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The 1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 October with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.

The election took place towards the end of the IRA border campaign, which had seen the IRA launch a series of attacks and bombings against Northern Irish police and infrastructure. The launch of the campaign had in part been encouraged by the results of the last UK general election in Northern Ireland, which had seen Sinn Féin gain 2 seats, and receive nearly a quarter of the vote.

Results

The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region. This was a net gain from the result at the previous election, although they held all seats in the region before the 1959 election was called: in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Philip Clarke was unseated by petition and Robert Grosvenor was declared elected to the seat; in Mid Ulster, George Forrest had been elected in a by-election as an Independent Unionist, but subsequently joined the Ulster Unionists.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister, continued in a majority government.

Results[1][2]
Party MPs Votes
No. Change No. % Change
Шаблон:Party name with colour 12 Шаблон:Increase 2 445,013 77.2% Шаблон:Increase 8.5
Шаблон:Party name with colour 0 Шаблон:Decrease 2 63,415 11.0% Шаблон:Decrease 12.6
Шаблон:Party name with colour 0 Шаблон:Steady 44,370 7.7% Шаблон:Increase 2.2
Шаблон:Party name with colour 0 Шаблон:Steady 20,062 3.5% Шаблон:Increase 3.5
Шаблон:Party name with colour 0 Шаблон:Steady 3,253 0.6% Шаблон:Increase 0.6
Total 12 Шаблон:Steady 576,113 100% Шаблон:Steady

MPs elected

Constituency Party MP
Antrim North Шаблон:Party name with colour Henry Clark
Antrim South Шаблон:Party name with colour Knox Cunningham
Armagh Шаблон:Party name with colour John Maginnis
Belfast East Шаблон:Party name with colour Stanley McMaster
Belfast North Шаблон:Party name with colour Stratton Mills
Belfast South Шаблон:Party name with colour David Campbell
Belfast West Шаблон:Party name with colour Patricia McLaughlin
Down North Шаблон:Party name with colour George Currie
Down South Шаблон:Party name with colour Lawrence Orr
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Шаблон:Party name with colour Robert Grosvenor
Londonderry Шаблон:Party name with colour Robin Chichester-Clark
Mid Ulster Шаблон:Party name with colour George Forrest

Footnotes

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References

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