1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
23 February 1950
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 625 seats in the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sir Basil Brooke, Bt James McSparran
Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist
Leader since 1943 1945
Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Did not stand[fn 2]
Seats won 10 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady

The 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 23 February as part of the wider general election. The Representation of the People Act 1948 reorganised constituencies: all MPs were now elected single-seat constituencies using FPTP, ending the two-seat constituencies which had been in place till then, and the university constituency of Queen's University of Belfast was abolished.

Results

In the election as a whole, the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee as Prime Minister was returned with a narrow majority, while the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, continued in opposition.

Results[1][2]
Party MPs Change Uncontested Votes[3]  %[3]
Ulster Unionist 10 Increase 1 2 352,334 62.8
Nationalist 2 Steady 0 65,211 11.6
NI Labour 0 Steady 0 67,816 12.1
Irish Labour Party 0 Steady 0 52,715 9.4
Independent Republican 0 Steady 0 23,362 4.2
Total 12 Decrease 1 2 561,438 100

    MPs elected

    Constituency Party MP
    Antrim North Ulster Unionist Hugh O'Neill
    Antrim South Ulster Unionist Douglas Savory
    Armagh Ulster Unionist Richard Harden
    Belfast East Ulster Unionist Alan McKibbin
    Belfast North Ulster Unionist H. Montgomery Hyde
    Belfast South Ulster Unionist Conolly Gage
    Belfast West Ulster Unionist J. G. MacManaway
    Down North Ulster Unionist Walter Smiles
    Down South Ulster Unionist Lawrence Orr
    Fermanagh and South Tyrone Nationalist Cahir Healy
    Londonderry Ulster Unionist Sir Ronald Ross, Bt
    Mid Ulster Nationalist Anthony Mulvey

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Brooke sat as the MP for Lisnaskea in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
    2. ↑ McSparran sat as the MP for Mourne in the Northern Ireland Parliament.

    References

    1. ↑ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1950". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
    2. ↑ "The 1950 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
    3. 1 2 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 35.


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