1958 Northern Ireland general election

The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough to be held on 20 March 1958.

20 March 1958

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

	First party	Second party

Leader	Basil Brooke	Joe Stewart
Party	Ulster Unionist	Nationalist
Leader since	1 May 1943	1958
Leader's seat	Lisnaskea	East Tyrone
Last election	38 seats, 48.6%	7 seats, 10.8%
Seats won	37	7
Seat change	1
Popular vote	106,177	36,013
Percentage	44.0%	14.9%
Swing	4.6%	4.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Tom Boyd	None
Party	NI Labour	Ind. Labour Group
Leader since	1958	n/a
Leader's seat	Belfast Pottinger	None
Last election	0 seats, 12.1%	Did not stand
Seats won	4	1
Seat change	4	1
Popular vote	38,093	4,683
Percentage	15.8%	2.0%
Swing	3.0%	New party

Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Basil Brooke
Ulster Unionist

Prime Minister after election

Basil Brooke
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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Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.

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