Ulster Unionist Party election results

This article lists the Ulster Unionist Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

Year	Number of Candidates	Total votes	Average votes per candidate	% UK vote	% NI vote	Change (percentage points)	Saved deposits	Number of MPs (out of NI total)
1970	12	422,041	35,170	1.5	?	?	?	8 / 12
1974 Feb	7	232,103	33,158	0.8	?	-0.7	?	7 / 12
1974 Oct	7	256,065	36,580	0.9	?	+0.1	?	6 / 12
1979	11	254,578	23,143	0.8	?	-0.1	?	5 / 12
1983	16	259,952	16,247	0.8	?	0.0	?	11 / 17
1987	12	276,230	23,019	0.8	?	0.0	?	9 / 17
1992	13	271,049	20,850	0.8	?	0.0	?	9 / 17
1997	16	258,349	16,147	0.8	?	0.0	?	10 / 18
2001	17	216,839	12,755	0.8	26.8	0.0	?	6 / 18
2005	18	127,414	7,079	0.5	17.8	-0.3	?	1 / 18
2010	17	102,361	6,021	0.3	15.2	-0.1	?	0 / 18
2015	15	114,935	7,662	0.4	16.0	0.1	13	2 / 18
2017	14	83,280	5,949	0.3	10.3	0.0	11	0 / 18
2019	16	93,123	5,820	0.3	11.7	0.0	14	0 / 18

Election results

1922 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Charles Curtis Craig	unopposed	N/A	1
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
Armagh	William Allen	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast East	Herbert Dixon	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast North	Thomas McConnell	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast South	Thomas Moles	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast West	Robert Lynn	unopposed	N/A	1
Down	David Reid	unopposed	N/A	1
Down	John Morrow Simms	unopposed	N/A	1
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Charles Falls	38,640	23.1	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	William James Allen	38,589	23.1	4
Londonderry	Malcolm Macnaghten	30,743	75.7	1

1923 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Charles Curtis Craig	unopposed	N/A	1
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
Armagh	William Allen	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast East	Herbert Dixon	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast North	Thomas McConnell	16,771	52.5	1
Belfast South	Thomas Moles	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast West	Robert Lynn	24,975	52.9	1
Down	David Reid	unopposed	N/A	1
Down	John Morrow Simms	unopposed	N/A	1
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Charles Falls	37,733	23.1	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	James Pringle	37,682	23.1	4
Londonderry	Malcolm Macnaghten	unopposed	N/A	1

1924 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Charles Curtis Craig	60,868	49.0	1
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	60,764	49.0	2
Armagh	William Allen	29,021	71.2	1
Belfast East	Herbert Dixon	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast North	Thomas McConnell	34,182	96.6	1
Belfast South	Thomas Moles	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast West	Robert Lynn	28,435	54.5	1
Down	David Reid	58,929	46.5	1
Down	John Morrow Simms	58,777	46.4	2
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Charles Falls	44,716	43.5	1
Fermanagh and Tyrone	James Pringle	44,711	43.4	2
Londonderry	Malcolm Macnaghten	30,875	82.9	1

By-elections, 1924–1929

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1929 Londonderry by-election	Ronald Deane Ross	unopposed	N/A	1

1929 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	53,864	37.5	1
Antrim	Joseph McConnell	52,851	36.8	2
Armagh	William Allen	29,966	67.4	1
Belfast East	Herbert Dixon	27,855	75.1	1
Belfast North	Thomas Somerset	27,812	62.1	1
Belfast South	William Stewart	24,019	62.9	1
Belfast West	W. E. D. Allen	33,274	57.9	1
Down	David Reid	54,073	36.3	1
Down	John Morrow Simms	53,943	36.2	2
Londonderry	Ronald Deane Ross	unopposed	N/A	1

