Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 24017 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party 6801
Alliance Party 4593
Social Democratic & Labour Party 2603
Sinn Fein 1751
The Workers' (NI) 809

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 32514 Elected
Republican Clubs/Workers' Party 3328

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Ulster Unionist Party 29101 Elected
Alliance Party 5728
Social Democratic & Labour Party 2888
Sinn Fein 2656
The Workers' (NI) 1215

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 29772 Elected
Alliance Party 6207
Social Democratic & Labour Party 4626
Conservative 4423
Sinn Fein 3346
The Workers' (NI) 582

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 24560 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7635
Democratic Unionist Party 6005
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3436
Sinn Fein 1110
The Workers' Party (of Northern Ireland) 203
Natural Law 149

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 25966 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7624
Democratic Unionist Party 6164
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3462
Sinn Fein 2725

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 23289 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 9172
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4316
Sinn Fein 3197
Social Democratic & Labour Party 2598

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 18199 Elected
UCUNF UUP & CON joint party 7713
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4174
Traditional Unionist Voice 3154
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1835
Sinn Fein 1465

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 19055 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 6055
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5544
Social Democratic & Labour Party 2500
UK Independence Party 2200
Traditional Unionist Voice 1887
Sinn Fein 1144
Independent 756
Conservative 654

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 26762 Elected
Ulster Unionist Party 7533
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4996
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3384
Sinn Fein 1567
Conservative 462
Independent 222

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 19586 Elected
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 13087
Ulster Unionist Party 8606
Social Democratic & Labour Party 1758
Sinn Fein 1098
Conservative 955
UK Independence Party 315

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12748784/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 01st July 2024