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The 1945 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 5 July 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 was the first general election to Westminster in ten years, as elections had been postponed for the duration of World War II.
In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party government, which included the Ulster Unionists, lost out to the Labour Party, and Sir Winston Churchill was succeeded as Prime Minister by Clement Attlee.
| Party | MPs | Change | Uncontested | Votes[2] | %[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 9 |  2
|
1 | 394,373 | 54.5 | |
| Nationalist | 2 | 
|
0 | 148,078 | 20.5 | |
| Independent Unionist | 1 |  1
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0 | 68,895 | 9.5 | |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1
|
0 | 30,787 | 4.3 | |
| NI Labour | 0 |
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0 | 66,223 | 9.2 | |
| Common Wealth Labour | 0 |
|
0 | 14,096 | 2.0 | |
| Total | 13 |
|
1 | 723,180 | 100 | |
MPs elected
Footnotes
References
- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1945". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 33.
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