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2019 Northern Ireland local elections

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2019 Northern Ireland local elections
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All 11 districts, 462 council seats
Turnout52.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Robin Swann
Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP
Seats before 130 105 88
Seats won 122 105 75
Seat change Decrease 8 Steady Decrease 13

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Naomi Long Clare Bailey
Leader Colum Eastwood Naomi Long Clare Bailey
Party SDLP Alliance Green (NI)
Seats before 66 32 4
Seats won 59 53 8
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 21 Increase 4

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Jim Allister Eamonn McCann
PUP
Leader Jim Allister Eamonn McCann[n 2] Billy Hutchinson
Party TUV People Before Profit PUP
Seats before 13 1 4
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 4 Decrease 1

Largest party/parties by council

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 May 2019. The last elections were held in 2014. 819 candidates contested 462 seats across Northern Ireland's 11 local government districts.[2] 1,305,384 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 52.7% of the electorate turned out.[3]

Electoral system

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Northern Ireland uses the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system to elect members of local councils and members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2, 3, etc. to the names of candidates on a ballot paper and can rank as many or as few candidates as they like or just vote for one candidate.[4] These were the second elections held on new boundaries, introduced in 2014.

These were the first Northern Ireland elections at which people have been able to register to vote online.[5]

Background

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The Northern Ireland Assembly had been suspended since 2017 with the failure of powersharing between the DUP and Sinn Féin. However, in March 2019, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley stated that, after the local elections, the government wished to revive Assembly talks.[6] At the 2017 United Kingdom general election, no party won an overall majority in the UK Parliament, so the DUP agreed a deal to support a minority Conservative government. UK politics was dominated by Brexit, which was due to take place before the local elections, however it was delayed until 31 January 2020.

All the parties with elected councillors from the last elections are running again, including the major parties of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. The SDLP and Fianna Fáil held talks about running a joint campaign for the May 2019 local elections, with the possibility of the SDLP merging into Fianna Fáil.[7][8] There was division within the membership of the SDLP as to what form of relationship to have between the two parties.[9] The two parties announced a partnership agreement in January 2019 rather than a full merger.[10] In February 2019, both party leaders criticised the DUP and Sinn Féin over the continuing deadlock over power sharing in the Assembly.[11][12]

Aontú is a new party, an anti-abortion splinter from Sinn Féin, launched in January 2019. By February 2019, it had two councillors in Northern Ireland, one defecting from the SDLP and a second from Sinn Féin.[13][14] The party nominated 16 candidates across 7 of the 11 local councils.[15]

Candidates

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819 candidates stood, compared to 905 at the previous elections. The DUP fielded 172, Sinn Féin 155, the UUP 117, the SDLP 85 and Alliance 84.[5] Others standing include the Green Party Northern Ireland, TUV, People Before Profit Alliance, The Workers Party, Progressive Unionist Party, Cross-Community Labour Alternative, Aontú, NI Conservatives,[16] UKIP and several independents.

Results

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Paralleling results in England, Alliance, some smaller parties and independents made significant gains.[17] The largest nationalist party, Sinn Féin, returned the same number of councillors as in 2014. The DUP, UUP and SDLP all saw losses. The TUV saw significant losses and UKIP and NI21 lost all of their seats in the region, while Aontú and Cross-Community Labour Alternative won their first seats and there were gains by People Before Profit and the Greens.[18]

Largest Party by Council

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Council Seats Turnout[3] Largest party prior to election Largest party post election
Belfast[19] 60 51.0 Sinn Féin (19) Sinn Féin (18)
Ards & North Down[20] 40 43.6 DUP (17) DUP (14)
Antrim & Newtownabbey[21] 40 49.1 DUP (15) DUP (14)
Lisburn & Castlereagh[22] 40 49.7 DUP (20) DUP (15)
Newry, Mourne & Down[23] 41 56.1 Sinn Féin (14) Sinn Féin (16)
SDLP (14)  
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon[24] 41 53.6 DUP (13) DUP (11)
Mid & East Antrim[25] 40 48.1 DUP (16) DUP (15)
Causeway Coast & Glens[26] 40 51.8 DUP (11) DUP (14)
Mid Ulster[27] 40 60.1 Sinn Féin (18) Sinn Féin (17)
Derry & Strabane[28] 40 57.2 Sinn Féin (16) Sinn Féin (11)
  SDLP (11)
Fermanagh & Omagh[29] 40 62.4 Sinn Féin (17) Sinn Féin (15)
Total 462 52.7 DUP (130) DUP (122)

Results by Council

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Name Northern Ireland Council Seats
Total
DUP SF UUP SDLP APNI Green TUV PBP PUP Aontú CCLA Ind.
Antrim & Newtownabbey 14 5 9 4 7 1 40
Ards & North Down 14 8 1 10 3 1 3 40
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon 11 10 10 6 3 1 41
Belfast City 15 18 2 6 10 4 3 2 60
Causeway Coast & Glens 14 9 7 6 2 1 1 40
Derry & Strabane 7 11 2 11 2 2 1 4 40
Fermanagh & Omagh 5 15 9 5 1 1 4 40
Lisburn & Castlereagh 15 2 11 2 9 1 0 40
Mid & East Antrim 15 2 7 1 7 5 3 40
Mid-Ulster 9 17 6 6 2 40
Newry, Mourne & Down 3 16 4 11 2 5 41
Total 122 105 75 59 53 8 6 5 3 1 1 24 462

