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The1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 14 November as part of the widergeneral election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected byFPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected bybloc voting.
This election saw no change in the distribution of seats from Northern Ireland. Seven MPs were elected unopposed, all of them Ulster Unionists.
In the election as a whole, a secondNational Government which had been formed before the election was returned withStanley Baldwin of theConservative Party asPrime Minister. The Ulster Unionists were members of the Conservative Party. Also in the government were theNational Liberal Party andNational Labour.
| 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| UUP | 13 | 11[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.6 | 62.2 | 176,925 | +6.2 | ||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20.0 | 56,833 | +20.0 | ||||||
| Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 50,747 | -21.1 | ||||||
| NI Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | -5.0 | ||||||
Votes in constituencies using the bloc voting system are counted as 0.5 each, as each voter had one vote per seat.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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| Down | 10 May 1939 | David Reid | UUP | James Little | UUP | Death | ||
| Belfast East | 8 February 1940 | Herbert Dixon | UUP | Henry Peirson Harland | UUP | Elevation to the Peerage | ||
| Queen's University of Belfast | 2 November 1940 | Thomas Sinclair | UUP | Douglas Savory | UUP | Resignation | ||
| Belfast West | 9 February 1943 | Alexander Browne | UUP | Jack Beattie | NI Labour | Death | ||
| Antrim | 11 February 1943 | Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt | UUP | John Dermot Campbell | UUP | Death | ||
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