Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 24888 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 7807
Democratic Unionist Party 4547
Sinn Fein 4110
The Workers' (NI) 2392

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 29311 Elected
Republican Clubs/Workers' Party 6978

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 26037 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 8676
Sinn Fein 3126
Alliance Party 2487
The Workers' (NI) 2004

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th May, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 20547 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6698
Sinn Fein 2033
Independent (1) 1534
Workers' Party of Northern Ireland 1083
Conservative 1038
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 948
Ulster Democratic Party 600
Green 576
Independent (2) 235
Social Democratic Party (1988) 154

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 26824 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 10661
Sinn Fein 2777
Alliance Party 2541
Conservative 1556
The Workers' (NI) 1120

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 20836 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 11584
Sinn Fein 5773
Democratic Unionist Party 5482
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3017
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 554
Natural Law 108

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 17095 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 15037
Sinn Fein 10771
Social Democratic & Labour Party 7607
Workers' Party (NI) 527

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 16679 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 11381
Sinn Fein 9305
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5747
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 955
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 355

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 14000 Elected
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 10639
Sinn Fein 10237
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5276
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1231

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 15430 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 13166
Sinn Fein 11593
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4238
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1780
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party 460
Workers' Party 351
Conservative 201

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 22317 Elected
Sinn Fein 14325
Ulster Unionist Party 7900
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4397
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2319

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 20501 Elected
Sinn Fein 12291
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6433
Ulster Unionist Party 6197
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4623

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, Upper Bann CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12747342/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 20th May 2024