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2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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On 12 December 2019, the 2019 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, including the 18 Northern Ireland seats.

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2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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All 18 Northern Ireland seats to the House of Commons
Turnout62.1% (Decrease)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill[a] Colum Eastwood
Party DUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Leader since 17 December 2015 23 January 2017 14 November 2015
Leader's seat Did not stand[b] 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 Decrease2 Steady Increase2
Popular vote 244,127 181,853 118,737
Percentage 30.6% 22.8% 14.9%
Swing Decrease5.4% Decrease6.7% Increase3.1%
  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 in Belfast East (lost) Stood in East Antrim (lost)
Last election 0 seats, 7.9% 0 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 134,115 93,123
Percentage 16.8% 11.7%
Swing Increase8.8% Increase1.4%
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.
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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

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

Background

The election was called on 29 October 2019 under the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019. At the 2017 election, the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) lost all of their seats. The DUP won 10 seats, Sinn Féin won 7 seats, and Independent Unionist Sylvia Hermon was also elected. The election ended in a hung parliament, and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) signed a confidence and supply agreement with the Conservative Party.[3]

In 2018, Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone, Barry McElduff, resigned after a social media post he made caused controversy regarding perceived sectarianism on the Kingsmill massacre.[4] The party won a by-election later, but with a plurality instead of a majority.[5]

In the 2019 European Parliament election, Sinn Féin, the DUP, and the Alliance Party each won a seat.[6]

Participating parties

102 candidates stood in the general election.[7] The Alliance 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, the Northern Ireland Conservatives in 4, the Green Party of Northern Ireland in 3, and People Before Profit and the UK 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 practice abstentionism, 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

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 United Kingdom general election § Northern Ireland
More information Pollster/client(s), Date(s) conducted ...
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted		 Sample
size		 DUP SF SDLP UUP Alliance Green 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 the Ulster 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 of NI 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 of Sinn 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

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Party[13] Seats Aggregate Votes
TotalGainsLosses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
DUP 802Decrease244.4244,12830.6Decrease5.4
Sinn Féin 711Steady38.9181,85322.8Decrease6.7
SDLP 220Increase211.1118,73714.9Increase3.1
Alliance 110Increase15.6134,11516.8Increase8.8
UUP 000Steady0.093,12311.7Increase1.4
Aontú 000Steady0.09,8141.2New
People Before Profit 000Steady0.07,5260.9Increase0.2
NI Conservatives 000Steady0.05,4330.7Increase0.2
Green (NI) 000Steady0.01,9960.2Decrease0.7
Independent 001Decrease10.01,6870.2Decrease1.8
UKIP 000Steady0.06230.1New
Total 18 799,035 61.8 Decrease3.6
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  • Individual seats by winner vote share
    Individual seats by winner vote share

Results by constituency

More information Constituency, 2017 result ...
Constituency 2017
result		 2019 winning party Turnout [14] Votes
Party Votes[13] Share Majority DUP SF APNI SDLP UUP Con Grn Other [14] Total
Belfast East DUP DUP20,87449.2%1,81964.1%20,87419,0552,51642,445
Belfast North DUP SF23,07847.1%1,94367.9%21,13523,0784,82449,037
Belfast South DUP SDLP27,07957.2%15,40167.7%11,6786,78627,0791,25955047,352
Belfast West SF SF20,86653.8%14,67259.1%5,22020,8661,8822,9857,82938,782
East Antrim DUP DUP16,87145.3%6,70657.5%16,8712,12010,1659025,4751,04368537,261
East LondonderryDUP DUP15,76540.1%9,60756.8%15,7656,1285,9216,1583,5991,73139,302
Fermanagh and South TyroneSF SF21,98643.3%5769.7%21,9862,6503,44621,92975150,762
FoyleSF SDLP26,88157.0%17,11063.4%4,7739,7711,26726,8811,0883,36447,143
Lagan ValleyDUP DUP19,58643.1%6,49960.0%19,5861,09813,0871,7588,60695531545,405
Mid UlsterSF SF20,47345.9%9,53763.3%10,93620,4733,5266,3842,61169044,620
Newry and ArmaghSF SF20,28740.0%9,28762.5%11,00020,2874,2119,4494,2041,62850,779
North AntrimDUP DUP20,86047.4%12,72157.1%20,8605,6326,2312,9438,13924644,051
North DownInd APNI18,35845.2%2,96860.6%15,39018,3584,9361,95940,643
South AntrimDUP DUP15,14935.3%2,68959.9%15,1494,8878,1902,28812,46042,974
South DownSF SF16,13732.4%1,62062.9%7,61916,1376,91614,5173,3071,26649,762
StrangfordDUP DUP17,70547.2%7,07156.0%17,70555510,6341,9944,0231,47679030837,485
Upper BannDUP DUP20,50141.0%8,21060.4%20,50112,2916,4334,6236,19750,045
West TyroneSF SF16,54440.2%7,47862.2%9,06616,5443,9797,3302,77452197241,186
Total for all constituencies Turnout Total
DUP SF APNI SDLP UUP Con Grn Other
Votes
61.8%244,128181,853134,115118,73793,1235,4331,99619,650 799,035
30.6%22.8%16.8%14.9%11.7%0.7%0.2%2.5% 100.0%
Seats
87120000 18
44%39%6%11%0%0%0%0% 100.0%
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Parliamentary seats
DUP
 
 44.4%
Sinn Féin
 
 38.9%
SDLP
 
 11.1%
Alliance
 
 5.6%

Notes

  1. [a]
    "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.
  2. [b]
    An MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
  3. [c]
    An MEP for Northern Ireland.
  4. [d]
    An MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim.
  5. [e]
    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.
  6. [f]
    Including 1% for Traditional Unionist Voice, 1% for People Before Profit and 3% for Sylvia Hermon.

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