Election sucess takes pressure to change off parties as they face into talks on Tuesday
While there are some changes to the political pattern, the dominant picture remains the same as counting continues in the local elections inThe performance of Alliance and the election of the DUP’s first openly gay candidate may have grabbed the headlines, but the future still is mainly Orange and Green.
The quirks of the transfer voting system could yet cause some surprises when counting concludes sometime on Saturday, but as of late on Friday night the DUP and Sinn Féin were very safely in pole political position in the North. The Alliance and Green Party however were making advances in the election to the North’s 11 councils, while theThe SDLP appeared to be holding its own and, much to the satisfaction of its leaderPeople Before Profit also appeared to be doing well from a low base while former Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín’s new party, Aontú, which campaigned on an anti-abortion platform among other issues, was poised to take a seat in Derry, although it was unclear whether its vote in other...
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