The February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 28 February with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.
February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
On the nationalist side, former Republican Labour Party leader Gerry Fitt had formed the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Fitt held his seat in Belfast West, but the split in the nationalist vote in Fermanagh and South Tyrone allowed Harry West to gain a seat from Unity. Bernadette McAliskey, who had held a seat for Unity since 1969 for Mid Ulster, contested as an independent but lost, again where a split in the nationalist vote allowed a new Unionist MP to gain.
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february, 1974, united, kingdom, general, election, northern, ireland, main, article, february, 1974, united, kingdom, general, election, held, february, with, elected, single, seat, constituencies, using, first, past, post, part, wider, general, election, uni. Main article February 1974 United Kingdom general election The February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 28 February with 12 MPs elected in single seat constituencies using first past the post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1970 28 February 1974 Oct 1974 12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 635 seats in the House of Commons First party Second party Leader Harry West William Craig Party Ulster Unionist Vanguard Leader since Jan 1974 1973 Leader s seat Fermanagh and South Tyrone Belfast East Seats won 7 3 Seat change 1 New Popular vote 232 103 75 944 Percentage 32 3 10 6 Third party Fourth party Leader Gerry Fitt Ian Paisley Party Social Democratic and Labour Party DUP Leader since 1970 1971 Leader s seat Belfast West Antrim North Seats won 1 1 Seat change New New Popular vote 160 437 58 656 Percentage 22 4 8 2 Results editThe election took place soon after the Sunningdale Agreement signed 9 December 1973 On 1 January 1974 an Executive was formed under the terms of the Agreement based on the result of the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election with Ulster Unionist Party leader Brian Faulkner as Chief Executive It had six members from the UUP four from the nationalist SDLP and one from the Alliance Party These parties had both been founded in 1970 Later in January 1974 the Ulster Unionist Council voted against participation in the Executive and Faulkner lost the leadership of the UUP to Harry West West formed the United Ulster Unionist Council with the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party VUPP founded in 1972 by William Craig and the Democratic Unionist Party DUP founded in 1971 by Ian Paisley They agreed that only one anti Sunningdale Unionist would stand in each constituency This strategy proved successful with the UUUC winning 11 of the 12 seats Seven supporters of Faulkner stood as Pro Assembly Unionists including outgoing MPs Stanley McMaster and Rafton Pounder On the nationalist side former Republican Labour Party leader Gerry Fitt had formed the Social Democratic and Labour Party SDLP Fitt held his seat in Belfast West but the split in the nationalist vote in Fermanagh and South Tyrone allowed Harry West to gain a seat from Unity Bernadette McAliskey who had held a seat for Unity since 1969 for Mid Ulster contested as an independent but lost again where a split in the nationalist vote allowed a new Unionist MP to gain In the election as a whole the Conservative Party failed to return to government and the Labour Party formed a minority government led by Harold Wilson as Prime Minister Results 1 2 3 Party MPs Votes No Change No Change Ulster Unionist 7 nbsp 1 232 103 32 3 nbsp 21 9 Vanguard 3 nbsp 3 75 944 10 6 New DUP 1 nbsp 1 58 656 8 2 New SDLP 1 nbsp 1 160 437 22 4 New Pro Assembly Unionist 0 nbsp 94 301 13 1 Splinter Alliance 0 nbsp 22 660 3 2 New Unity 0 nbsp 2 17 593 2 4 nbsp 15 7 NI Labour 0 nbsp 15 483 2 2 nbsp 10 4 Republican Clubs 0 nbsp 15 152 2 1 nbsp 2 1 Independent 0 nbsp 25 297 3 6 nbsp 3 2 Total 12 nbsp 723 288 100 nbsp MPs elected editConstituency Party MP Antrim North DUP Ian Paisley Antrim South Ulster Unionist James Molyneaux Armagh Ulster Unionist Harold McCusker Belfast East Vanguard William Craig Belfast North Ulster Unionist John Carson Belfast South Vanguard Robert Bradford Belfast West SDLP Gerry Fitt Down North Ulster Unionist Jim Kilfedder Down South Ulster Unionist Lawrence Orr Fermanagh and South Tyrone Ulster Unionist Harry West Londonderry Ulster Unionist William Ross Mid Ulster Vanguard John DunlopReferences edit Walker Brian Mercer 1992 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1918 1992 New History of Ireland Dublin Royal Irish Academy pp 29 30 ISBN 0901714968 Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland General Election 1974 February ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 9 February 2019 Retrieved 9 February 2019 Westminster election 28 February 1974 ARK Northern Ireland Elections Archived from the original on 19 December 2018 Retrieved 9 February 2019 nbsp nbsp This Politics of Northern Ireland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland amp oldid 1194347509, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