1931 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
Antrim	Joseph McConnell	unopposed	N/A	1
Armagh	William Allen	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast East	Herbert Dixon	28,431	75.1	1
Belfast North	Thomas Somerset	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast South	William Stewart	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast West	Alexander Browne	31,113	58.6	1
Down	David Reid	unopposed	N/A	1
Down	Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart	unopposed	N/A	1
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Hugh Irwin	45,101	23.6	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Ynyr Burges	44,921	23.5	4
Londonderry	Ronald Deane Ross	unopposed	N/A	1

1935 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
Antrim	Joseph McConnell	unopposed	N/A	1
Armagh	William Allen	34,002	67.6	1
Belfast East	Herbert Dixon	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast North	Thomas Somerset	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast South	William Stewart	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast West	Alexander Browne	34,060	62.6	1
Down	David Reid	66,324	43.5	1
Down	Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart	58,777	46.4	2
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Roland Deane	46,625	24.0	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	John Houston	46,000	23.7	4
Londonderry	Ronald Deane Ross	unopposed	N/A	1

By-elections, 1935–1945

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1939 Down by-election	James Little	unopposed	N/A	1
1940 Belfast East by-election	Henry Peirson Harland	unopposed	N/A	1
1943 Antrim by-election	John Dermot Campbell	42,371	69.4	1
1943 Belfast West by-election	Knox Cunningham	14,426	33.4	2

1945 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	57,259	43.1	1
Antrim	Samuel Gillmor Haughton	57,232	43.1	2
Armagh	William Allen	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast East	Thomas Loftus Cole	21,443	56.4	1
Belfast North	William Frederick Neill	25,761	55.3	1
Belfast South	Hugh Gage	24,282	52.2	1
Belfast West	Knox Cunningham	26,729	46.5	2
Down	Walter Smiles	24,148	20.9	2
Down	John Blakiston Houston	22,730	19.6	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Thomas Lyons	46,392	22.8	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Noreen Cooper	46,260	22.8	4
Londonderry	Ronald Deane Ross	40,214	50.8	1

By-elections, 1945–1950

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1946 Down by-election	Charles Heron Mullan	50,699	51.4	1
1948 Armagh by-election	James Harden	36,200	59.7	1

1950 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	James Harden	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast East	Alan McKibbin	29,844	63.3	1
Belfast North	Harford Montgomery Hyde	36,412	64.4	1
Belfast South	Hugh Gage	34,620	75.2	1
Belfast West	James Godfrey MacManaway	33,917	51.5	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Henry Richardson	29,877	48.1	2
Londonderry	Ronald Deane Ross	36,602	62.6	1
Mid Ulster	John Shearer	29,721	47.4	2
North Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
North Down	Walter Smiles	41,810	79.4	1
South Antrim	Douglas Lloyd Savory	41,023	83.6	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	38,508	63.5	1

By-elections, 1950–1951

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1950 Belfast West by-election	Thomas Teevan	31,796	50.8	1

1951 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	James Harden	unopposed	N/A	1
Belfast East	Alan McKibbin	28,881	61.7	1
Belfast North	Harford Montgomery Hyde	34,995	60.7	1
Belfast South	Hugh Gage	37,046	75.8	1
Belfast West	Thomas Teevan	33,149	50.0	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Fredrick Patterson	30,268	47.9	2
Londonderry	William Wellwood	unopposed	N/A	1
Mid Ulster	John Shearer	29,701	47.3	2
North Antrim	Hugh O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
North Down	Walter Smiles	43,285	81.4	1
South Antrim	Douglas Lloyd Savory	unopposed	N/A	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	37,789	58.4	1

By-elections, 1951–1955

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1951 Londonderry by-election	William Wellwood	unopposed	N/A	1
1952 North Antrim by-election	Phelim O'Neill	unopposed	N/A	1
1952 Belfast South by-election	David Campbell	23,067	75.1	1
1953 North Down by-election	George Currie	unopposed	N/A	1
1954 Armagh by-election	Christopher Wyborne Armstrong	unopposed	N/A	1

1955 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Christopher Wyborne Armstrong	38,617	64.4	1
Belfast East	Alan McKibbin	26,938	62.5	1
Belfast North	Harford Montgomery Hyde	33,745	63.3	1
Belfast South	David Campbell	33,392	78.4	1
Belfast West	Patricia McLaughlin	34,191	58.3	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Robert Grosvenor	30,268	49.8	2
Londonderry	Robin Chichester-Clark	35,673	64.5	1
Mid Ulster	Charles Beattie	29,477	49.8	2
North Antrim	Phelim O'Neill	41,763	86.0	1
North Down	George Currie	50,315	96.9	1
South Antrim	Knox Cunningham	50,347	90.7	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	37,921	65.9	1

Although Grosvenor failed to win Fermanagh and South Tyrone, he was declared elected after the winning candidate was found to be ineligible.

