1965 Northern Ireland general election

The 1965 Northern Ireland general election was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

1965 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   Nat Leader Terence O'Neill Eddie McAteer Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 25 March 1963 2 June 1964 Leader's seat Bannside Foyle Last election 34 seats, 48.8% 9 seats, 15.1% Seats won 36[a] 9[b] Seat change 2 Popular vote 191,896[c] 26,748[c] Percentage 59.1% 8.2% Swing 10.3% 6.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tom Boyd Gerry Fitt Party NI Labour Republican Labour Leader since 1958 1964 Leader's seat Belfast Pottinger Belfast Dock Last election 4 seats, 25.4% Did not exist Seats won 2 2[d] Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 66,323[c] 3,326[c] Percentage 20.4% 1.0% Swing 5.0% New party
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Terence O'Neill UUP Prime Minister after election Terence O'Neill UUP

Results

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36	9	2	2	3
UUP	Nationalist	L	R	Oth

1965 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	41	36[a]	2	0	+2	69.2	59.1	191,896	+10.3
	NI Labour	17	2	0	2	-2	3.8	20.4	66,323	-5.0
	Nationalist	9	9[b]	0	0	0	17.3	8.2	26,748	-6.9
	National Democratic	1	1[e]	1	0	+1	1.9	4.7	15,206	N/A
	Ulster Liberal	4	1[f]	0	0	0	1.9	3.9	12,618	+0.3
	Independent Labour	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.4	4,371	-1.7
	Republican Labour	2	2[d]	1	0	+2	3.8	1.0	3,326	N/A
	New Ireland Movement	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.0	3,111	N/A
	Ind. Republican	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.2	682	N/A
	Communist (NI)	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.1	308	N/A
	Independent	1	1[g]	0	0	0	1.9	0.0	0	-0.4

All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589).

Votes summary

Popular vote Ulster Unionist   59.12% Labour   20.43% Nationalist   8.24% National Democratic   4.68% Ulster Liberal   3.89% Independent Labour   1.35% Republican Labour   1.02% New Ireland Movement   0.96% Independent Republican   0.21% Communist   0.09%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist   69.23% Nationalist   17.31% Labour   3.85% Republican Labour   3.85% National Democratic   1.92% Independent   1.92%

See also

• List of members of the 11th House of Commons of Northern Ireland

Notes

1. Includes 14 members elected unopposed.
2. Includes 5 members elected unopposed.
3. Voting only took place in 29 of 52 seats.
   The other 23 MPs were unopposed.
4. Includes 1 member elected unopposed.
5. The sole NDP member was elected unopposed.
6. The sole Liberal member was elected unopposed.
7. The sole independent member was elected unopposed.

References

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