MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958

This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958.

All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1958

Northern Ireland general election, 1958

-References:*-See also:*MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958...

are listed.

Members

Name	Constituency	Party
John Andrews	Mid Down Mid Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout...	Ulster Unionist
John Edgar Bailey John Edgar Bailey John Edgar Bailey was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the West Down seat in 1938, and represented the constituency until his...	West Down West Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) West Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:West Down was a county constituency comprising part of western County Down. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
David Bleakley David Bleakley The Right Hon. David Bleakley, OBE is a politician in Northern Ireland.Born in the Strandtown district of Belfast, Bleakley worked as an electrician in the Harland and Wolff dockyards while becoming increasingly active in his trade union. He studied economics at Ruskin College in Oxford, where he...	Belfast Victoria Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Victoria was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Victoria was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...	Labour (NI) Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
Alexander Blevins Alexander Blevins Alexander Blevins was a policeman and Ulster Unionist politician.He sought election in 1958 in the Mid Tyrone constituency and won with 48.7% of the votes cast...	Mid Tyrone Mid Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Billy Boyd Billy Boyd (politician) Billy Boyd was a politician from Northern Ireland.Boyd worked in the shipyards of Belfast and became active in the Northern Ireland Labour Party and stood unsuccessfully in Belfast Woodvale in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, then again in a 1955 by-election...	Belfast Woodvale Belfast Woodvale (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Woodvale was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Woodvale was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast...	Labour (NI) Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
Tom Boyd Tom Boyd (politician) Tom Boyd was a politician and trade unionist in Northern Ireland.After studying at Belfast Technical College and Queen's University, Belfast, Boyd became prominent in the United Patternmakers' Association...	Belfast Pottinger Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Pottinger was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Pottinger was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...	Labour (NI) Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
Basil Brooke Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963....	Lisnaskea Lisnaskea (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Lisnaskea was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Lisnaskea was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Joseph Connellan	South Down South Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Down was a county constituency comprising part of southern County Down. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
Harry Diamond Harry Diamond Harry Diamond was a socialist and an Irish nationalist. He was the MP for Belfast Falls in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and later the leader of the Republican Labour Party....	Belfast Falls Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Falls was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Falls was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast...	Republican Labour Republican Labour Party The Republican Labour Party was a political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, with two MPs at Stormont, Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt...
Daniel Dixon Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran KBE was a Northern Ireland soldier and politician....	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Bloomfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Brian Faulkner Brian Faulkner Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972...	East Down East Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) East Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:East Down was a county constituency comprising the towns of Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Crossgar, Downpatrick, Dunmore, Killinchy, Killyleagh, Kilmore, Saintfield and Strangford, all in the current Down District Council...	Ulster Unionist
William Fitzsimmons	Belfast Duncairn Belfast Duncairn (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Duncairn was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Duncairn was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Patrick Gormley	Mid Londonderry Mid Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
Francis Hanna	Belfast Central Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Central was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Central was a borough constituency comprising part of central Belfast...	Independent Labour Group
Isaac Hawthorne	Central Armagh Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Central Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Central Armagh was a county constituency comprising the north central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Cahir Healy Cahir Healy Cahir Healy was an Irish politician.Born in Mountcharles in County Donegal, he became a journalist working on various local papers. He joined Sinn Féin on its foundation in 1905. He later campaigned against the inclusion of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, arguing that they...	South Fermanagh South Fermanagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Fermanagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Fermanagh South was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
William Hinds William Hinds (politician) William Sharpe Hinds was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Hinds grew up in Belfast, becoming the owner of an engineering business. He was also elected as an Ulster Unionist Party Member of Belfast City Council...	Belfast Willowfield Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Willowfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Willowfield was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Henry Holmes Henry Holmes (Northern Ireland politician) Henry Holmes , often known as Harry Holmes, was a politician in Northern Ireland.Holmes worked as the managing director of a draper's shop...	Belfast Shankill Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Shankill was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Shankill was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Alexander Hunter	Carrick	Ulster Unionist
Samuel Irwin	Queen's University	Ulster Unionist
Edward Warburton Jones Edward Warburton Jones Sir Edward Warburton Jones PC PC QC was a Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician.Teddy Jones was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin...	City of Londonderry City of Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) The City of Londonderry parliamentary constituency was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It was created in 1929, as one of the five single member constituencies replacing the former five member Londonderry constituency....	Ulster Unionist
Robin Kinahan Robin Kinahan Sir Robert George Caldwell "Robin" Kinahan was a politician, businessman and a senior member of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland. In his obituary, he was described as one of the last of the "county elite" to remain a high-ranking member of the Orange Order during the turbulent years of The...	Belfast Clifton Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Clifton was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Clifton was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Herbert Victor Kirk	Belfast Windsor Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Windsor was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Windsor was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	Queen's University	Ulster Unionist
Thomas Lyons Thomas Lyons (politician) Thomas Lyons was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Lyons studied at Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin, then emigrated to Australia in 1922. He returned to Ireland in 1939, and was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party in North Tyrone in 1943. At the 1945 UK general election, he...	North Tyrone North Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Elizabeth Maconachie Elizabeth Maconachie Elizabeth Hamill Maconachie, known as Bessie Maconachie, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Maconachie studied at Queen's University Belfast, then worked as a schoolteacher. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, she was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party MP for the Queen's...	Queen's University	Ulster Unionist
Brian Maginess Brian Maginess William Brian Maginess, QC was a member of the Government of Northern Ireland, who was widely seen as a possible successor to Lord Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland....	Iveagh Iveagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Iveagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Iveagh was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, south west of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
