Northern Ireland general election, 1938

Northern Ireland general election, 1938

9 February 1938
All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Craig Thomas Campbell Harry Midgley (defeated) Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 7 June 1921 18 January 1934 1933 Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Dock Last election 36 seats (43.5%) 9 seats (13.2%) 2 seats (8.5%) Seats won 39 8 1 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 187,684 16,167 18,775 Percentage 56.8% 4.9% 5.7% Swing 13.3% 2.8% 2.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader William McConnell Wilton William Stewart Party Ind. Unionist Association Progressive Unionist Leader since 4 October 1937 1938 Leader's seat Belfast Clifton (not elected) Belfast Cromac (not elected) Last election N/A N/A Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 28,459 41,028 Percentage 8.6% 12.4% Swing 8.6% 12/4%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election James Craig UUP Elected Prime Minister James Craig UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1938 was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1938
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	43	39	3	0	+ 3	75	56.8	187,684	+13.3
	Progressive Unionist	10	0	0	0	0		12.4	41,028	N/A
	Ind. Unionist Association	6	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	8.6	28,459	N/A
	Independent Unionist	5	2	1	2	- 1	3.8	6.8	22,354	-14.5
	NI Labour	7	1	1	2	- 1	1.9	5.7	18,775	-2.8
	Nationalist	9	8	0	1	- 1	15.4	4.9	16,167	-2.8
	Independent	3	0	0	0	0		2.2	7,482	+2.0
	Independent Labour	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	1.7	5,480	N/A
	Independent Progressive Unionist	1	0	0	0	0		0.9	2,926	N/A

Electorate: 825,101 (464,860 in contested seats); Turnout: 71.1% (330,355).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			56.81%
Progressive Unionist			12.42%
Nationalist Party			4.89%
Independent Unionist			6.77%
Labour			5.68%
Independent Unionist Association			8.61%
Independent Labour			1.66%
Independent Progressive Unionist			0.89%
Independent			2.26%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			75%
Nationalist Party			15.38%
Independent Unionist			3.85%
Labour			1.92%
Independent Unionist Association			1.92%
Independent Labour			1.92%

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results