1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

The 1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 6 December 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. Only three of the constituencies had contested elections.

1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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All 13 seats in Northern Ireland to the House of Commons
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderJames CraigJoe Devlin
PartyUUPNationalist
Leader since7 June 192114 December 1918
Leader's seatDid not stand[fn 1]Did not stand[fn 2]
Seats won112
Popular vote79,45343,835
Percentage49.4%27.2%

Results

The election saw no change in the representation of the 13 seats in Northern Ireland.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, now led by Stanley Baldwin, lost its majority and the Labour Party formed a minority with Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister. The Ulster Unionists sat as members of the Conservative Party.

Results[1][2]
PartyMPsChangeUncontestedVotes[3]Adjusted votes[a 1]%
Ulster Unionist11 9117,16179,45349.4
Nationalist2 087,67143,83527.3
Independent Labour0 022,22513.8
Independent Unionist0 015,1719.4
Total13 9242,258160,685100

MPs elected

ConstituencyPartyMP
AntrimUlster UnionistCharles Craig
Ulster UnionistHugh O'Neill
ArmaghUlster UnionistWilliam Allen
Belfast EastUlster UnionistHerbert Dixon
Belfast NorthUlster UnionistThomas McConnell
Belfast SouthUlster UnionistThomas Moles
Belfast WestUlster UnionistRobert Lynn
DownUlster UnionistDavid Reid
Ulster UnionistJohn Simms
Fermanagh and TyroneNationalist PartyThomas Harbison
Nationalist PartyCahir Healy
LondonderryUlster UnionistMalcolm Macnaghten
Queen's University of BelfastUlster UnionistSir William Whitla

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