Results by party

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Party Councillors % of councillors First preference votes % of FP votes
2014 2019 +/- 2014 2019 +/- 2014[30] 2019[31] +/- 2014 2019 +/-
DUP 130 122 Decrease8 28.1% 26.4% Decrease1.7% 144,928 163,615 Increase18,687 23.1% 24.13% Increase1.0%
Sinn Féin 105 105 Steady 22.7% 22.7% Steady 151,137 157,448 Increase6,311 24.1% 23.22% Decrease0.8%
UUP 88 75 Decrease13 19.0% 16.2% Decrease2.8% 101,385 95,320 Decrease6,065 16.1% 14.06% Decrease2.1%
SDLP 66 59 Decrease7 14.2% 12.8% Decrease1.4% 85,237 81,419 Decrease3,818 13.6% 12.01% Decrease1.6%
Alliance 32 53 Increase21 6.9% 11.5% Increase4.6% 41,769 78,052 Increase36,283 6.7% 11.51% Increase4.8%
Independent 15 24 Increase9 3.2% 5.2% Increase2.0% 26,682 29,339 Increase2,657 4.2% 4.33% Increase0.1%
Green (NI) 4 8 Increase4 0.8% 1.7% Increase0.9% 5,515 14,284 Increase8,769 0.8% 2.11% Increase1.3%
TUV 13 6 Decrease7 2.8% 1.3% Decrease1.5% 28,310 15,165 Decrease13,145 4.5% 2.24% Decrease2.3%
People Before Profit 1 5 Increase4 0.2% 1.2% Increase1.0% 1,923 9,478 Increase7,555 0.3% 1.40% Increase1.1%
PUP 4 3 Decrease1 0.8% 0.6% Decrease0.2% 12,753 5,338 Decrease7,415 2.0% 0.79% Decrease1.2%
Aontú n/a 1 Increase1 n/a 0.2% Increase0.2% n/a 7,459 Increase7,459 n/a 1.10% Increase1.1%
Labour Alternative n/a 1 Increase1 n/a 0.2% Increase0.2% n/a 880 Increase880 n/a 0.13% Increase
UKIP 3 0 Decrease3 1.2% 0.0% Decrease1.2% 9,311 3,026 Decrease6,285 1.4% 0.45% Decrease1.0%
NI Conservatives 1 0 Decrease1 0.0% 0.0% Decrease1.6% 2,527 1,364 Decrease1,163 0.4% 0.20% Decrease0.2%
Workers' Party 0 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% Steady 985 868 Decrease117 0.2% Decrease
Democrats and Veterans n/a 0 Steady n/a 0.0% Steady n/a 527 Increase527 n/a Increase
South Belfast Unionists n/a 0 Steady n/a 0.0% Steady n/a 233 Increase233 n/a Increase
CISTA n/a 0 Steady n/a 0.0% Steady n/a 101 Increase101 n/a Increase
NI21 1 n/a Decrease1 0.2% n/a Decrease0.2% 11,495 n/a Decrease11,495 1.8% n/a Decrease1.8%
Total 462 462 Steady 100% 100% Steady 628,078 663,916 Increase 100% 100% Steady

Councils

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Antrim and Newtownabbey

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Airport
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Vikki McAuley 1,221
DUP Matthew Magill 1,164
SDLP Thomas Burns 1,125
Sinn Féin Anne-Marie Logue 1,095
UUP Paul Michael 893
UUP Mervyn Rea 568
Sinn Féin Cathy Rooney 505
DUP Ben Mallon 481
Turnout 7,052
Alliance gain from UUP
Antrim
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Neil Kelly 1,689
DUP John Smyth 734
SDLP Roisin Lynch 723
UUP Leah Smyth 615
DUP Paul Dunlop 603
Sinn Féin Gerard Magee 583
UUP Jim Montgomery 416
DUP Karl McMeekin 363
Independent Adrian Cochrane-Watson 359
TUV Richard Cairns 347
Turnout 6,432
No change
Ballyclare
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Danny Kinahan 1,253
Independent Michael Stewart 1,182
DUP Mandy Girvan 861
Alliance Gary English 775
DUP Jeannie Archibald 739
UUP Vera McWilliam 707
Independent David Arthurs 457
DUP Austin Orr 443
UUP Norrie Ramsey 341
Turnout 6,758
Independent gain from TUV
Dunsilly
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan 1,064
Alliance Glenn Finlay 989
DUP Linda Clarke 965
DUP Jordan Greer 907
SDLP Ryan Wilson 902
UUP Roderick Swann 711
Sinn Féin Andrew Maguire 552
UUP Gareth Thomas 424
Turnout 6,514
Alliance gain from DUP
Glengormley Urban
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Julian McGrath 1,345
DUP Phillip Brett 1,099
SDLP Noreen McClelland 992
Sinn Féin Michael Goodman 904
UUP Mark Cosgrove 891
DUP Alison Bennington 856
Sinn Féin Rosie Kinnear 801
DUP Samantha Burns 373
Green (NI) Paul Veronica 341
UUP Michael Maguire 337
Turnout 7,939
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Macedon
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Billy Webb 1,127
DUP Paul Hamill 1,043
DUP Thomas Hogg 999
UUP Robert Foster 956
Sinn Féin Taylor McGrann 765
Independent Stafford Ward 343
DUP Victor Robinson 327
DUP Dean McCullough 321
TUV David Hollis 223
UKIP Robert Hill 154
Turnout 6,258
Sinn Féin gain from TUV
Three Mile Water
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Cooper 1,230
DUP Stephen Ross 1,103
UUP Fraser Agnew 1,100
Alliance Tom Campbell 1,075
Alliance Julie Gilmour 749
UUP Stephen McCarthy 514
DUP Sam Flanagan 489
UKIP Raymond Stewart 319
TUV Norman Boyd 234
Independent Gary Grattan 223
Turnout 7,036
Alliance gain from UUP

