Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 19469 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 12207
Social Democratic & Labour Party 9397
Sinn Fein 7073
Alliance Party 2401
The Workers' (NI) 819

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 30922 Elected
For the Anglo-Irish Agreement 2001

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 29532 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 9375
Sinn Fein 5464
Alliance Party 3237
The Workers' (NI) 935
Northern Ireland Ecology 281

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 30370 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 11843
Sinn Fein 5320
Alliance Party 3613
Conservative 1589

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 13558 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 9764
Social Democratic & Labour Party 8273
Sinn Fein 3463
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2427
Natural Law 100
National Democratic Resistance 81

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 12813 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 10912
Social Democratic & Labour Party 8298
Sinn Fein 6221
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1625

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 15225 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 7498
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6077
Sinn Fein 5709
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 924
Independent 71

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 12097 Elected
Sinn Fein 6742
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 6218
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5399
Traditional Unionist Voice 2572
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1922

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 14663 Elected
Sinn Fein 6859
Ulster Unionist Party 5333
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4268
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2642
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party 527
Conservative 422

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 19723 Elected
Sinn Fein 10881
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4423
Ulster Unionist Party 3135
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2538
Conservative 330

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 15765 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6158
Sinn Fein 6128
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5921
Ulster Unionist Party 3599
Aontu 1731

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12748681/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 20th May 2024