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.
Candidates
Affiliation CandidatesUlster Unionist Party 13Nationalist Party 2Independent Labour 1Independent Unionist 1Total 17
Results
Voting only took place for 4 of 13 seats. The other 9 MPs (all Ulster Unionists) were unopposed. 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.
Votes in constituencies using the bloc voting system are counted as 0.5 each, as each voter had one vote per seat.
MPs elected Constituency Party MPAntrimUlster UnionistCharles CraigUlster UnionistHugh O'NeillArmaghUlster UnionistWilliam AllenBelfast EastUlster UnionistHerbert DixonBelfast NorthUlster UnionistThomas McConnellBelfast SouthUlster UnionistThomas MolesBelfast WestUlster UnionistRobert LynnDownUlster UnionistDavid ReidUlster UnionistJohn SimmsFermanagh and TyroneNationalist PartyThomas HarbisonNationalist PartyCahir HealyLondonderryUlster UnionistMalcolm MacnaghtenQueen's University of BelfastUlster UnionistSir William Whitla
See also 1923 United Kingdom general election in England 1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1923 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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