Ards and North Down

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Ards Peninsula
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Robert Adair 2,189
SDLP Joe Boyle 1,621
UUP Angus Carson 832
Alliance Lorna McAlpine 832
DUP Eddie Thompson 821
DUP Nigel Edmund 735
Green (NI) Michele Strong 319
UKIP Matt Davey 234
Sinn Féin Murdock McKibbin 196
NI Conservatives Tim Mullen 58
Turnout 7,837
No change
Bangor Central
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Karen Douglas 1,346
Green (NI) Stephen Dunlop 1,046
DUP Wesley Irvine 878
DUP Alistair Cathcart 787
UUP Craig Blaney 757
UUP Ian Henry 542
Independent Ray McKimm 503
Independent Noelle Robinson 423
Independent Maria Lourenço 362
DUP James Cochrane 255
UKIP John Montgomery 215
NI Conservatives Frank Shivers 210
Independent Gavan Reynolds 33
Turnout 7,357
Independent gain from UUP
Bangor East and Donaghadee
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Mark Brooks 1,327
Alliance Gavin Walker 1,303
UUP David Chambers 963
DUP Peter Martin 902
Independent Tom Smith 764
DUP Bill Keery 764
Green (NI) Hannah McNamara 735
DUP Janice MacArthur 702
NI Conservatives Paul Leeman 137
Turnout 7,598
Tom Smith leaves DUP
Bangor West
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Connie Egan 1,151
DUP Jennifer Gilmour 990
UUP Marion Smith 982
Green (NI) Barry McKee 949
DUP Alan Graham 749
Alliance Scott Wilson 703
NI Conservatives Ben English 114
Sinn Féin Kieran Maxwell 71
Turnout 5,709
Alliance gain from DUP
Comber
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Deborah Girvan 1,516
UUP Philip Smith 1,082
DUP Robert Gibson 985
DUP Trevor Cummings 843
TUV Stephen Cooper 695
DUP John Montgomery 643
Green (NI) Ricky Bamford 372
UUP Michael Palmer 318
Independent John Sloan 73
Turnout 6,527
No change
Holywood and Clandeboye
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Andrew Muir 1,397
Green (NI) Rachel Woods 1,311
Alliance Gillian Greer 1,249
DUP Stephen Dunne 1,139
DUP Roberta Dunlop 677
UUP Carl McClean 507
UUP Tim Lemon 416
NI Conservatives Andrew Turner 141
Turnout 6,837
Alliance gain from DUP
Newtownards
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Jimmy Menagh 2,138
DUP Naomi Armstrong 1,232
Alliance Nick Mathison 1,091
DUP Stephen McIlveen 898
UUP Richard Smart 736
Alliance Alan McDowell 574
DUP Colin Kennedy 570
UUP Ian Dickson 481
Green (NI) Maurice Macartney 374
UKIP Paul Corry 223
Independent Ben King 24
Turnout 8,341
Alliance gain from UUP

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

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Armagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Garath Keating 2,037
UUP Sam Nicholson 1,697
Sinn Féin Jackie Donnelly 1,677
DUP Freda Donnelly 1,638
SDLP Thomas O'Hanlon 1,491
Sinn Féin Darren McNally 1,413
SDLP Mealla Campbell 1,246
Aontú Martin Kelly 822
Alliance Jackie Coade 674
Independent Pol Oh-Again 28
Turnout 12,723
Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Banbridge
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Glenn Barr 1,764
DUP Paul Greenfield 1,563
Alliance Brian Pope 1,425
UUP Jill Macauley 1,350
SDLP Seamus Doyle 1,309
UUP Ian Burns 1,273
DUP Junior McCrum 1,232
Sinn Féin Kevin Savage 1,038
Sinn Féin Vincent McAleenan 676
TUV William Martin 508
Turnout 12,138
Alliance gain from SDLP
Craigavon
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Margaret Tinsley 1,416
Sinn Féin Catherine Nelson 1,332
SDLP Thomas Larkham 1,244
DUP Robert Smith 1,105
UUP Kenneth Twyble 1,037
SDLP Declan McAlinden 1,014
UUP Kate Evans 871
Sinn Féin Michael Tallon 727
Alliance Sean Hagan 699
Aontú Fergal Lennon 230
Turnout 9,675
SDLP gain from DUP
Cusher
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Gareth Wilson 2,248
Independent Paul Berry 2,009
UUP Jim Speers 1,633
Sinn Féin Brona Haughey 1,519
UUP Gordon Kennedy 1,229
DUP Quincey Dougan 1,215
SDLP Seamus Livingstone 901
Alliance Gareth Hay 462
Independent Paul Bowbanks 241
Turnout 11,457
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Lagan River
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Baxter 1,876
UUP Kyle Savage 1,614
DUP Paul Rankin 1,444
Alliance Eóin Tennyson 960
UUP Olive Mercer 871
DUP Tim McClelland 678
TUV Samuel Morrison 499
SDLP John O'Hare 369
Sinn Féin Tony Gorrell 227
Independent Sammy Ogle 217
UKIP Jordan Stewart 129
Turnout 8,884
Alliance gain from UUP
Lurgan
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Keith Haughian 1,974
UUP Louise McKinstry 1,524
DUP Stephen Moutray 1,504
Alliance Peter Lavery 1,321
DUP Terry McWilliams 1,282
Sinn Féin Liam Mackle 1,190
SDLP Joe Nelson 1,046
SDLP Ciaran Toman 926
Sinn Féin Sorcha McGeown 823
Sinn Féin Noel McGeown 454
Turnout 12,044
Alliance gain from DUP
Portadown
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Darren Causby 2,077
DUP Sydney Anderson 1,696
Sinn Féin Paul Duffy 1,675
UUP Julie Flaherty 1,512
SDLP Eamonn McNeill 967
DUP Lavelle McIlwrath 866
Alliance Emma Hutchinson 570
TUV Darrin Foster 547
UUP Arnold Hatch 506
Sinn Féin Callum O'Dufaigh 392
Independent David Jones 266
UKIP David Jameson 149
Turnout 11,223
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from UKIP

