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Result of Northern Ireland element of the UK General Election

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2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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12 December 2019 (2019-12-12)

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All18 Northern Ireland seats to theHouse of Commons

Turnout

62.1% (

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Arlene Foster	Michelle O'Neill^[b]	Colum Eastwood
Party	DUP	Sinn Féin	SDLP
Leader since	17 December 2015	23 January 2017	14 November 2015
Leader's seat	Did not stand^[a]	Did not stand	Foyle
Last election	10 seats, 36.0%	7 seats, 29.4%	0 seats, 11.7%
Seats won	8	7	2
Seat change	2		2
Popular vote	244,127	181,853	118,737
Percentage	30.6%	22.8%	14.9%
Swing	5.4%	6.7%	3.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Naomi Long^[c]	Steve Aiken^[d]
Party	Alliance	UUP
Leader since	26 October 2016	9 November 2019
Leader's seat	Stood inBelfast East (lost)	Stood inEast Antrim (lost)
Last election	0 seats, 7.9%	0 seats, 10.3%
Seats won	1	0
Seat change	1
Popular vote	134,115	93,123
Percentage	16.8%	11.7%
Swing	8.8%	1.4%

A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.

The2019 United Kingdom general election was held on 12 December 2019 to elect all 650 members of theHouse of Commons, including 18 seats in Northern Ireland. 1,293,971 people were eligible to vote, up 51,273 from the 2017 general election. 62.09% of eligible voters turned out, down 3.5 percentage points from the last general election.^[1] For the first time in history, nationalist parties won more seats than unionist parties.^[2]

Electoral system

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MPs were elected in 18 Single Member constituencies byfirst-past-the-post.

Background

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The election was called on 29 October 2019 under theEarly Parliamentary General Election Act 2019. At the2017 election, the nationalistSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and theUlster Unionist Party (UUP) lost all of their seats. The DUP won 10 seats, Sinn Féin won 7 seats, and Independent UnionistSylvia Hermon was also elected. Theelection ended in ahung parliament, and theDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) signed aconfidence and supply agreement with theConservative Party.^[3]

In 2018, Sinn Féin MP forWest Tyrone,Barry McElduff, resigned after a social media post he made caused controversy regarding perceivedsectarianism on theKingsmill massacre.^[4] The party won aby-election later, but with a plurality instead of a majority.^[5]

In the2019 European Parliament election, Sinn Féin, the DUP, and theAlliance Party each won a seat.^[6]

Participating parties

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102 candidates stood in the general election.^[7] TheAlliance Party was the only party standing in all 18 seats. The DUP stood in 17 seats, the UUP in 16, and both Sinn Féin and the SDLP in 15 seats.Aontú stood in 7 seats, theNorthern Ireland Conservatives in 4, theGreen Party of Northern Ireland in 3, andPeople Before Profit and theUK Independence Party in 2.Traditional Unionist Voice did not stand in this election. There were also three independent candidates. Sylvia Hermon did not contest this election.^[8]

Sinn Féin operates on an all-Ireland basis. Their MPs in Westminster practiceabstentionism, meaning they do not take their seats in the House of Commons. Aontú, who like Sinn Féin are an abstentionist all-Ireland party, was formed in January 2019.^[9]^[10]

Opinion polling

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Main article:Opinion polling for the 2019 United Kingdom general election § Northern Ireland

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	DUP	SF	SDLP	UUP	Alliance	Green	Other	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size							Other	Lead
2019 general election	12 Dec 2019	–	30.6%	22.8%	14.9%	11.7%	16.8%	0.2%	3.1%^[e]	7.8%
Lucid Talk/Remain United	27–30 Nov 2019	2,422	30%	25%	13%	11%	16%	0%	5%	5%
	9 November 2019	Steve Aiken officially becomes leader of theUlster Unionist Party
Lucid Talk/Remain United	30 Oct–1 Nov 2019	2,386	28%	24%	14%	9%	16%	1%	8%^[f]	4%
Lucid Talk	9–12 Aug 2019	2,302	29%	25%	8%	9%	21%	1%	7%	4%
	21 November 2018	Clare Bailey officially becomes leader ofNI Green Party
Survation/Channel 4	20 Oct–2 Nov 2018	555	31%	27%	11%	15%	12%	–	4%	4%
	3 May 2018	West Tyrone by-election^[11]
	10 Feb 2018	Mary Lou McDonald becomes leader ofSinn Féin^[12]
2017 general election	8 Jun 2017	–	36.0%	29.4%	11.7%	10.3%	7.9%	0.9%	3.7%	6.6%

Results

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Party^[13]		Seats					Aggregate Votes
Party^[13]		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)	Difference
	DUP	8	0	2	2	44.4	244,128	30.6	5.4
	Sinn Féin	7	1	1		38.9	181,853	22.8	6.7
	SDLP	2	2	0	2	11.1	118,737	14.9	3.1
	Alliance	1	1	0	1	5.6	134,115	16.8	8.8
	UUP	0	0	0		0.0	93,123	11.7	1.4
	Aontú	0	0	0		0.0	9,814	1.2	New
	People Before Profit	0	0	0		0.0	7,526	0.9	0.2
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0		0.0	5,433	0.7	0.2
	Green (NI)	0	0	0		0.0	1,996	0.2	0.7
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	1,687	0.2	1.8
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	623	0.1	New
Total		18					799,035	61.8	3.6

