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📌 Northern Ireland Elects
We provide comprehensive coverage of elections and politics in Northern Ireland.
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🚨 NEW: Colum Eastwood performed the best in the BBC election debate last night.
SDLP - Colum Eastwood: 32%
Alliance - Naomi Long: 22%
DUP - Gavin Robinson: 18%
Sinn Fein - Chris Hazzard: 15%
UUP - Robbie Butler: 13%
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Sinn Fein are now the largest party at Westminster in Northern Ireland, with 7 seats, and 2 more still to be declared.
LIVE results:
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🗣️ DUP leader
@GRobinsonDUP
: "We can never again see a situation where Pro-Union voters are so divided that seats are lost to those who will not promote the Union."
@duponline
#GE24
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🚨 NEW: The DUP are conceding that they have lost Lagan Valley to Alliance's Sorcha Eastwood.
[
@BBCGarethG
]
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🚨 NEW: The X (Twitter) account of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, leader of the DUP, seems to have been deleted or disabled.
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🗳️✅ 2024 General Election Results in Northern Ireland
SF: 7 (=)
DUP: 5 (-3)
SDLP: 2 (=)
AP: 1 (=)
UUP: 1 (+1)
TUV: 1 (+1)
IND-U: 1 (+1)
Full results:
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🚨📷 WATCH | Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
@uuponline
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🚨 NEW: Ulster Unionists select Jay Basra as Westminster candidate for Mid Ulster.
"I hope to reinvigorate unionism within the constituency with renewed energy and activism."
@uuponline
@JayBasra2
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Natasha Brennan has been selected as Sinn Féin's new councillor for the Balmoral District Electoral Area (DEA) on Belfast City Council, to replace Geraldine McAteer, who is stepping down after nearly ten years of service.
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🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Westminster Voting Intention
SF: 24% (-2)
DUP: 21% (+1)
AP: 17% (+2)
SDLP: 13% (+3)
UUP: 12% (-1)
TUV: 5% (-3)
PBP: 1% (=)
GRN: 1% (=)
AON: 1% (-1)
IND / OTH: 5% (+1)
Changes with May 2024
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🗳️ Our
#GE24
results page is now live!
Easy access to everything you need to know tonight: total declared seats, total seats by party & the vote share in each constituency displayed on our map plus loads more diagrams to visualise the results in NI!
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🗳️ The Electoral Office have set up an online service (Am I Registered) to help electors quickly check if they are accurately Registered to Vote. The service will also supply your Electoral Office Digital Registration Number.
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🚨 NEW: Alliance believe that Alex Easton has taken their deputy leader Stephen Farry's seat in North Down.
[
@vincekearney
]
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🚨 NEW: Possible recount in East Londonderry.
Reports from BBC that there are only 300/400 votes between the DUP's Gregory Campbell and Sinn Fein.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: The Assembly has voted 46 to 32 to reject the SDLP’s opposition day motion which called for a commitment to reform Stormont and prevent future collapses.
Sinn Féin and the DUP voted against. Alliance, UUP and SDLP voted for.
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🚨 NEW: Jonathan Buckley has conceded defeat in Lagan Valley.
Alliance's Sorcha Eastwood is the front-runner.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: Electoral Calculus prediction for
#GE24
in Northern Ireland.
SF: 7 (=)
DUP: 7 (-1)
SDLP: 2 (=)
AP: 1 (=)
UUP: 1 (+1)
Via
@ElectCalculus
Changes with GE19
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🚨 NEW: Several UUP members are attempting to force a vote of no confidence in the party officers after Doug Beattie quit as party leader, citing 'irreconcilable differences' with the party officers.
30 signatures of their 'Executive Committee' are required.
[
@BelfastLive
]
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Here is the vote share by party across all eighteen constituencies in Northern Ireland, and their change compared to the 2019 general election.
#GE24
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🚨 NEW: The UUP will stand in Belfast East after their candidate submitted nomination papers today.
They have not confirmed their candidate, but it is understood by the News Letter to be Ryan Warren.
[
@News_Letter
]
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🚨 NEW: Colin McGrath to run for SDLP in South Down
#GE24
The SDLP has selected
@ColinSDLP
as our candidate in South Down for July’s Westminster Election.
