Northern Ireland general election, 1953

Northern Ireland general election, 1953

1949 ← 22 October 1953 → 1958

outgoing members ← → MPs elected

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Basil Brooke James McSparran None Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 15 November 1945 N/A Leader's seat Lisnaskea Mourne None Last election 37 seats (62.7%) 9 seats (26.8%) 0 seats (7.1%) Seats won 38 7 0 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 125,379 27,796 31,360 Percentage 48.6% 10.8% 12.1% Swing 14.1% 16.0% 5.0%

Election results by constituency.

Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

Basil Brooke
UUP

Basil Brooke
UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1953 was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).

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