Progressive Unionist Candidates
Northern Ireland general election, 1938
- Mrs P. Moody Belfast Bloomfield 3,988 (29.7%)
- W. J. Stewart Belfast Cromac 4,337 (35.5%)
- R. Bradford Belfast Oldpark 1,253 (8.6%)
- J. D. Wallace Belfast St Anne's 5,172 (31.6%)
- J. McMaster Belfast Victoria 3,434 (24.5%)
- R. H. Press Belfast Windsor 4,429 (33.0%)
- J. Graham Antrim, Antrim 5,374 (39.8%)
- A. Beggs Antrim Mid 4,514 (32.5%)
- R. N. Boyd Antrim North 4,477 (35.3%)
- W. J. Price Down East 4,050 (44.8%)
- Total: 42,425 votes (12.9% of the Northern Ireland vote in the 31 contested seats) - finished second in terms of votes but won no seats
United Kingdom by-election 11 February 1943
- R. H. Press Antrim 1,432 (2.3%)
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