Английская Википедия:1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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The 1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 26 May as part of the wider general election with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post.
Results
This was the first election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921 where all constituencies in the region were contested
The Ulster Unionists regained the seat which they had lost to Jack Beattie from the Irish Labour Party. The nationalist interest was represented by Sinn Féin who gained the two seats previously held by the Nationalist Party. Patricia McLaughlin was the first woman elected as an MP for a Northern Ireland constituency.
In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Anthony Eden as Prime Minister, continued in a majority government.
| Party | MPs | Change | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Party name with colour | 10 | Шаблон:Increase 2 | 442,647 | 68.5% | |
| Шаблон:Party name with colour | 2 | Шаблон:Increase 2 | 152,310 | 23.6% | |
| Шаблон:Party name with colour | 0 | Шаблон:Steady | 35,614 | 5.5% | |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Irish Labour | 0 | Шаблон:Decrease 1 | 16,050 | 2.5% |
| Total | 12 | Шаблон:Steady | 646,621 | 100 | |
MPs elected
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Ulster | 11 August 1955[by 1] | Tom Mitchell | Шаблон:Party name with colour | Tom Mitchell | Шаблон:Party name with colour | Disqualification | ||
| Mid Ulster | 8 May 1956[by 1] | Charles Beattie | Шаблон:Party name with colour | George Forrest | Шаблон:Party name with colour | Disqualification | ||
| Belfast East | 19 March 1959 | Alan McKibbin | Шаблон:Party name with colour | Stanley McMaster | Шаблон:Party name with colour | Death | ||
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Tom Mitchell won the most votes at the general election but was disqualified by the House of Commons on the grounds that he was a convicted felon. A by-election was called at which Mitchell again stood and won the most votes. On this occasion an election petition was lodged and Mitchell was again disqualified with the Election Court declaring his opponent Charles Beattie duly elected. It then emerged that Beattie himself was ineligible to sit because he held offices of profit under the Crown. Beattie was indemnified by Parliament against the consequences of sitting and voting while ineligible, and a further writ was moved. In the subsequent by-election, Independent Unionist George Forrest was elected. Forrest later joined the Ulster Unionists and won the seat for the party at the 1959 general election.
Footnotes
References
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