2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

2017 United Kingdom general election (Northern Ireland)
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All 18 seats in Northern Ireland to the House of Commons
Turnout	65.6% ()
	Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency

The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people were eligible to vote, up 5,933 from the 2015 general election. 65.6% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of 7.2 percentage points from the last general election.^[1]

The

SDLP lost 3 seats and the UUP lost 2 seats, meaning they both lost all their representation in the House of Commons

.

As Sinn Féin maintains a policy of abstentionism in regards to the British Parliament, the 2017 election marked the first parliament since 1964 without any Irish nationalist MPs who take their seats in the House of Commons in Westminster.

Nationally, the governing Conservative Party fell 8 seats short of a parliamentary majority after the election, reduced to 4 if the absence of Sinn Féin is taken into account. The DUP thus held the balance of power, and announced on 10 June that it would support the Conservative government on a "confidence and supply" basis.^[2] (See also Conservative–DUP agreement.)

Results

Five seats changed hands in Northern Ireland. The SDLP lost its seats in

Parliament

.

Party		Votes	%	+/-	MPs	%	+/-
	DUP	292,316	36.0	+10.3	10	55.6	+2
	Sinn Féin	238,915	29.4	+4.9	7	38.9	+3
	SDLP	95,419	11.7	-2.2	0		-3
	UUP	83,280	10.3	-5.8	0		-2
	Alliance	64,553	7.9	-0.6	0		0
	Independent	16,148	2.0	-0.7	1	5.6	0
	Green (NI)	7,452	0.9	-0.1	0		0
	People Before Profit	5,509	0.7	-0.2	0		0
	NI Conservatives	3,895	0.5	-0.8	0		0
	TUV	3,282	0.4	-1.9	0		0

Vote summary

Popular vote

DUP			36.0%
Sinn Féin			29.4%
SDLP			11.7%
UUP			10.3%
Alliance			7.9%
Greens			0.9%
PBP			0.7%
NI Cons			0.5%
TUV			0.4%
Other			2.1%

Parliamentary seats

DUP			55.6%
Sinn Féin			38.9%
Independent			5.6%

References

EONI. 8 June 2017. Archived
from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

^ "Who are the DUP and will they demand a soft Brexit to prop up the Tories?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland&oldid=1194354702"

[1] EONI. 8 June 2017. Archived
from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[2] "Who are the DUP and will they demand a soft Brexit to prop up the Tories?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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