By-elections, 1955–1959

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1955 Mid Ulster by-election	Charles Beattie	29,586	49.3	2
1959 Belfast East by-election	Stanley McMaster	19,524	57.8	1

Although Beattie failed to win Mid Ulster, he was declared elected after the winning candidate was found to be ineligible, but was then in turn disqualified as ineligible. A new by-election was held, which the Ulster Unionist Party did not contest.

1959 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	John Maginnis	40,325	85.5	1
Belfast East	Stanley McMaster	26,510	60.1	1
Belfast North	Stratton Mills	32,173	60.7	1
Belfast South	David Campbell	30,164	69.9	1
Belfast West	Patricia McLaughlin	28,898	54.1	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Robert Grosvenor	32,080	81.4	1
Londonderry	Robin Chichester-Clark	37,529	73.0	1
Mid Ulster	George Forrest	33,093	70.0	1
North Antrim	Henry Maitland Clark	42,807	94.9	1
North Down	George Currie	51,773	98.0	1
South Antrim	Knox Cunningham	52,786	95.1	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	36,875	85.4	1

By-elections, 1959–1964

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1963 Belfast South by-election	Rafton Pounder	17,989	64.3	1

1964 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	John Maginnis	35,223	65.0	1
Belfast East	Stanley McMaster	24,804	58.8	1
Belfast North	Stratton Mills	29,976	59.6	1
Belfast South	Rafton Pounder	27,422	69.8	1
Belfast West	Jim Kilfedder	21,337	41.2	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	James Hamilton	30,010	55.1	1
Londonderry	Robin Chichester-Clark	37,700	64.1	1
Mid Ulster	George Forrest	29,715	51.6	1
North Antrim	Henry Maitland Clark	40,372	90.1	1
North Down	George Currie	45,091	73.5	1
South Antrim	Knox Cunningham	47,325	69.9	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	32,922	59.0	1

1966 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	John Maginnis	34,687	72.0	1
Belfast East	Stanley McMaster	21,283	54.7	1
Belfast North	Stratton Mills	26,891	57.4	1
Belfast South	Rafton Pounder	23,329	65.4	1
Belfast West	Jim Kilfedder	24,281	48.0	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	James Hamilton	29,352	54.0	1
Londonderry	Robin Chichester-Clark	34,729	58.1	1
Mid Ulster	George Forrest	29,728	52.3	1
North Antrim	Henry Maitland Clark	31,927	78.1	1
North Down	George Currie	38,706	78.5	1
South Antrim	Knox Cunningham	40,840	64.3	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	32,876	64.0	1

By-elections, 1966–1970

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1969 Mid Ulster by-election	Anna Forrest	29,437	46.7	2

1970 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	John Maginnis	37,667	55.3	1
Belfast East	Stanley McMaster	26,778	59.5	1
Belfast North	Stratton Mills	28,668	48.5	1
Belfast South	Rafton Pounder	27,523	70.4	1
Belfast West	Brian McRoberts	27,451	47.3	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	James Hamilton	31,390	48.9	2
Londonderry	Robin Chichester-Clark	39,141	53.1	1
Mid Ulster	Neville Thornton	31,810	45.1	2
North Antrim	Henry Maitland Clark	21,451	36.6	2
North Down	James Kilfedder	55,679	69.0	1
South Antrim	James Molyneaux	59,589	61.2	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	34,894	54.3	1