William May William May (politician) William Morrison May was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.May was born at Marlborough Park, Belfast, the son of William May JP, and educated at Methodist College, Belfast...	Ards Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Ards was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of Newtownards, the Ards peninsula and the town of Donaghadee. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first past the post elections...	Ulster Unionist
Eddie McAteer Eddie McAteer Eddie McAteer was an nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Coatbridge, Scotland, McAteer's family moved to Derry in Northern Ireland while he was young. In 1930 he joined the Inland Revenue, where he worked until 1944. He then became an accountant and more actively involved in politics...	Foyle Foyle (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Foyle was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It was created in 1929 as one of the five single-member constituencies replacing the former five-member Londonderry constituency...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
Brian McConnell Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell Robert William Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell was an Ulster Unionist MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons....	South Antrim	Ulster Unionist
William McCoy W. F. McCoy William Frederick McCoy was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for South Tyrone who went on to become an early supporter of Ulster nationalism....	South Tyrone South Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Dinah McNabb Dinah McNabb Dinah McNabb was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Lurgan, McNabb studied at Queen's University, Belfast. She was elected to Armagh County Council for the Ulster Unionist Party, and was then elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945 in North Armagh, serving until her...	North Armagh North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Armagh was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Nat Minford Nat Minford Nathaniel Owens Minford , known as Nat Minford, was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Minford was born in Templepatrick and was the son of Hugh Minford, who became an Ulster Unionist Party Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland...	Antrim Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned seven MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.-Boundaries:...	Ulster Unionist
Robert Moore	North Londonderry North Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Joseph Morgan	Belfast Cromac Belfast Cromac (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Cromac was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Cromac was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Ivan Neill Ivan Neill Sir Ivan Neill was an Army officer and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.-Early life:Born in Belfast, Ireland, Neill studied at Ravenscroft National School and Shaftesbury Tutorial College before receiving a BSc in Economics from Queen's University, Belfast...	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Ballynafeigh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Ballynafeigh was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Robert Samuel Nixon Robert Samuel Nixon Robert Samuel Nixon was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Bob Nixon studied at Mountjoy School in Dublin, then at Queen's University, Belfast, where he qualified as a doctor of medicine...	North Down North Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout...	Ulster Unionist
Roderick O'Connor Roderick O'Connor (politician) Roderick O'Connor was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.O'Connor was a solicitor and a director of the Ulster Herald series of newspapers...	West Tyrone West Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) West Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:West Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the western part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
Phelim O'Neill	North Antrim	Ulster Unionist
Terence O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...	Bannside	Ulster Unionist
James O'Reilly James O'Reilly (Irish politician) James O'Reilly, also known as Seamas O'Reilly, was a nationalist politician in Ireland.O'Reilly was a farmer and an activist in the Nationalist Party and was elected to Kilkeel Rural District Council...	Mourne Mourne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mourne was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mourne was a county constituency comprising part of southern County Down, including the Mountains of Mourne. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
William Oliver William Oliver (UK politician) William Oliver was an Irish shopkeeper and politician. He was the Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Belfast Dock for the Ulster Unionist Party from 1958 to 1962.-References:...	Belfast Dock Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Dock was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Dock was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Dehra Parker Dehra Parker Dame Dehra S. Parker, GBE, PC was the longest serving woman MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.-Family life:...	South Londonderry South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) The South Londonderry constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973...	Ulster Unionist
Edward George Richardson Edward George Richardson Edward George Richardson , known as Eddie Richardson, was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland....	South Armagh South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Armagh was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Independent Nationalist
Robert Simpson Robert Simpson (UK politician) Robert Simpson , often known as Bob Simpson was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Ballymena, Simpson studied medicine at Queen's University, Belfast before setting up his own practice. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party in 1952, and was selected as the party's candidate for Mid...	Mid Antrim Mid Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.The House of Commons Act , 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections for 48 single-member constituencies .It was a single-member division of County Antrim represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Vivian Simpson Vivian Simpson Frederick Vivian Simpson, known as Vivian Simpson was a politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Dublin, Simpson worked as a draper and footwear manufacturer, and also became a lay preacher....	Belfast Oldpark Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Oldpark was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Oldpark was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...	Labour (NI) Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
Charles Stewart Charles Stewart (Northern Ireland politician) Charles Stewart QC was a barrister and independent politician in Northern Ireland.Stewart was elected for the Queen's University of Belfast at the Northern Ireland general election, 1958. Independent politician Eileen M. Hickey, known for her Irish nationalist sympathies, had chosen not to contest...	Queen's University	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
Joseph Francis Stewart Joseph Francis Stewart Joseph Francis Stewart, known as Joe Stewart , was an Irish nationalist politician.After growing up in Dungannon, where he studied at the Christian Brothers' School, Stewart worked as a wine merchant and became active in the Irish Parliamentry Party...	East Tyrone East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) East Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:East Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Tyrone. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....
Norman Stronge Norman Stronge Captain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....	Mid Armagh Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Armagh was a county constituency comprising the south central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist
Walter Topping Walter Topping Walter William Buchanan Topping was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Topping studied at the Rossall School and Queen's University Belfast, before becoming a barrister in 1930. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery...	Larne	Ulster Unionist
John Warnock	Belfast St Anne's Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast St Anne's was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast St Anne's was a borough constituency comprising part of south-western Belfast...	Ulster Unionist
Harry West Harry West Henry William West was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979.West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen...	Enniskillen Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Enniskillen was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Enniskillen was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...	Ulster Unionist