Colin will be an outstanding voice for people across South Down.
Read more
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🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention 🗳️
SF: 31% (=)
DUP: 24% (-4)
AP: 14% (-2)
UUP: 10% (+2)
SDLP 7%(+1)
TUV: 6% (+2)
GRN: 1% (-1)
PBP: 1% (=)
AON: 2% (+1)
Unionist: 40%
Nationalist: 40%
Other: 20%
Comparison Period Nov 23
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Cllr Sandra Duffy has been selected by Sinn Féin as their general election candidate in the Foyle constituency, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
[
@beltel
]
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🚨 NEW: Jamie Harpur has been co-opted as an Alliance councillor for Castlereagh South, to replace Michelle Guy MLA, who was co-opted to the Assembly.
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🚨 NEW: Will Polland standing in Strangford for the Social Democratic and Labour Party
#GE24
Will Polland has been selected as the SDLP candidate in Strangford for the Westminster election.
Will is part of a new generation of SDLP activists ready to step up and champion their local communities.
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🚨 NEW: Independent candidate for Foyle in the upcoming general election, Dr Anne McCloskey, has been jailed for 14 days after refusing to pay a Covid fine.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 BREAKING: The DUP will nominate members to the Northern Ireland Executive and restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland party leader approval ratings
Michelle O'Neill: +6 (+2)
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: -42 (-4)
Naomi Long: -1 (-3)
Doug Beattie: -4 (-9)
Colum Eastwood: -17 (-9)
Jim Allister: -40 (-6)
Comparison Period April 2023
Via
@LucidTalk
&
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: The North-South Ministerial Council will meet on Monday 8 April in Armagh.
[
@irish_news
]
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🚨 NEW: It's running VERY close in Belfast East.
LucidTalk saying Long is ahead at 43.8%, Robinson slightly behind at 43.4%.
Possibility of a recount.
With 90% of the East Belfast tallies in our system it’s LONG - 43.8%, ROBINSON - 43.3%!
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🚨 NEW: NI Secretary Hilary Benn is holding talks today with the First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly at Hillsborough Castle.
[
@rtenews
]
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Makeup of the next Northern Ireland Executive ⬇️
Sinn Fein: 3 Depts
DUP: 2 Depts
Alliance: 2 Depts (including Justice)
UUP: 1 Dept
SDLP will enter opposition. Sinn Fein gets first pick of a department.
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🚨 NEW: Financial accounts published for political parties in Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin reported the largest income of £1,095,081.00 and the largest expenditure of £1,167,466.00
🖇️ Read more
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🚨 NEW: The UUP candidate in North Down, Tim Collins, has said he thinks Alex Easton will win in North Down, and he will come third place.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention
SF: 30% (+1)
DUP: 18% (-3)
AP: 15% (=)
UUP: 12% (+1)
TUV: 9% (+1)
SDLP: 8% (=)
GRN: 2% (+1)
PBP: 1% (=)
AON: 1% (-1)
OTH/IND: 4% (=)
Changes with May 2024
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a press conference in Downing Street at 5pm.
[
@petercardwell
]
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🚨 NEW: The Alliance Party spent the most money on social media advertising in the last month.
From
@WhoTargetsMe
- a great breakdown of NI parties
@Meta
spending from 25/05/24 to 23/06/24.
AP: £18.3k
SF: £9.1k
SDLP: £5.1k
UUP: £4.7k
DUP: £3.2k
TUV: £486
PBP: £196
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1 year of NI Elects! Thanks for all the support over the past year and as we look towards
#GE24
💜🗳️
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🚨 NEW: The Assembly will sit on Thursday 8 August at noon, following a recall petition by the Alliance Party.
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🚨 BREAKING: Alliance leader and Justice Minister Naomi Long will stand in Belfast East in the general election.
#GE24
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🚨 NEW: Rachael Ferguson standing in Foyle for Alliance
#GE24
Congratulations to
@raichfer87
on being selected as Alliance's General Election candidate for Foyle.
