Northern Ireland general election, 1945

Northern Ireland general election, 1945

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All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Basil Brooke T. J. Campbell Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 1 May 1943 18 January 1934 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Belfast Central Last election 39 seats, 56.8% 8 seats, 4.9% Seats won 33 10 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 180,342 32,546 Percentage 50.4% 9.1% Swing 6.4% 4.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paddy Agnew Harry Midgley Party NI Labour Commonwealth Labour Leader since 1938 1942 Leader's seat South Armagh (defeated) Belfast Willowfield Last election 1 seat, 5.7% New party Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 66,053 28,079 Percentage 18.5% 7.8% Swing 12.8% New party
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

Basil Brooke
UUP

Basil Brooke
UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. Like all other elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it returned an Ulster Unionist Party majority.

Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).