Northern Ireland Labour Party election results

This article lists the Northern Ireland Labour Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections. Except where noted, candidates were endorsed by the British Labour Party.^[1]

Summary of general election performance

Year	Number of Candidates	Total votes	Average votes per candidate	% UK vote	% NI vote	Change (percentage points)	Saved deposits
1924	1	21,122	21,122	0.1	4.1	N/A	1
1931	1	9,410	9,410	0.0	3.3	N/A	1
1945	5	66,223	13,245	0.3	11.4	N/A	4
1950	5	67,816	13,563	0.2	12.1	-0.1	5
1951	4	62,324	15,581	0.2	13.5	0.0	4
1955	3	35,614	11,871	0.1	5.5	-0.1	3
1959	3	44,370	14,790	0.2	7.7	+0.1	3
1964	10	102,857	10,286	0.4	16.1	+0.3	6
1966	4	72,613	18,153	0.2	12.2	-0.2	4
1970	7	98,194	14,028	0.3	12.6	+0.1	6
1974 Feb	5	17,284	3,457	0.0	2.4	-0.3	1
1974 Oct	3	11,539	3,846	0.0	1.6	0.0	1
1979	3	4,441	1,480	0.0	0.6	0.0	0

Election results

1923 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast West	Harry Midgley	22,255	47.1	2

Midgley contested the election for the Belfast Labour Party, forerunner of the Northern Ireland Labour Party

1924 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast West	Harry Midgley	21,122	40.4	2

Midgley was not endorsed by the British Labour Party.^[2]

1931 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	John Campbell	9,410	24.9	2

By-elections, 1935-1945

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim by-election, 1943	Robert Getgood	17,253	28.3	2
Belfast West by-election, 1943	Jack Beattie	19,936	46.2	1

1945 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Henry Holmes	18,403	12.8	3
Belfast East	Tom Boyd	17,338	43.6	2
Belfast North	William Leeburn	20,845	44.7	2
Belfast South	James Morrow	8,166	17.5	3
Londonderry	Milton Gordon	1,471	1.9	3

By-elections, 1945-1950

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Down by-election, 1946	Desmond Donnelly	28,846	29.3	2

1950 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Tom Boyd	17,338	36.7	2
Belfast North	William Leeburn	20,146	35.6	2
Belfast South	James McKernan	11,428	24.8	2
North Down	Albert McElroy	10,836	20.6	2
South Antrim	Edward Brown	8,068	16.4	2

1951 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Tom Boyd	17,910	38.3	2
Belfast North	James Morrow	22,685	39.3	2
Belfast South	Robert McBrinn	11,815	24.2	2
North Down	Albert McElroy	9,914	18.6	2

By-elections, 1951-1955

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast South by-election, 1952	Sam Napier	7,655	24.9	2

1955 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Tom Boyd	13,041	30.2	2
Belfast North	Billy Boyd	15,065	28.2	2
Belfast South	Edward Brown	7,508	17.6	2

By-elections, 1955-1959

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East by-election, 1959	James Gardner	14,264	42.2	2

1959 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	James Gardner	16,412	37.2	2
Belfast North	Jack McDowell	18,640	35.2	2
Belfast South	Norman Searight	9,318	21.6	2

By-elections, 1959-1964

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast South by-election, 1963	Norman Searight	7,209	25.8	2

1964 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Samuel Ewart	6,523	12.0	3
Belfast East	Samuel Watt	15,555	36.9	2
Belfast North	Jack McDowell	17,564	34.9	2
Belfast South	John Barkley	8,792	22.4	2
Belfast West	Billy Boyd	12,579	24.3	3
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Baptist W. Gamble	2,339	4.3	4
Mid Ulster	Patrick McGarvey	5,053	8.8	3
North Down	Edward Bell	11,571	18.9	2
South Antrim	Sydney Stewart	16,531	24.4	2
South Down	Sam Thompson	6,260	11.2	3

1966 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Martin McBirney	17,650	45.3	2
Belfast North	David Overend	19,927	42.6	2
Belfast South	Erskine Holmes	12,364	34.6	2
South Antrim	Sydney Stewart	22,672	35.7	2

1970 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Erskine Holmes	8,781	12.9	3
Belfast East	David Bleakley	18,259	40.5	2
Belfast North	John Sharkey	18,894	31.9	2
Belfast South	John Coulthard	11,567	29.6	2
North Antrim	Patrick McHugh	6,476	11.0	3
North Down	Kenneth Young	14,246	17.7	2
South Antrim	Robert Johnston	19,971	20.5	2

February 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	David Bleakley	8,122	14.1	3
Belfast North	Sandy Scott	2,917	5.9	4
Belfast South	Erskine Holmes	2,455	4.7	5
Belfast West	Billy Boyd	1,989	4.2	5

October 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	David Bleakley	7,415	13.9	3
Belfast North	Billy Boyd	2,481	5.2	4
Belfast South	Erskine Holmes	1,643	4.2	5

1979 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	George Chambers	1,982	3.9	5
Belfast North	Alan Carr	1,889	4.4	7
Belfast West	Derek Peters	540	1.6	6

References

↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.xvi
↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.xvi

F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
UK General election results February 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
UK General election results October 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
UK General election results May 1979, Richard Kimber's Political Resources

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[1] F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.xvi

[2] F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.xvi

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