1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

On 25 October 1951, the 1951 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 625 members of the House of Commons, including the 12 Northern Ireland seats in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post.

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1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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All 12 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons
Turnout	79.9% (2.5 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Nat Leader Sir Basil Brooke, Bt William Norton James McSparran Party UUP Irish Labour Nationalist Alliance Conservative Leader since 1943 1932 1945 Leader's seat Sat in Stormont Sat in Dáil Éireann Sat in Stormont Seats won 9[a] 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 274,928[b] 33,174[b] 32,714[b] Percentage 59.4% 7.7% 7.6% Swing 3.4 pp 4.5 pp 2.2 pp

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The Ulster Unionists lost one seat to Jack Beattie, formerly an Independent Labour MP but now standing for the Irish Labour Party. Four Ulster Unionist candidates were returned unopposed, the last UK general election in which any candidates were so returned.^[1] The Nationalists also lost one seat to retirement. It was gained by Michael O'Neill, an independent Nationalist.^[2]

In the election as a whole, the Labour Party government led by Clement Attlee, which had won with a narrow majority in the previous election, lost out to the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, who returned as Prime Minister.