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Encyclopedia > Northern Ireland general election, 1945

The Northern Ireland general election, 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. Like all other elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it returned a large Ulster Unionist Party majority. June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ...


Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1945
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Ulster Unionist 33 0 6 - 6 50.4 180,342 -6.4
  Labour (NI) 2 2 1 + 1 18.5 66,053 +12.8
  Irish Nationalist 10 3 1 + 2 9.1 32,546 +4.2
  Commonwealth Labour 1 1 0 + 1 7.8 28,079 +7.8
  Independent Unionist 2 1 1 0 5.0 17,906 -1.8
  Communist (NI) 0 0 0 0 3.5 12,456 +3.5
  Independent Labour 1 0 0 0 2.8 9,872 +1.1
  Socialist Republican 1 1 0 + 1 1.5 5,497 +1.5
  Federation of Labour 0 0 0 0 1.1 3,912 +1.1
  Independent 2 2 0 + 2 0.3 1,219 -1.9

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... The Northern Ireland Labour Party was a political party which operated from 1924 until the 1980s. ... The Nationalist Party, an Irish political party, existed under various forms from 1874 to 1978. ... The Commonwealth Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. ... The Communist Party of Northern Ireland was a small communist party operating in Northern Ireland. ...

See also

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Northern Irish referenda
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Clement Attlee Winston Churchill The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th... Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_(bordered). ... Two elections in Ireland took place in 1921, as a result of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to establish the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. ... Results References Election Demon: Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Categories: | ... The Northern Ireland general election, 1929 was held on 22 May 1929. ... The Northern Ireland general election, 1938 was held on 9 February 1938. ... Results References Election Demon: Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Categories: | ... The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was an elected body set up in 1975 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland. ... The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 for the conduction of the negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement (or the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998. ... The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly will be held on 7 March 2007. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_(bordered). ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. ...

References

  • Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

  Results from FactBites:
 
Parliament of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1765 words)
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was bicameral, consisting of a House of Commons with 52 seats, and an indirectly-elected Senate with 26 seats.
The 1921 general election was explicitly fought on the issue of partition, being in effect a referendum on approval of the concept of a Northern Ireland administration.
The 1938 general election was called when the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Neville Chamberlain was negotiating a settlement of outstanding disputes with Eamon de Valera, whose new constitution laid claim to Northern Ireland, and the 1949 election was called when the Irish government declared itself a republic.
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