Northern Ireland general election, 1933

Northern Ireland general election, 1933

30 November 1933
All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Jack Beattie Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 1929 Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Pottinger Last election 37 seats (50.8%) 11 seats (11.7%) 1 seat (8.0%) Seats won 36 9 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 73,791 22,269 14,436 Percentage 43.5% 13.2% 8.5% Swing 5.3% 1.4% 0.5%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election James Craig UUP Elected Prime Minister James Craig UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1933 was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. 33 of the 52 seats were uncontested, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1933
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	41	36	0	1	- 1	69.2	43.5	73,791	-5.3
	Independent Unionist	8	3	0	0	0	5.8	21.3	36,142	+7.0
	Nationalist	10	9	0	2	- 2	17.3	13.1	22,269	+1.4
	NI Labour	3	2	1	0	+ 1	3.8	8.5	14,436	+0.5
	Independent Republican	4	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	7.7	13,106	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	4.4	7,404	N/A
	National League	1	0	0	0	0		1.3	2,211	0.0
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0		0.2	331	-1.0

Electorate 793,952 (250,519 in contested seats); Turnout 67.7% (169,690). The sole member elected for Fianna Fáil was the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State, Éamon de Valera.

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			43.49%
Nationalist Party			13.12%
Independent Unionist			21.3%
Labour			8.51%
Independent Republican			7.72%
Fianna Fáil			4.36%
Independent Nationalist			1.3%
Independent			0.2%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			69.23%
Nationalist Party			17.31%
Independent Unionist			5.77%
Labour			3.85%
Independent Republican			1.92%
Fianna Fáil			1.92%

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results