1958 Northern Ireland general election

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 Third party   Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart Tom Boyd Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 1958 1958 Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone Belfast Pottinger Last election 38 seats, 48.6% 7 seats, 10.8% 0 seats, 12.1% Seats won 37 7 4 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 106,177 36,013 38,093 Percentage 44.0% 14.9% 15.8% Swing 4.6% 4.1% 3.0%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist

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

Northern Ireland General Election 1958
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ulster Unionist	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
	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

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958