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🚨NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention
SF: 29% (-2)
DUP: 21% (-3)
AP: 15% (+1)
UUP: 11% (+1)
SDLP 8% (+1)
TUV: 8% (+2)
AON: 2% (=)
GRN: 1% (=)
PBP: 1% (=)
IND 4% (=)
Unionist: 40%
Nationalist: 39%
Other: 21%
(Feb 24)
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Sinn Fein have released their first candidates for
#GE24
:
- Belfast West: Paul Maskey
- Mid Ulster: Cathal Mallaghan
- Newry and Armagh: Dáire Hughes
- North Antrim: Philip McGuigan
- South Antrim: Declan Kearney
- South Down: Chris Hazzard
- Upper Bann: Catherine Nelson
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🚨 NEW: The Executive Office are refusing to release minutes of a meeting between the FM, dFM and the UK's Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang.
The Alliance Party have said that "if Northern Ireland is to maintain links with China, it must be on the fundamental basis that we
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🚨 List of declared candidates for the upcoming general election so far.
Updated with all TUV candidates, and some new additions from other parties.
Nominations close in one week, on June 7th.
View our live updating version:
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🚨 NEW:
@JohnBlairMLA
to stand as Alliance's candidate for South Antrim in the upcoming Westminster election
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🚨 NEW: Philip Brett to run in Belfast North for the Democratic Unionist Party
#GE24
EXCLUSIVE | DUP select Phillip Brett to run against Sinn Fein’s John Finucane in North Belfast
@SuzyJourno
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🚨 NEW: Alex Easton is to announce that he will stand as an independent candidate in the upcoming Westminster election, as first reported by the Co. Down Spectator.
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🚨🗳️ Our list of declared general election candidates so far.
Nominations close this Friday, 7th June.
View our live updating version:
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🚨 NEW: Stormont's Assembly Commission is to offer MLAs extra money to increase security measures at their offices and personal homes.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: The SDLP are "very confident" that Claire Hanna will hold her seat in Belfast South and Mid Down.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: Paul Doherty standing in Belfast West for the SDLP
#GE24
Paul Doherty never stops working for people in West Belfast.
We are delighted to announce that he will be our candidate in the Westminster election on 4th July.
@PaulDoherty___
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✅🗳️ Belfast City - Final Results
SF: 22 (+4)
DUP: 14 (-1)
AP: 11 (+1)
SDLP: 5 (-1)
GRN: 3 (-1)
UUP: 2 (=)
PBP: 1 (-2)
TUV: 1 (+1)
IND: 1 (+1)
#Belfast
#BelfastLE23
#LE23
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🚨 NEW: Royal College of Nursing Chief Pat Cullen is stepping down to run for Sinn Féin in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the general election.
[
@bbcnewsni
]
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🚨 NEW: 120 officers from Police Scotland are being sent to Belfast to assist the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after their mutual aid request yesterday.
[
@POLITICOEurope
]
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🚨 NEW: Nadine Dorries on the Windsor Framework ⬇️
"The Windsor framework agreement, a dead duck, brought into existence by shady promises of future preferment with grubby rewards and potential gongs to MPs. Stormont is still not sitting."
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🚨 NEW: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Northern Ireland tonight (Tuesday).
[
@business
]
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24 hours before polling stations open...
Here is your reminder of all the candidates standing for election across the 18 Parliamentary Constituencies in Northern Ireland.
Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm tomorrow.
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Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention
SF: 31% (+2)
DUP: 26% (+1)
AP: 15% (+2)
UUP: 10% (-1)
SDLP: 6% (-1)
TUV: 5% (-2)
AON: 2% (=)
GRN: 2% (=)
PBP: 1% (=)
Via
@LucidTalk
&
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Westminster Voting Intention
SF: 23% (-1)
DUP: 21% (=)
AP: 18% (+1)
SDLP: 14% (+1)
UUP: 13% (+1)
TUV: 4% (-1)
PBP: 1% (=)
GRN: 1% (=)
AON: 1% (-1)
IND / OTH: 4% (-1)
Changes with
@LucidTalk
GE Poll 2 (2 weeks ago)
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy has been "strongly mooted" to be Economy Minister in the next Executive, as civil servants are told to prepare for the return of power-sharing.