Belfast

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Balmoral
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Kate Nicholl 1,842
DUP David Graham 1,442
SDLP Dónal Lyons 1,306
Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer 1,283
DUP Sarah Bunting 1,025
SDLP Michael Mulhern 813
UUP Jeffrey Dudgeon 660
Green (NI) Caoimhe O'Connell 504
People Before Profit Pádraigín Mervyn 202
UKIP William Traynor 133
Turnout 9,210
DUP gain from UUP
Black Mountain
Party Candidate 1st pref.
People Before Profit Matt Collins 2,268
Sinn Féin Ciaran Beattie 1,893
Sinn Féin Steven Corr 1,864
Sinn Féin Arder Carson 1,634
Sinn Féin Micheal Donnelly 1,535
Sinn Féin Emma Groves 1,431
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin 1,316
SDLP Paul Doherty 783
Aontú Eoin Geraghty 750
Alliance Liam Norris 213
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 206
Workers' Party Conor Campbell 162
Turnout 14,053
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Botanic
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Green (NI) Áine Groogan 1,401
DUP Tracy Kelly 1,365
Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey 1,325
Alliance Emmet McDonough-Brown 1,143
SDLP Gary McKeown 1,009
Alliance Micky Murray 754
DUP Graham Craig 615
Independent Declan Boyle 609
People Before Profit Paul Loughran 383
UUP Richard Kennedy 333
South Belfast Unionists Billy Dickson 233
Sinn Féin Caitríona Mullaghan 229
PUP Ian Shanks 170
Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 87
TUV John Hiddleston 82
Turnout 9,758
Green gain from UUP
Castle
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Nuala McAllister 1,787
Sinn Féin John Finucane 1,650
DUP Fred Cobain 1,439
DUP Guy Spence 1,407
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell 1,103
UUP David Browne 1,014
Green (NI) Mal O'Hara 882
SDLP Carl Whyte 651
SDLP Heather Wilson 551
Independent Patrick Convery 377
People Before Profit Riley Johnson 204
Workers' Party Gemma Weir 159
Independent Cathal Mullaghan 76
Turnout 11,300
Green gain from UUP
Collin
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Danny Baker 2,196
Sinn Féin Stephen Magennis 1,616
People Before Profit Michael Collins 1,565
Sinn Féin Seanna Walsh 1,402
Sinn Féin Matt Garrett 1,264
Sinn Féin Charlene O'Hara 1,187
SDLP Brian Heading 970
Aontú Nichola McClean 670
Alliance Donnamarie Higgins 443
DUP David McKee 309
Green (NI) Ellen Murray 241
UUP Fred Rodgers 130
Workers' Party Paddy Crossan 109
Turnout 12,102
People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
Court
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Frank McCoubrey 2,227
DUP Brian Kingston 1,648
Sinn Féin Claire Canavan 1,447
Sinn Féin Tina Black 1,396
DUP Nicola Verner 1,119
PUP Billy Hutchinson 929
People Before Profit Cailín McCaffrey 686
UUP Dave Anderson 385
Independent Jolene Bunting 351
SDLP Tiernan Fitzlarkin 298
TUV Eric Smyth 258
Alliance Ciara Campbell 253
Workers' Party Joanne Lowry 166
Green (NI) Sinéad Magner 147
Turnout 11,310
DUP gain from TUV
Lisnasharragh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Michael Long 1,755
DUP David Brooks 1,479
Alliance Eric Hanvey 1,429
Green (NI) Brian Smyth 1,233
SDLP Séamas De Faoite 988
DUP Tommy Sandford 951
DUP Aileen Graham 660
Sinn Féin Stevie Jenkins 619
UUP Chris McGimpsey 508
UUP Ben Manton 415
PUP Gwen Ferguson 363
Independent Kate Mullan 204
UKIP Catherine McComb 169
Labour Alternative Amy Ferguson 160
People Before Profit Ivanka Antova 133
Turnout 11,066
Green gain from UUP
Oldpark
Party Candidate 1st pref.
SDLP Paul McCusker 2,856
DUP Dale Pankhurst 1,701
Sinn Féin Ryan Murphy 1,185
Sinn Féin JJ Magee 1,134
Sinn Féin Shauneen Baker 1,107
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 796
PUP Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston 575
DUP Gillian Simpson 573
People Before Profit Fiona Ferguson 447
Alliance Jack Armstrong 390
UUP Jason Docherty 239
Green (NI) Lesley Veronica 231
Workers' Party Chris Bailie 93
Turnout 11,327
People Before Profit gain from PUP
Ormiston
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Ross McMullan 2,622
Alliance Peter McReynolds 1,764
DUP Tom Haire 1,462
UUP Jim Rodgers 1,416
Green (NI) Anthony Flynn 1,301
DUP John Hussey 1,269
Alliance Sian O'Neill 1,165
DUP Gareth Spratt 857
UUP Peter Johnston 757
PUP William Ennis 394
UKIP Keith Lonsdale 221
Sinn Féin Laura Misteil 57
Turnout 13,285
Alliance gain from UUP
Titanic
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP George Dorrian 1,270
Sinn Féin Mairead O'Donnell 1,102
Alliance Michelle Kelly 1,068
Alliance Carole Howard 1,055
PUP John Kyle 1,027
DUP Adam Newton 913
UUP Sonia Copeland 852
Green (NI) Ben Smylie 641
DUP Lee Reynolds 586
Independent Karl Bennett 448
UUP Colin Hall-Thompson 278
UKIP Paul Girvan 228
Turnout 9,468
Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

