1938 Northern Ireland general election

The 1938 Northern Ireland general election was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party, who won three-quarters of the seats.

9 February 1938

All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	James Craig	Thomas Campbell
Party	Ulster Unionist	Nationalist
Leader since	7 June 1921	18 January 1934
Leader's seat	North Down	Belfast Central
Last election	36 seats, 43.5%	9 seats, 13.2%
Seats won	39	8
Seat change	3	1
Popular vote	187,684	16,167
Percentage	56.8%	4.9%
Swing	13.3%	8.3%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	William Wilton	Harry Midgley
Party	Ind. Unionist Party	NI Labour
Leader since	1937	1933
Leader's seat	Belfast Oldpark (Defeated)	Belfast Dock (Defeated)
Last election	Did not stand	2 seats, 8.5%
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	28,459	18,775
Percentage	8.6%	5.7%
Swing	New party	2.8%

Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
Ulster Unionist

Prime Minister after election

James Craig
Ulster Unionist

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)


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See also Fourth Home Rule Bill Constitution Act 1973
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The newly-formed Ulster Progressive Unionist Association came second in vote share, but won no seats. 21 MPs were elected unopposed (40%), the vast majority of whom were Ulster Unionists.

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