Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 14293 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 13926
Alliance Party 7620
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1047
Independent 741
The Workers' (NI) 581

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 30386 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5405

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 23942 Elected
Alliance Party 8582
The Workers' (NI) 936

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 16966 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 9544
Alliance Party 9132
Conservative 3359
Natural Law 250

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 13318 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6929
Democratic Unionist Party 6682
Progressive Unionist Party 1751
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1576
Independent 1145
Sinn Fein 543
Natural Law 69

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 13101 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 12973
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4483
Social Democratic & Labour Party 2641
Independent 1092
Sinn Fein 903
Conservative 807

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 15766 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 8462
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4869
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1695
Sinn Fein 828
Vote For Yourself 147

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 13993 Elected
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 7223
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3377
Sinn Fein 2064
Social Democratic & Labour Party 2019
Traditional Unionist Voice 1826

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 12103 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 6308
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5021
UK Independence Party 3660
Sinn Fein 2314
Traditional Unionist Voice 1903
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1639
Conservative 549

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 21873 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5950
Ulster Unionist Party 4524
Sinn Fein 3555
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1278
Conservative 963

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 16871 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 10165
Ulster Unionist Party 5475
Sinn Fein 2120
Conservative 1043
Social Democratic & Labour Party 902
Green 685

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, East Antrim CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12745631/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 30th May 2024