1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

15 October 1964
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 630 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Terence O'Neill Tom Boyd Party UUP NI Labour Leader since 1963 1958 Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Did not stand[fn 2] Seats won 12 0 Seat change Popular vote 401,897 102,759 Percentage 63.2% 16.1%

The 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 15 October with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.

Results

The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region, as they had at the previous election.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lost their majority, lost power after thirteen years in government. The Labour Party won a narrow majority and Harold Wilson was appointed as Prime Minister.

Results^[1]^[2]

Party		MPs		Votes
		No.	Change	No.	%	Change
	UUP	12		401,897	63.2%	14.0
	NI Labour	0		102,759	16.1%	8.4
	Ind. Republican	0		101,628	15.9%	15.9
	Ulster Liberal	0		17,354	2.7%	2.1
	Republican Labour	0		14,678	2.3%	2.3
Total		12		638,316	100

MPs elected

Constituency	Party		MP
Antrim North		UUP	Henry Clark
Antrim South		UUP	Knox Cunningham
Armagh		UUP	John Maginnis
Belfast East		UUP	Stanley McMaster
Belfast North		UUP	Stratton Mills
Belfast South		UUP	Rafton Pounder
Belfast West		UUP	Patricia McLaughlin
Down North		UUP	George Currie
Down South		UUP	Lawrence Orr
Fermanagh and South Tyrone		UUP	Marquess of Abercorn
Londonderry		UUP	Robin Chichester-Clark
Mid Ulster		UUP	George Forrest

Footnotes

1. O'Neill sat as the MP for Bannside in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
2. Boyd sat as the MP for Belfast Pottinger in the Northern Ireland Parliament.

References

1. "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1964". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
2. "The 1964 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.