Northern Ireland Conservatives election results

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This article lists the Northern Ireland Conservatives election results in UK parliamentary elections.

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Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of candidatesTotal votes
1992 1144,608
1997 89,858
2001 32,422
2005 32,718
2010 17 (UCU-NF)102,631
2015 169,055
2017 72,399 [1]
2019 45,433
2024 5553 [2]

1987–1992 by-elections

ElectionCandidateVotes %Position
1990 Upper Bann by-election Colette Jones1,0383.06

1992 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East David Greene3,3149.33
Belfast North Margaret Redpath2,1075.95
Belfast South Andrew Fee3,35610.04
East Antrim Myrtle Boal3,3598.64
East Londonderry Alan Elder1,5893.05
Lagan Valley Timothy R. Coleridge4,4239.04
North Antrim Richard Sowler2,2635.05
North Down Laurence Kennedy14,37132.02
South Down Stephanie McKenzie-Hill1,4882.45
Strangford Stephen Eyre6,78215.14
Upper Bann Collette Jones1,5563.45

By-elections, 1992–1997

ElectionCandidateVotes %Position
1995 North Down by-election Stuart Sexton5832.15

1997 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East Sarah Dines 9282.44
Belfast South Myrtle Boal9622.47
East Antrim Terence Dick2,3346.84
East Londonderry James Holmes4361.06
Lagan Valley Stuart E. Sexton1,2122.75
North Down Leonard Fee1,8105.04
Strangford Gilbert Chalk1,7434.25
Upper Bann Brian Price4330.97

2001 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East Terry Dick8002.27
East Antrim Alan Greer8072.27
North Down Julian Robertson8152.24

2005 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East Alan Greer4341.46
North Down Julian Robertson8222.55
Strangford Terry Dick1,4623.95

2010 general election

Candidates stood as part of an electoral alliance with the Ulster Unionist Party with the ballot paper description Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East Trevor Ringland 7,30521.23
Belfast North Fred Cobain 2,8377.74
Belfast South Paula Bradshaw 5,91017.33
Belfast West Bill Manwaring1,0003.14
East Antrim Rodney McCune7,22323.72
East Londonderry Lesley Macaulay6,21817.83
Foyle David Harding1,2213.25
Lagan Valley Daphne Trimble 7,71321.12
Mid Ulster Sandra Overend 4,50911.04
Newry and Armagh Danny Kennedy 8,55819.13
North Antrim Irwin Armstrong4,63410.94
North Down Ian Parsley 6,81720.42
South Antrim Reg Empey 10,35330.42
South Down John McCallister 3,0937.34
Strangford Mike Nesbitt 9,05027.82
Upper Bann Harry Hamilton10,63925.72
West Tyrone Ross Hussey 5,28114.23

2015 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East Neil Wilson1,1212.83
Belfast South Ben Manton5821.58
Belfast West Paul Shea340.19
East Antrim Alex Wilson5491.68
East Londonderry Liz St Clair-Legge4221.27
Foyle Hamish Badenoch1320.47
Lagan Valley Helen Osborne6541.69
Mid Ulster Lucille Nicholson1200.39
Newry and Armagh Robert Rigby2100.45
North Antrim Carol-Anne Freeman3680.98
North Down Mark Brotherston1,5934.45
South Antrim Alan Dunlop4151.17
South Down Felicity Buchan3180.76
Strangford Johnny Andrews2,1676.46
Upper Bann Amandeep Singh Bhogal2010.48
West Tyrone Claire-Louise Leyland 1690.48

2017 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Belfast East Sheila Bodel4461.06
Belfast South Clare Salier2460.67
East Antrim Mark Logan 9632.56
East Londonderry Liz St Clair-Legge3300.86
Lagan Valley Ian Nickels4621.06
North Down Frank Shivers9412.45
Strangford Claire Hiscott5071.37

2019 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
East Antrim Aaron Rankin1,0432.85
Lagan Valley Gary Hynds9552.16
North Down Matthew Robinson1,9594.84
Strangford Grant Abraham1,4763.95

2024 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
East Londonderry Claire Scull1870.59
Newry and Armagh Samantha Rayner830.28
South Down Hannah Westropp460.19
Strangford Barry Hetherington1460.410
West Tyrone Stephen Lynch910.28

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References

  1. "Northern Ireland Assembly election 2017 results".
  2. BBC website, Northern Ireland Election 2024 Results