This was the first election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921 where all constituencies in the region were contested The Ulster Unionists regained the seat which they had lost to Jack Beattie from the Irish Labour Party.

The nationalist interest was represented by Sinn Féin who gained the two seats previously held by the Nationalist Party.

Patricia McLaughlin was the first woman elected as an MP for a Northern Ireland constituency.

In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Anthony Eden as Prime Minister, continued in a majority government.

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