Northern Ireland Results

Northern Ireland Assembly Results
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartySinn FéinSDLPUlster Unionist PartyAlliance PartyOther
Seats2827121085

After 90 of 90 seatsAbout these resultsResults in full

Latest headlines

  1. Overall turnout: 64.8%
  2. Counting complete in all 18 constituencies
  3. DUP remain largest party, but only one seat ahead of Sinn Féin
  4. Sinn Féin first preference vote share rises by almost 4 percentage points

Strangford

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Alliance Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 6,465
Summary results
PartyCandidateStatusStageFirst Preference VotesPercentage of first preference votes
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateSimon HamiltonStatusElectedStage5First Preference Votes6,221First Preference Votes Share16.0%
PartyAlliance PartyCandidateKellie ArmstrongStatusElectedStage4First Preference Votes5,813First Preference Votes Share15.0%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateMichelle McIlveenStatusElectedStage9First Preference Votes5,728First Preference Votes Share14.8%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateMike NesbittStatusElectedStage9First Preference Votes5,323First Preference Votes Share13.7%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidatePeter WeirStatusElectedStage11First Preference Votes3,543First Preference Votes Share9.1%
PartySDLPCandidateJoe BoyleStatusEliminatedStage11First Preference Votes3,045First Preference Votes Share7.9%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidatePhilip SmithStatusEliminatedStage9First Preference Votes2,453First Preference Votes Share6.3%
PartyIndependentCandidateJimmy MenaghStatusEliminatedStage8First Preference Votes1,627First Preference Votes Share4.2%
PartyIndependentCandidateJonathan BellStatusEliminatedStage7First Preference Votes1,479First Preference Votes Share3.8%
PartyTraditional Unionist VoiceCandidateStephen CooperStatusEliminatedStage4First Preference Votes1,330First Preference Votes Share3.4%
PartySinn FéinCandidateDermot KennedyStatusEliminatedStage3First Preference Votes1,110First Preference Votes Share2.9%
PartyGreen PartyCandidateRicky BamfordStatusEliminatedStage2First Preference Votes918First Preference Votes Share2.4%
PartyConservativesCandidateScott BentonStatusEliminatedStage1First Preference Votes195First Preference Votes Share0.5%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,465

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

60.9%

First preference vote share

Party%
Democratic Unionist Party39.9
Ulster Unionist Party20.0
Alliance Party15.0
SDLP7.9
Independent4.2
OTHERS13.0

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Alliance Party
+4.3
Ulster Unionist Party
+0.5
Other
+0.2
SDLP
−0.5
Democratic Unionist Party
−3.1
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Alliance Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 4,663
Summary results
PartyCandidateStatusStageFirst Preference VotesPercentage of first preference votes
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateMike NesbittStatusElectedStage1First Preference Votes4,673First Preference Votes Share14.3%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateMichelle McIlveenStatusElectedStage1First Preference Votes4,663First Preference Votes Share14.3%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateSimon HamiltonStatusElectedStage7First Preference Votes3,964First Preference Votes Share12.1%
PartyAlliance PartyCandidateKellie ArmstrongStatusElectedStage10First Preference Votes3,499First Preference Votes Share10.7%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateJonathan BellStatusElectedStage7First Preference Votes3,393First Preference Votes Share10.4%
PartySDLPCandidateJoe BoyleStatusEliminatedStage10First Preference Votes2,724First Preference Votes Share8.3%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateHarry HarveyStatusEliminatedStage6First Preference Votes2,017First Preference Votes Share6.2%
PartyIndependentCandidateJimmy MenaghStatusEliminatedStage8First Preference Votes1,840First Preference Votes Share5.6%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidatePhilip SmithStatusElectedStage10First Preference Votes1,694First Preference Votes Share5.2%
PartyTraditional Unionist VoiceCandidateStephen CooperStatusEliminatedStage5First Preference Votes1,407First Preference Votes Share4.3%
PartyGreenCandidateGeorgia GraingerStatusEliminatedStage4First Preference Votes924First Preference Votes Share2.8%
PartyUKIPCandidateStephen CrosbyStatusEliminatedStage3First Preference Votes759First Preference Votes Share2.3%
PartySinn FéinCandidateDermot KennedyStatusEliminatedStage2First Preference Votes661First Preference Votes Share2.0%
PartyConservativeCandidateBill McKendryStatusEliminatedStage1First Preference Votes314First Preference Votes Share1.0%
PartyIndependentCandidateRab McCartneyStatusEliminatedStage1First Preference Votes107First Preference Votes Share0.3%

Counting complete

Quota: 4,663

How the election works

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