1958 Northern Ireland general election

1958 Northern Ireland general election
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 Third party
 
Nat
NIL
Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart Tom Boyd
Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour
Leader since 1 May 1943 1958 1958
Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone Belfast Pottinger
Last election 38 seats, 48.6% 7 seats, 10.8% 0 seats, 12.1%
Seats won 37 7 4
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 106,177 36,013 38,093
Percentage 44.0% 14.9% 15.8%
Swing 4.6% 4.1% 3.0%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Basil Brooke
UUP

 Prime Minister after election

Basil Brooke
UUP

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

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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