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1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
← 1931 14 November 1935 1945 →
13 seats in Northern Ireland of the 615 seats in the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Viscount Craigavon T. J. Campbell
Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist
Leader since 1921 1934
Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Fermanagh and Tyrone
Seats won 11 2

The 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 14 November as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.

Results

This election saw no change in the distribution of seats from Northern Ireland.

In the election as a whole, a second National Government which had been formed before the election was returned with Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party as Prime Minister. The Ulster Unionists were members of the Conservative Party. Also in the government were the National Liberal Party and National Labour.

Results[1]
Party MPs Change Uncontested Votes[2] %[2]
Ulster Unionist 11 Steady 7 292,840 64.9
Nationalist 2 Steady 0 101,494 22.4
Independent Republican 0 Steady 0 56,833 12.6
Total 13 Steady 7 451,167 100

MPs elected

Constituency Party MP
Antrim Ulster Unionist Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt
Ulster Unionist Hugh O'Neill
Armagh Ulster Unionist William Allen
Belfast East Ulster Unionist Herbert Dixon
Belfast North Ulster Unionist Thomas Somerset
Belfast South Ulster Unionist William Stewart
Belfast West Ulster Unionist Alexander Browne
Down Ulster Unionist Viscount Castlereagh
Ulster Unionist David Reid
Fermanagh and Tyrone Nationalist Patrick Cunningham
Nationalist Anthony Mulvey
Londonderry Ulster Unionist Sir Ronald Ross, Bt
Queen's University of Belfast Ulster Unionist Thomas Sinclair

By-elections

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Down 10 May 1939 David Reid Ulster Unionist James Little Ulster Unionist Death
Belfast East 8 February 1940 Herbert Dixon Ulster Unionist Henry Peirson Harland Ulster Unionist Elevation to the Peerage
Queen's University of Belfast 2 November 1940 Thomas Sinclair Ulster Unionist Douglas Savory Ulster Unionist Resignation
Belfast West 9 February 1943 Alexander Browne Ulster Unionist Jack Beattie NI Labour Death
Antrim 11 February 1943 Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt Ulster Unionist John Dermot Campbell Ulster Unionist Death

Footnote

  1. ^ Craigavon sat as an MP for North Down in the Northern Ireland Parliament.

References

  1. ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1935". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). British Electoral Facts. Ashgate. p. 31.


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