October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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The October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 10 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.
Results
This was the second general election to take place in 1974, as Harold Wilson who was leading a minority government sought to secure a majority for the Labour Party. He was successful, but only by a very narrow margin, which dissipated over the course of the parliament.
In Northern Ireland, the
Down South. Powell had left the Conservative Party in opposition to the accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities
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On the nationalist side, the SDLP held its seat in Belfast West, and stood aside in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, allowing for the defeat of UUP leader Harry West by Independent Nationalist Frank Maguire.
Party | MPs | Votes | ||||
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No. | Change | No. | % | Change | ||
UUP | 6 | 1 | 256,053 | 36.5% | 4.2 | |
Vanguard | 3 | 92,622 | 13.1% | 2.5 | ||
SDLP | 1 | 1 | 154,193 | 22.4% | ||
DUP | 1 | 59,451 | 8.5% | 0.3 | ||
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 32,795 | 4.7% | 4.7 | |
Alliance | 0 | 44,644 | 6.4% | 3.2 | ||
Republican Clubs
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0 | 21,633 | 3.1% | 1.0 | ||
Unionist Party NI | 0 | 20,454 | 3.1% | 10.0[a 1] | ||
NI Labour | 0 | 11,539 | 1.6% | 0.6 | ||
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 4,982 | 0.7% | 0.7 | ||
Marxist–Leninist (Ireland)
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0 | 540 | 0.1% | 0.1 | ||
Independent | 0 | 3536 | 0.5% | 3.1 | ||
Total | 12 | 703,042 | 100 |
- ^ Comparison with the Pro-Assembly Unionists.
MPs elected
Constituency | Party | MP | |
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Antrim North
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DUP | Ian Paisley | |
Antrim South
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UUP | James Molyneaux | |
Armagh | UUP | Harold McCusker | |
Belfast East | Vanguard | William Craig | |
Belfast North | UUP | John Carson | |
Belfast South | Vanguard | Robert Bradford | |
Belfast West | SDLP | Gerry Fitt | |
Down North
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UUP | Jim Kilfedder
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Down South
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UUP | Enoch Powell | |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Independent Nationalist | Frank Maguire | |
Londonderry | UUP | William Ross | |
Mid Ulster | Vanguard | John Dunlop |
References
- ISBN 0901714968.
- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1974 October". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Westminster election, 10 October 1974". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.