See main article: 1924 United Kingdom general election.
Election Name: | 1924 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
Previous Year: | 1923 |
Election Date: | 29 October 1924 |
Next Election: | 1929 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
Next Year: | 1929 |
Seats For Election: | 13 seats in Northern Ireland of the 615 seats in the House of Commons |
Leader1: | James Craig |
Party1: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Leader Since1: | 7 June 1921 |
Leaders Seat1: | Did not stand[1] |
Seats1: | 13 |
Popular Vote1: | 286,895 |
Percentage1: | 83.8% |
Leader2: | Éamon de Valera |
Leader Since2: | October 1917 |
Party2: | Sinn Féin |
Leaders Seat2: | Did not stand |
Seats2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 33,981 |
Percentage2: | 9.9% |
The 1924 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 29 October as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.
The Nationalist Party did not contest this election. The nationalist interest was represented in the election by Sinn Féin, but they failed to win any seats, and the two seats which had been held by the Nationalist Party were won by the Ulster Unionists, so that all MPs in the region were from the same party.
In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, returned to government with 412 of the 615 seats, and Stanley Baldwin was re-appointed as Prime Minister.
Party | MPs | Change | Uncontested | Votes[4] | Adjusted votes[5] | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | 13 | 2 | 3 | 451,278 | 286,895 | 83.8 | ||
Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 46,457 | 33,981 | 9.9 | |||
Northern Ireland Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 21,122 | 6.1 | ||||
Independent Unionist | 0 | 0 | 517 | 0.2 | ||||
Total | 13 | 3 | 519,374 | 342,516 | 100 |