Northern Ireland now has seven new faces at Westminster and as they make their way across the water in the coming days, how they find their feet remains to be seen
As the dust settles on what has been a seismic election across the UK, the people of Northern Ireland have woken up to a new political dawn with the fall of the House of Paisley in North Antrim .
There is no doubt that this has been a disastrous election for the DUP with their vote falling by 8.65 per cent on 2019. The Alliance Party have benefitted in the past from a surge in support which had seen them increase their number of MLAs and councillors at recent elections. However, this growth in support has tended to come when they have capitalised on the Assembly being down. With Stormont back up and running, it will be interesting to see how this impacts on the party in future elections.
Alliance’s Sorcha Eastwood surprised some by becoming the first female and first non-unionist MP in Lagan Valley. Ms Eastwood, who has continued to garner support in the constituency held by former DUP leader Sir Jeffery Donaldson who stood down earlier this year following allegations of historical sexual assault and rape which he denies.
The same can be said for Fermanagh South Tyrone where Sinn Féin’s Pat Cullen managed to grow the party’s share of the vote by 5.09 per cent. The former head of the RCN was 8.9 per cent ahead of the UUP’s Diana Armstrong, who was the only unionist candidate on the ballot. That was despite Ms Cullen facing challenges from the SDLP and Aontú. In total, nationalist parties achieved 54.07 per cent in the constituency which was formally held by Hunger Striker Bobby Sands.
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