Northern Ireland Results

Northern Ireland Assembly Results
Party Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin SDLP Ulster Unionist Party Alliance Party Other
Seats 28 27 12 10 8 5

After 90 of 90 seats About 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

Lagan Valley

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 7,512
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paul Givan Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 8,035 First Preference Votes Share 17.8%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Robbie Butler Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 6,846 First Preference Votes Share 15.2%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Trevor Lunn Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 6,105 First Preference Votes Share 13.5%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Edwin Poots Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 6,013 First Preference Votes Share 13.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Brenda Hale Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,566 First Preference Votes Share 10.1%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Jenny Palmer Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,492 First Preference Votes Share 10.0%
Party SDLP Candidate Pat Catney Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,795 First Preference Votes Share 8.4%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Peter Doran Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,801 First Preference Votes Share 4.0%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Samuel Morrison Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,389 First Preference Votes Share 3.1%
Party Green Party Candidate Dan Barrios-O'Neill Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 912 First Preference Votes Share 2.0%
Party Independent Candidate Jonny Orr Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 856 First Preference Votes Share 1.9%
Party Conservatives Candidate Matthew Robinson Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 183 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%
Party Independent Candidate Keith Gray Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 76 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%

Counting complete

Quota: 7,512

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Turnout

Turnout

62.6%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 41.3
Ulster Unionist Party 25.2
Alliance Party 13.5
SDLP 8.4
Sinn Féin 4.0
OTHERS 7.6

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Alliance Party
+4.0
Ulster Unionist Party
+3.9
SDLP
+1.0
Other
−4.3
Democratic Unionist Party
−5.9
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 5,551
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paul Givan Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 5,364 First Preference Votes Share 13.8%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Edwin Poots Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,638 First Preference Votes Share 11.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Robbie Butler Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,376 First Preference Votes Share 11.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Brenda Hale Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,236 First Preference Votes Share 10.9%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Jonathan Craig Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,087 First Preference Votes Share 10.5%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Jenny Palmer Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,871 First Preference Votes Share 10.0%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Trevor Lunn Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,707 First Preference Votes Share 9.5%
Party SDLP Candidate Pat Catney Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 2,899 First Preference Votes Share 7.5%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Lyle Rea Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,291 First Preference Votes Share 3.3%
Party Green Candidate Daniel Barrios-O'Neill Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,118 First Preference Votes Share 2.9%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Jackie McGeough Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,045 First Preference Votes Share 2.7%
Party Independent Candidate Jonny Orr Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 817 First Preference Votes Share 2.1%
Party UKIP Candidate Brian Higginson Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 768 First Preference Votes Share 2.0%
Party Conservative Candidate Jack Irwin Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 341 First Preference Votes Share 0.9%
Party NI Labour Representation Committee Candidate Peter Dynes Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 171 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%
Party Democracy First Candidate Frazer McCammond Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 124 First Preference Votes Share 0.3%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,551

How the election works
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