Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist 33023 Elected
Conservative 29721

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist 33094 Elected
Conservative 29701

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 29737 Elected
Conservative 29477

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Aug, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 30392 Elected
Conservative 29586

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th May, 1956
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Conservative (Conservative) 28605 Elected
Sinn Fein 24124
Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist 6421

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33093 Elected
Sinn Fein 14170

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29715 Elected
Irish Republican 22810
Labour 5053

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29728 Elected
Irish Republican 27168

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Apr, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Opposition Unity 33648 Elected
Conservative 29437

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Opposition Unity 37739 Elected
Conservative 31810
Independent (1) 771
Independent (2) 198

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 26004 Elected
SDLP 19372
Independent Socialist 16672
UU Pro Assembly 4633

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 30552 Elected
SDLP 25885
Republican Clubs 8091

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
United Ulster Unionist 29249 Elected
SDLP 19266
Irish Independence 12055
Alliance Party 3481
Republican Clubs 1414

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 16174 Elected
Sinn Fein 16096
Social Democratic & Labour Party 12044
Ulster Unionist Party 7066
Alliance Party 1735
The Workers' (NI) 766

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Democratic Unionist 23695 Elected
Sinn Fein 13998
Social Democratic & Labour Party 13021
Republican Clubs/Workers' Party 691

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 23004 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 13644
Sinn Fein 12449
Alliance Party 1846
The Workers' (NI) 1133

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Democratic Unionist Party 23181 Elected
Social Democratic & Labour Party 16994
Sinn Fein 10248
Independent 1996
Alliance Party 1506
Labour & Trade Union 389
The Workers' (NI) 285
Natural Law 164

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 20294 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 18411
Social Democratic & Labour Party 11205
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 460
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 238
Natural Law 61

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 25502 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 15549
Social Democratic & Labour Party 8376
Workers' Party (NI) 509

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 21641 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 10665
Social Democratic & Labour Party 7922
Ulster Unionist Party 4853
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 345

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 21239 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 5876
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5826
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 4509
Traditional Unionist Voice 2995
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 397

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Mar, 2013
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 17462 Elected
Independent (1) 12781
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6478
Alliance Party 487
Democratic Unionist Party 0
Traditional Unionist Voice 0
Ulster Conservatives & Unionists - New Force 0

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 19935 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 6318
Democratic Unionist Party 5465
Social Democratic & Labour Party 5055
Traditional Unionist Voice 1892
UK Independence Party 863
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 778
Workers' Party 496
Conservative 120

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 25455 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 12565
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4563
Ulster Unionist Party 3017
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1094

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Sinn Fein 20473 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 10936
Social Democratic & Labour Party 6384
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3526
Ulster Unionist Party 2611
Independent 690

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12746453/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th June 2024