1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland explained

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Election Name:1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
Country:Northern Ireland
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
Previous Year:1959
Election Date:15 October 1964
Next Election:1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
Next Year:1966
Seats For Election:12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 630 seats in the House of Commons
Leader1:Terence O'Neill
Party1:Ulster Unionist Party
Leader Since1:1963
Leaders Seat1:Did not stand[1]
Seats1:12
Popular Vote1:401,897
Percentage1:63.2%
Leader2:Tom Boyd
Leader Since2:1958
Party2:Northern Ireland Labour Party
Leaders Seat2:Did not stand[2]
Seats2:0
Popular Vote2:102,759
Percentage2:16.1%

The 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 15 October with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.

Results

The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region, as they had at the previous election.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lost their majority, lost power after thirteen years in government. The Labour Party won a narrow majority and Harold Wilson was appointed as Prime Minister.

Results[3] [4]
PartyMPsVotes
No.ChangeNo.%Change
12401,89763.2% 14.0
0102,75916.1% 8.4
0101,62815.9% 15.9
017,3542.7% 2.1
014,6782.3% 2.3
Total12638,316100

MPs elected

ConstituencyPartyMP
Antrim NorthHenry Clark
Antrim SouthKnox Cunningham
ArmaghJohn Maginnis
Belfast EastStanley McMaster
Belfast NorthStratton Mills
Belfast SouthRafton Pounder
Belfast WestPatricia McLaughlin
Down NorthGeorge Currie
Down SouthLawrence Orr
Fermanagh and South TyroneMarquess of Abercorn
LondonderryRobin Chichester-Clark
Mid UlsterGeorge Forrest

Notes and References

  1. O'Neill sat as the MP for Bannside in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
  2. Boyd sat as the MP for Belfast Pottinger in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
  3. Web site: Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1964. ElectionsIreland.org. 19 January 2019. 19 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230906/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1964.cfm. live.
  4. Web site: The 1964 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland. ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. 19 January 2019. 26 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226112310/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw64.htm. live.