The 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 15 October with 12 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.

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1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1959 15 October 1964 1966 →
12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 630 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Terence O'Neill Tom Boyd Party Ulster Unionist NI Labour Leader since 1963 1958 Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Did not stand[fn 2] Seats won 12 0 Seat change Popular vote 401,897 102,759 Percentage 63.2% 16.1%

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The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region, as they had at the previous election.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lost their majority, lost power after thirteen years in government. The Labour Party won a narrow majority and Harold Wilson was appointed as Prime Minister.

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Results^[1][2]

Party		MPs		Votes
		No.	Change	No.	%	Change
	Ulster Unionist	12		401,897	63.2%	14.0
	NI Labour	0		102,759	16.1%	8.4
	Independent Republican	0		101,628	15.9%	15.9
	Ulster Liberal	0		17,354	2.7%	2.1
	Republican Labour	0		14,678	2.3%	2.3
Total		12		638,316	100

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