Causeway Coast and Glens

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Ballymoney
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Darryl Wilson 1,420
DUP John Finlay 1,322
Sinn Féin Leanne Peacock 1,153
Sinn Féin Cathal McLaughlin 906
DUP Alan McLean 827
DUP Ivor Wallace 826
Alliance Peter McCully 734
UUP Tom McKeown 512
TUV William Blair 497
Independent Ian Stevenson 220
TUV John Wilson 217
UKIP David Hanna 117
Turnout 8,751
Sinn Féin gain from TUV
Bann
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Sean Bateson 1,403
DUP Adrian McQuillan 1,047
UUP Richard Holmes 964
UUP William King 799
DUP Michelle Knight-McQuillan 781
SDLP Helena Dallat-O'Driscoll 686
DUP Sam Cole 639
Alliance Charlie McConaghy 491
PUP Timmy Reid 251
TUV Elizabeth Collins 214
Turnout 7,350
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Benbradagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Sean McGlinchey 1,574
Sinn Féin Dermot Nicholl 1,002
SDLP Orla Beattie 922
DUP Edgar Scott 896
Sinn Féin Kathleen McGurk 677
Aontú Prionnsias Brolly 655
TUV Boyd Douglas 581
UUP Robert Carmichael 410
Alliance Christine Turner 332
Turnout 7,049
DUP gain from TUV
Causeway
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Fielding 1,276
Alliance Chris McCaw 1,212
DUP Sharon McKillop 1,010
DUP John McAuley 831
UUP Sandra Hunter 774
UUP Norman Hillis 758
Independent David Alexander 552
SDLP Angela Mulholland 496
Green (NI) Mark Coulson 331
TUV Cyril Quigg 325
Sinn Féin Emma Thompson 267
TUV Stewart Moore 167
UKIP Rebecca Hanna 132
Turnout 8,131
Sharon McKillop leaves TUV
Coleraine
Party Candidate 1st pref.
PUP Russell Watton 1,325
SDLP Stephanie Quigley 983
DUP Philip Anderson 901
DUP George Duddy 866
DUP Trevor Clarke 769
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 732
UUP William McCandless 633
Sinn Féin Ciarán Archibald 417
UUP John Wisener 292
NI Conservatives David Harding 112
UKIP Amanda Ranaghan 101
Turnout 7,131
Alliance gain from UUP
Limavady
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Alan Robinson 1,498
Sinn Féin Brenda Chivers 1,034
DUP James McCorkell 654
Alliance Kevin Hayward 557
SDLP Ashleen Schenning 519
UUP Raymond Kennedy 405
DUP Aaron Callan 385
Aontú Francie Brolly 337
TUV Colin Cartwright 176
Turnout 5,565
Aaron Callan leaves UUP
The Glens
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Ambrose Laverty 1,267
Sinn Féin Cara McShane 1,102
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 1,097
SDLP Margaret McKillop 1,080
DUP Bill Kennedy 843
UUP Joan Baird 758
Sinn Féin Kieran Mulholland 589
Turnout 6,736
No change

