2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

For broader coverage of this topic, see Elections in Northern Ireland.
2019 United Kingdom general election
(Northern Ireland)
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All 18 Northern Ireland seats to the House of Commons
Turnout62.1% (Decrease)
  First party Second party Third party
  Arlene Foster
Michelle O'Neill (cropped from Martin McGuinness, Michelle O'Neill, Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams).jpg
Leader Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill[b] Colum Eastwood
Party DUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Leader since 17 December 2015 23 January 2017 14 November 2015
Leader's seat Did not stand[a] Did not stand Foyle
Last election 10 seats, 36.0% 7 seats, 29.4% 0 seats, 11.7%
Seats won 8 7 2
Seat change Decrease2 Steady Increase2
Popular vote 244,127 181,853 118,737
Percentage 30.6% 22.8% 14.9%
Swing Decrease5.4% Decrease6.7% Increase3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Steve Aiken (2020).png
Leader Naomi Long[c] Steve Aiken[d]
Party Alliance UUP
Leader since 26 October 2016 9 November 2019
Leader's seat Stood in Belfast East (lost) Stood in East Antrim (lost)
Last election 0 seats, 7.9% 0 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 134,115 93,123
Percentage 16.8% 11.7%
Swing Increase8.8% Increase1.4%
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.

The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on 12 December 2019 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, including 18 seats in Northern Ireland. 1,293,971 people were eligible to vote, up 51,273 from the 2017 general election. 62.09% of eligible voters turned out, down 3.5 percentage points from the last general election.[1] For the first time in history, nationalist parties won more seats than unionist parties.[2]


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  1. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election 2019 – Turnout". EONI. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ^ McClements, Freya (13 December 2019). "North returns more nationalist than unionist MPs for first time". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.