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
Turnout65.4% (Increase2.svg7.3)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Arlene Foster election infobox.jpg
Michelle O'Neill (cropped from Martin McGuinness, Michelle O'Neill, Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams).jpg
Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG
Leader Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill [a] Colum Eastwood
Party DUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Leader since17 December 201523 January 201714 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
Leader since8 April 201726 October 2016
Leader's seatDid not standRan in Belfast East (lost)
Last election2 seats, 16.0%0 seats, 8.6%
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2N/C
Popular vote83,28064,553
Percentage10.3%7.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.8%Decrease2.svg0.6%

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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]

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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.

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
DUP 1020Increase2.svg255.6292,31636.0Increase2.svg10.3
Sinn Féin 730Increase2.svg338.9238,91529.4Increase2.svg4.9
SDLP 003Decrease2.svg30.095,41911.7Decrease2.svg2.2
UUP 002Decrease2.svg20.083,28010.3Decrease2.svg5.8
Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.064,5537.9Decrease2.svg0.6
Independent 100Steady2.svg5.616,1482.0Decrease2.svg0.7
Green (NI) 000Steady2.svg0.07,4520.9Decrease2.svg0.1
People Before Profit 000Steady2.svg0.05,5090.7Decrease2.svg0.2
NI Conservatives 000Steady2.svg0.03,8950.5Decrease2.svg0.8
TUV 000Steady2.svg0.03,2820.4Decrease2.svg1.9
 Others000Steady2.svg0.01,1010.1Steady2.svg
Total18811,87065.4Increase2.svg7.3

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%

References

  1. "UK Parliamentary Election 2017 - Turnout". EONI . 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. "Who are the DUP and will they demand a soft Brexit to prop up the Tories?". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

Notes

  1. "Party leader in the North" and vice president of Sinn Féin. Gerry Adams was the party president and member of the Dáil of the Republic of Ireland.