Derry and Strabane

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Ballyarnett
Party Candidate 1st pref.
SDLP Angela Dobbins 1,392
SDLP Brian Tierney 1,235
SDLP Rory Farrell 1,170
Aontú Anne McCloskey 1,032
Sinn Féin Sandra Duffy 899
Sinn Féin Aileen Mellon 848
People Before Profit Nuala Crilly 826
Sinn Féin Caoimhe McKnight 656
Independent Warren Robinson 639
Sinn Féin Neil McLaughlin 538
Alliance Danny McCloskey 340
Turnout 9,575
SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Aontú gain from Independent
Derg
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Derek Hussey 1,267
DUP Keith Kerrigan 1,090
Sinn Féin Ruairí McHugh 1,086
Sinn Féin Kieran McGuire 1,075
SDLP Cara Hunter 1,032
Sinn Féin Maoliosa McHugh 798
DUP Thomas Kerrigan 771
Independent Andy Patton 735
Alliance Anne Murray 150
Turnout 8,004
SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Faughan
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Graham Warke 1,050
DUP Ryan McCready 940
Sinn Féin Paul Fleming 854
Alliance Rachael Ferguson 783
Independent Paul Hughes 733
UUP William Jamieson 710
SDLP Brenda Stevenson 693
SDLP Jim McKeever 565
SDLP Gus Hastings 491
Sinn Féin Conor Heaney 324
Turnout 7,143
Alliance gain from SDLP
Foyleside
Party Candidate 1st pref.
SDLP Mary Durkan 1,231
SDLP Shauna Cusack 1,129
People Before Profit Shaun Harkin 977
Sinn Féin Michael Cooper 888
Independent Sean Carr 822
SDLP Lilian Seenoi-Barr 721
Sinn Féin Eric McGinley 653
Sinn Féin Hayleigh Fleming 632
Alliance John Doherty 305
Turnout 7,358
People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
Sperrin
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Allan Bresland 1,156
Sinn Féin Michaela Boyle 1,153
Independent Paul Gallagher 1,106
Independent Raymond Barr 920
DUP Maurice Devenney 899
SDLP Jason Barr 832
SDLP Steven Edwards 794
Sinn Féin Dan Kelly 756
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hOisín 740
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon 731
Independent Patsy Kelly 595
UUP Andy McKane 560
Alliance Scott Moore 437
Independent Pauline McHenry 128
Independent Corey French 104
Turnout 10,911
Independent gain from Sinn Féin
The Moor
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Gary Donnelly 1,374
SDLP John Boyle 1,082
People Before Profit Eamonn McCann 1,035
Sinn Féin Patricia Logue 778
Sinn Féin Tina Burke 738
Sinn Féin Kevin Campbell 712
SDLP Cathy Breslin 669
Sinn Féin Sharon Duddy 594
Independent Emmet Doyle 496
DUP Niree McMorris 148
Alliance Colm Cavanagh 122
Turnout 7,748
People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
Waterside
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Darren Guy 1,589
SDLP Sinead McLaughlin 1,483
DUP Hillary McClintock 1,250
SDLP Martin Reilly 939
DUP David Ramsey 839
Sinn Féin Christopher Jackson 825
Sinn Féin Sharon McLoughlin 784
DUP Drew Thompson 780
People Before Profit Maeve O'Neill 752
Alliance Philip McKinney 715
Turnout 9,956
Alliance gain from DUP

Fermanagh and Omagh

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Enniskillen
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Keith Elliot 1,161
SDLP Paul Blake 955
Sinn Féin Tommy Maguire 946
Sinn Féin Debbie Coyle 761
UUP Robert Irvine 753
Labour Alternative Donal O'Cofaigh 720
UUP Howard Thornton 651
TUV Donald Crawford 492
DUP Simon Wiggins 340
Alliance Matthew Beaumont 310
Green (NI) Debbie Coleman 136
Turnout 7,225
Labour Alternative gain from Sinn Féin
Erne East
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Paul Robinson 1,382
UUP Victor Warrington 1,352
Independent John McCluskey 1,286
Sinn Féin Sheamus Greene 1,032
SDLP Garbhan McPhillips 839
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly 829
Sinn Féin Noeleen Hayes 738
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey 620
Independent Caroline Wheeler 204
Aontú Gerry McHugh 174
Turnout 8,456
Independent gain from Sinn Féin
Erne North
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Diana Armstrong 1,186
Sinn Féin Siobhan Currie 1,055
SDLP John Coyle 911
Sinn Féin John Feely 769
DUP David Mahon 732
DUP Deborah Armstrong 668
UUP John McClaughry 630
TUV Alex Elliott 465
Alliance Diane Little 413
Democrats and Veterans Lewis Jennings 20
Turnout 6,849
No change
Erne West
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Alex Baird 1,333
Sinn Féin Anthony Feely 1,208
Independent Bernice Swift 1,159
Sinn Féin Chris McCaffrey 1,136
Sinn Féin Fionnuala Leonard 879
SDLP Adam Gannon 611
DUP Carol Johnston 547
Independent Trevor Armstrong 512
Turnout 7,385
No change
Mid Tyrone
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Padraigin Kelly 995
UUP Bert Wilson 979
Sinn Féin Catherine Kelly 964
DUP James Managh 931
Independent Emmet McAleer 897
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke 889
Sinn Féin Sean Donnelly 778
SDLP Bernard McGrath 598
Aontú Rosemarie Shields 464
Alliance Richard Bullick 306
Sinn Féin Kevin McColgan 287
Turnout 8,088
Independent gain from SDLP
Omagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Errol Thompson 970
Sinn Féin Barry McElduff 900
Independent Josephine Deehan 728
UUP Chris Smyth 633
Alliance Stephen Donnelly 616
Sinn Féin Anne Marie Fitzgerald 589
Sinn Féin Marty McColgan 509
SDLP Jacinta McKeown 258
SDLP Lee Hawkes 256
Independent Sorcha McAnespy 194
Aontú Margaret Swift 182
Green (NI) Susan Glass 141
Independent Joanne Donnelly 128
TUV Charles Chittick 115
CISTA Barry Brown 101
Independent Will Convey 43
Turnout 6,363
Josephine Deehan leaves SDLP
Alliance gain from SDLP
West Tyrone
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Buchanan 1,546
UUP Allan Rainey 1,095
SDLP Mary Garrity 1,047
Sinn Féin Glenn Campbell 983
Sinn Féin Stephen McCann 839
Sinn Féin Ann-Marie Donnelly 752
Sinn Féin Frankie Donnelly 653
Alliance Fia Cowan 390
Aontú Cathal McCrory 242
Turnout 7,547
No change

