2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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2017 United Kingdom general election (Northern Ireland)
  2015 8 June 2017 2019  

All 18 seats in Northern Ireland to the House of Commons
Turnout65.6% (Increase2.svg)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  MLA Arlene Foster.jpg Gerry Adams Pre Election Press Conference.jpg Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG
Leader Arlene Foster Gerry Adams Colum Eastwood
Party DUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Leader since17 December 201513 November 198314 November 2015
Leader's seatDid not standDid not standDid not stand
Last election8 seats, 25.7%4 seats, 24.5%3 seats, 13.9%
Seats won1070
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote292,316238,91595,419
Percentage36.0%29.4%11.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg10.3%Increase2.svg4.9%Decrease2.svg2.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Robin Swann in Stormont (cropped).jpg
Naomi Long MLA.jpg
Leader Robin Swann Naomi Long
Party UUP Alliance
Percentage10.3%7.9%

United Kingdom general election, 2017 (Northern Ireland).svg
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency

The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people were eligible to vote, up 5,933 from the 2015 general election. 65.6% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of 7.2 percentage points from the last general election. [1]

Contents

The DUP gained 2 seats for a total of 10, and Sinn Féin won 7, an improvement of 3. Independent unionist Sylvia Hermon was also re-elected in her constituency of North Down. Meanwhile, the SDLP lost 3 seats and the UUP lost 2 seats, meaning they both lost all their representation in the House of Commons.

As Sinn Féin maintains a policy of abstentionism in regards to the British Parliament, the 2017 election marked the first parliament since 1964 without any Irish nationalist MPs who take their seats in the House of Commons in Westminster.

Nationally, the governing Conservative Party fell 8 seats short of a parliamentary majority after the election, reduced to 4 if the absence of Sinn Féin is taken into account. The DUP thus held the balance of power, and announced on 10 June that it would support the Conservative government on a "confidence and supply" basis. [2] (See also Conservative–DUP agreement.)

Results

Five seats changed hands in Northern Ireland. The SDLP lost its seats in Foyle and South Down to Sinn Féin and the constituency of Belfast South to the DUP. Meanwhile, the UUP lost South Antrim to the DUP and Fermanagh and South Tyrone to Sinn Féin. The number of unionist and nationalist representatives (11 and 7, respectively) remained unchanged from the 2015 general election, although none of the nationalist members participated in the Parliament.

PartyVotes%+/-MPs%+/-
DUP 292,31636.0+10.31055.6+2
Sinn Féin 238,91529.4+4.9738.9+3
SDLP 95,41911.7-2.20-3
UUP 83,28010.3-5.80-2
Alliance 64,5537.9-0.600
Independent 16,1482.0-0.715.60
Green (NI) 7,4520.9-0.100
People Before Profit 5,5090.7-0.200
NI Conservatives 3,8950.5-0.800
TUV 3,2820.4-1.900

    Vote summary

    Popular vote
    DUP
    36.0%
    Sinn Féin
    29.4%
    SDLP
    11.7%
    UUP
    10.3%
    Alliance
    7.9%
    Greens
    0.9%
    PBP
    0.7%
    NI Cons
    0.5%
    TUV
    0.4%
    Other
    2.1%
    Parliamentary seats
    DUP
    55.6%
    Sinn Féin
    38.9%
    Independent
    5.6%

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