1970 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

The Ulster Unionists lost seats to the Protestant Unionist Party led by Ian Paisley, moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, and to Unity, a nationalist organisation which had won a by-election in 1969.

In the election as a whole, the Labour Party failed to return to government and the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, formed a government led by Edward Heath as Prime Minister. This was the last parliament where the UUP took the Conservative whip in the House of Commons, breaking with them after the Parliament of Northern Ireland was suspended by the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972.

Results[1][2][3]

Party		MPs		Votes
		No.	Change	No.	%	Change
	UUP	8	3	422,041	54.2%	7.6
	Unity	2	2	140,930	18.1%	15.6
	Protestant Unionist	1	1	35,303	3.5%	3.5
	Republican Labour	1		30,649	3.9%	0.5
	NI Labour	0		98,194	12.6%	0.4
	Independent Republican	0		62,782	10.5%	5.4
	Ulster Liberal	0		10,929	1.4%	3.5
	National Democratic	0		10,349	1.3%	1.3
	Independent Unionist	0		17,787	2.3%	2.3
	Independent Labour	0		7,565	1.0%	1.0
	Independent	0		4,290	0.4%	0.4
Total		12		778,037	100