	125,379	-14.1
	Independent 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	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	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
	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%
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%
Independent Unionist			1.92%
Nationalist Party			13.46%
Irish Labour			1.92%
Anti-Partition			3.85%
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