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2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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The Alliance Party saw a growth in support, going from 6.4% to 8.6% of the vote. They retained their deposit in 10 of the 18 constituencies, and even managed to secure an increase in their vote of 5.6% in Belfast East, which they lost to the DUP. Apart from Belfast East, their best performances were
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was held on 7 May 2015 and all 18 seats were contested. 1,236,765 people were eligible to vote, up 67,581 from the 2010 general election. 58.45% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of half a percentage point from the last general election. This election saw the return of Ulster Unionists to
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by 530 votes. The seat had been the site of a unionist pact in 2010, when the DUP and UUP both supported an independent candidate, who went on to be defeated by Gildernew by just four votes. The two seats for the UUP marked their best election since
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Sinn FĂ©in were the second largest Northern Ireland party, and the largest nationalist party in terms of both votes and seats, despite their loss of Fermanagh and South Tyrone and a small drop in vote share. They easily retained
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contested their first general election in Northern Ireland. They polled 18,000 votes in ten constituencies, saving their deposit in four. Their best performance came in East Antrim where they won nearly 11% of the vote. The
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The SDLP came fourth in terms of vote, but third in terms of seats. They saw the largest change in vote share for any of the four largest parties – a decrease of 2.6 percentage points. They retained both
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were contesting a general election as a separate party for the first time since 2005 (they had previously entered into an electoral alliance with the UUP). The party stood in 16 constituencies (not in
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with just 9,560 votes (a share of only 24.5% – the lowest of any winning candidate in the UK in 2015). The DUP came second with 22%, followed by the Alliance Party on 17% and Sinn FĂ©in on 14%.
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stood five candidates – one more than in 2010. They polled 6,822 votes, a 1% share of the NI total. Belfast South provided their best result at 5.7%, while party leader
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despite the unionist unity pact in the constituency. Brady secured a majority of over 4,000 votes, though this was about half the Sinn FĂ©in majority in 2010.
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seat, though with a reduced majority of 9,202 (down from over 14,000 in 2010). Four other independent candidates stood, taking 1,508 votes between them.
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Note that in 2010, the Ulster Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland Conservatives formed an electoral alliance in which their candidates stood as "
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where he came third with 8% of the vote. In 2015 he substantially improved on this result, coming second behind Sinn FĂ©in with 6,798 votes, or 19%.
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had four candidates who polled a total of 1,853 votes. Neither of these parties retained any deposits.
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was re-elected with a majority reduced from over 8,000 to just under 6,000, although her colleague
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to once again poll the largest number of votes in Northern Ireland (they had last achieved this in
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A political debate was held between the leaders of the five main parties in Northern Ireland: the
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by 949 votes. They also gained Fermanagh and South Tyrone from Sinn FĂ©in, as former leader
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The DUP retained their position as the largest unionist party, and also overtook
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Two parties contested the 2015 election who had not stood in 2010 – the
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in Belfast South where they took 17%, followed by East Antrim at 15%.
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the House of Commons, after they targeted 4 seats but secured 2.
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Northern Ireland returned eighteen members of parliament to
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Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.
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in the face of strong Sinn FĂ©in challenges. In South Down,
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Prior to the election, the two main unionist parties – the
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In total, three seats changed hands in Northern Ireland –
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List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
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in Foyle saw a small swing to the SDLP. Party leader
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Index

2015 United Kingdom general election
2010
2017
outgoing members
elected members
18 seats in Northern Ireland
House of Commons


Peter Robinson
Gerry Adams
DUP
Sinn FĂ©in


Alasdair McDonnell
Mike Nesbitt
SDLP
UUP
5 November 2011
31 March 2012
Belfast South

United Kingdom general election debates, 2015 § Northern Ireland
Democratic Unionist Party
Sinn FĂ©in
Ulster Unionist Party
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
BBC Newsnight

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