Lisburn and Castlereagh

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Castlereagh East
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Martin Gregg 1,212
DUP Sharon Skillen 1,174
Alliance Tim Morrow 936
DUP David Drysdale 849
DUP John Laverty 813
UUP Hazel Legge 723
DUP Tommy Jeffers 638
TUV Andrew Girvin 637
Turnout 6,982
Alliance gain from TUV
Castlereagh South
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Sorcha Eastwood 1,629
DUP Nathan Anderson 1,503
Alliance Michelle Guy 1,236
Sinn Féin Ryan Carlin 1,069
SDLP John Gallen 975
Green (NI) Simon Lee 648
UUP Michael Henderson 628
SDLP Rachael McCarthy 463
DUP Jason Elliott 335
Independent Geraldine Rice 237
DUP Vasundhara Kamble 208
TUV Nicola Girvin 146
Turnout 9,077
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Green gain from DUP
Downshire East
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Aaron McIntyre 1,318
DUP Andrew Gowan 1,133
UUP James Baird 950
DUP Uel Mackin 905
UUP Alex Swan 726
DUP Janet Gray 721
SDLP Owen Beckett 422
Turnout 6,175
UUP gain from DUP
Downshire West
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Owen Gawith 1,616
DUP Caleb McCready 1,012
UUP John Palmer 915
DUP Allan Ewart 670
UUP Jim Dillon 667
DUP Vince Curry 647
SDLP Morgan Crone 308
Green (NI) Luke Robinson 230
NI Conservatives Neil Johnston 169
Turnout 6,234
John Palmer leaves DUP
No change
Killultagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance David Honeyford 1,524
DUP Thomas Beckett 1,006
Sinn Féin Gary McCleave 994
DUP James Tinsley 979
DUP William Leathem 871
UUP Ross McLernon 707
SDLP Ally Haydock 695
UUP Alexander Redpath 632
Independent Stuart Brown 107
Turnout 7,515
Alliance gain from DUP
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Lisburn North
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Stephen Martin 1,483
DUP Jonathan Craig 1,187
SDLP Johnny McCarthy 852
DUP Scott Carson 846
UUP Nicholas Trimble 719
Sinn Féin Joe Duffy 654
UUP Stuart Hughes 578
DUP Lindsay Reynolds 425
NI Conservatives Gary Hynds 423
UKIP Alan Love 156
Turnout 7,323
Johnny McCarthy leaves NI21
UUP gain from DUP
Lisburn South
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Amanda Grehan 929
UUP Jenny Palmer 877
DUP Andrew Ewing 738
DUP Alan Givan 735
UUP Tim Mitchell 715
DUP Paul Porter 706
SDLP Brendan Corr 649
Independent Jonny Orr 534
TUV Alison Chittick 384
DUP Rhoda Walker 354
Democrats and Veterans Ricky Taylor 242
UKIP Helen Love 99
Turnout 6,962
UUP gain from DUP

Mid and East Antrim

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Ballymena
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent James Henry 872
SDLP Eugene Reid 848
TUV Matthew Armstrong 765
Alliance Patricia O'Lynn 578
DUP John Carson 527
Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy 521
DUP Reuben Glover 498
DUP Audrey Wales 491
UUP Stephen Nicholl 485
Independent Rodney Quigley 433
DUP William Logan 402
TUV Philip Gordon 286
UKIP Rab Picken 143
Independent Conal Stewart 107
Turnout 6,956
Alliance gain from UUP
Independent gain from DUP
Bannside
Party Candidate 1st pref.
TUV Stewart McDonald 1,504
TUV Timothy Gaston 1,433
Sinn Féin Ian Friary 971
UUP William McNeilly 783
Alliance Philip Burnside 750
DUP Andrew Wright 749
DUP Thomas Gordon 744
DUP Tommy Nicholl 690
UUP Jackson Minford 449
Turnout 8,073
No change
Braid
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Robin Cherry 1,084
DUP Beth Adger 975
DUP Julie Frew 926
TUV Christopher Jamieson 902
TUV Brian Collins 872
DUP William McCaughey 825
UUP Keith Turner 800
Alliance Muriel Burnside 703
Sinn Féin Collette McAllister 631
DUP Sam Hanna 605
Independent Marian Maguire 371
Independent Roni Browne 146
Turnout 8,840
Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
TUV gain from DUP
Carrick Castle
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Lauren Gray 1,210
DUP Billy Ashe 1,069
DUP Cheryl Johnston 953
UUP Robin Stewart 813
UUP John McDermott 445
Independent Noel Jordan 431
Democrats and Veterans Si Harvey 265
Independent Nicholas Wady 244
PUP Jim McCaw 119
UKIP John Kennedy 104
Turnout 5,653
Alliance gain from UKIP
UUP gain from Independent
Coast Road
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna 1,217
DUP Andrew Clarke 973
Sinn Féin James McKeown 873
DUP Angela Smyth 764
UUP Maureen Morrow 728
TUV Ruth Wilson 601
Independent Martin Wilson 460
Turnout 5,616
DUP gain from TUV
Knockagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Noel Williams 1,173
DUP Peter Johnston 967
DUP Marc Collins 846
Independent Bobby Hadden 798
UUP Andrew Wilson 782
UUP Lindsay Millar 624
TUV May Beattie 328
PUP David Barnett 185
Turnout 5,703
Independent gain from UUP
Larne Lough
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Gregg McKeen 1,166
Alliance Danny Donnelly 1,057
UUP Mark McKinty 983
DUP Paul Reid 806
Alliance Robert Logan 719
UUP Andy Wilson 564
TUV James Strange 435
Green (NI) Robert Robinson 256
Turnout 5,986
Alliance gain from UUP

