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colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/3rd_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="3rd Northern Ireland Assembly">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/4th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="4th Northern Ireland Assembly">MLAs elected</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 108 seats to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">55.7% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6.6)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D46A4C;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Robinson_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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alt="MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg/120px-MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg/180px-MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg/240px-MartinMcGuinness2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="949" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #48A5EE;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -20px; width: 150px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Elliott.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Tom Elliott.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Tom_Elliott.png/150px-Tom_Elliott.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Tom_Elliott.png/225px-Tom_Elliott.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Tom_Elliott.png/300px-Tom_Elliott.png 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="625" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Elliott_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Elliott (politician)">Tom Elliott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31 May 2008 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 May 2007 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span class="nowrap">22 September 2010</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36 seats, 30.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">28 seats, 26.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 seats, 14.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>38</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">29 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>198,436</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">178,224 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">87,531 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>30.0%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">26.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Sixth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #2AA82C;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_ritchie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="margaret ritchie.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Margaret_ritchie.jpg/120px-Margaret_ritchie.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Margaret_ritchie.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="267" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F6CB2F;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidFordAlliance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="DavidFordAlliance.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/DavidFordAlliance.jpg/120px-DavidFordAlliance.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/DavidFordAlliance.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="169" data-file-height="254" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0C3A6A;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JimAllister_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="JimAllister (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/JimAllister_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-JimAllister_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/JimAllister_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-JimAllister_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/JimAllister_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="269" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Ritchie_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Ritchie (politician)">Margaret Ritchie</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Ford_(politician)" title="David Ford (politician)">David Ford</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Allister" title="Jim Allister">Jim Allister</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">TUV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 February 2010 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 October 2001 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 December 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Down (Assembly constituency)">South Down</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16 seats, 15.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 seats, 5.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Not established</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">94,286 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">50,875 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16,480 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New party</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Seventh party </th> <th style="text-align:center"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #8dc63f;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Steven_Agnew_MLA_2016.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Steven Agnew MLA 2016.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Steven_Agnew_MLA_2016.png/120px-Steven_Agnew_MLA_2016.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Steven_Agnew_MLA_2016.png 1.5x" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="276" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;width:0;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Agnew" title="Steven Agnew">Steven Agnew</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 January 2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Down (Assembly constituency)">North Down</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat, 1.7% </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6,031 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0.9% </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.8% </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg/350px-2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg/525px-2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg/700px-2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Seats won by each party and combined first preference vote share of the largest party.</span></div><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election,_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election%2C_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg/350px-2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election%2C_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election%2C_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg/525px-2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election%2C_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election%2C_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg/700px-2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election%2C_Seats_per_Constituencies.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="368" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Break down of each party and sectarian camp's seats in constituencies</span></div></div><div>Election results. Voters elect 6 assembly members from the 18 constituencies.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister and <br /> deputy First Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a>) & <br /> <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">SF</a>)<br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>First Minister and <br /> deputy First Minister<br />after election</b> <br /> <p>Peter Robinson (DUP) & <br /> Martin McGuinness (SF)<br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election</b> took place on Thursday, 5 May, following the dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. </p><p>It was held on the same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">local councils</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">Scottish Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">Welsh Assembly</a> elections, a number of local elections in England and the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum</a>. As in the past, the 2011 election to the Assembly was conducted using the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a> (STV) system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. The 108 seats were contested in 18 constituencies by <a href="/wiki/Candidates_nominated_to_run_for_the_2011_election_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Candidates nominated to run for the 2011 election of the Northern Ireland Assembly">218 candidates</a>, including 15 independents and the nominees of <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Northern_Ireland" title="List of political parties in Northern Ireland">14 separate political parties</a>. </p><p>1,210,009 individuals were registered to vote in the 2011 Assembly election (representing an increase of 9.2% compared to the 2007 Assembly election).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Turnout in the 2011 Assembly election was 55.7%, a decline of almost seven percentage points from the previous Assembly election and down over 14 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly in 1998. </p><p>As in the 2007 election, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> (DUP) and <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (SF) remained the two largest parties in the Assembly, with the DUP winning 38 and Sinn Féin winning 29 of the Assembly's 108 seats. The <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> (UUP) won 16 seats, the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> (SDLP) 14 and the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> 8, while one seat each was won by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party in Northern Ireland">Green Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a> (TUV) and an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">independent</a> candidate. </p><p>Following the results of the election, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> of the DUP and <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> of Sinn Féin were nominated and subsequently re-elected as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">First Minister and deputy First Minister</a> on 12 May 2011. The sole change to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> was that the UUP lost a ministerial post to the Alliance. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election was the first since the devolution of policing and justice powers to the assembly. In contrast to previous elections, it was relatively uncontroversial. The turnout was one of the lowest ever in a Northern Ireland election. <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> both continued to make gains, although the DUP vote share was slightly down. The election was a disaster for the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a>, which came behind the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> in terms of first preference vote, although the UUP won more seats. The Ulster Unionist vote collapsed in Belfast, where it was eclipsed by the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party</a>'s, and in a number of other constituencies considered safe such as North Down.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was also poor for the SDLP, which lost two seats. </p><p>The Alliance Party performed well, gaining a second seat in <a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">East Belfast</a> (which a former <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist Party</a> member lost and the PUP failed to regain), while increasing the Alliance vote share significantly. <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a> secured a single seat in North Antrim; its vote share was down from the May 2010 elections to the UK Parliament. Despite their first preference vote halving, the Green Party held their sole seat in North Down while the <a href="/wiki/People_before_Profit_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="People before Profit Alliance">People before Profit Alliance</a> narrowly failed to take the final seat in the <a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle constituency</a>. The only member elected as an independent in 2007 (in <a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">West Tyrone</a>) retired, leaving a single independent in the new Assembly (after three independents first elected on other tickets had retired or lost re-election), compared to five at the end of the previous one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg/220px-Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg/330px-Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg/440px-Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1395" data-file-height="731" /></a><figcaption>Result by constituencies</figcaption></figure> <p>As in the previous Assembly, the DUP's voting strength was reduced by one with the re-election on 12 May of <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hay" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Hay">Willie Hay</a> (DUP, Foyle) to the non-partisan office of Speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Molloy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molloy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ten seats on the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> were filled by the new Assembly on 16 May according to party strength under the <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">d'Hondt method</a> of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. </p><p>In addition, in separate votes on 12 and 16 May, the Assembly as a whole re-elected party leaders <a href="/wiki/David_Ford_(politician)" title="David Ford (politician)">David Ford</a> (Alliance), <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> (DUP) and <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> (Sinn Féin) to their seats on the Executive as, respectively, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Minister of Justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">First Minister and deputy First Minister</a>. Thus the Executive's total membership, as in the past, is 13.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Numbers as reported by Wednesday, 11 May 2011. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="9" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg/360px-Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg/540px-Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg/720px-Northern_Irish_general_election_2011.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_NIE.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/2011_NIE.svg/360px-2011_NIE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/2011_NIE.svg/540px-2011_NIE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/2011_NIE.svg/720px-2011_NIE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">+/–</th><th colspan="5" scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Assembly</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Executive</a></th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#D46A4C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">198,436</td><td style="text-align:right">29.99</td><td style="text-align:right">-0.1</td><td style="text-align:right">38</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#326760"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td><td style="text-align:right">178,222</td><td style="text-align:right">26.93</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.7</td><td style="text-align:right">29</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#2AA82C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">94,286</td><td style="text-align:right">14.25</td><td style="text-align:right">-1.0</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">-2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#48A5EE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">87,531</td><td style="text-align:right">13.23</td><td style="text-align:right">-1.7</td><td style="text-align:right">16</td><td style="text-align:right">-2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">-1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F6CB2F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a></td><td style="text-align:right">50,875</td><td style="text-align:right">7.69</td><td style="text-align:right">+2.5</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0C3A6A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a></td><td style="text-align:right">16,480</td><td style="text-align:right">2.49</td><td style="text-align:right"><i>New</i></td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8dc63f"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party in Northern Ireland">Green Party in Northern Ireland</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,031</td><td style="text-align:right">0.91</td><td style="text-align:right">-0.8</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E91D50"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="People Before Profit Alliance">People Before Profit Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,438</td><td style="text-align:right">0.82</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.7</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#6D3177"></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independence_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Independence Party">United Kingdom Independence Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,152</td><td style="text-align:right">0.63</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.4</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#2B45A2"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,493</td><td style="text-align:right">0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">-0.4</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">-1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#2e3b74"></td><td><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">British National Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,252</td><td style="text-align:right">0.19</td><td style="text-align:right"><i>New</i></td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#930C1A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,155</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF3300"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">819</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Pro Capitalism</td><td style="text-align:right">29</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right"><i>New</i></td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:right">15,535</td><td style="text-align:right">2.35</td><td style="text-align:right">-0.5</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">661,734</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">108</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="9" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="9" style="text-align:left">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constituency_results">Constituency results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Constituency results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Distribution_of_seats_by_constituency">Distribution of seats by constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Distribution of seats by constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Party affiliation of the six Assembly members returned by each constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first column indicates the party of the Member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> (MP) returned by the corresponding parliamentary constituency in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">general election of 6 May 2010</a> (under the "<a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a>" method).