Northern Ireland general election, 1945

Northern Ireland general election, 1945

14 June 1945
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 T. J. Campbell Paddy Agnew Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 18 January 1934 1938 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Belfast Central South Armagh (defeated) Last election 39 seats (56.8%) 8 seats (4.9%) 1 seat (5.7%) Seats won 33 9 2 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 180,342 32,546 66,053 Percentage 50.4% 9.1% 18.5% Swing 6.4% 4.2% 12.8%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. Like all other elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it returned a large Ulster Unionist Party majority.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1945
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	41	33	0	6	- 6	63.5	50.4	180,342	-6.4
	NI Labour	15	2	2	1	+ 1	3.8	18.5	66,053	+12.8
	Nationalist	11	9	3	2	+ 1	19.2	9.1	32,546	+4.2
	Commonwealth Labour	6	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	7.8	28,079	+7.8
	Independent Unionist	5	2	1	1	0	3.8	5.0	17,906	-1.8
	Communist (NI)	3	0	0	0	0		3.5	12,456	+3.5
	Independent Labour	2	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.8	9,872	+1.1
	Socialist Republican	2	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	1.5	5,497	+1.5
	Federation of Labour	1	0	0	0	0		1.1	3,912	+1.1
	Independent	2	2	2	0	+ 2	3.8	0.3	1,219	-1.9

Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			50.39%
Nationalist Party			9.09%
Independent Unionist			5%
Labour			18.46%
Independent Labour			2.76%
Commonwealth Labour			7.85%
Communist			3.48%
Socialist Republican			1.54%
Federation of Labour			1.09%
Independent			0.34%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			63.46%
Nationalist Party			19.23%
Independent Unionist			3.85%
Labour			3.85%
Independent Labour			1.92%
Commonwealth Labour			1.92%
Socialist Republican			1.92%
Independent			3.85%

See also

• United Kingdom general election, 1945

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results