1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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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.
Results
[edit]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.
| 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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| 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
[edit]By-elections
[edit]| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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| Mid Ulster | 17 April 1969 | George Forrest | UUP | Bernadette Devlin | Unity | Death | ||
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1966". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "The 1966 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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