The 1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 25 October as part of the wider general election with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post.

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1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1950 25 October 1951 1955 →
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 625 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sir Basil Brooke, Bt James McSparran William Norton Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist Irish Labour Leader since 1943 1945 1932 Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Did not stand[fn 2] Did not stand[fn 3] Seats won 9 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party   Party Independent Nationalist Seats won 1 Seat change 1

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The Ulster Unionists lost one seat to Jack Beattie, formerly an Independent Labour MP but now standing for the Irish Labour Party. Four Ulster Unionist candidates were returned unopposed, the last UK general election in which any candidates were so returned.^[1] The Nationalists also lost one seat to retirement. It was gained by Michael O'Neill, an independent Nationalist.^[2]

In the election as a whole, the Labour Party government led by Clement Attlee, which had won with a narrow majority in the previous election, lost out to the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, who returned as Prime Minister.

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Results^[3]

Party		MPs	Change	Uncontested	Votes[4]	%[4]
	Ulster Unionist	9	1	4	274,928	59.4
	Irish Labour Party	1	1	0	33,174	7.2
	Independent Nationalist	1	1	0	33,094	7.1
	Nationalist	1	1	0	32,717	7.1
	Northern Ireland Labour Party	0		0	62,324	13.5
	Independent Republican	0		0	26,976	5.8
Total		12		4	463,213	100

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