Northern Ireland general election, 1958

Northern Ireland general election, 1958

20 March 1958
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 Joe Stewart None Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 1958 N/A Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone None Last election 38 seats (48.6%) 7 seats (10.8%) 0 seats (12.1%) Seats won 37 7 4 Seat change 1 0 4 Popular vote 106,177 36,013 38,093 Percentage 44.0% 14.9% 15.8% Swing 4.6% 4.1% 3.0%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1958 was held on 20 March 1958. 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 1958
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	46	37	3	4	- 1	71.2	44.0	106,177	-4.6
	NI Labour	8	4	4	0	+ 4	7.7	15.8	38,093	+3.0
	Nationalist	8	7	0	0	0	13.5	14.9	36,013	+4.1
	Independent Unionist	5	0	0	1	0		6.8	16,537	N/A
	Independent Labour	2	0	0	1	- 1	0.0	3.1	7,544	+0.6
	Republican Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	3.1	7,510	+0.8
	Irish Labour	3	0	0	1	- 1		3.0	7,321	-2.1
	Independent Nationalist	2	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	2.1	5,168	N/A
	Independent Protestant Unionist	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	4,704	N/A
	Ind. Labour Group	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	2.0	4,683	N/A
	Independent	2	1	0	0	0	1.9	1.8	4,231	+1.1
	Independent Irish Labour	1	0	0	0	0		1.1	2,761	-2.5
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	0		0.3	759	N/A

Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			43.97%
Independent Unionist			6.85%
Labour			15.77%
Nationalist Party			14.91%
Independent Labour			5.06%
Republican Labour			3.11%
Irish Labour			3.03%
Independent Nationalist			2.14%
Independent Protestant Unionist			1.95%
Independent Irish Labour			1.14%
Ulster Liberal			0.31%
Independent			1.75%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			71.15%
Labour			7.69%
Nationalist Party			13.46%
Independent Labour			1.92%
Republican Labour			1.92%
Independent Nationalist			1.92%
Independent			1.92%

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958