Political Parties


Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24019 Elected

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24282 Elected
Commonwealth Labour Party (Northern Ireland) 14096
Labour 8166

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34620 Elected
Liberal 11428

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37046 Elected
Liberal 11815

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Nov, 1952
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23067 Elected
Labour 7655

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33392 Elected
Labour 7508
Sinn Fein 1679

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30164 Elected
Labour 9318
Liberal 3253
Sinn Fein 434

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 22nd Oct, 1963
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17989 Elected
Labour 7209
Liberal 2774

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27422 Elected
Labour 8792
Liberal 1941
Irish Republican 1159

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23329 Elected
Labour 12364

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27523 Elected
Labour 11567

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
UUU Council 22083 Elected
UU Pro Assembly 18085
Alliance Party 5118
SDLP 4149
Northern Ireland Labour Party 2455

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
UUU Council 30116 Elected
Alliance Party 11715
Unionist 4982
SDLP 2390
Northern Ireland Labour Party 1643

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Official Unionist 28875 Elected
Alliance Party 11745
SDLP 3694
Unionist Party of NI 1784
Labour Integrationist 692

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Mar, 1982
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 17123 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 11726
Democratic Unionist Party 9818
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3839
Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party 576
United Labour Party 303
One Human Family 137
Peace State 12

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 18669 Elected
Alliance Party 8945
Democratic Unionist Party 4565
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3216
Sinn Fein 1107
The Workers' (NI) 856

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 21771 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7635
Republican Clubs/Workers' Party 1109

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 18917 Elected
Alliance Party 6963
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4268
The Workers' (NI) 1528
Sinn Fein 1030

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 16336 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6266
Alliance Party 5054
Conservative 3356
Sinn Fein 1123
Labour & Trade Union 875
The Workers' (NI) 362
Natural Law 212

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 14201 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 9601
Progressive Unionist Party 5687
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5112
Sinn Fein 2019
Independent (1) 1204
Independent (2) 292
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 286
Natural Law 120

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 17008 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 11609
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition 2968
Sinn Fein 2894
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2042
Progressive Unionist Party 1112
Workers' Party (NI) 204
Vote For Yourself 115

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Social Democratic & Labour Party 10339 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 9104
Ulster Unionist Party 7263
Sinn Fein 2882
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2012
Vote For Yourself 235
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 193

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Social Democratic & Labour Party 14026 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 8100
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 5910
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5114
Green 1036

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Social Democratic & Labour Party 9560 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 8654
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6711
Sinn Fein 5402
Ulster Unionist Party 3549
Green 2238
UK Independence Party 1900
Conservative 582
Workers' Party 361

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 13299 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 11303
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7946
Sinn Fein 7143
Green 2241
Ulster Unionist Party 1527
Conservative 246

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Social Democratic & Labour Party 27079 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 11678
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6786
Ulster Unionist Party 1259
Aontu 550

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.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Belfast South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 31st October 2024