The 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 14 November as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.
Results 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 second National Government which had been formed before the election was returned with Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party as Prime Minister. The Ulster Unionists were members of the Conservative Party. Also in the government were the National Liberal Party and National Labour.
Votes in constituencies using the bloc voting system are counted as 0.5 each, as each voter had one vote per seat.
MPs elected Constituency Party MPAntrimUlster UnionistSir Joseph McConnell, BtUlster UnionistHugh O'NeillArmaghUlster UnionistWilliam AllenBelfast EastUlster UnionistHerbert DixonBelfast NorthUlster UnionistThomas SomersetBelfast SouthUlster UnionistWilliam StewartBelfast WestUlster UnionistAlexander BrowneDownUlster UnionistViscount CastlereaghUlster UnionistDavid ReidFermanagh and TyroneNationalistPatrick CunninghamNationalistAnthony MulveyLondonderryUlster UnionistSir Ronald Ross, BtQueen's University of BelfastUlster UnionistThomas Sinclair
By-elections By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party CauseDown10 May 1939David Reid James Little DeathBelfast East8 February 1940Herbert Dixon Henry Harland Elevation to the PeerageQueen's University of Belfast2 November 1940Thomas Sinclair Douglas Savory ResignationBelfast West9 February 1943Alexander Browne Jack Beattie DeathAntrim11 February 1943Sir Joseph McConnell, Bt John Dermot Campbell Death
See also 1935 United Kingdom general election in England 1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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