Individual seats by winner vote share

Results by constituency

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Constituency		2019 winning party					Turnout^[14]	Votes
		Party		Votes^[13]	Share	Majority		DUP	SF	APNI	SDLP	UUP	Con	Grn	Other^[14]	Total
		Party		Votes^[13]	Share	Majority										Total
Belfast East	DUP		DUP	20,874	49.2%	1,819	64.1%	20,874		19,055		2,516				42,445
Belfast North	DUP		SF	23,078	47.1%	1,943	67.9%	21,135	23,078	4,824						49,037
Belfast South	DUP		SDLP	27,079	57.2%	15,401	67.7%	11,678		6,786	27,079	1,259			550	47,352
Belfast West	SF		SF	20,866	53.8%	14,672	59.1%	5,220	20,866	1,882	2,985				7,829	38,782
East Antrim	DUP		DUP	16,871	45.3%	6,706	57.5%	16,871	2,120	10,165	902	5,475	1,043	685		37,261
East Londonderry	DUP		DUP	15,765	40.1%	9,607	56.8%	15,765	6,128	5,921	6,158	3,599			1,731	39,302
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	SF		SF	21,986	43.3%	57	69.7%		21,986	2,650	3,446	21,929			751	50,762
Foyle	SF		SDLP	26,881	57.0%	17,110	63.4%	4,773	9,771	1,267	26,881	1,088			3,364	47,143
Lagan Valley	DUP		DUP	19,586	43.1%	6,499	60.0%	19,586	1,098	13,087	1,758	8,606	955		315	45,405
Mid Ulster	SF		SF	20,473	45.9%	9,537	63.3%	10,936	20,473	3,526	6,384	2,611			690	44,620
Newry and Armagh	SF		SF	20,287	40.0%	9,287	62.5%	11,000	20,287	4,211	9,449	4,204			1,628	50,779
North Antrim	DUP		DUP	20,860	47.4%	12,721	57.1%	20,860	5,632	6,231	2,943	8,139			246	44,051
North Down	Ind		APNI	18,358	45.2%	2,968	60.6%	15,390		18,358		4,936	1,959			40,643
South Antrim	DUP		DUP	15,149	35.3%	2,689	59.9%	15,149	4,887	8,190	2,288	12,460				42,974
South Down	SF		SF	16,137	32.4%	1,620	62.9%	7,619	16,137	6,916	14,517	3,307			1,266	49,762
Strangford	DUP		DUP	17,705	47.2%	7,071	56.0%	17,705	555	10,634	1,994	4,023	1,476	790	308	37,485
Upper Bann	DUP		DUP	20,501	41.0%	8,210	60.4%	20,501	12,291	6,433	4,623	6,197				50,045
West Tyrone	SF		SF	16,544	40.2%	7,478	62.2%	9,066	16,544	3,979	7,330	2,774		521	972	41,186
Total for all constituencies							Turnout									Total
								DUP	SF	APNI	SDLP	UUP	Con	Grn	Other	Total
								Votes
							61.8%	244,128	181,853	134,115	118,737	93,123	5,433	1,996	19,650	799,035
								30.6%	22.8%	16.8%	14.9%	11.7%	0.7%	0.2%	2.5%	100.0%
								Seats
								8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	18
								44%	39%	6%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100.0%

Parliamentary seats

DUP			44.4%
Sinn Féin			38.9%
SDLP			11.1%
Alliance			5.6%

Footnotes

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^AnMLA in theNorthern Ireland Assembly forFermanagh and South Tyrone.
^"Party leader in the North" and vice president of Sinn Féin.Mary Lou McDonald is the party president and leader of the opposition in the Dáil of the Republic of Ireland.
^AnMEP forNorthern Ireland.
^AnMLA in theNorthern Ireland Assembly forSouth Antrim.
^Aontú (1.2%),People Before Profit (0.9%) and the Conservative Party (0.7%) outpolled the Greens despite not being measured separately in pre-election polling.
^Including 1% forTraditional Unionist Voice, 1% forPeople Before Profit and 3% forSylvia Hermon.

References

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^"UK Parliamentary Election 2019 – Turnout".EONI. 13 December 2019.Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved14 December 2019.
^McClements, Freya (13 December 2019)."North returns more nationalist than unionist MPs for first time".The Irish Times.Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved29 June 2020.
^Maidment, Jack (26 June 2017)."DUP agrees £1bn deal with Conservatives to prop up Theresa May's minority Government".The Telegraph.Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved26 June 2017.
^"Barry McElduff resigns as MP for West Tyrone".BBC News. 15 January 2018.Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved15 January 2018.
^"SF's Begley wins West Tyrone by-election".BBC News. 4 May 2018.Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved5 June 2018.
^Leahy, Pat; Kelly, Fiach; Bray, Jennifer (28 May 2019)."Elections 2019: Greens the big winners while Sinn Féin slumps".The Irish Times.Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved17 May 2020.
^"General Election 2019: Northern Ireland candidates".BBC News. 14 November 2019.Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved16 November 2019.
^"Sylvia Hermon to stand down as MP for North Down". BBC News. 6 November 2019.Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved7 November 2019.
^"Aontu in battle to 'take thousands of votes' off Sinn Fein and SDLP in Foyle".Derry Daily. 10 November 2019.Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved11 November 2019.
^"General Election 2019: Republican pro-life party Aontu out to give SF bloody nose in a number of seats".Belfast Telegraph. 9 November 2019.Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved10 November 2019.
^"By-elections since the 2017 General Election". UK Parliament.Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved21 May 2019.
^"Mary Lou McDonald confirmed as new leader of Sinn Féin". Irish Times. 20 January 2018.Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved4 August 2019.
^^a ^b"Results of the 2019 General Election in Northern Ireland".bbc.co.uk.Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved13 December 2019.
^^a ^b^{[clarification needed]}

External links

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Manifestos:

Alliance
Aontú election broadcast
DUP
SDLP
UUP

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