Northern Ireland general election, 1925

Northern Ireland general election, 1925
Northern Ireland general election, 1925
Northern Ireland
1921 ←
members
3 April 1925
→ 1929
members

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  James Craig Viscount Craigavon.jpg Joe Devlin.JPG Replace this image male.svg
Leader James Craig Joe Devlin None
Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist (NI) Labour (NI)
Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 N/A
Leader's seat Down Belfast West N/A
Last election 32 seats (55.0%) 6 seats (11.8%) 0 seats (0.6%)
Seats won 32 11 3
Seat change decrease 8 increase 4 increase 3
Popular vote 211,662 91,452 18,114
Percentage 55.0% 23.8% 4.7%
Swing decrease 11.9% increase 3.3% increase 4.7%

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Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
Ulster Unionist

Elected Prime Minister

James Craig
Ulster Unionist

Northern Ireland 1921–72
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The Northern Ireland general election, 1925 was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using the Proportional Representation system. It was abolished by the Ulster Unionist government during this parliament and replaced with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

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Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1925
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net  % of total  % No. Net %
  Ulster Unionist 40 32 0 8 - 8 61.5 55.0 211,662 -11.9
  Nationalist (NI) 11 10 4 0 + 4 19.2 23.8 91,452 +3.3
  Independent Unionist 4 4 4 0 + 4 7.7 9.0 34,716 +9.0
  Independent Republican 6 2 0 4 - 4 3.8 5.3 20,615 -15.2
  Labour (NI) 3 3 3 0 + 3 5.8 4.7 18,114 +4.7
  Unbought Tenants 1 1 1 0 + 1 1.9 1.3 4,886 +1.3
  Town Tenants' Association 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 3,320 +0.9

Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
  
55.01%
Nationalist Party
  
23.77%
Independent Unionist
  
9.02%
Independent Republican
  
5.36%
Labour
  
4.71%
Tenants Associations
  
2.13%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
  
61.54%
Nationalist Party
  
19.23%
Independent Unionist
  
7.69%
Independent Republican
  
3.85%
Labour
  
5.77%
Unbought Tenants
  
1.92%

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