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>(The constituencies are arranged here in rough geographical order around <a href="/wiki/Lough_Neagh" title="Lough Neagh">Lough Neagh</a> from Antrim to Londonderry. To see them in alphabetical order, click the small square icon after "Constituency"; to restore this geographical order, click the icon after "No." at the left.) </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">2010 MP </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Constituency </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Candi-<br />dates<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Total<br />seats <br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#8dc63f;">Green<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#008800; color:#fff;">Sinn<br />Féin<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#99ff66;">SDLP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f6cb2f;">Alli-<br />ance<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#9999ff;">UUP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#d46a4c;">DUP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#0095b6;">TUV<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#dddddd;">Ind.<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable">Seat<br />gained<br />by </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable">Seat<br />lost<br />by </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#0095b6;">TUV</td> <td style="background:#99ff66;">SDLP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>2 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">UUP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>3 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#99ff66">SDLP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>4 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">UUP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>5 </td> <td style="background-color:#326760; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"><div style="color:#fff;">SF</div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Assembly constituency)">Belfast West</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">5</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>6 </td> <td style="background-color:#2AA82C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">SDLP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Assembly constituency)">Belfast South</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>7 </td> <td style="background-color:#F6CB2F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">APNI </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#f6cb2f;">APNI</td> <td style="background:#999999;">PUP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>8 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">Ind. </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Down (Assembly constituency)">North Down</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">UUP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>9 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">UUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>10 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">4</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>11 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>12 </td> <td style="background-color:#2AA82C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">SDLP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Down (Assembly constituency)">South Down</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>13 </td> <td style="background-color:#326760; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"><div style="color:#fff;">SF</div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Armagh_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)">Newry and Armagh</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">3</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>14 </td> <td style="background-color:#326760; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"><div style="color:#fff;">SF</div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh & South Tyrone</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#99ff66;">SDLP </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>15 </td> <td style="background-color:#326760; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"><div style="color:#fff;">SF</div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">West Tyrone</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">3</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td> <td style="padding:0;"><div style="background-color:#99ff66;">SDLP</div> <div style="background-color:#9999ff;">UUP</div> </td> <td style="padding:0;"><div style="background-color:#dddddd;">Ind</div> <div style="background-color:#d46a4c;">DUP</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>16 </td> <td style="background-color:#326760; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"><div style="color:#fff;">SF</div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">3</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>17 </td> <td style="background-color:#2AA82C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">SDLP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td style="background:#99ff66;">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>18 </td> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">DUP </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c">3</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#dddddd;">Ind</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">UUP </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"> <td><b>18</b></td> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="ZZA !"><b>Total</b></span></td> <td>218</td> <td><b>108</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>29</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>16</td> <td>38</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="ZZB !"><i>Change since dissolution</i></span></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+2</td> <td style="background:lavenderblush;">–2</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+1</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+2</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+1</td> <td style="background:lavenderblush;">–4</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="ZZC !">Assembly at dissolution</span></td> <td>-</td> <td>108</td> <td>1</td> <td>27</td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>16</td> <td>36</td> <td>-</td> <td>5</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="ZZD !"><i>Change during Assembly term</i></span></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:lavenderblush;">–1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:lavenderblush;">–2</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+4</td> <td style="background:lavenderblush;">–1 <small>Prog. U.</small></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="ZZE !">Elected on 7 March 2007</span></td> <td>256</td> <td>108</td> <td>1</td> <td>28</td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>18</td> <td>36</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 <small><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Prog. U.</a></small></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="ZZG !">Elected on 23 November 2003</span></td> <td></td> <td>108</td> <td>-</td> <td>24</td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>27</td> <td>30</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 <small><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Prog. U.</a></small></td> <td>1 <small><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Unionist Party">UKUP</a></small> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="ZZI !">Elected on 25 June 1998</span></td> <td></td> <td>108</td> <td>-</td> <td>18</td> <td>24</td> <td>6</td> <td>28</td> <td>20</td> <td>-</td> <td>4</td> <td>2 <small><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Prog. U.</a></small></td> <td>5 <small><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Unionist Party">UKUP</a></small>, 2 <small><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Women%27s_Coalition" title="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition">NIWC</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Three of the four independents elected in 1998 ran as <a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionists</a></li> <li><small> <b>NIWC</b> = <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Women%27s_Coalition" title="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition">Northern Ireland Women's Coalition</a>; <b>Prog. U.</b> = <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist Party</a>; <b>TUV</b> = <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a>; <b>UKUP</b> = <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Unionist Party">United Kingdom Unionist Party</a></small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Share_of_first-preference_votes">Share of first-preference votes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Share of first-preference votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Percentage of each constituency's first-preference votes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four highest percentages in each constituency shaded; absolute majorities <b><u>underlined</u></b>. The constituencies are arranged in the geographic order described for the table above; click the icon next to "Constituency" to see them in alphabetical order. </p> <ul><li>[The totals given here are the sum of all valid ballots cast in each constituency, and the percentages are based on such totals. The turnout percentages in the last column, however, are based upon all ballots cast, which also include anything from twenty to a thousand invalid ballots in each constituency. The total valid ballots' percentage of the eligible electorate can correspondingly differ by 0.1% to 2% from the turnout percentage.]</li></ul> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">2015<br /> MP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">MP's % <br />of 2015<br /> vote </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Constituency </th> <th style="background-color:#8dc63f;">Green<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#008800; color:#fff;">Sinn<br />Féin<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#99ff66;">SDLP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f6cb2f;">Alli-<br />ance<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#9999ff;">UUP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#d46a4c;">DUP<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#0095b6;">TUV<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#dddddd;">Ind.<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#dddddd;">Others.<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Total<br />votes<br /> </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Eligible<br />elector-<br />ate </th> <th style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">Turn-<br />out<br /> % </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">46.4%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#00cc00;">15.3</td> <td>9.1</td> <td>4.6</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">11.7</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">47.6</td> <td style="background:#ccffff;">11.6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>40,313</td> <td>74,760</td> <td>54.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">45.9%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></td> <td>2.3</td> <td style="background:#ccffcc;">8.2</td> <td>4.6</td> <td style="background:#ffffaa;">15.5</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">16.9</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">46.2</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>1.8</td> <td></td> <td>29,023</td> <td>61,617</td> <td>47.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">33.9%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#88ff88;">14.5</td> <td>10.6</td> <td style="background:#ffffee;">14.2</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">17.8</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">38.3</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.3</td> <td></td> <td>32,164</td> <td>65,231</td> <td>50.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">40.0%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#00cc00;">31.9</td> <td style="background:#ccffaa;">12.0</td> <td>6.3</td> <td style="background:#eeeeff;">8.2</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">37.1</td> <td></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>33,470</td> <td>68,119</td> <td>50.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff"><u><b>71.1%</b></u></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Assembly constituency)">Belfast West</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"><b><u>66.1</u></b></td> <td style="background:#bbff66;">13.2</td> <td>1.1</td> <td style="background:#eeeeff;">4.2</td> <td style="background:#ffccaa;">7.5</td> <td></td> <td>7.6</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>34,647</td> <td>61,520</td> <td>57.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">SDLP</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">41.0%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Assembly constituency)">Belfast South</a></td> <td>2.8</td> <td>12.5</td> <td style="background:#bbff66;">23.9</td> <td style="background:#ffffaa;">19.8</td> <td style="background:#eeeeff;">13.6</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">24.3</td> <td></td> <td>3.2</td> <td></td> <td>32,308</td> <td>62,484</td> <td>52.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td style="background:#f6cb2f;">All.</td> <td style="background:#f6cb2f;">37.2%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></td> <td>1.8</td> <td style="background:#ccffcc;">3.2</td> <td>0.8</td> <td style="background:gold;">26.3</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">9.7</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">44.1</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>32,347</td> <td>61,263</td> <td>53.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td style="background:#dddddd;">Ind.</td> <td style="background:#dddddd;"><u><b>63.3%</b></u></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Down (Assembly constituency)">North Down</a></td> <td style="background:#ddffcc;">7.9</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.7</td> <td style="background:gold;">18.6</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">10.4</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">44.2</td> <td></td> <td>2.2</td> <td>13.0</td> <td>28,098</td> <td>62,170</td> <td>45.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">45.9%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></td> <td></td> <td>3.0</td> <td style="background:#eeffcc;">8.5</td> <td style="background:#ffffaa;">14.4</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">20.4</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">48.8</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>2.0</td> <td></td> <td>29,668</td> <td>62,178</td> <td>48.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">49.8%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></td> <td>1.7</td> <td>3.4</td> <td style="background:#eeffcc;">6.1</td> <td style="background:#ffffaa;">12.4</td> <td style="background:#9999ff;">20.4</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;"><b><u>53.1</u></b></td> <td>2.9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>35,487</td> <td>67,532</td> <td>53.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">33.8%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">27.2</td> <td style="background:#eeffcc;">11.4</td> <td>6.5</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">24.6</td> <td style="background:darksalmon;">27.1</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>0.6</td> <td></td> <td>42,362</td> <td>77,905</td> <td>55.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">SDLP</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">48.5%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Down (Assembly constituency)">South Down</a></td> <td>2.7</td> <td style="background:#00cc00;">30.9</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">35.8</td> <td>2.1</td> <td style="background:#eeeeff;">10.6</td> <td style="background:#ffccaa;">12.5</td> <td></td> <td>5.6</td> <td></td> <td>41,726</td> <td>73,240</td> <td>58.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff">42.0%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Armagh_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)">Newry & Armagh</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">40.8</td> <td style="background:#bbff66;">23.5</td> <td>1.6</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">18.7</td> <td style="background:#ffeecc;">13.1</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>46,514</td> <td>77,544</td> <td>61.