2019 Northern Ireland local elections

2019 Northern Ireland local elections
2 May 2019
All 11 districts, 462 council seats
Turnout52.7% ( 1.4%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill Robin Swann
Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP
Last election 130 105 88
Seats won 122 105 75
Seat change 8 13
Popular vote 163,615 157,448 95,320
Percentage 24.1% 23.2% 14.0%
Swing 1.0% 0.8% 2.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Colum Eastwood Naomi Long Clare Bailey
Party SDLP Alliance Green (NI)
Last election 66 32 4
Seats won 59 53 8
Seat change 7 21 4
Popular vote 81,419 78,052 14,284
Percentage 12.0% 11.5% 2.1%
Swing 1.6% 4.8% 1.3%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
PUP
Leader Jim Allister Eamonn McCann Billy Hutchinson
Party TUV People Before Profit PUP
Last election 13 1 4
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change 7 4 1
Popular vote 15,165 9,478 5,338
Percentage 2.2% 1.4% 0.7%
Swing 2.3% 1.1% 1.2%

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 May 2019. The last elections were held in 2014. 819 candidates contested 462 seats across Northern Ireland's 11 local government districts. 1,305,384 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 52.7% of the electorate turned out.


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