Northern Ireland general election, 1929

Northern Ireland general election, 1929

22 May 1929
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 Sam Kyle Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 1925 Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Oldpark (defeated) Last election 32 seats (55.0%) 10 seats (23.8%) 3 seats (4.7%) Seats won 37 11 1 Seat change 5 1 2 Popular vote 148,579 34,069 23,334 Percentage 50.8% 11.7% 8.0% Swing 4.2% 9.5% 2.8%
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, 1929 was held on 22 May 1929. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. It was the first held after the abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat constituencies. As with the rest of the United Kingdom, this has made it more difficult for independent and minor party candidates to gain election.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1929
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	43	37	N/A	N/A	+ 5	71.2	50.8	148,579	-4.2
	Independent Unionist	10	3	N/A	N/A	- 1	5.8	14.3	41,778	+5.3
	Nationalist	11	11	N/A	N/A	+ 1	21.2	11.7	34,069	-9.5
	NI Labour	5	1	N/A	N/A	- 2	1.9	8.0	23,334	-2.8
	Liberal	5	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	6.2	18,208	N/A
	Local Option	3	0	N/A	N/A		N/A	3.3	9,776	N/A
	Town Tenants' Association	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2.4	6,901	+1.5
	Independent Nationalist	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1.3	3,694	N/A
	Independent	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1.2	3,437	N/A
	Independent Labour	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.8	2,442	N/A

Electorate: 775,307 (432,439 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.6% (292,218).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			50.85%
Nationalist Party			11.66%
Independent Unionist			14.3%
Labour			7.99%
Ulster Liberal			6.23%
Independent			3.28%
Other			5.71%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			71.15%
Nationalist Party			21.15%
Independent Unionist			5.77%
Labour			1.92%

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results