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff">45.5%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh & S. Tyrone</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">40.3</td> <td style="background:#eeffcc;">9.6</td> <td>1.8</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">19.3</td> <td style="background:darksalmon;">24.4</td> <td>2.6</td> <td></td> <td>2.1</td> <td>47,999</td> <td>70,985</td> <td>69.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff">48.4%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">West Tyrone</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"><b><u>50.2</u></b></td> <td style="background:#eeffcc;">8.6</td> <td>2.2</td> <td style="background:#ccccff;">10.3</td> <td style="background:darksalmon;">23.1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5.7</td> <td>39,303</td> <td>62,970</td> <td>64.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">SF</td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"><u><b>52.0%</b></u></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#008800; color:#fff;">49.2</td> <td style="background:#ccffaa;">14.7</td> <td>0.9</td> <td style="background:#eeeeff;">10.3</td> <td style="background:darksalmon;">16.7</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>42,738</td> <td>66,602</td> <td>65.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">SDLP</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">44.7%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#00cc00;">34.0</td> <td style="background:#88ff55;">35.3</td> <td>0.9</td> <td></td> <td style="background:#ffccaa;">18.4</td> <td></td> <td>8.0</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>38,847</td> <td>68,663</td> <td>56.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">DUP</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">34.6%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#00cc00;">21.1</td> <td style="background:#ccffaa;">14.9</td> <td>5.5</td> <td style="background:#eeeeff;">8.4</td> <td style="background:#d46a4c;">36.9</td> <td>4.5</td> <td></td> <td>8.6</td> <td>34,722</td> <td>65,226</td> <td>54.1% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ddd;" class="sortbottom"> <td><b>18</b></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#ddd;"><span data-sort-value="ZZA !"><b>Northern Ireland</b></span></td> <td>0.9</td> <td>26.9</td> <td>14.2</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>13.2</td> <td>30.0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>2.3</td> <td style="background:#d5d5d5;"><b>661,736</b></td> <td>1,210,009</td> <td style="background:#ddd;">55.6% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#fff;"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="ZZB !"><i>Change since 2007</i></span></td> <td style="background:snow;">–0.8</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+0.8</td> <td style="background:snow;">–1.0</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+2.5 </td> <td style="background:snow;">–1.7 </td> <td style="background:snow;">–0.1</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+2.5</td> <td style="background:snow;">–1.6 </td> <td style="background:snow;">–0.5 </td> <td style="background:snow;">–28,577</td> <td style="background:mintcream;">+102,105</td> <td style="background:snow;">–7.2% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="ZZC !">Election of March 2007</span></td> <td>1.7</td> <td>26.2</td> <td>15.2</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>30.1</td> <td>—</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>690,313</td> <td>1,107,904</td> <td>62.9% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="ZZE !">Election of Nov. 2003</span></td> <td>0.4</td> <td>23.5</td> <td>17.0</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>25.7</td> <td>—</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>692,026</td> <td>1,097,526</td> <td>63.1% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="ZZG !">Election of June 1998</span></td> <td>0.1</td> <td>17.6</td> <td>22.0</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>21.3</td> <td>18.1</td> <td>—</td> <td>10.9</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>823,565</td> <td>1,178,556</td> <td>69.9% </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionist</a> vote in 1998 (2.8%) included in the Independent column (not "others"). <b>TUV</b> = <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Votes_cast_for_minor_parties_and_independents">Votes cast for minor parties and independents</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Votes cast for minor parties and independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Out of the 22 candidates from the seven parties which won no seats in 2011, the four candidates who won more than 1,000 first-preference votes (and more than 4% of the total first preferences) in their respective constituencies were: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Eamonn_McCann" title="Eamonn McCann">Eamonn McCann</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="People Before Profit Alliance">People Before Profit Alliance</a> in <i>Foyle</i>: 3,120 (8.0%),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Reilly" title="Henry Reilly">Henry Reilly</a> of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> in <i>South Down</i>: 2,332 (5.6%),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Carroll_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerry Carroll (politician)">Gerry Carroll</a> of People Before Profit in <i>Belfast West</i>: 1,661 (4.8%), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Ervine" title="Brian Ervine">Brian Ervine</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist Party</a> in <i>Belfast East</i>: 1,493 (4.6%)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>Three-fifths, or 8,606 (60%), of the 14,338 first preferences cast for the seven minor parties went to these four candidates. </p><p>Of the 15 independent candidates, running in 9 separate constituencies, the 8 who won more than 1,000 first-preference votes (and over 2.5% of the first-preference total) were: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/David_McClarty" title="David McClarty">David McClarty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_elected_in_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 2007">MLA</a>, formerly <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Unionist">Ulster Unionist</a>, re-elected in <i>East Londonderry</i>: 3,003 (8.6%),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_McFarland" title="Alan McFarland">Alan McFarland</a>, MLA, formerly Ulster Unionist, defeated in <i>North Down</i>: 1,879 (6.7%),</li> <li>Alan Chambers, also losing in <i>North Down</i>: 1,765 (6.3%),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Purvis" title="Dawn Purvis">Dawn Purvis</a>, MLA, formerly Progressive Unionist, defeated in <i>Belfast East</i> (see above): 1,702 (5.3%),</li> <li>Paul McFadden in <i>Foyle</i>: 1,280 (3.3%),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_McCord" title="Raymond McCord">Raymond McCord</a> in <i>Belfast North</i>: 1,176 (3.5%),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_McGowan" title="Paddy McGowan">Paddy McGowan</a> in <i>West Tyrone</i>: 1,145 (2.9%), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_McMenamin" title="Eugene McMenamin">Eugene McMenamin</a>, also in <i>West Tyrone</i>: 1,096 (2.8%)</li></ol> <p>A majority (8,395 or 54%) of the 15,535 first-preference votes cast for independents went to the first four of these candidates, three of whom had been elected by other parties in 2007. David McClarty was the only successful independent candidate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seats_changing_hands">Seats changing hands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Seats changing hands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <b>Alliance</b> gained a seat in <i>Belfast East</i> (from <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Purvis" title="Dawn Purvis">Dawn Purvis</a>, an independent elected as a Progressive Unionist). Net gain +1.</li> <li>The <b>Democratic Unionist Party</b> gained seats from the UUP in <i>Belfast North</i> and <i>North Down</i>, but lost one to the UUP in <i>Strangford</i>. The DUP also gained seats in the <i>Lagan Valley</i> (from SF) and <i>South Antrim</i> (from SDLP), but lost a seat in <i>West Tyrone</i> (to UUP or SDLP). Net gain +2.</li> <li>An <b>independent</b> elected in 2007 from <i>West Tyrone</i> did not run again in 2011 (seat won by SDLP or DUP). An Ulster Unionist elected in 2007 from <i>East Londonderry</i>, who was not re-nominated by his party, won election in 2011 as an independent. (After his re-election, he decided to remain an independent outside the UUP.)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McClarty_Ind_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McClarty_Ind-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three other independents elected in 2007 by different parties were not returned in 2011: a former Ulster Unionist in <i>North Down</i> (to DUP), a former Progressive Unionist in <i>Belfast East</i> (to Alliance), and a former Sinn Féin member in <i>Fermanagh & South Tyrone</i> (regained by SF). No net change from 2007; net change from the outgoing Assembly: <span class="nowrap">–4.</span></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist Party</a></b> elected a single member in 2007 from <i>East Belfast</i> who resigned from the party in 2010 (and whose seat was gained by the Alliance in 2011). The PUP failed to elect its only candidate in 2011. Net change from 2007 –1; no net change from the outgoing Assembly.</li> <li><b>Sinn Féin</b> gained seats in <i>East Antrim</i> (from UUP) and <i>Fermanagh & South Tyrone</i> (from SDLP), but lost one in the <i>Lagan Valley</i> (to DUP). It also regained a second seat in <i>Fermanagh & South Tyrone</i> that had been held by an independent originally elected as Sinn Féin. Net gain +2 from the outgoing Assembly and +1 from 2007.</li> <li>The <b>Social Democratic & Labour Party</b> gained a seat from <i>West Tyrone</i> (from Ind. or DUP) but lost seats in <i>Fermanagh & South Tyrone</i> (to SF), <i>North Antrim</i> (to Traditional Unionist Voice) and <i>South Antrim</i> (to DUP). Net loss –2.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a></b> won its first and only seat, in <i>North Antrim</i> (from the SDLP). Net gain +1.</li> <li>The <b>Ulster Unionist Party</b> gained seats in <i>Strangford</i> (from DUP) and <i>West Tyrone</i> (from DUP or Ind.), but lost seats in <i>Belfast North</i> (to DUP) and <i>East Antrim</i> (to SF). Another two members elected as Ulster Unionists in <i>North Down</i> and <i>East Londonderry</i> left the UUP before the 2011 election. Net loss from 2007: –2. (No net change from the outgoing Assembly.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Turnover_in_members_since_2007">Turnover in members since 2007</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Turnover in members since 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thirty-one members of the previous Assembly during all of part of its term (2007–2011) did not offer themselves for re-election in May 2011. Another eight who did seek re-election were unsuccessful. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_who_left_during_the_previous_Assembly's_term"><span id="Members_who_left_during_the_previous_Assembly.27s_term"></span>Members who left during the previous Assembly's term</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Members who left during the previous Assembly's term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several of the 14 members who retired early from the Northern Ireland Assembly did so either after being elected or re-elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">British House of Commons</a> on <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">6 May 2010</a> (as MPs), or else in anticipation of being elected to the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> (lower house of the Irish parliament) on <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">25 February 2011</a> (as a TD). [Three retired or retiring members are <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom</a> (PC).] </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><b>Name</b> </td> <td><b>Title in<br /> 2011</b> </td> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Assembly<br />constituency</b> </td> <td><b>Left Assembly</b> </td> <td><b>Successor</b> </td> <td><b>Successor<br />returned?</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Dawson, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Dawson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="George Dawson (Northern Ireland politician)">George Dawson</a></span></span></span></td> <td><small>[deceased]</small></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="07.0507 !">7 May 2007</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ross, Alastair Ian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Ross" title="Alastair Ross">Alastair Ian Ross</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Burnside, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Burnside" title="David Burnside">David Burnside</a></span></span></span></td> <td></td> <td style="background:azure;">UUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="09.0601 !">1 June 2009</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kinahan, Danny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kinahan" title="Danny Kinahan">Danny Kinahan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Brolly, Francie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Francie_Brolly" title="Francie Brolly">Francie Brolly</a></span></span></span></td> <td></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="09.1211 !">11 December 2009</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Leonard, Billy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Leonard" title="Billy Leonard">Billy Leonard</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">did not run <small>(SF hold)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Robinson, Iris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Iris_Robinson" title="Iris Robinson">Iris Robinson</a></span></span></span></td> <td></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0112 !">12 January 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bell, Jonathan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bell_(politician)" title="Jonathan Bell (politician)">Jonathan Bell</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hanna, Carmel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Carmel_Hanna" title="Carmel Hanna">Carmel Hanna</a></span></span></span></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Assembly constituency)">Belfast South</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0115 !">15 January 2010</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conall_McDevitt" title="Conall McDevitt">Conall McDevitt</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Donaldson, Jeffrey"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Donaldson" title="Jeffrey Donaldson">Jeffrey Donaldson</a></span></span></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the United Kingdom Parliament">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">PC</a></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0610 !">10 June 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Givan, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Paisley (junior), Ian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Paisley, Jr.">Ian Paisley (junior)</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP</td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0621 !">21 June 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Frew, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Frew" title="Paul Frew">Paul Frew</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Simpson, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Simpson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="David Simpson (Northern Ireland politician)">David Simpson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP</td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0701 !">1 July 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Anderson, Sidney"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Anderson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidney Anderson">Sidney Anderson</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="McCrea, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_McCrea,_Baron_McCrea_of_Magherafelt_and_Cookstown" title="William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown">William McCrea</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP</td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0701 !">1 July 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Girvan, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Girvan" title="Paul Girvan">Paul Girvan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Long, Naomi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Long" title="Naomi Long">Naomi Long</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP</td> <td style="background:cornsilk;">Alliance</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0705 !">5 July 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lyttle, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lyttle" title="Chris Lyttle">Chris Lyttle</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Shannon, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Shannon" title="Jim Shannon">Jim Shannon</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP</td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0801 !">1 August 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Gibson, Simpson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Simpson_Gibson" title="Simpson Gibson">Simpson Gibson</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">did not run <small>(UUP gain)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Dodds, Nigel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Dodds" title="Nigel Dodds">Nigel Dodds</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP, PC</td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.0910 !">10 September 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Humphrey, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Humphrey_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Humphrey (UK politician)">William Humphrey</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Durkan, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Durkan" title="Mark Durkan">Mark Durkan</a></span></span></span></td> <td>MP</td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.1109 !">9 November 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Callaghan, Pól"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P%C3%B3l_Callaghan" title="Pól Callaghan">Pól Callaghan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">not elected <small>(SDLP hold)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Adams, Gerry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a></span></span></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TD</a></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Belfast_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Belfast (Assembly constituency)">Belfast West</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.1207 !">7 December 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sheehan, Pat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Sheehan_(Irish_republican)" title="Pat Sheehan (Irish republican)">Pat Sheehan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">yes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes_in_membership_at_the_election">Changes in membership at the election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Changes in membership at the election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the 25 changes in membership that occurred between the third Assembly's dissolution in March 2011 and the fourth Assembly's election in May. Seventeen sitting members did not present themselves for re-election and another eight were defeated at the polls. One re-elected member had been elected with a different affiliation in 2007. </p><p>The numbers indicate the percentage of votes each member received in the first round of counting under the <a href="/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Transferable Vote">Single Transferable Vote</a> in the 2011 election, and the round which decided his or her election or defeat. </p><p>In some constituencies (Foyle, West Tyrone and Fermanagh & South Tyrone), it is not possible to couple a single outgoing member by party with a single successor. The pairs of outgoing and incoming members in those seats are presented in arbitrary order. