1965 Northern Ireland general election

1965 Northern Ireland general election
← 1962 25 November 1965 1969 →
All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Captain Rt. Hon. Terence O'Neill 1966 (cropped).png
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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[c]
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 191,896[b] 26,748[b]
Percentage 59.1% 8.2%
Swing Increase10.3% Decrease6.9%
  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 Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 66,323[b] 3,326[b]
Percentage 20.4% 1.0%
Swing Decrease5.0% New party
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Terence O'Neill
UUP

Prime Minister after election

Terence O'Neill
UUP

(1921–72)
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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.

Results

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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[c] 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

Notes

  1. ^ a b Includes 14 members elected unopposed.
  2. ^ a b c d Voting only took place in 29 of 52 seats.
    The other 23 MPs were unopposed.
  3. ^ a b Includes 5 members elected unopposed.
  4. ^ a b 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.

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