1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

Main article: 1964 United Kingdom general election

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.

1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1959 15 October 1964 1966 →
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 630 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Lab Leader Terence O'Neill Tom Boyd Party UUP NI Labour Alliance Conservative Leader since 1963 1958 Leader's seat Sat in Stormont Sat in Stormont Seats won 12 0 Seat change Popular vote 401,897 102,759 Percentage 63.2% 16.1% Swing 14.0% 8.4%

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.

All parties shown.

1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland[1][2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	12	12	0	0	0	100.0	63.2	401,897	-14.0
	NI Labour	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	16.1	102,759	+8.4
	Ind. Republican	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	15.9	101,628	+15.9
	Ulster Liberal	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	17,354	+2.1
	Republican Labour	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	14,678	+2.3

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