See main article: 1950 United Kingdom general election.
| Election Name: | 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1945 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
| Previous Year: | 1945 |
| Election Date: | 23 February 1950 |
| Next Election: | 1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
| Next Year: | 1951 |
| Seats For Election: | 12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 625 seats in the House of Commons |
| Leader1: | Sir Basil Brooke, Bt |
| Party1: | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Leader Since1: | 1943 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Did not stand[1] |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | James McSparran |
| Leader Since2: | 1945 |
| Party2: | Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Did not stand[2] |
| Seats2: | 2 |
The 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 23 February as part of the wider general election. The Representation of the People Act 1948 reorganised constituencies: all MPs were now elected single-seat constituencies using FPTP, ending the two-seat constituencies which had been in place till then, and the university constituency of Queen's University of Belfast was abolished.
In the election as a whole, the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee as Prime Minister was returned with a narrow majority, while the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, continued in opposition.
| Party | MPs | Change | Uncontested | Votes[5] | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 352,334 | 62.8 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 65,211 | 11.6 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 67,816 | 12.1 | ||||
| Irish Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 52,715 | 9.4 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 23,362 | 4.2 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 2 | 561,438 | 100 | ||