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Changes_in_membership_without_a_change_in_party">Changes in membership without a change in party</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Changes in membership without a change in party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of these changes occurred due to a member's retirement, although one defeated member of the SDLP, in Foyle, was succeeded by another member of the SDLP. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><b>Outgoing member(s)</b> </td> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>1st<br /> pref.<br /></b> </td> <td><b>Round</b><br /> </td> <td><b>Constituency</b> </td> <td><b>New member(s)</b> </td> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>1st<br /> pref.<br /></b> </td> <td><b>Round</b><br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Armstrong, Billy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Armstrong" title="Billy Armstrong">Billy Armstrong</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:azure;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Overend, Sandra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Overend" title="Sandra Overend">Sandra Overend</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:azure;">UUP</td> <td align="right">10.3%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bradley, P. J."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P._J._Bradley" title="P. J. Bradley">P. J. Bradley</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Down (Assembly constituency)">South Down</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="McKevitt, Karen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karen_McKevitt" title="Karen McKevitt">Karen McKevitt</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td align="right">9.0%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Callaghan, Pól"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P%C3%B3l_Callaghan" title="Pól Callaghan">Pól Callaghan</a></span></span></span><br /><i><small>[replaced <a href="/wiki/Mark_Durkan" title="Mark Durkan">Mark Durkan</a>, MP]</small></i><br /><a href="/wiki/Mary_Bradley" title="Mary Bradley">Mary Bradley</a> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td align="right">6.8%<br /><small> </small><br />—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4<br /><small> </small><br />—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Durkan, Mark H."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_H._Durkan" title="Mark H. Durkan">Mark H. Durkan</a></span></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Colum_Eastwood" title="Colum Eastwood">Colum Eastwood</a></td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td align="right">12.8%<br />7.6%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4<br />7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Wallace"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Browne,_Baron_Browne_of_Belmont" title="Wallace Browne, Baron Browne of Belmont">Wallace Browne</a></span></span></span> (retiring)<br /><small>Baron Browne of Belmont</small></td> <td style="background:Linen;">Democratic Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Douglas, Sammy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Douglas" title="Sammy Douglas">Sammy Douglas</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:Linen;">DUP</td> <td align="right">8.3%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Coulter, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Coulter_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Robert Coulter (Northern Ireland politician)">Robert Coulter</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:azure;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Swann, Robin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:azure;">UUP</td> <td align="right">6.2%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Empey, Reg"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Reg_Empey" title="Reg Empey">Reg Empey</a></span></span></span> (retiring)<br /><small> Lord Empey</small></td> <td style="background:azure;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Copeland, Michael"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Copeland_(politician)" title="Michael Copeland (politician)">Michael Copeland</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:azure;">UUP</td> <td align="right">6.8%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Leonard, Billy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Leonard" title="Billy Leonard">Billy Leonard</a></span></span></span> (retiring)<br /><i><small>[replaced <a href="/wiki/Francie_Brolly" title="Francie Brolly">Francie Brolly</a>]</small></i></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin <i>(suspended)</i></td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="O'Hoison Cathal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cathal_%C3%93_hOis%C3%ADn" title="Cathal Ó hOisín">Cathal Ó hOisín</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td align="right">13.5%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="McGill, Claire"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Claire_McGill" title="Claire McGill">Claire McGill</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">West Tyrone</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Boyle, Michaela"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michaela_Boyle" title="Michaela Boyle">Michaela Boyle</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td align="right">12.9%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Neeson, Seán"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Neeson" title="Seán Neeson">Seán Neeson</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:cornsilk;">Alliance</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dickson, Stewart"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Dickson" title="Stewart Dickson">Stewart Dickson</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:cornsilk;">Alliance</td> <td align="right">10.0%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Paisley, Ian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a></span></span></span>, PC (retiring)<br /><small>Lord Bannside</small><br /></td> <td style="background:Linen;">Democratic Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="McIlveen, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_McIlveen" title="David McIlveen">David McIlveen</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td align="right">8.1%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Savage, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Savage_(politician)" title="George Savage (politician)">George Savage</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:azure;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dobson, Jo-Anne"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jo-Anne_Dobson" title="Jo-Anne Dobson">Jo-Anne Dobson</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:azure;">UUP</td> <td align="right">7.9%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Wilson, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson_(Green_Party_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Wilson (Green Party politician)">Brian Wilson</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:#f2ffe5;">Green Party in Northern Ireland</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Down (Assembly constituency)">North Down</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Agnew, Steven"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Agnew" title="Steven Agnew">Steven Agnew</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:#f2ffe5;">Green</td> <td align="right">7.9%</td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seats_changing_hands_between_the_parties">Seats changing hands between the parties</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Seats changing hands between the parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Note that the party changes in Lagan Valley, Strangford and East Antrim cancelled each other out. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Outgoing member(s) </th> <th>Party </th> <th>1st<br /> pref<br /> </th> <th>Round <br /> </th> <th>Constituency<br /> </th> <th>New member(s)<br /> </th> <th>Party </th> <th>1st<br /> pref<br /> </th> <th>Round <br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bresland, Allan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Bresland" title="Allan Bresland">Allan Bresland</a></span></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Deeny" title="Kieran Deeny">Kieran Deeny</a> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:#e1e1e1;">Democratic Unionist<br />Independent</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.3 !">10.3%<br />—</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">0<br />—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">West Tyrone</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hussey, Ross"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Hussey" title="Ross Hussey">Ross Hussey</a></span></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Byrne_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Joe Byrne (Northern Ireland politician)">Joe Byrne</a></td> <td style="background:#e1e1e1;">UUP <br /> SDLP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.4 !">10.4%<br />8.5%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Burns, Thomas"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Burns_(politician)" title="Thomas Burns (politician)">Thomas Burns</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.6 !">10.6%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lewis, Pam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pam_Lewis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pam Lewis">Pam Lewis</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="8.9 !">8.9%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Cobain, Fred"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Cobain" title="Fred Cobain">Fred Cobain</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:azure;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="8.2 !">8.2%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bradley, Paula"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paula_Bradley" title="Paula Bradley">Paula Bradley</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.4 !">10.4%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Gallagher, Tommy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Gallagher_(politician)" title="Tommy Gallagher (politician)">Tommy Gallagher</a></span></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Gerry_McHugh" title="Gerry McHugh">Gerry McHugh</a> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:#e1e1e1;">SDLP<br />Ind. (elected as SF)</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="9.6 !">9.6%<br />—</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6 !">6<br />—</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh & <br /> South Tyrone</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lynch, Seán"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Lynch_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Lynch (politician)">Seán Lynch</a></span></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Flanagan" title="Phil Flanagan">Phil Flanagan</a></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.7 !">10.7%<br />10.6%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><span data-sort-value="McClarty, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_McClarty" title="David McClarty">David McClarty</a></span></span></span></i></td> <td><i> Ind. (elected as UUP)</i></td> <td align="right"><i><span data-sort-value="8.6 !">8.6%</span></i></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>7</i></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a></i></td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="McClarty, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_McClarty" title="David McClarty">David McClarty</a></span></span></span></i></td> <td><i>Independent</i></td> <td align="right"><i><span data-sort-value="8.6 !">8.6%</span></i></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i> 7</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="McFarland, Alan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alan_McFarland" title="Alan McFarland">Alan McFarland</a></span></span></span></td> <td>Ind. (elected as UUP)</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="6.7 !">6.7%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Down (Assembly constituency)">North Down</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dunne, Gordon"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Dunne" title="Gordon Dunne">Gordon Dunne</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="13.3 !">13.3%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="O'Loan, Declan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Declan_O%27Loan" title="Declan O'Loan">Declan O'Loan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:#e5fff2;">SDLP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="9.1 !">9.1%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Allister, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Allister" title="Jim Allister">Jim Allister</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:aliceblue;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Trad. U. Voice</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="10.1 !">10.1%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Purvis, Dawn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Purvis" title="Dawn Purvis">Dawn Purvis</a></span></span></span></td> <td>Ind. (elected as <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Prog. U.</a>)</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !">5.3%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cochrane, Judith"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Judith_Cochrane" title="Judith Cochrane">Judith Cochrane</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:cornsilk;">Alliance</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="13.4 !">13.4%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Butler, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Butler_(politician)" title="Paul Butler (politician)">Paul Butler</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hale, Brenda"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Hale_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Brenda Hale (Northern Ireland politician)">Brenda Hale</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:linen;">DUP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="8.2 !">8.2%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Gibson, Simpson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Simpson_Gibson" title="Simpson Gibson">Simpson Gibson</a></span></span></span> (retiring)<br /><i><small>[replaced <a href="/wiki/Jim_Shannon" title="Jim Shannon">Jim Shannon</a>]</small></i></td> <td style="background:Linen;">Democratic Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Nesbitt, Mike"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nesbitt" title="Mike Nesbitt">Mike Nesbitt</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:azure;">UUP</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="11.0 !">11.0%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Robinson, Ken"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Ken Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Ken Robinson</a></span></span></span> (retiring)</td> <td style="background:azure;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="McMullan, Oliver"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_McMullan" title="Oliver McMullan">Oliver McMullan</a></span></span></span></td> <td style="background:honeydew;">Sinn Féin</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="8.2 !">8.2%</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Member_returning_with_a_different_affiliation">Member returning with a different affiliation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Member returning with a different affiliation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/David_McClarty" title="David McClarty">David McClarty</a>, originally elected from <a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a> as an Ulster Unionist, although not re-nominated by the UUP in 2011, stood successfully for re-election as an independent. This reduced the UUP's strength from 2007, while keeping independent strength in the Assembly at one (as <a href="/wiki/Kieran_Deeny" title="Kieran Deeny">Kieran Deeny</a>, the retiring independent member, was not succeeded in West Tyrone by another independent). McClarty decided not to re-join the UUP after his re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-McClarty_Ind_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McClarty_Ind-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speaker">Speaker</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Speaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The presiding officer of the Northern Ireland's Assembly (like those for <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Assembly">Wales</a>, but unlike those for the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom House of Commons">United Kingdom</a> or the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Republic of Ireland</a>) does not remain impartial during the election period. The sitting Speaker, in this instance <a href="/wiki/William_Hay,_Baron_Hay_of_Ballyore" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore">William Hay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a>), must revert to his or her party colours and campaign for a seat on its manifesto. Once re-elected as an MLA (as Hay was), he or she becomes eligible for re-election as Speaker to resume unbiased authority over the Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional media reported that <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Francie_Molloy" title="Francie Molloy">Francie Molloy</a>, an outgoing Deputy Speaker, had hoped to win election as Speaker when the 2011 Assembly first met;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the event, following inter-party negotiations, Hay was re-elected and Molloy was nominated by his party for, and elected to, a newly created position of Principal Deputy Speaker with a presumed right of succession.