1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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The 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 14 November as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.
Results
This election saw no change in the distribution of seats from Northern Ireland.
In the election as a whole, a second National Government which had been formed before the election was returned with Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party as Prime Minister. The Ulster Unionists were members of the Conservative Party. Also in the government were the National Liberal Party and National Labour.
Party | MPs | Change | Uncontested | Votes[2] | %[2] | |
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Ulster Unionist | 11 | ![]() | 7 | 292,840 | 64.9 | |
Nationalist | 2 | ![]() | 0 | 101,494 | 22.4 | |
Independent Republican | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 56,833 | 12.6 | |
Total | 13 | ![]() | 7 | 451,167 | 100 |
MPs elected
Constituency | Party | MP | |
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Antrim | Ulster Unionist | Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt | |
Ulster Unionist | Hugh O'Neill | ||
Armagh | Ulster Unionist | William Allen | |
Belfast East | Ulster Unionist | Herbert Dixon | |
Belfast North | Ulster Unionist | Thomas Somerset | |
Belfast South | Ulster Unionist | William Stewart | |
Belfast West | Ulster Unionist | Alexander Browne | |
Down | Ulster Unionist | Viscount Castlereagh | |
Ulster Unionist | David Reid | ||
Fermanagh and Tyrone | Nationalist | Patrick Cunningham | |
Nationalist | Anthony Mulvey | ||
Londonderry | Ulster Unionist | Sir Ronald Ross, Bt | |
Queen's University of Belfast | Ulster Unionist | Thomas Sinclair |
By-elections
By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Down | 10 May 1939 | David Reid | UUP | James Little | UUP | Death | ||
Belfast East | 8 February 1940 | Herbert Dixon | UUP | Henry Peirson Harland | UUP | Elevation to the Peerage | ||
Queen's University of Belfast | 2 November 1940 | Thomas Sinclair | UUP | Douglas Savory | UUP | Resignation | ||
Belfast West | 9 February 1943 | Alexander Browne | UUP | Jack Beattie | NI Labour | Death | ||
Antrim | 11 February 1943 | Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt | UUP | John Dermot Campbell | UUP | Death |
Footnote
- ^ Craigavon sat as an MP for North Down in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
References
- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1935". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 31.
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