Electoral history of the Ulster Unionist Party
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ulster Unionist Party held the majority of Northern Ireland seats in most elections for the Westminster Parliament between 1922 and 2001. Since then its representation has been low or non-existent, having been eclipsed by the Democratic Unionist Party.[1] It always had an absolute majority in the Stormont Parliament (1921–1972); since that Parliament was replaced by the Northern Ireland Assembly it has had a substantial minority representation there.[2] Its share of the vote in Northern Ireland local government elections has tended to diminish, so that there too it is no longer the largest party.[3] Finally, the party has always held one of the three Northern Ireland seats in the European Parliament. Its share of the Northern Ireland vote in the most recent elections to these bodies has been between 10.5% (Westminster 2017)[4] and 16.1% (local government, 2014).[5]
| Election | House of Commons | Share of votes | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922[6] | 32nd | 51.9% | 11 / 13 |
 |
| 1923[7] | 33rd | 48.4% | 11 / 13 |
|
| 1924[8] | 34th | 86.9% | 13 / 13 |
 2 |
| 1929[9] | 35th | 69.5% | 11 / 13 |
 2 |
| 1931[10] | 36th | 53.0% | 11 / 13 |
|
| 1935[11] | 37th | 64.9% | 11 / 13 |
|
| 1945[12] | 38th | 54.6% | 9 / 13 |
2 |
| 1950[13] | 39th | 62.8% | 10 / 12 |
1 |
| 1951[14] | 40th | 59.4% | 9 / 12 |
1 |
| 1955[15] | 41st | 68.5% | 10 / 12 |
1 |
| 1959[16] | 42nd | 77.2% | 12 / 12 |
2 |
| 1964[17] | 43rd | 63.2% | 12 / 12 |
|
| 1966[18] | 44th | 61.8% | 9 / 12 |
3 |
| 1970[19] | 45th | 54.2% | 8 / 12 |
1 |
| 1974 (Feb)[20] | 46th | 32.3% | 7 / 12 |
1 |
| 1974 (Oct)[21] | 47th | 36.5% | 6 / 12 |
1 |
| 1979[22] | 48th | 36.6% | 5 / 12 |
1 |
| 1983[23] | 49th | 34.0% | 11 / 17 |
6 |
| 1987[24] | 50th | 37.8% | 9 / 17 |
2 |
| 1992[25] | 51st | 34.5% | 9 / 17 |
|
| 1997[26] | 52nd | 32.7% | 10 / 18 |
1 |
| 2001[27] | 53rd | 26.7% | 6 / 18 |
4 |
| 2005[28] | 54th | 17.7% | 1 / 18 |
5 |
| 2010[29] | 55th | 15.2% | 0 / 18 |
1 |
| 2015[30] | 56th | 16.0% | 2 / 18 |
2 |
| 2017[4] | 57th | 10.5% | 0 / 18 |
2 |
| 2019[31] | 58th | 11.7% | 0 / 18 |
|
| 2024[32] | 59th | 12.2% | 1 / 18 |
1 |
Stormont
| Election | Body | First Preference Vote | Vote % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921[33] | 1st Parliament | 343,347 | 66.9% | 40 / 52 |
|
| 1925[33] | 2nd Parliament | 211,662 | 55.0% | 32 / 52 |
8 |
| 1929[33] | 3rd Parliament | 148,579 | 50.8% | 37 / 52 |
5 |
| 1933[33] | 4th Parliament | 73,791 | 43.5% | 36 / 52 |
1 |
| 1938[33] | 5th Parliament | 187,684 | 56.8% | 39 / 52 |
3 |
| 1945[33] | 6th Parliament | 180,342 | 50.4% | 33 / 52 |
6 |
| 1949[33] | 7th Parliament | 237,411 | 62.7% | 37 / 52 |
4 |
| 1953[33] | 8th Parliament | 125,379 | 48.6% | 38 / 52 |
1 |
| 1958[33] | 9th Parliament | 106,177 | 44.0% | 37 / 52 |
1 |
| 1962 [33] | 10th Parliament | 147,629 | 48.8% | 34 / 52 |
3 |
| 1965[33] | 11th Parliament | 191,896 | 59.1% | 36 / 52 |
2 |
| 1969 [33] | 12th Parliament | 269,501 | 48.2% | 36 / 52 |
|
| 1973[34][35] | 1973 Assembly | 258,790 | 35.8% | 31 / 78 |
5 |
| 1975[36] | Constitutional Convention | 167,214 | 25.4% | 19 / 78 |
12 |
| 1982[37] | 1982 Assembly | 188,277 | 29.7% | 26 / 78 |
7 |
| 1996[38] | Forum | 181,829 | 24.2% | 30 / 110 |
|
| 1998[39] | 1st Assembly | 172,225 | 21.3% | 28 / 108 |
2 |
| 2003[40] | 2nd Assembly | 156,931 | 22.7% | 27 / 108 |
1 |
| 2007[41] | 3rd Assembly | 103,145 | 14.9% | 18 / 108 |
9 |
| 2011[42] | 4th Assembly | 87,531 | 13.2% | 16 / 108 |
2 |
| 2016[43] | 5th Assembly | 87,302 | 12.6% | 16 / 108 |
|
| 2017[44] | 6th Assembly | 103,314 | 12.9% | 10 / 90 |
6 |
| 2022[45] | 7th Assembly | 96,390 | 11.2% | 9 / 90 |
1 |