1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

Main article: 1966 United Kingdom general election

The 1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 31 March with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.

1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1964 31 March 1966 1970 →
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 630 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Rep Leader Terence O'Neill Gerry Fitt Party UUP Republican Labour Alliance Conservative Leader since 1963 1964 Leader's seat Sat in Stormont Belfast West Seats won 11 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 368,629 26,292 Percentage 61.8% 4.4% Swing 1.4% 2.1%

Results

The Ulster Unionists lost one seat to Gerry Fitt, leader of the new Republican Labour Party.

In the election as a whole, the Labour Party increased their majority and Harold Wilson continued as Prime Minister. The Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, were now led by Edward Heath.

All parties shown.

1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland[1][2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	12	11	0	1	-1	91.7	61.8	368,629	-1.4
	NI Labour	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.2	72,613	-3.9
	Ind. Republican	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	10.5	62,782	-5.4
	Ulster Liberal	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.9	29,109	+2.2
	Republican Labour	1	1	1	0	+1	8.3	4.4	26,292	+2.1
	Nationalist	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.7	22,167	+3.7
	Unity	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.5	14,645	+2.5

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		Republican Labour	Gerry Fitt
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

By-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Mid Ulster	17 April 1969	George Forrest		UUP	Bernadette Devlin		Unity	Death

Footnotes