[
@BelTel
]
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🚨🗳️ REMEMBER: There are only 6 HOURS left to register to vote in the general election on 4 July.
The deadline for registrations is at 11.59 pm on Tuesday 18 June!
You can also check if you are already on the electoral register 👇
🔗
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🚨 NEW: Results of LucidTalk's post-election debate poll last night by designation.
Unionists say that Gavin Robinson performed the best, followed by Colum Eastwood.
Nationalists say that Colum Eastwood performed the best, followed by Chris Hazzard.
Alliance/Green voters say
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🚨 NEW: Patrick Brown, who quit as Alliance MLA for South Down this week, was under investigation by Stormont's standards commissioner into his conduct towards an integrated school.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: Leader of the opposition Matthew O'Toole has written to FM Michelle O'Neill and DFM Emma Little-Pengelly asking for updates on the effects of motions and a programme for Government.
Since Stormont returned there has been positive imagery but limited substance.
Executive parties passed more than a dozen motions on everything from childcare to Lough Neagh, with no legal or financial effect.
I wrote to the FM and dFM asking for an actual plan for Government.
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🎉 500 followers! Thanks for the continued support, I really appreciate it. Looking forward to the general election, got some upgraded coverage planned from last year.
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🚨 BREAKING: Sinn Fein are formally seeking a recall of the assembly this Wednesday.
The SDLP and Alliance are likely to support the petition motion which is expected to focus on pay deals and next week's strikes.
[
@BBCJayneMcC
]
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🚨🗳️ REMEMBER: There are only 24 HOURS left to register to vote in the general election on 4 July.
The deadline for registrations is at 11.59 pm on Tuesday 18 June!
You can also check if you are already on the electoral register 👇
🔗
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🗳️✅ Turnout across all constituencies in Northern Ireland was 57.43%.
Lowest: Strangford 52.39%
Highest: Fermanagh & South Tyrone 65.97%
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Total number of seats won by each party, compared to their overall vote share across all eighteen constituencies 👇
Sinn Féin had the highest vote share at 27%, followed by the DUP at 22.1%, then Alliance on 15%.
#GE24
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🚨 NEW: Anna Henry has been co-opted to Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to replace Timothy Gaston, who was co-opted as a TUV MLA for North Antrim.
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🚨🗳️ NEW: List of all candidates in the 2024 general election in Northern Ireland
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🚨 BREAKING: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election on Thursday 4 July.
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🚨 NEW: Honours and Appointments from Downing Street
Gregory Campbell MP (East Londonderry - DUP) has been awarded a CBE by the Prime Minister for Public and Parliamentary Service.
Gavin Robinson MP (Belfast East - DUP) has been sworn to the Privy Council.
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1000 followers! Thank you for your continued support.
I hope the
#GE24
coverage was helpful and allowed you to better visualise the results.
This is all done in spare time and I make nothing from doing it, so any help with costs would be appreciated 💜
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👇 NI Assembly Order Paper for Tue 16 April 2024
- Question Time session for
@deptinfra
.
- Three opposition motions from
@SDLPlive
: 'Removing the Universal Credit Two-Child Limit', 'Eradicating Fuel Poverty' and 'Banning No-Fault Evictions'.
- Executive motion from Health
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🚨 NEW: Robin Swann will step down as Health Minister once the general election campaign begins.
[
@BBCNewsNI
]
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🚨 NEW: Statement from DUP leader
@GRobinsonDUP
on fielding a 'non-party aligned unionist candidate' in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
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Northern Ireland party leader approval ratings
Michelle O'Neill: 25 (+19)
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: -12 (+30)
Emma Little-Pengelly: -2
Naomi Long: 2 (+3)
Doug Beattie: 0 (+4)
Colum Eastwood: -10 (+7)
Jim Allister: -50 (-10)
Comparison Period Nov 23
Via
@LucidTalk
@BelTel
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🚨 NEW: Eddie Roofe to stand in Fermanagh and South Tyrone for Alliance
#GE24
Congratulations to
@EddieRoofe
on being selected as Alliance's General Election candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
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🚨 NEW: Alliance councillor Richard Stewart to contest general election in East Londonderry.
@allianceparty
@alliancerichard
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