<sup id="cite_ref-Molloy_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molloy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party_leaders_in_the_Assembly">Party leaders in the Assembly</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Party leaders in the Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Peter Robinson, DUP, First Minister"><img alt="talking, clean-shaven man with longish salt-and-pepper hair wearing a dark suit and grey tie, speaking at a podium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_%28Cropped%29.jpg/152px-Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_%28Cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_%28Cropped%29.jpg/228px-Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_%28Cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_%28Cropped%29.jpg/304px-Peter_Robinson_at_Titanic_Belfast_%28Cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="378" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Peter Robinson, DUP,<br />First Minister</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin, deputy First Minister"><img alt="smiling man with glasses, holding a pen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg/133px-Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg/199px-Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg/266px-Martin_McGuinness_MLA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1626" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin,<br />deputy First Minister</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_ritchie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Margaret Ritchie, Social Democratic & Labour Party"><img alt="smiling woman with glasses and short reddish-blonde hair, wearing a black dress with white trim and a black coat checquered in bluish-mauve" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Margaret_ritchie.jpg/105px-Margaret_ritchie.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Margaret_ritchie.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="267" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Margaret Ritchie,<br /> Social Democratic & Labour Party</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_administration">Electoral administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Electoral administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eligibility_and_proof_of_identity">Eligibility and proof of identity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Eligibility and proof of identity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU) and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen" title="Commonwealth citizen">Commonwealth</a> citizens aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline for voters to register to vote in 5 May elections was midnight on 14 April 2011. All voters had to present one piece of photographic identification in order to cast a vote at the polling station: accepted forms of ID were an <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Electoral_Identity_Card" title="Northern Ireland Electoral Identity Card">Electoral Identity Card</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Driving_licence_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Driving licence in the United Kingdom">photographic Northern Ireland or Great Britain driving licence</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Passports_of_the_European_Union" title="Passports of the European Union">European Union member state passport</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Translink_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink</a> 60+ SmartPass, a Translink Senior SmartPass, a Translink Blind Person's SmartPass or a Translink War Disabled SmartPass.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voters who didn't have an accepted type of photographic ID had until 22 April 2011 to apply for an <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Electoral_Identity_Card" title="Northern Ireland Electoral Identity Card">Electoral Identity Card</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Office_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Electoral Office for Northern Ireland">Electoral Office</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> brought by candidates in the simultaneous local government elections, challenging the non-acceptance of EU national identity cards as a proof of identity, failed on 4 May 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speed_of_counting_of_votes">Speed of counting of votes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Speed of counting of votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the days following the 2011 Assembly election concerns were raised by politicians and others about the time it took for ballots to be verified and counted. The first result came in at 7:00 p.m. on Friday 6 May, nine hours after counting began and 21 hours after polls closed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The announcement of the final results for some constituencies came two days after the polls closed. In contrast, the first result for elections held in Scotland on the same day as the Assembly election came in at 12:54 a.m., just under three hours after counting began, and the final result came in at 5:21 p.m. on the same day (Friday 6 May). In response to the criticisms about the speed of counting, Northern Ireland's Chief Electoral Officer, Graham Shields, defended the process, saying that it was "about accuracy, not about speed", adding that "This is a complicated process and people have to accept that. We will take as long as it takes to get it right."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_nominated_to_run_for_the_2011_election_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Candidates nominated to run for the 2011 election of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Candidates nominated to run for the 2011 election of the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="4th Northern Ireland Assembly">4th Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011 Irish general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2011 Northern Ireland local elections">2011 Northern Ireland local elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011 National Assembly for Wales election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 Scottish Parliament general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sinn Féin's president at the time was <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a>; however he already held a seat in the Republic of Ireland. McGuinness was Sinn Féin's "party leader in the North".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721204915/http://www.eoni.org.uk/ni_assembly_election_-_eligible_electorate.pdf">"Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: Eligible Electorate Statistics"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eoni.org.uk/ni_assembly_election_-_eligible_electorate.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 21 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 May</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Electoral+Office+for+Northern+Ireland%3A+Eligible+Electorate+Statistics&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eoni.org.uk%2Fni_assembly_election_-_eligible_electorate.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011+Northern+Ireland+Assembly+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721204925/http://www.eoni.org.uk/votes_polled_summary-2.pdf">"Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: Registered Voter Statistics"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eoni.org.uk/votes_polled_summary-2.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 21 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131109013145/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/06/northern-ireland-assembly-ulster-unionists-fourth">Archived</a> from the original on 9 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Ulster+Unionists+head+for+fourth+place&rft.date=2011-05-06&rft.au=Henry+McDonald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk%2F2011%2Fmay%2F06%2Fnorthern-ireland-assembly-ulster-unionists-fourth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011+Northern+Ireland+Assembly+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/election-2011/allister-outraged-as-speaker-retakes-post-with-help-of-sinn-fein-15155274.html">"Allister outraged as Speaker retakes post with help of Sinn Fein"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110517001430/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/election-2011/allister-outraged-as-speaker-retakes-post-with-help-of-sinn-fein-15155274.html">Archived</a> 17 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, by Noel McAdam, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Belfast_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="The Belfast Telegraph">The Belfast Telegraph</a></i>, 13 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Molloy-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Molloy_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Molloy_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/sinn-feins-francie-molloy-likely-to-be-stormont-speaker-in-2014-15155275.html">"Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy likely to be Stormont Speaker in 2014"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121020060725/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/sinn-feins-francie-molloy-likely-to-be-stormont-speaker-in-2014-15155275.html">Archived</a> 20 October 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, by Noel McAdam, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Belfast_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="The Belfast Telegraph">The Belfast Telegraph</a></i>, 13 May 2011. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 May</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Election+2011+-+Northern+Ireland+-+Constituencies&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fspecial%2Felection2011%2Fconstituency%2Fhtml%2Fnorthern_ireland.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011+Northern+Ireland+Assembly+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/elections/elections-2011/ni-assembly-election-2011-results.htm">NI Assembly Election 2011 Results</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511190735/http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/elections/elections-2011/ni-assembly-election-2011-results.htm">Archived</a> 11 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Office_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Electoral Office for Northern Ireland">Electoral Office for Northern Ireland</a>, retrieved Monday 9 May 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/election/2010west/rw2010.htm">Westminster General Election (NI) Thursday 6 May 2010</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514174452/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/election/2010west/rw2010.htm">Archived</a> 14 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, compiled by Martin Melaugh, <a href="/wiki/CAIN" class="mw-redirect" title="CAIN">CAIN</a> Web Service. Retrieved 11 May 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Compiled by looking up each constituency at this site: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/northern_ireland.stm">"Full Northern Ireland Results"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130412011646/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/northern_ireland.stm">Archived</a> 12 April 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, BBC News, 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Four weeks after the election, in which he was the Progressive Unionists' only candidate, Brian Ervine announced that he would resign as party leader. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-13632218">"PUP leader Brian Ervine to stand down"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181122114420/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-13632218">Archived</a> 22 November 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, BBC News, 2 June 2011. 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BBC. 6 May 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110510063521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13319182">Archived</a> from the original on 10 May 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 May</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Electoral+chief+defends+staff+over+results+delays&rft.date=2011-05-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-northern-ireland-13319182&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011+Northern+Ireland+Assembly+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official_sites">Official sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Official sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2011">Electoral Office for Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110613200855/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/breakdown.htm">Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="News_reports">News reports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: News reports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Summary and comparison of the principal parties' views on the main issues at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-12752595">the BBC</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.u.tv/election2011/Key-Issues.aspx">Ulster TV</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/election-2011/a-view-from-around-the-18-assembly-constituencies-15152601.html">"A view from around the 18 Assembly constituencies"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Belfast_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="The Belfast Telegraph">The Belfast Telegraph</a>,</i> Saturday, 7 May 2011 <small>(retrieved 11 May 2011)</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_web_sites,_manifestoes_and_election_broadcasts"><span id="Party_web_sites.2C_manifestoes_and_election_broadcasts"></span>Party web sites, manifestoes and election broadcasts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Party web sites, manifestoes and election broadcasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party election broadcasts (PEBs) in this table are at the BBC News site. Almost every individual party web site below also shows a copy of or a link to at least one of the party's own election broadcasts. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:mintcream;"> <td style="width:1%; background:#fff;"> </td> <td style="width:22%; background:aliceblue;">Campaign or party web site </td> <td style="width:16%; background:oldlace;">Manifesto </td> <td style="width:18%;">1st broadcast </td> <td style="width:15%;">2nd broadcast </td> <td style="width:15%;">3rd broadcast </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f8f8f8;"> <td colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news"><i>BBC News</i></a> </td> <td> </td> <td colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12926025"><i>List of all election addresses in the order they were broadcast</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6CB2F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allianceparty.org/">Alliance Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allianceparty.org/document/summary-2011-alliance-manifesto.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13039776">Wednesday 13 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13039776">Tuesday 26 April</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#2e3b74; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140710023046/http://www.bnp.org.uk/">British National Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514000011/http://www.bnp.org.uk/PDF/British_National_Party_Northern_Ireland_Manifesto_2011.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13039773">Monday 11 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D46A4C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mydup.com/">Democratic Unionist Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110725011623/http://www.mydup.com/efiles/DUP_Manifesto_2011/pubData/source/DUPManifesto2011.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12960492">Monday 4 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13133244">Tuesday 19 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13272966">Tuesday 3 May</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#8dc63f; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenpartyni.org/">Green Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110430014914/http://greenpartyni.org/documents/Green%20Party%20NI%20Manifesto%202011.