1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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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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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.
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 | |||||
MPs elected
See also
References
- ↑ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1964". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ "The 1964 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 29. Retrieved 4 August 2026.