Northern Ireland general election, 1945

Northern Ireland general election, 1945

1938 ← members 14 June 1945 → 1949 members

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 T. J. Campbell Paddy Agnew Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist (NI) Labour (NI) Leader since 1 May 1943 18 January 1934 1938 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Belfast Central South Armagh (defeated) Last election 39 seats (56.8%) 8 seats (4.9%) 1 seat (5.7%) Seats won 33 9 2 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 180,342 32,546 66,053 Percentage 50.4% 9.1% 18.5% Swing 6.4% 4.2% 12.8%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. Like all other elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it returned a large Ulster Unionist Party majority.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1945
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ulster Unionist	41	33	0	6	- 6	63.5	50.4	180,342	-6.4
	Labour (NI)	15	2	2	1	+ 1	3.8	18.5	66,053	+12.8
	Nationalist (NI)	11	9	3	2	+ 1	19.2	9.1	32,546	+4.2
	Commonwealth Labour	6	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	7.8	28,079	+7.8
	Independent Unionist	5	2	1	1	0	3.8	5.0	17,906	-1.8
	Communist (NI)	3	0	0	0	0		3.5	12,456	+3.5
	Independent Labour	2	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.8	9,872	+1.1
	Socialist Republican	2	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	1.5	5,497	+1.5
	Federation of Labour	1	0	0	0	0		1.1	3,912	+1.1
	Independent	2	2	2	0	+ 2	3.8	0.3	1,219	-1.9

Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			50.39%
Nationalist Party			9.09%
Independent Unionist			5%
Labour			18.46%
Independent Labour			2.76%
Commonwealth Labour			7.85%
Communist			3.48%
Socialist Republican			1.54%
Federation of Labour			1.09%
Independent			0.34%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			63.46%
Nationalist Party			19.23%
Independent Unionist			3.85%
Labour			3.85%
Independent Labour			1.92%
Commonwealth Labour			1.92%
Socialist Republican			1.92%
Independent			3.85%

See also

• United Kingdom general election, 1945

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results