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Jan 5, 2020
4 min

Election Reflection - UUP

In the 2001 General Election, the UUP held the most seats of any party in Northern Ireland with 6 MPs under the leadership of David...

Jan 4, 2020
4 min

Election Reflection - SDLP

Back in the 2017 General Election, the SDLP struggled. They lost all their Westminster seats – Belfast South, Foyle and South Down –...

Jan 3, 2020
4 min

Election Reflection - Alliance

The Alliance Surge – a wave of recent electoral successes for the remain supporting party. They have seen victories in the most recent...

Jan 2, 2020
4 min

Election Reflection - Sinn Féin

Ask someone from Sinn Féin about the election, they’ve got just cause to say it was a good night. Retaining Fermanagh and South Tyrone...

Jan 1, 2020
4 min

Election Reflection - DUP

On election night, the eyes of the DUP were glued to the exit poll. The result of this in 2017 brought a tremendous spotlight upon the...

Dec 20, 2019
5 min

The Election: A Night to Remember

Election night at the Belfast Titanic count. 6 seats being counted including 3 nail-biting marginals: Belfast North, East and South. I...

Nov 3, 2019
4 min

Election Battlegrounds

Never before have Northern Irish MPs had such influence in Westminster. Since 2017, the 10 DUP MPs have, somewhat precariously, held the...

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