Mid Ulster

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Carntogher
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Brian McGuigan 1,406
DUP Kyle Black 1,228
Sinn Féin Sean McPeake 1,164
SDLP Martin Kearney 1,071
Sinn Féin Cora Groogan 990
Sinn Féin Paul Henry 763
Aontú Pádraigín Uí Raifeartaigh 632
UUP Christopher Reid 555
Independent James Armour 138
Turnout 7,947
No change
Clogher Valley
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Frances Burton 1,891
SDLP Sharon McAleer 1,635
Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan 1,494
Sinn Féin Phelim Gildernew 1,352
DUP Wills Robinson 1,083
UUP Meta Graham 990
UUP Robert Mulligan 650
Turnout 9,095
No change
Cookstown
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan 1,710
Sinn Féin John McNamee 1,369
SDLP Kerri Hughes 1,339
DUP Wilbert Buchanan 1,225
UUP Trevor Wilson 1,041
Sinn Féin Gavin Bell 840
UUP Mark Glasgow 793
DUP Grace Neville 694
TUV Alan Day 230
Turnout 9,241
No change
Dungannon
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Clement Cuthbertson 1,833
Independent Barry Monteith 1,414
Sinn Féin Dominic Molloy 995
DUP Kim Ashton 807
Sinn Féin Deirdre Varsani 718
SDLP Denise Mullen 710
UUP Walter Cuddy 607
UUP Kim McNeill 434
Alliance Mel Boyle 431
Independent Niall Bowen 345
Turnout 8,294
No change
Magherafelt
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Darren Totten 1,665
DUP Wesley Brown 1,218
SDLP Christine McFlynn 1,206
DUP Paul McLean 1,203
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke 1,058
UUP George Shiels 996
Aontú Kevin Donnelly 214
Turnout 7,560
DUP gain from UUP
Moyola
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 1,710
DUP Anne Forde 1,619
Sinn Féin Catherine Elattar 1,388
UUP Derek McKinney 937
SDLP Denise Johnston 920
Sinn Féin Donal McPeake 906
Alliance Aidan Bradley 298
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 95
Turnout 7,873
No change
Torrent
Party Candidate 1st pref.
SDLP Malachy Quinn 1,631
Independent Dan Kerr 1,525
Sinn Féin Ronan McGinley 1,173
UUP Robert Colvin 1,018
Sinn Féin Niamh Doris 1,002
Sinn Féin Joe O'Neill 994
DUP Ian McCrea 899
Sinn Féin Mickey Gillespie 856
Turnout 9,098
Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Newry, Mourne and Down

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Crotlieve
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Jarlath Tinnelly 1,412
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Hare 1,286
Independent Mark Gibbons 1,189
SDLP Declan McAteer 1,175
SDLP Karen McKevitt 1,116
Sinn Féin Mickey Ruane 812
Sinn Féin Oksana McMahon 809
SDLP Michael Carr 808
Independent Jim Boylan 788
UUP Joshua Lowry 712
Sinn Féin Mary Tinnelly 519
Alliance Lorcán McGreevy 483
DUP Wilma McCullough 371
Turnout 11,480
Independent gain from SDLP
Downpatrick
Party Candidate 1st pref.
SDLP Gareth Sharvin 1,395
Independent Cadogan Enright 1,052
Sinn Féin Oonagh Hanlon 1,032
SDLP Dermot Curran 940
Sinn Féin Jordan Madden 833
SDLP John Trainor 664
Aontú Macartán Digney 475
Alliance Tiernan Laird 375
UUP Alex Burgess 345
DUP James Savage 149
Green (NI) Jamie Kennedy 128
Turnout 7,388
No change
Newry
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Gavin Malone 2,296
Sinn Féin Liz Kimmins 1,374
SDLP Michael Savage 1,231
Sinn Féin Charlie Casey 1,230
Sinn Féin Valerie Harte 1,045
SDLP Gary Stokes 878
Sinn Féin Sarah McAllister 784
Alliance Helena Young 721
UUP Ricky McGaffin 341
Turnout 9,900
No change
Rowallane
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Patrick Brown 1,416
DUP Harry Harvey 1,265
SDLP Terry Andrews 1,211
DUP William Walker 985
UUP Robert Burgess 842
UUP Walter Lyons 667
Sinn Féin Marianne Cleary 622
Independent Martyn Todd 477
Green (NI) Emma Cairns 182
Aontú Liam Mulhern 99
Turnout 7,766
No change
Slieve Croob
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Alan Lewis 1,303
Sinn Féin Cathy Mason 1,069
Sinn Féin Roisin Howell 1,035
Sinn Féin John Rice 884
SDLP Hugh Gallagher 880
DUP Maynard Hanna 868
Alliance Gregory Bain 863
SDLP Mark Murnin 796
Aontú Tracy Harkin 481
Turnout 8,179
UUP gain from DUP
Slieve Gullion
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Terry Hearty 1,876
Sinn Féin Mickey Larkin 1,646
SDLP Pete Byrne 1,643
Sinn Féin Oonagh Magennis 1,622
Sinn Féin Roisín Mulgrew 1,362
Sinn Féin Barra O'Muirí 1,351
UUP David Taylor 1,287
SDLP Kate Loughran 1,059
Alliance Balázs Gazdag 361
DUP Linda Henry 315
Turnout 12,522
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
The Mournes
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Glyn Hanna 1,944
Sinn Féin Sean Doran 1,885
SDLP Laura Devlin 1,572
UUP Harold McKee 1,455
Independent Henry Reilly 1,447
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke 1,154
Sinn Féin Leeanne McAvoy 1,097
Alliance Andrew McMurray 943
SDLP Brian Quinn 607
Turnout 12,104
Henry Reilly leaves UKIP
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
  2. ^ People Before Profit has a collective leadership but for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission Eamonn McCann is registered as the party's leader in Northern Ireland.[1]

See also

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References

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