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13137384">Wednesday 20 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E91D50; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110413061500/http://www.peoplebeforeprofit.ie/taxonomy/term/29">People Before Profit Alliance</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13133247">Tuesday 19 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#2B45A2; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110522081542/http://progressiveunionistparty.org/">Progressive Unionist Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pupmanifesto.com/">Manifesto</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#326760; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110517185450/http://www.sinnfein.ie/assembly-2011-candidates">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110811031820/http://www.sinnfein.ie/files/AssemblyManifesto2011.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12972620">Tuesday 5 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12972620">Monday 18 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12972620">Monday 2 May</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#2AA82C; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110424102908/http://d.oloan@sdlp.ie/">Social Dem. & Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110430000245/http://www.sdlp.ie/images/files/44339%20final%20low%20res2.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12972622">Wednesday 6 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12972622">Friday 15 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12972622">Thursday 28 April</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF3300; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110619090059/http://www.socialistpartyni.net/elections">Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>[Belfast:] <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181006030648/http://www.socialistpartyni.net/elections/east-belfast/583-socialist-party-manifesto-east-belfast">E</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181006025746/http://www.socialistpartyni.net/elections/south-belfast/582-socialist-party-manifesto-south-belfast">S</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181006031131/http://www.socialistpartyni.net/elections/west-belfast/584-socialist-party-manifesto-west-belfast">W</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13117847">Monday 18 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0C3A6A; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tuv.org.uk/">Traditional Unionist Voice</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111203144945/http://www.tuv.org.uk/files/tuvmanifesto11.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13158421">Wednesday 20 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#48A5EE; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uup.org/">Ulster Unionist Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110419023324/http://uup.org/index.php/jo-anne-dobson/item/389-campaign-story-3.html">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12987860">Thursday 7 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13072334">Thursday 14 April</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13212723">Wednesday 27 April</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6D3177; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ukip.org/page/northern-ireland-candidates">UK Independence Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ukip.org/media/pdf/LocalManifestoNIdl.pdf">Manifesto</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12987859">Friday 8 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#930C1A; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td align="left"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://workerspartyelection.wordpress.com/">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://workerspartyelection.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/wp-manifesto-a-new-politics1.pdf">Man.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://workerspartyelection.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/wp-manifesto-summary2.pdf">Summary</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13137381">Wednesday 20 April</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_leaders'_debates"><span id="Party_leaders.27_debates"></span>Party leaders' debates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/1982_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Forum" title="Northern Ireland Forum">1996</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="Next Northern Ireland Assembly election">Next</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in the European Union">European elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1924 Northern Ireland local elections">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Northern_Ireland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Northern Ireland local elections (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1973 Northern Ireland local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1977 Northern Ireland local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1981 Northern Ireland local elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1985 Northern Ireland local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1989 Northern Ireland local elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1993 Northern Ireland local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="1997 Northern Ireland local elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2001 Northern Ireland local elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2005 Northern Ireland local elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2011 Northern Ireland local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2014 Northern Ireland local elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2019 Northern Ireland local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2023 Northern Ireland local elections">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_Northern_Ireland_border_poll" title="1973 Northern Ireland border poll">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Good_Friday_Agreement_referendum" title="1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum">1998</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UK general elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1924 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1929 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1931 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1945 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1966 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1983 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2024 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="(2010_←)_23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=United_Kingdom&#124;link=United_Kingdom_2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections_(→_2012)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bury_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Calderdale_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election">Calderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Coventry_City_Council_election" title="2011 Coventry City Council election">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Doncaster_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kirklees_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election">Kirklees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Knowsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election">Knowsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Leeds_City_Council_election" title="2011 Leeds City Council election">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Liverpool_City_Council_election" title="2011 Liverpool City Council election">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2011 Manchester City Council election">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Newcastle_City_Council_election" title="2011 Newcastle City Council election">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Tyneside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election">North Tyneside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Oldham_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rochdale_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rotherham_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election">Rotherham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Salford_City_Council_election" title="2011 Salford City Council election">Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sandwell_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election">Sandwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sefton_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election">Sefton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sheffield_City_Council_election" title="2011 Sheffield City Council election">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Solihull_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election">Solihull</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_South_Tyneside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election (page does not exist)">South Tyneside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_St_Helens_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election">St Helens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Stockport_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sunderland_City_Council_election" title="2011 Sunderland City Council election">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election">Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election">Trafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election" title="2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Walsall_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wirral_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election">Wirral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wolverhampton_City_Council_election" title="2011 Wolverhampton City Council election">Wolverhampton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary<br />authorities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bath_and_North_East_Somerset_Council_election" title="2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election">Blackburn with Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Blackpool_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Blackpool Borough Council election">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bournemouth_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Bournemouth Borough Council election">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bracknell_Forest_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election">Bracknell Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Brighton_and_Hove_City_Council_election" title="2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election">Brighton & Hove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bristol_City_Council_election" title="2011 Bristol City Council election">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Central_Bedfordshire_Council_election" title="2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cheshire_East_Council_election" title="2011 Cheshire East Council election">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council_election" title="2011 Cheshire West and Chester Council election">Cheshire West & Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Darlington_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Darlington Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Derby_City_Council_election" title="2011 Derby City Council election">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council_election" title="2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Halton_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Halton Borough Council election">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hartlepool_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Hartlepool Borough Council election">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Herefordshire_Council_election" title="2011 Herefordshire Council election">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hull_City_Council_election" title="2011 Hull City Council election">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Leicester_City_Council_election" title="2011 Leicester City Council election">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Luton_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Luton Borough Council election">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Medway_Council_election" title="2011 Medway Council election">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Middlesbrough_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Middlesbrough Borough Council election">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Milton_Keynes_Council_election" title="2011 Milton Keynes Council election">Milton Keynes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_North_East_Lincolnshire_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 North East Lincolnshire Council election (page does not exist)">North East Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Lincolnshire_Council_election" title="2011 North Lincolnshire Council election">North Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Somerset_Council_election" title="2011 North Somerset Council election">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nottingham_City_Council_election" title="2011 Nottingham City Council election">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Peterborough_City_Council_election" title="2011 Peterborough City Council election">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Plymouth_City_Council_election" title="2011 Plymouth City Council election">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Poole_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Poole Borough Council election">Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Portsmouth_City_Council_election" title="2011 Portsmouth City Council election">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Reading_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Reading Borough Council election">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Redcar_and_Cleveland_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election">Redcar and Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rutland_County_Council_election" title="2011 Rutland County Council election">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Slough_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Slough Borough Council election">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Gloucestershire_Council_election" title="2011 South Gloucestershire Council election">South Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Southampton_City_Council_election" title="2011 Southampton City Council election">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Southend-on-Sea_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election">Southend-on-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Stockton-on-Tees_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Stoke-on-Trent_City_Council_election" title="2011 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Swindon_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Swindon Borough Council election">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Telford_and_Wrekin_Council_election" title="2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election">Telford and Wrekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Thurrock_Council_election" title="2011 Thurrock Council election">Thurrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Torbay_Council_election" title="2011 Torbay Council election">Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Warrington_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Warrington Borough Council election">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Berkshire_Council_election" title="2011 West Berkshire Council election">West Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Windsor_and_Maidenhead_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election">Windsor and Maidenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wokingham_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Wokingham Borough Council election">Wokingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_City_of_York_Council_election" title="2011 City of York Council election">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">District councils</a><br />(England)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Allerdale_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Allerdale Borough Council election">Allerdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Amber_Valley_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election">Amber Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Arun_District_Council_election" title="2011 Arun District Council election">Arun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ashfield_District_Council_election" title="2011 Ashfield District Council election">Ashfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ashford_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Ashford Borough Council election">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Aylesbury_Vale_District_Council_election" title="2011 Aylesbury Vale District Council election">Aylesbury Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Babergh_District_Council_election" title="2011 Babergh District Council election">Babergh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Barrow-in-Furness_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election">Barrow-in-Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Basildon_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Basildon Borough Council election">Basildon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Basingstoke_and_Deane_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election">Basingstoke and Deane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bassetlaw_District_Council_election" title="2011 Bassetlaw District Council election">Bassetlaw</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Blaby_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Blaby District Council election (page does not exist)">Blaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bolsover_District_Council_election" title="2011 Bolsover District Council election">Bolsover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Boston_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Boston Borough Council election">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Braintree_District_Council_election" title="2011 Braintree District Council election">Braintree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Breckland_District_Council_election" title="2011 Breckland District Council election">Breckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Brentwood_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Brentwood