Northern Ireland general election, 1958

Northern Ireland general election, 1958

20 March 1958

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons
27 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart
Party UUP Nationalist
Leader since 1 May 1943 1958
Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone
Last election 38 seats, 48.6% 7 seats, 10.8%
Seats won 37 7
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 106,177 36,013
Percentage 44.0% 14.9%
Swing Decrease4.6% Increase4.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Tom Boyd None
Party NI Labour Ind. Labour Group
Leader since 1958 n/a
Leader's seat Belfast Pottinger None
Last election 0 seats, 12.1% Did not stand
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 38,093 4,683
Percentage 15.8% 2.0%
Swing Increase3.0% New party

Election results by constituency.

Prime Minister before election

Basil Brooke
UUP

Elected Prime Minister

Basil Brooke
UUP

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1958 was held on 20 March 1958. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.

Results

37 7 4 4
UUP Nationalist Lab Oth
Northern Ireland General Election 1958
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 46 37 3 4 -1 71.2 44.0 106,177 -4.6
  NI Labour 8 4 4 0 +4 7.7 15.8 38,093 +3.0
  Nationalist 8 7 0 0 0 13.5 14.9 36,013 +4.1
  Independent Unionist 5 0 0 1 0 6.8 16,537 N/A
  Independent Labour 2 0 0 1 -1 3.1 7,544 +0.6
  Ind. Republican Labour 1 1 0 0 0 1.9 3.1 7,510 +0.8
  Irish Labour 3 0 0 1 -1 3.0 7,321 -2.1
  Independent Nationalist 2 1 1 0 +1 1.9 2.1 5,168 N/A
  Ulster Protestant Action 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4,704 N/A
  Ind. Labour Group 1 1 1 0 +1 1.9 2.0 4,683 N/A
  Independent 2 1 0 0 0 1.9 1.8 4,231 +1.1
  Independent Irish Labour 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2,761 -2.5
  Ulster Liberal 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 759 N/A

Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
43.97%
Labour
15.77%
Nationalist Party
14.91%
Independent Unionist
6.85%
Independent Labour
5.06%
Republican Labour
3.11%
Irish Labour
3.03%
Ind. Nationalist
2.14%
Ind. Protestant Unionist
1.95%
Independent Irish Labour
1.14%
Ulster Liberal
0.31%
Independent
1.75%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
71.15%
Nationalist Party
13.46%
Labour
7.69%
Independent Labour
1.92%
Republican Labour
1.92%
Independent Nationalist
1.92%
Independent
1.92%

References

See also

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