1965 Northern Ireland general election

25 November 1965
All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Terence O'Neill Eddie McAteer Tom Boyd Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 25 March 1963 2 June 1964 1958 Leader's seat Bannside Foyle Belfast Pottinger Last election 34 seats, 48.8% 9 seats, 15.1% 4 seats, 25.4% Seats won 36 9 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 191,896 26,748 66,323 Percentage 59.1% 8.2% 20.4% Swing 10.3% 6.9% 5.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gerry Fitt Gerry Quigley Albert McElroy Party Republican Labour National Democratic Ulster Liberal Leader since 1964 1965 1956 Leader's seat Belfast Dock None Enniskillen (Lost) Last election Did not stand Did not stand 1 seat, 3.6% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 3,326 15,206 12,618 Percentage 1.0% 4.7% 3.9% Swing New party New party 0.3%
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Prime Minister before election Terence O'Neill Ulster Unionist Prime Minister after election Terence O'Neill Ulster Unionist

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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. This was the last election in Northern Ireland in which one party won a majority of the vote. The Ulster Unionists increased their vote share largely due to a reduction in the number of uncontested seats, but also picked up two additional seats. Similarly, the Nationalist vote share decreased largely due to more of the seats in which they stood candidates being contested.

Results

1965 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ulster Unionist	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	+1	3.8	1.0	3,326	N/A
	New Ireland Movement	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.0	3,111	N/A
	Independent 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).

See also

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

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine