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

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
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Simon Hamilton Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 6,221 First Preference Votes Share 16.0%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Kellie Armstrong Status Elected Stage 4 First Preference Votes 5,813 First Preference Votes Share 15.0%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Michelle McIlveen Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 5,728 First Preference Votes Share 14.8%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Mike Nesbitt Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 5,323 First Preference Votes Share 13.7%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Peter Weir Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 3,543 First Preference Votes Share 9.1%
Party SDLP Candidate Joe Boyle Status Eliminated Stage 11 First Preference Votes 3,045 First Preference Votes Share 7.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Philip Smith Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 2,453 First Preference Votes Share 6.3%
Party Independent Candidate Jimmy Menagh Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 1,627 First Preference Votes Share 4.2%
Party Independent Candidate Jonathan Bell Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 1,479 First Preference Votes Share 3.8%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Stephen Cooper Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,330 First Preference Votes Share 3.4%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Dermot Kennedy Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 1,110 First Preference Votes Share 2.9%
Party Green Party Candidate Ricky Bamford Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 918 First Preference Votes Share 2.4%
Party Conservatives Candidate Scott Benton Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 195 First Preference Votes Share 0.5%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,465

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Turnout

Turnout

60.9%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 39.9
Ulster Unionist Party 20.0
Alliance Party 15.0
SDLP 7.9
Independent 4.2
OTHERS 13.0

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
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Mike Nesbitt Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 4,673 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Michelle McIlveen Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 4,663 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Simon Hamilton Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,964 First Preference Votes Share 12.1%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Kellie Armstrong Status Elected Stage 10 First Preference Votes 3,499 First Preference Votes Share 10.7%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Jonathan Bell Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,393 First Preference Votes Share 10.4%
Party SDLP Candidate Joe Boyle Status Eliminated Stage 10 First Preference Votes 2,724 First Preference Votes Share 8.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Harry Harvey Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 2,017 First Preference Votes Share 6.2%
Party Independent Candidate Jimmy Menagh Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 1,840 First Preference Votes Share 5.6%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Philip Smith Status Elected Stage 10 First Preference Votes 1,694 First Preference Votes Share 5.2%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Stephen Cooper Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,407 First Preference Votes Share 4.3%
Party Green Candidate Georgia Grainger Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 924 First Preference Votes Share 2.8%
Party UKIP Candidate Stephen Crosby Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 759 First Preference Votes Share 2.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Dermot Kennedy Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 661 First Preference Votes Share 2.0%
Party Conservative Candidate Bill McKendry Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 314 First Preference Votes Share 1.0%
Party Independent Candidate Rab McCartney Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 107 First Preference Votes Share 0.3%

Counting complete

Quota: 4,663

How the election works
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