1925 Northern Ireland general election explained

Election Name:1925 Northern Ireland general election
Country:Northern Ireland
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1921 Northern Ireland general election
Previous Year:1921
Previous Mps:List of members of the 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland
Elected Mps:MPs elected
Next Election:1929 Northern Ireland general election
Next Year:1929
Seats For Election:All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
Election Date:3 April 1925
Image1:James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg
Leader1:James Craig
Leader Since1:7 June 1921
Party1:Ulster Unionist Party
Leaders Seat1:Down
Last Election1:40 seats, 66.9%
Seats1:32[1]
Seat Change1:8
Popular Vote1:211,662
Percentage1:55.0%
Swing1:11.9%
Leader2:Joe Devlin
Leader Since2:1918
Party2:Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
Leaders Seat2:Belfast West
Last Election2:6 seats, 11.8%
Seats2:10[2]
Seat Change2:4
Popular Vote2:91,452
Percentage2:23.8%
Swing2:12.0%
Leader Since4:1925
Party4:Northern Ireland Labour Party
Leaders Seat4:Belfast North
Last Election4:0 seats, 0.6%[3]
Seats4:3
Seat Change4:3
Popular Vote4:18,114
Percentage4:4.7%
Swing4:4.1%
Image5:Éamon de Valera.jpg
Leader Since5:1917
Party5:Republican (Ireland, 1923)
Leaders Seat5:Down
Last Election5:6 seats, 20.5%
Seats5:2[4]
Seat Change5:4
Popular Vote5:20,615
Percentage5:5.3%
Swing5:15.2%
Map Size:400px
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:James Craig
Before Party:Ulster Unionist Party
After Election:James Craig
After Party:Ulster Unionist Party

The 1925 Northern Ireland general election was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using Single transferable voting, a form of Proportional Representation. Fifty-two members were elected in ten districts, which each elected between four and eight members. The Ulster Unionist government abolished proportional representation during this parliament and replaced it with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

Results

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Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).

In Down (eight seats) and Queen's University of Belfast (four seats), no actual polling took place as all candidates were elected unopposed: 10 Ulster Unionist, 1 Nationalist and 1 Republican.

Seats summary

References

Notes and References

  1. Includes 10 members returned unopposed.
  2. Includes 1 member returned unopposed.
  3. As Belfast Labour Party.
  4. Includes 1 member returned unopposed.