Edward George Richardson

Edward George Richardson , known as Eddie Richardson, was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland....

elected as an Independent Nationalist, but joined the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)

The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....

on election.

Changes

1958: Edward George Richardson
Edward George Richardson
Edward George Richardson , known as Eddie Richardson, was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland....

joins the Nationalist Party
Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....

grouping.
5 March 1959: David John Little
David John Little
David John Little QC was an Ulster Unionist Party politician in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, a barrister and county court judge....

elected for the Ulster Unionists in West Down
West Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
West Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:West Down was a county constituency comprising part of western County Down. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

, following the death of John Edgar Bailey
John Edgar Bailey
John Edgar Bailey was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the West Down seat in 1938, and represented the constituency until his...

.
28 May 1959: William James Morgan
William James Morgan
William James Morgan was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.A businessman by profession, he owned James Morgan & Sons, a transport contractors' business. He was president of the Irish Temperance Alliance and chairman of Oldpark YMCA...

elected for the Ulster Unionists in Belfast Clifton
Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Belfast Clifton was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Clifton was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...

, following the resignation of Robin Kinahan
Robin Kinahan
Sir Robert George Caldwell "Robin" Kinahan was a politician, businessman and a senior member of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland. In his obituary, he was described as one of the last of the "county elite" to remain a high-ranking member of the Orange Order during the turbulent years of The...

.
5 February 1960: William Craig elected for the Ulster Unionists in Larne, following the resignation of Walter Topping
Walter Topping
Walter William Buchanan Topping was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Topping studied at the Rossall School and Queen's University Belfast, before becoming a barrister in 1930. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery...

.
16 February 1960: Desmond Boal
Desmond Boal
Desmond Boal is a former Unionist politician and barrister from Northern Ireland.Boal had a legal career before he entered politics in 1960. He was the Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Shankill constituency between 1960 and 1972...

elected for the Ulster Unionists in Belfast Shankill
Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Belfast Shankill was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Shankill was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...

, following the resignation of Henry Holmes
Henry Holmes (Northern Ireland politician)
Henry Holmes , often known as Harry Holmes, was a politician in Northern Ireland.Holmes worked as the managing director of a draper's shop...

.
9 July 1960: James Chichester-Clark
James Chichester-Clark
James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years beginning at the by-election...

elected for the Ulster Unionists in South Londonderry
South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
The South Londonderry constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973...

, following the resignation of Dehra Parker
Dehra Parker
Dame Dehra S. Parker, GBE, PC was the longest serving woman MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.-Family life:...

.
29 November 1960: Joseph Burns
Joseph Burns (UK politician)
Joseph Burns was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented North Londonderry from 1960-1973....

elected for the Ulster Unionists in North Londonderry
North Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
North Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

, following the death of Robert Moore.
20 April 1961: Walter Scott
Walter Scott (Northern Ireland politician)
Walter Scott was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Scott worked as a building contractor, and was elected to Belfast City Council in 1959, for the Ulster Unionist Party. In 1961, he won a by-election in Belfast Bloomfield and was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, holding his...

elected for the Ulster Unionists in Belfast Bloomfield
Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Belfast Bloomfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...

, following the resignation of Daniel Dixon
Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran
Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran KBE was a Northern Ireland soldier and politician....

.
22 November 1961: Sheelagh Murnaghan
Sheelagh Murnaghan
Sheelagh Mary Murnaghan was an Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at Stormont....

elected for the Ulster Liberal Party
Ulster Liberal Party
The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Northern Ireland, supporting a unionist position and linked to the British Liberal Party....

for Queen's University, following the death of Samuel Irwin.
2 March 1962: Death of William May
William May (politician)
William Morrison May was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.May was born at Marlborough Park, Belfast, the son of William May JP, and educated at Methodist College, Belfast...

, MP for Ards
Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Ards was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of Newtownards, the Ards peninsula and the town of Donaghadee. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first past the post elections...

. This position remained unfilled at the time of the general election.

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