Northern Ireland general election, 1953

Northern Ireland general election, 1953

22 October 1953
All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Basil Brooke James McSparran None Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 15 November 1945 N/A Leader's seat Lisnaskea Mourne None Last election 37 seats (62.7%) 9 seats (26.8%) 0 seats (7.1%) Seats won 38 7 0 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 125,379 27,796 31,360 Percentage 48.6% 10.8% 12.1% Swing 14.1% 16.0% 5.0%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1953 was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1953
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	43	38	3	2	+ 1	73.1	48.6	125,379	-14.1
	Independent Unionist	8	1	1	2	- 1	1.9	12.8	32,998	+12.2
	NI Labour	9	0	0	0	0		12.1	31,360	+5.0
	Nationalist	8	7	0	2	- 2	13.5	10.8	27,796	-16.0
	Irish Labour	6	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	5.1	13,223	N/A
	Anti-Partition	3	2	2	0	+ 2	3.8	3.0	7,728	N/A
	Independent Irish Labour	2	0	0	0	0		2.6	6,639	N/A
	Republican Labour	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	2.3	5,947	N/A
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	1.5	3,902	-0.6
	Independent	2	1	0	1	- 1	1.9	0.7	1,745	+0.2
	Communist (NI)	1	0	0	0	0		0.5	1,207	+0.3

All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			48.61%
Independent Unionist			12.79%
Labour			12.16%
Nationalist Party			10.78%
Irish Labour			5.13%
Anti-Partition			3%
Independent Irish Labour			2.57%
Republican Labour			2.31%
Independent Labour			1.51%
Communist			0.47%
Independent			0.68%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			73.08%
Independent Unionist			1.92%
Nationalist Party			13.46%
Irish Labour			1.92%
Anti-Partition			3.85%
Republican Labour			1.92%
Independent Labour			1.92%
Independent			1.92%

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results