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1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1931 14 November 1935 1945 →
13 seats in Northern Ireland of the 615 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Viscount Craigavon T. J. Campbell Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 1921 1934 Leader's seat Did not stand Fermanagh and Tyrone Seats won 11 2

The 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 14 November as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.

Results

This election saw no change in the distribution of seats from Northern Ireland.

In the election as a whole, a second National Government which had been formed before the election was returned with Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party as Prime Minister. The Ulster Unionists were members of the Conservative Party. Also in the government were the National Liberal Party and National Labour.

Results

Party		MPs	Change	Uncontested	Votes	%
	Ulster Unionist	11		7	292,840	64.9
	Nationalist	2		0	101,494	22.4
	Independent Republican	0		0	56,833	12.6
Total		13		7	451,167	100

MPs elected

By-elections

Footnote

1. Craigavon sat as an MP for North Down in the Northern Ireland Parliament.

References

1. "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1935". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 31.

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