The 1929 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 30 May 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.

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1929 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1924 30 May 1929 1931 →
13 seats in Northern Ireland of the 615 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist Leader since 7 June 1921 14 December 1918 Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Fermanagh and Tyrone Seats won 11 2

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The Nationalist Party ran in this election, having not contested the previous election in 1924. It regained the two seats in Fermanagh and Tyrone it had held from 1922 to 1924.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Stanley Baldwin, lost its majority and the Labour Party formed a minority government with Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister.

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Results^[1][2]

Party		MPs	Change	Uncontested	Votes[3]	Adjusted votes[a 1]	%
	Ulster Unionist	11	2	2	354,657	247,291	68.0
	Nationalist	2	2	2	24,177	24,177	6.6
	Liberal	0		0	100,103	61,192	16.8
	Independent Unionist	0		0		25,057	6.9
	Independent	0		0		6,059	1.6
Total		13		4	510,053	363,777	100

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