2014 Northern Ireland local elections

2014 Northern Ireland local elections
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All 462 council seats
Turnout51.3%
  First party Second party Third party
  Martin McGuiness Mike Nesbitt
Leader Peter Robinson Martin McGuinness Mike Nesbitt
Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP
Seats won 130 105 88
Seat change Decrease15 Decrease10 Increase11
Popular vote 144,928 151,137 101,385
Percentage 23.1% 24.1% 16.1%
Swing Decrease4.1% Decrease0.7% Increase0.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Jim Allister
Leader Alasdair McDonnell David Ford Jim Allister
Party SDLP Alliance TUV
Seats won 66 32 13
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease2 Increase10
Popular vote 85,237 41,769 28,310
Percentage 13.6% 6.7% 4.5%
Swing Decrease1.4% Decrease0.7% Increase 2.5%

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 22 May 2014, contesting 462 seats in all, as part of the wider local elections across the United Kingdom. The election took place on the same day as the European Parliament election.[1] 1,243,649 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 51.3% of the electorate turned out.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BelfastTelegraph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Local Council Elections - Turnout Statistics". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 May 2019.