1933 Northern Ireland general election

The 1933 Northern Ireland general election was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

1933 Northern Ireland general election

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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   NIL Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Jack Beattie Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 1929 Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Pottinger Last election 37 seats, 50.8% 11 seats, 11.7% 1 seat, 8.0% Seats won 36[a] 9[b] 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 73,791[c] 22,269[c] 14,436[c] Percentage 43.5% 13.2% 8.5% Swing 5.3% 1.4% 0.5%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election James Craig UUP Prime Minister after election James Craig UUP

33 of the 52 MPs (63%) were elected unopposed, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons. The vast majority of those elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.

Results

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36	9	3	2	3
UUP	Nationalist	IU	L	Oth

1933 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	41	36[a]	0	1	-1	69.2	43.5	73,791	-5.3
	Ind. Unionist	8	3	0	0	0	5.8	21.3	36,142	+7.0
	Nationalist	10	9[b]	0	2	-2	17.3	13.1	22,269	+1.4
	NI Labour	3	2	1	0	+1	3.8	8.5	14,436	+0.5
	Ind. Republican	4	1	1	0	+1	1.9	7.7	13,106	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	4.4	7,404	N/A
	National League	1	0	0	0	0		1.3	2,211	N/A
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0		0.2	331	-1.0

Electorate 793,952 (250,519 in contested seats); Turnout 67.7% (169,690). The sole member elected for Fianna Fáil was the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State, Éamon de Valera.

Seat changes

Constituency	From		To
Belfast Dock		UUP		NI Labour
South Armagh		Nationalist		Ind. Nationalist
South Down		Nationalist		Fianna Fáil

Votes summary

Popular vote Ulster Unionist   43.5% Independent Unionist   21.3% Nationalist Party   13.1% Labour   8.5% Independent Republican   7.7% Fianna Fáil   4.4% National League   1.3% Independent   0.2%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist   69.23% Nationalist Party   17.31% Independent Unionist   5.77% Labour   3.85% Independent Republican   1.92% Fianna Fáil   1.92%

Contested seats

Only 19 of the 52 seats (37%) were actually contested.

1933 Northern Ireland general election (contested seats)
Party		Popular vote		Candidates
		Votes	%	Stood	Elected	%
	Ulster Unionist	73,791	43.5	14	9	47.4
	Ind. Unionist	36,142	21.3	8	3	15.8
	Nationalist	22,269	13.1	4	3	15.8
	Labour	14,436	8.5	3	2	10.5
	Ind. Republican	13,106	7.7	4	1	5.3
	Fianna Fáil	7,404	4.4	1	1	5.3
	Ind. Nationalist	2,211	1.3	1	0	—
	Independent	331	0.2	1	0	—
Total		169,690	67.7	36	19	—

Uncontested seats

In 33 of the 52 seats (63%), only one candidate stood and they were elected unopposed without any votes cast. The vast majority of the MPs elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.

1933 Northern Ireland general election (uncontested seats)
Party		Popular vote		Candidates
		Votes	%	Stood	Elected	%
	Ulster Unionist	Unopposed		27	27	81.8
	Nationalist	Unopposed		6	6	18.2
Total				33	33	100

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

1. Includes 27 members elected unopposed.
2. Includes 6 members elected unopposed.
3. Voting only took place in 19 of 52 seats.
   The other 33 MPs were unopposed.