Sinn Féin is seeking to cement its position as the largest party after securing most seats in recent Assembly and local council polls
Sinn Féin is seeking to cement its position as the largest party after securing most seats in recent Assembly and local council pollsNorthern Ireland election: A total of 136 candidates are standing in the North’s 18 constituencies. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA WireSinn Féin
In that constituency, former Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen, who led nurses across the UK in strike action last year, is up against Defeat for Mr Robinson would surely raise questions about his fledgling leadership of the DUP; while a loss for Ms Long would prompt some to ask whether the Alliance Party’s surge of recent years has begun to subside.
While three victories could be secured; three losses would sting heavily for a party that has been on the electoral march in recent years. Both are tipped for victory – in Foyle and South Belfast and Mid Down respectively – albeit with the prospect of returning with reduced majorities. That has led to a highly unusual situation in Mr Allister’s own North Antrim constituency, where he is running on a joint TUV-Reform UK platform, even though Mr Farage has personally backed the DUP candidate in that area, Ian Paisley.
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