1958 Northern Ireland general election
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The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough[1] to be 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.
Campaign
Announcing the election, Viscount Brookeborough remarked that the election would be on the Border issue once more, noting that this was the ninth election on the same issue.[2] Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year.[2]
Results
37 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
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Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | 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 | ||||||
Ind. 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
Seats summary
See also
References
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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