1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
1964 UK general election in Northern Ireland
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On 15 October 1964, the 1964 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 630 members of the House of Commons, including the 12 Northern Ireland seats.
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15 October 1964
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All 12 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.7% ( 5.8 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Candidates
| Affiliation | Candidates | |
|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist Party | 12 | |
| Independent Republican (Ireland) | 12 | |
| Northern Ireland Labour Party | 10 | |
| Ulster Liberal Party | 4 | |
| Republican Labour Party | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | |
Results
| Party[1][2] | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
| UUP | 12 | 0 | 0 |  | 100.0 | 401,897 | 63.2 |  14.0 | |
| NI Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 102,759 | 16.1 | 8.4 | |
| Ind. Republican | 0 | Did not stand in 1959 | — | 101,628 | 15.9 | N/a | |||
| Ulster Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 17,354 | 2.7 | 2.1 | |
| Republican Labour | 0 | New | — | 14,678 | 2.3 | New | |||
| Total | 12 | 638,316 | 71.7[3] | 5.8 | |||||
