1965 Northern Ireland general election

The 1965 Northern Ireland general election was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

1965 Northern Ireland general election

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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Nat Leader Terence O'Neill Eddie McAteer Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 25 March 1963 2 June 1964 Leader's seat Bannside Foyle Last election 34 seats, 48.8% 9 seats, 15.1% Seats won 36 9 Seat change 2 Popular vote 191,896 26,748 Percentage 59.1% 8.2% Swing 10.3% 6.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tom Boyd Gerry Fitt Party NI Labour Republican Labour Leader since 1958 1964 Leader's seat Belfast Pottinger Belfast Dock Last election 4 seats, 25.4% Did not exist Seats won 2 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 66,323 3,326 Percentage 20.4% 1.0% Swing 5.0% New party
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Terence O'Neill UUP Prime Minister after election Terence O'Neill UUP

Results

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36	9	2	2	3
UUP	Nationalist	L	R	Oth

1965 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	41	36	2	0	+2	69.2	59.1	191,896	+10.3
	NI Labour	17	2	0	2	-2	3.8	20.4	66,323	-5.0
	Nationalist	9	9	0	0	0	17.3	8.2	26,748	-6.9
	National Democratic	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	4.7	15,206	N/A
	Ulster Liberal	4	1	0	0	0	1.9	3.9	12,618	+0.3
	Independent Labour	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.4	4,371	-1.7
	Republican Labour	2	2	1	0	+2	3.8	1.0	3,326	N/A
	New Ireland Movement	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.0	3,111	N/A
	Ind. Republican	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.2	682	N/A
	Communist (NI)	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.1	308	N/A
	Independent	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	0.0	0	-0.4

All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589).

Votes summary

Popular vote

Ulster Unionist			59.12%
Labour			20.43%
Nationalist			8.24%
National Democratic			4.68%
Ulster Liberal			3.89%
Independent Labour			1.35%
Republican Labour			1.02%
New Ireland Movement			0.96%
Independent Republican			0.21%
Communist			0.09%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Ulster Unionist			69.23%
Nationalist			17.31%
Labour			3.85%
Republican Labour			3.85%
National Democratic			1.92%
Independent			1.92%

See also

• List of members of the 11th House of Commons of Northern Ireland