2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
The 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 7 May 2015 and all 18 seats were contested. 1,236,765 people were eligible to vote, up 67,581 from the 2010 general election. 58.45% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of half a percentage point from the last general election. This election saw the return of Ulster Unionists to the House of Commons, after they targeted 4 seats but secured 2.
Image: Peter Robinson 2013 (cropped)
Image: Gerry Adams Pre Election Press Conference
Image: Alasdair Mc Donnell MP
Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has seven members in the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Image: Nobel Peace prize winner John Hume 1998 from Wash. DC. (50184861292)
Image: Mark Durkan
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Image: Alasdair Mc Donnell MP