February 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Harold McCusker	33,194	53.7	1
Belfast North	John Carson	21,531	43.7	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Harry West	26,858	43.6	1
Londonderry	William Ross	33,060	52.7	1
North Down	James Kilfedder	38,169	61.1	1
South Antrim	James Molyneaux	48,203	67.6	1
South Down	Lawrence Orr	31,088	52.1	1

October 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Harold McCusker	37,518	60.0	1
Belfast North	John Carson	29,662	62.6	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Harry West	30,285	47.9	2
Londonderry	William Ross	35,138	54.4	1
North Down	James Kilfedder	40,996	72.0	1
South Antrim	James Molyneaux	48,892	71.5	1
South Down	Enoch Powell	33,614	50.8	1

1979 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Harold McCusker	31,688	48.5	1
Belfast East	William Craig	15,930	31.2	2
Belfast North	Cecil Walker	10,695	25.3	2
Belfast South	Robert Bradford	28,875	61.7	1
Belfast West	Thomas Passmore	8,245	24.8	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Raymond Ferguson	17,411	28.0	2
Londonderry	William Ross	31,592	49.7	1
North Antrim	Jeremy Burchill	15,398	23.4	2
North Down	Clifford Smyth	11,728	18.9	3
South Antrim	James Molyneaux	50,782	69.0	1
South Down	Enoch Powell	32,254	50.0	1

By-elections, 1979–1983

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election	Harry West	29,046	48.8	2
August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election	Ken Maginnis	29,048	45.6	2
1982 Belfast South by-election	Martin Smyth	17,123	39.3	1

1983 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Jeremy Burchill	9,642	24.8	2
Belfast North	Cecil Walker	15,339	36.2	1
Belfast South	Martin Smyth	18,669	50.0	1
Belfast West	Thomas Passmore	2,435	5.5	4
East Antrim	Roy Beggs	14,293	37.4	1
East Londonderry	William Ross	19,469	37.9	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ken Maginnis	28,630	47.6	1
Lagan Valley	Jim Molyneaux	24,017	59.2	1
Mid Ulster	William Thompson	7,066	13.1	4
Newry and Armagh	Jim Nicholson	18,988	40.0	1
North Antrim	Robert Coulter	10,749	24.3	2
North Down	Robert McCartney	8,261	20.3	3
South Antrim	Clifford Forsythe	17,727	45.7	1
South Down	Enoch Powell	20,693	40.3	1
Strangford	John Taylor	19,086	48.8	1
Upper Bann	Harold McCusker	24,888	56.9	1

By-elections, 1983–1987

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1986 Belfast North by-election	Cecil Walker	21,649	71.5	1
1986 Belfast South by-election	Martin Smyth	21,771	71.3	1
1986 East Londonderry by-election	Wiliam Ross	30,922	93.9	1
1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election	Ken Maginnis	27,857	49.7	1
1986 Lagan Valley by-election	Jim Molyneaux	32,514	90.7	1
1986 Newry and Armagh by-election	Jim Nicholson	20,111	40.3	2
1986 South Antrim by-election	Clifford Forsythe	30,087	94.1	1
1986 South Down by-election	Enoch Powell	24,963	48.4	1
1986 Strangford by-election	John Taylor	32,627	94.2	1
1986 Upper Bann by-election	Harold McCusker	29,311	80.8	1

1987 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast North	Cecil Walker	14,355	39.0	1
Belfast South	Martin Smyth	18,917	57.8	1
Belfast West	Frank Millar	7,646	18.7	3
East Antrim	Roy Beggs	23,942	71.6	1
East Londonderry	William Ross	29,532	60.5	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ken Maginnis	27,446	49.6	1
Lagan Valley	Jim Molyneaux	29,101	70.7	1
Newry and Armagh	Jim Nicholson	19,812	37.9	2
South Antrim	Clifford Forsythe	25,395	69.8	1
South Down	Enoch Powell	25,848	45.7	2
Strangford	John Taylor	28,199	75.9	1
Upper Bann	Harold McCusker	25,137	61.5	1

By-elections, 1987–1992

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1990 Upper Bann by-election	David Trimble	20,547	58.0	1

