Northern Ireland general election, 1925

Northern Ireland general election, 1925

3 April 1925
All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Craig Joe Devlin None Party UUP Nationalist Independent Unionist Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 N/A Leader's seat Down Belfast West N/A Last election 40 seats (76.92%) 6 seats (11.8%) N/A Seats won 32 10 4 Seat change 8 4 4 Popular vote 211,662 91,452 34,716 Percentage 55.0% 23.8% 7.7% Swing 11.9% 3.3% 7.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader None Éamon de Valera Party NI Labour Republican Leader since N/A 1917 Leader's seat N/A Down Last election 0 seats (0.6%) 6 seats (20.5%) Seats won 3 2 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 18,114 20,615 Percentage 4.7% 5.3% Swing 4.7% 15.2%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.
Prime Minister before election James Craig UUP Elected Prime Minister James Craig UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1925 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 the Proportional Representation system. It was abolished by the Ulster Unionist government during this parliament and replaced with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1925
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	40	32	0	8	- 8	61.5	55.0	211,662	-11.9
	Nationalist	11	10	4	0	+ 4	19.2	23.8	91,452	+3.3
	Independent Unionist	4	4	4	0	+ 4	7.7	9.0	34,716	+9.0
	Republican	6	2	0	4	- 4	3.8	5.3	20,615	-15.2
	NI Labour	3	3	3	0	+ 3	5.8	4.7	18,114	+4.7
	Unbought Tenants	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	1.3	4,886	+1.3
	Town Tenants' Association	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	3,320	+0.9

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

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			55.01%
Nationalist Party			23.77%
Independent Unionist			9.02%
Republican			5.36%
Labour			4.71%
Tenants Associations			2.13%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			61.54%
Nationalist Party			19.23%
Independent Unionist			7.69%
Republican			3.85%
Labour			5.77%
Unbought Tenants			1.92%

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results