Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 16003 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 14842
Sinn Fein 14280
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 829
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 230
Natural Law 91

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 19814 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 14774
Social Democratic & Labour Party 13942

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 16910 Elected
Independent 11905
Democratic Unionist Party 7742
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3949
Ulster Unionist Party 2981

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 18050 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 7365
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 5281
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5212
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 859
Independent 508

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 16807 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 6747
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6444
Ulster Unionist Party 6144
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 869
Green 780
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party 528
Conservative 169
Independent 166

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 22060 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 11718
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5635
Ulster Unionist Party 2253
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1000
Green 427
Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance 393

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 2018
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 16346 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 8390
SDLP 6254
Ulster Unionist Party 2909
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1130
Green 427
Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance 393

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 16544 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 9066
Social Democratic & Labour Party 7330
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3979
Ulster Unionist Party 2774
Aontu 972
Green 521

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Tyrone CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12747640/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024