1992 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast North	Cecil Walker	17,240	48.0	1
Belfast South	Martin Smyth	16,336	48.6	1
Belfast West	Fred Cobain	4,766	11.9	3
East Antrim	Roy Beggs	16,966	43.2	1
East Londonderry	William Ross	30,370	57.6	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ken Maginnis	26,923	48.8	1
Lagan Valley	Jim Molyneaux	29,772	60.8	1
Newry and Armagh	Jim Speers	18,982	36.1	2
North Antrim	Joe Gaston	8,216	18.1	2
South Antrim	Clifford Forsythe	29,956	70.9	1
South Down	Drew Nelson	25,181	40.9	2
Strangford	John Taylor	19,517	43.6	1
Upper Bann	David Trimble	26,824	59.0	1

By-elections, 1992–1997

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1995 North Down by-election	Alan McFarland	7,232	26.4	2

1997 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Reg Empey	9,886	25.3	2
Belfast North	Cecil Walker	21,478	51.8	1
Belfast South	Martin Smyth	14,201	36.0	1
Belfast West	Fred Parkinson	1,556	3.4	4
East Antrim	Roy Beggs	13,318	38.8	1
East Londonderry	William Ross	13,558	36.0	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ken Maginnis	24,862	51.5	1
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	24,560	55.4	1
Newry and Armagh	Danny Kennedy	18,015	33.8	2
North Antrim	James Leslie	10,921	23.6	2
North Down	Alan McFarland	11,368	31.1	2
South Antrim	Clifford Forsythe	23,108	57.5	1
South Down	Dermot Nesbitt	16,248	32.8	2
Strangford	John Taylor	18,431	44.3	1
Upper Bann	David Trimble	20,836	43.6	1
West Tyrone	William Thompson	16,003	34.6	1

By-elections, 1997–2001

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2000 South Antrim by-election	David Burnside	10,779	35.3	2

2001 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Tim Lemon	8,550	23.2	2
Belfast North	Cecil Walker	4,904	12.0	4
Belfast South	Martin Smyth	17,008	44.8	1
Belfast West	Chris McGimpsey	2,541	6.2	4
East Antrim	Roy Beggs	13,101	36.4	1
East Londonderry	William Ross	10,912	27.4	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	James Cooper	17,686	34.0	2
Foyle	Andrew Davidson	3,360	6.9	4
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	25,966	56.5	1
Newry and Armagh	Sylvia McRoberts	6,833	12.3	4
North Antrim	Lexie Scott	10,315	21.0	2
North Down	Sylvia Hermon	20,833	56.0	1
South Antrim	David Burnside	16,366	37.1	1
South Down	Dermot Nesbitt	9,173	17.6	3
Strangford	David McNarry	17,422	40.3	2
Upper Bann	David Trimble	17,095	33.5	2
West Tyrone	William Thompson	14,774	30.4	2

2005 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Reg Empey	9,275	30.1	2
Belfast North	Fred Cobain	2,154	7.1	4
Belfast South	Michael McGimpsey	7,263	22.7	3
Belfast West	Chris McGimpsey	779	2.3	4
East Antrim	Roy Beggs	8,462	26.6	2
East Londonderry	David McClarty	7,498	21.1	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Tom Elliott	8,869	18.2	3
Foyle	Earl Storey	1,091	2.4	5
Lagan Valley	Basil McCrea	9,172	21.5	2
Mid Ulster	Billy Armstrong	4,853	10.7	4
Newry and Armagh	Danny Kennedy	7,025	13.9	4
North Antrim	Rodney McCune	6,637	14.5	3
North Down	Sylvia Hermon	16,268	50.4	1
South Antrim	David Burnside	11,059	29.1	2
South Down	Dermot Nesbitt	4,775	9.9	4
Strangford	Gareth McGimpsey	7,872	21.3	2
Upper Bann	David Trimble	11,281	25.5	2
West Tyrone	Derek Hussey	2,981	6.9	5

