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The 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 23 February as part of the wider general election. The Representation of the People Act 1948 reorganised constituencies: all MPs were now elected single-seat constituencies using FPTP, ending the two-seat constituencies which had been in place till then, and the university constituency of Queen's University of Belfast was abolished.
In the election as a whole, the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee as Prime Minister was returned with a narrow majority, while the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, continued in opposition.
Party | MPs | Change | Uncontested | Votes [3] | % [3] | |
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Ulster Unionist | 10 | 1 | 2 | 352,334 | 62.8 | |
Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 65,211 | 11.6 | ||
NI Labour | 0 | 0 | 67,816 | 12.1 | ||
Irish Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 52,715 | 9.4 | ||
Independent Republican | 0 | 0 | 23,362 | 4.2 | ||
Total | 12 | 1 | 2 | 561,438 | 100 |
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