2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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![]() A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency. |
The2019 United Kingdom general electionwas 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[edit]
MPswere elected in 18 Single Member constituencies byfirst-past-the-post.
Background[edit]
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 Hermonwas also elected. Theelectionended in ahung parliament,and theDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP) signed aconfidence and supply agreementwith theConservative Party.[3]
In 2018, Sinn Féin MP forWest Tyrone,Barry McElduff,resigned after a social media post he made caused controversy regarding perceivedsectarianismon theKingsmill massacre.[4]The party won aby-electionlater, but with a plurality instead of a majority.[5]
In the2019 European Parliament election,Sinn Féin, the DUP, and theAlliance Partyeach won a seat.[6]
Participating parties[edit]
102 candidates stood in the general election.[7]TheAlliance Partywas 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.Aontústood in 7 seats, theNorthern Ireland Conservativesin 4, theGreen Party of Northern Irelandin 3, andPeople Before Profitand theUK Independence Partyin 2.Traditional Unionist Voicedid 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[edit]
Pollster/client(s) | Date(s) conducted |
Sample size |
DUP | SF | SDLP | UUP | Alliance | Green | Other | Lead | |
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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% | |
Steve Aikenofficially 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% | |
Clare Baileyofficially becomes leader ofNI Green Party | |||||||||||
Survation/Channel 4 | 20 Oct–2 Nov 2018 | 555 | 31% | 27% | 11% | 15% | 12% | – | 4% | 4% | |
West Tyrone by-election[11] | |||||||||||
Mary Lou McDonaldbecomes 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% |
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Results[edit]
Party[13] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % of seats | Total votes | % of votes | % change | ||
DUP | 8 | 0 | – 2 | ![]() |
44.4% | 244,128 | 30.6% | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | + 1 | – 1 | ![]() |
38.9% | 181,853 | 22.8% | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | + 2 | 0 | ![]() |
11.1% | 118,737 | 14.9% | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | + 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.6% | 134,115 | 16.8% | ![]() | |
UUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 93,123 | 11.7% | ![]() | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 9,814 | 1.2% | New | |
People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 7,526 | 0.9% | ![]() | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 5,433 | 0.7% | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 1,996 | 0.2% | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | – 1 | ![]() |
0% | 1,687 | 0.2% | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 623 | 0.1% | New | |
Totals & turnout % | 18 | + 4 | – 4 | ![]() |
100% | 799,035 | 61.8% | ![]() |
Results by constituency[edit]
Constituency | 2017 result |
2019 winning party | Turnout[14] | Votes | |||||||||||||
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Party | Votes[13] | Share | Majority | DUP | SF | APNI | SDLP | UUP | Con | Grn | Other[14] | 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 | ||||||||||
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% |
See also[edit]
- 2019 United Kingdom general election in England
- 2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
- 2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Footnotes[edit]
- ^AnMLAin theNorthern Ireland AssemblyforFermanagh and South Tyrone.
- ^"Party leader in the North" and vice president of Sinn Féin.Mary Lou McDonaldis the party president and leader of the opposition in the Dáil of the Republic of Ireland.
- ^AnMEPforNorthern Ireland.
- ^AnMLAin theNorthern Ireland AssemblyforSouth 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 Profitand 3% forSylvia Hermon.
References[edit]
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- ^Maidment, Jack (26 June 2017)."DUP agrees £1bn deal with Conservatives to prop up Theresa May's minority Government".The Telegraph.Archivedfrom the original on 26 June 2017.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^"Barry McElduff resigns as MP for West Tyrone".BBC News.15 January 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2021.Retrieved15 January2018.
- ^"SF's Begley wins West Tyrone by-election".BBC News.4 May 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 13 March 2022.Retrieved5 June2018.
- ^Leahy, Pat; Kelly, Fiach; Bray, Jennifer (28 May 2019)."Elections 2019: Greens the big winners while Sinn Féin slumps".The Irish Times.Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2019.Retrieved17 May2020.
- ^"General Election 2019: Northern Ireland candidates".BBC News.14 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 15 November 2019.Retrieved16 November2019.
- ^"Sylvia Hermon to stand down as MP for North Down".BBC News. 6 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 6 November 2019.Retrieved7 November2019.
- ^"Aontu in battle to 'take thousands of votes' off Sinn Fein and SDLP in Foyle".Derry Daily.10 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 11 November 2019.Retrieved11 November2019.
- ^"General Election 2019: Republican pro-life party Aontu out to give SF bloody nose in a number of seats".Belfast Telegraph.9 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 10 November 2019.Retrieved10 November2019.
- ^"By-elections since the 2017 General Election".UK Parliament.Archivedfrom the original on 26 June 2019.Retrieved21 May2019.
- ^"Mary Lou McDonald confirmed as new leader of Sinn Féin".Irish Times. 20 January 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 10 July 2018.Retrieved4 August2019.
- ^ab"Results of the 2019 General Election in Northern Ireland".bbc.co.uk.Archivedfrom the original on 13 December 2019.Retrieved13 December2019.
- ^ab[clarification needed]
External links[edit]
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