2010 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Trevor Ringland	7,305	21.2	3
Belfast North	Fred Cobain	2,837	7.7	4
Belfast South	Paula Bradshaw	5,910	17.3	3
Belfast West	Bill Manwaring	1,000	3.1	4
East Antrim	Rodney McCune	7,223	23.7	2
East Londonderry	Lesley Macaulay	6,218	17.8	3
Foyle	David Harding	1,221	3.2	5
Lagan Valley	Daphne Trimble	7,713	21.1	2
Mid Ulster	Sandra Overend	4,509	11.0	4
Newry and Armagh	Danny Kennedy	8,558	19.1	3
North Antrim	Irwin Armstrong	4,634	10.9	4
North Down	Ian Parsley	6,817	20.4	2
South Antrim	Reg Empey	10,353	30.4	2
South Down	John McCallister	3,093	7.3	4
Strangford	Mike Nesbitt	9,050	27.8	2
Upper Bann	Harry Hamilton	10,639	25.7	2
West Tyrone	Ross Hussey	5,281	14.2	3

Candidates stood as part of Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force.

By-elections, 2010–2015

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2011 Belfast West by-election	Bill Manwaring	386	1.7	5

2015 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast South	Rodney McCune	3,549	9.1	5
Belfast West	Bill Manwaring	1,088	3.1	5
East Antrim	Roy Beggs, Jr.	6,308	18.8	2
East Londonderry	William McCandless	5,333	15.4	3
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Tom Elliott	23,608	46.4	1
Foyle	Julie Kee	1,226	3.3	4
Lagan Valley	Alexander Redpath	6,055	15.2	2
Mid Ulster	Sandra Overend	6,318	15.4	2
Newry and Armagh	Danny Kennedy	16,312	32.7	2
North Antrim	Robin Swann	5,054	12.1	4
South Antrim	Danny Kinahan	11,942	32.7	1
South Down	Harold McKee	3,964	9.3	3
Strangford	Robert Burgess	4,868	14.3	2
Upper Bann	Jo-Anne Dobson	13,166	27.9	2
West Tyrone	Ross Hussey	6,144	15.9	4

2017 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Hazel Legge	1,408	3.3	3
Belfast South	Michael Henderson	1,527	3.5	6
East Antrim	John Stewart	4,544	11.9	3
East Londonderry	Richard Holmes	3,135	7.6	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Tom Elliott	24,355	45.5	2
Lagan Valley	Robbie Butler	7,533	16.8	2
Mid Ulster	Mark Glasgow	3,017	6.5	4
Newry and Armagh	Sam Nicholson	4,425	8.3	4
North Antrim	Jackson Minford	3,482	7.2	3
South Antrim	Danny Kinahan	13,300	30.8	2
South Down	Harold McKee	2,002	3.9	4
Strangford	Mike Nesbitt	4,419	11.4	3
Upper Bann	Doug Beattie	7,900	15.4	3
West Tyrone	Alicia Clarke	2,253	5.2	4

By-elections, 2017–2019

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2018 West Tyrone by-election	Chris Smyth	2,909	8.3	4

2019 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Carl McClean	2,516	5.9	3
Belfast South	Michael Henderson	1,259	2.7	4
East Antrim	Steve Aiken	5,475	14.7	3
East Londonderry	Richard Holmes	3,599	9.2	5
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Tom Elliott	21,929	43.2	2
Foyle	Darren Guy	1,088	2.3	7
Lagan Valley	Robbie Butler	8,606	19.0	3
Mid Ulster	Neil Richardson	2,611	5.9	5
Newry and Armagh	Sam Nicholson	4,204	8.3	5
North Antrim	Robin Swann	8,139	18.5	2
North Down	Alan Chambers	4,936	12.1	3
South Antrim	Danny Kinahan	12,460	29.0	2
South Down	Jill Macauley	3,307	6.6	5
Strangford	Philip Smith	4,023	10.7	3
Upper Bann	Doug Beattie	6,197	12.4	4
West Tyrone	Andy McKane	2,774	6.7	5

References

• F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
• UK General election results February 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
• UK General election results October 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
• UK General election results May 1979, Richard Kimber's Political Resources