Borough Council election">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Broadland_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Broadland District Council election (page does not exist)">Broadland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Bromsgrove_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Bromsgrove District Council election (page does not exist)">Bromsgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Broxbourne_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Broxbourne Borough Council election">Broxbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Broxtowe_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Broxtowe Borough Council election">Broxtowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Burnley_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Burnley Borough Council election">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cambridge_City_Council_election" title="2011 Cambridge City Council election">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cannock_Chase_District_Council_election" title="2011 Cannock Chase District Council election">Cannock Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Canterbury_City_Council_election" title="2011 Canterbury City Council election">Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Carlisle_City_Council_election" title="2011 Carlisle City Council election">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Castle_Point_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Castle Point Borough Council election">Castle Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Charnwood_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Charnwood Borough Council election">Charnwood</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Chelmsford_City_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Chelmsford City Council election (page does not exist)">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cherwell_District_Council_election" title="2011 Cherwell District Council election">Cherwell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Chesterfield_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Chesterfield Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chichester_District_Council_election" title="2011 Chichester District Council election">Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Chiltern_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Chiltern District Council election (page does not exist)">Chiltern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Christchurch_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Christchurch Borough Council election">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chorley_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Chorley Borough Council election">Chorley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Colchester_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Colchester Borough Council election">Colchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Copeland_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Copeland Borough Council election">Copeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Corby_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Corby Borough Council election">Corby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cotswold_District_Council_election" title="2011 Cotswold District Council election">Cotswold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Craven_District_Council_election" title="2011 Craven District Council election">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Crawley_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Crawley Borough Council election">Crawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dacorum_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Dacorum Borough Council election">Dacorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dartford_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Dartford Borough Council election">Dartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Daventry_District_Council_election" title="2011 Daventry District Council election">Daventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Derbyshire_Dales_District_Council_election" title="2011 Derbyshire Dales District Council election">Derbyshire Dales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dover_District_Council_election" title="2011 Dover District Council election">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Eastbourne_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election">Eastbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_East_Cambridgeshire_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 East Cambridgeshire District Council election (page does not exist)">East Cambridgeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_East_Devon_District_Council_election" title="2011 East Devon District Council election">East Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_East_Dorset_District_Council_election" title="2011 East Dorset District Council election">East Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_East_Hampshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 East Hampshire District Council election">East Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_East_Hertfordshire_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 East Hertfordshire District Council election (page does not exist)">East Hertfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Eastleigh_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Eastleigh Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Eastleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_East_Lindsey_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 East Lindsey District Council election (page does not exist)">East Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_East_Northamptonshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 East Northamptonshire District Council election">East Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_East_Staffordshire_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 East Staffordshire Borough Council election (page does not exist)">East Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Eden_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Eden District Council election (page does not exist)">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Elmbridge_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Elmbridge Borough Council election">Elmbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Epping_Forest_District_Council_election" title="2011 Epping Forest District Council election">Epping Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Epsom_and_Ewell_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council election">Epsom and Ewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Erewash_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Erewash Borough Council election">Erewash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Exeter_City_Council_election" title="2011 Exeter City Council election">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fenland_District_Council_election" title="2011 Fenland District Council election">Fenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Forest_Heath_District_Council_election" title="2011 Forest Heath District Council election">Forest Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Forest_of_Dean_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Forest of Dean District Council election (page does not exist)">Forest of Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fylde_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Fylde Borough Council election">Fylde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Gedling_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Gedling Borough Council election">Gedling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Gloucester_City_Council_election" title="2011 Gloucester City Council election">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Gravesham_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Gravesham Borough Council election">Gravesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Guildford_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Guildford Borough Council election">Guildford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Great_Yarmouth_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election">Great Yarmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Hambleton_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Hambleton District Council election (page does not exist)">Hambleton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Harborough_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Harborough District Council election (page does not exist)">Harborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Harlow_District_Council_election" title="2011 Harlow District Council election">Harlow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Harrogate_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Harrogate Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Harrogate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hart_District_Council_election" title="2011 Hart District Council election">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Havant_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Havant Borough Council election">Havant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hertsmere_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Hertsmere Borough Council election">Hertsmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_High_Peak_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 High Peak Borough Council election">High Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Hinckley_and_Bosworth_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Hinckley and Bosworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Horsham_District_Council_election" title="2011 Horsham District Council election">Horsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Huntingdonshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election">Huntingdonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election">Hyndburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ipswich_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Ipswich Borough Council election">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kettering_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Kettering Borough Council election">Kettering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_King%27s_Lynn_and_West_Norfolk_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election">King's Lynn and West Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Lancaster_City_Council_election" title="2011 Lancaster City Council election">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Lewes_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Lewes District Council election (page does not exist)">Lewes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_City_of_Lincoln_Council_election" title="2011 City of Lincoln Council election">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Lichfield_District_Council_election" title="2011 Lichfield District Council election">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Maidstone_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Maidstone Borough Council election">Maidstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Maldon_District_Council_election" title="2011 Maldon District Council election">Maldon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Malvern_Hills_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Malvern Hills District Council election (page does not exist)">Malvern Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mansfield_District_Council_election" title="2011 Mansfield District Council election">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Melton_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Melton Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Melton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Mendip_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Mendip Council election (page does not exist)">Mendip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mid_Devon_District_Council_election" title="2011 Mid Devon District Council election">Mid Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mid_Suffolk_District_Council_election" title="2011 Mid Suffolk District Council election">Mid Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Mid_Sussex_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Mid Sussex District Council election (page does not exist)">Mid Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mole_Valley_District_Council_election" title="2011 Mole Valley District Council election">Mole Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Forest_District_Council_election" title="2011 New Forest District Council election">New Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Newark_and_Sherwood_District_Council_election" title="2011 Newark and Sherwood District Council election">Newark and Sherwood</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Newcastle-under-Lyme_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Devon_District_Council_election" title="2011 North Devon District Council election">North Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Dorset_District_Council_election" title="2011 North Dorset District Council election">North Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_North_East_Derbyshire_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 North East Derbyshire District Council election (page does not exist)">North East Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Hertfordshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 North Hertfordshire District Council election">North Hertfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_North_Kesteven_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 North Kesteven District Council election (page does not exist)">North Kesteven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Norfolk_District_Council_election" title="2011 North Norfolk District Council election">North Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Warwickshire_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 North Warwickshire Borough Council election">North Warwickshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_West_Leicestershire_District_Council_election" title="2011 North West Leicestershire District Council election">North West Leicestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northampton_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Northampton Borough Council election">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Norwich_City_Council_election" title="2011 Norwich City Council election">Norwich</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Oadby_and_Wigston_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Oadby and Wigston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Pendle_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Pendle Borough Council election">Pendle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Preston_City_Council_election" title="2011 Preston City Council election">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Purbeck_District_Council_election" title="2011 Purbeck District Council election">Purbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Redditch_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Redditch Borough Council election">Redditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Reigate_and_Banstead_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election">Reigate and Banstead</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Ribble_Valley_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Ribble Valley District Council election (page does not exist)">Ribble Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Richmondshire_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Richmondshire District Council election (page does not exist)">Richmondshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rochford_District_Council_election" title="2011 Rochford District Council election">Rochford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rossendale_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Rossendale Borough Council election">Rossendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rother_District_Council_election" title="2011 Rother District Council election">Rother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Rugby Borough Council election">Rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Runnymede_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Runnymede Borough Council election">Runnymede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rushcliffe_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Rushcliffe Borough Council election">Rushcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Rushmoor_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Rushmoor Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Rushmoor</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Ryedale_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Ryedale District Council election (page does not exist)">Ryedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scarborough_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Scarborough Borough Council election">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Sedgemoor_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Sedgemoor District Council election (page does not exist)">Sedgemoor</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Selby_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Selby District Council election (page does not exist)">Selby</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Sevenoaks_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Sevenoaks District Council election (page does not exist)">Sevenoaks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Shepway_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Shepway District Council election (page does not exist)">Shepway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_South_Bucks_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 South Bucks District Council election (page does not exist)">South Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Cambridgeshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Cambridgeshire District Council election">South Cambridgeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_South_Derbyshire_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 South Derbyshire District Council election (page does not exist)">South Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Hams_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Hams