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.
32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
UUP | Nationalist | IU | Lab | R |
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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.