District Council election">South Hams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Holland_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Holland District Council election">South Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Kesteven_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Kesteven District Council election">South Kesteven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Lakeland_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Lakeland District Council election">South Lakeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Norfolk_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Norfolk District Council election">South Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_South_Northamptonshire_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 South Northamptonshire District Council election (page does not exist)">South Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Oxfordshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election">South Oxfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Ribble_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 South Ribble Borough Council election">South Ribble</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_South_Somerset_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 South Somerset District Council election (page does not exist)">South Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Staffordshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 South Staffordshire District Council election">South Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Spelthorne_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Spelthorne Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Spelthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_St_Albans_City_and_District_Council_election" title="2011 St Albans City and District Council election">St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_St_Edmundsbury_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election">St Edmundsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Stafford_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Stafford Borough Council election">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Staffordshire_Moorlands_District_Council_election" title="2011 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election">Staffordshire Moorlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Stevenage_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Stevenage Borough Council election">Stevenage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Stratford-on-Avon_District_Council_election" title="2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election">Stratford-on-Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Stroud_District_Council_election" title="2011 Stroud District Council election">Stroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Suffolk_Coastal_District_Council_election" title="2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election">Suffolk Coastal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Surrey_Heath_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Surrey Heath Borough Council election">Surrey Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Swale_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Swale Borough Council election">Swale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Swale_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Swale Borough Council election">Swale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tamworth_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Tamworth Borough Council election">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tandridge_District_Council_election" title="2011 Tandridge District Council election">Tandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Taunton_Deane_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Taunton Deane Council election">Taunton Deane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Teignbridge_District_Council_election" title="2011 Teignbridge District Council election">Teignbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tendring_District_Council_election" title="2011 Tendring District Council election">Tendring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Test_Valley_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Test Valley Borough Council election">Test Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Tewkesbury_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Tewkesbury Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Tewkesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Thanet_District_Council_election" title="2011 Thanet District Council election">Thanet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Three_Rivers_District_Council_election" title="2011 Three Rivers District Council election">Three Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tonbridge_and_Malling_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council election">Tonbridge and Malling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Torridge_District_Council_election" title="2011 Torridge District Council election">Torridge</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Tunbridge_Wells_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election (page does not exist)">Tunbridge Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Uttlesford_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Uttlesford District Council election (page does not exist)">Uttlesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Vale_of_White_Horse_District_Council_election" title="2011 Vale of White Horse District Council election">Vale of White Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Warwick_District_Council_election" title="2011 Warwick District Council election">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Watford_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Watford Borough Council election">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Waveney_District_Council_election" title="2011 Waveney District Council election">Waveney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Waverley_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Waverley Borough Council election">Waverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wealden_District_Council_election" title="2011 Wealden District Council election">Wealden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wellingborough_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Wellingborough Borough Council election">Wellingborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election">Welwyn Hatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Devon_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 West Devon Borough Council election">West Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Dorset_District_Council_election" title="2011 West Dorset District Council election">West Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Lancashire_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 West Lancashire Borough Council election">West Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_West_Lindsey_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 West Lindsey District Council election (page does not exist)">West Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Oxfordshire_District_Council_election" title="2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election">West Oxfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Somerset_District_Council_election" title="2011 West Somerset District Council election">West Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Weymouth_and_Portland_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election">Weymouth and Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Winchester_City_Council_election" title="2011 Winchester City Council election">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Woking_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Woking Borough Council election">Woking</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Worcester_City_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Worcester City Council election (page does not exist)">Worcester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Worthing_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Worthing Borough Council election">Worthing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wychavon_District_Council_election" title="2011 Wychavon District Council election">Wychavon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wycombe_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Wycombe District Council election (page does not exist)">Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wyre_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Wyre Borough Council election">Wyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wyre_Forest_District_Council_election" title="2011 Wyre Forest District Council election">Wyre Forest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_local_elections" title="2011 Northern Ireland local elections">District councils</a><br />(Northern Ireland)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Antrim_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Antrim Borough Council election">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ards_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Ards Borough Council election">Ards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Armagh_City_and_District_Council_election" title="2011 Armagh City and District Council election">Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ballymena_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Ballymena Borough Council election">Ballymena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ballymoney_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Ballymoney Borough Council election">Ballymoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Banbridge_District_Council_election" title="2011 Banbridge District Council election">Banbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Belfast_City_Council_election" title="2011 Belfast City Council election">Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Carrickfergus_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Carrickfergus Borough Council election">Carrickfergus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Castlereagh_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election">Castlereagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Coleraine_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Coleraine Borough Council election">Coleraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cookstown_District_Council_election" title="2011 Cookstown District Council election">Cookstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Craigavon_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Craigavon Borough Council election">Craigavon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Derry_City_Council_election" title="2011 Derry City Council election">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Down_District_Council_election" title="2011 Down District Council election">Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dungannon_and_South_Tyrone_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election">Dungannon and South Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fermanagh_District_Council_election" title="2011 Fermanagh District Council election">Fermanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Larne_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Larne Borough Council election">Larne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Limavady_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Limavady Borough Council election">Limavady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Lisburn_City_Council_election" title="2011 Lisburn City Council election">Lisburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Magherafelt_District_Council_election" title="2011 Magherafelt District Council election">Magherafelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Moyle_District_Council_election" title="2011 Moyle District Council election">Moyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Newry_and_Mourne_District_Council_election" title="2011 Newry and Mourne District Council election">Newry and Mourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Newtownabbey_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election">Newtownabbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Down_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 North Down Borough Council election">North Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Omagh_District_Council_election" title="2011 Omagh District Council election">Omagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Strabane_District_Council_election" title="2011 Strabane District Council election">Strabane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected mayors in England and Wales">Mayoral elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Bedford#2011" title="Mayor of Bedford">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Leicester#2011" title="Mayor of Leicester">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Mansfield#2011" title="Mayor of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Middlesbrough#2011" title="Mayor of Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Torbay#2011" title="Mayor of Torbay">Torbay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">National Assembly for Wales</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">Scottish Parliament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendum</a></th><td 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Legislative Assembly (MLA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_Buildings_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)">Parliament Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_for_Standards_at_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Commissioner for Standards at the Northern Ireland Assembly">Commissioner for Standards at the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Clerk of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Clerk of the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NI_Assembly.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NI_Assembly.svg/100px-NI_Assembly.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="83" class="mw-file-element" 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of committees of the Northern Ireland Assembly"><span style="color:white;">Committees</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_the_Executive_Office" title="Committee for the Executive Office">Executive Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Agriculture,_Environment_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs">Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Communities" title="Committee for Communities">Communities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_the_Economy" title="Committee for the Economy">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Education" title="Committee for Education">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Finance" title="Committee for Finance">Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Health" title="Committee for Health">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Infrastructure" title="Committee for Infrastructure">Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Justice" title="Committee for Justice">Justice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#6699CC;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Northern_Ireland" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland"><span style="color:white;">Constituencies</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Assembly constituency)">Belfast South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Assembly constituency)">Belfast West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)">East Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Armagh_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)">Newry and Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Down (Assembly constituency)">North Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Down (Assembly constituency)">South Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">West Tyrone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#6699CC;color:white;;width:1%">Parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Current:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit" title="People Before Profit">People Before Profit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#6699CC;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland"><span style="color:white;">Elections</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="Next Northern Ireland Assembly election">Next</a></i></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#6699CC;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Members</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="1st Northern Ireland Assembly">1st Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–03)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="2nd Northern Ireland Assembly">2nd Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2006–07)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="3rd Northern Ireland Assembly">3rd Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007–11)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="4th Northern Ireland Assembly">4th Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2011–16)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="5th Northern Ireland Assembly">5th Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2016–17)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="6th Northern Ireland Assembly">6th Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2017–22)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="7th Northern Ireland Assembly">7th Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#6699CC;color:white;;width:1%">Procedure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross-community_vote" title="Cross-community vote">Cross-community vote</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#6699CC;color:white;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement" title="Sunningdale Agreement">Sunningdale Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Agreement" title="St Andrews Agreement">St Andrews Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle_Agreement" title="Hillsborough Castle Agreement">Hillsborough Castle Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stormont_House_Agreement" title="Stormont House 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