UK ELECTIONS 2010 – THE RESULTS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
DUP
Peter Robinson (Belfast East – 11,306)
Nigel Dodds (Belfast North – 14,812)
Jimmy Spratt (Belfast South – 8100)
William Humphrey (Belfast West – 2436)
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim – 13,993)
Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry – 12,097)
Maurice Devenny (Foyle – 4489)
Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley – 18,199)
Ian McCrea (Mid Ulster – 5876)
William Irwin (Newry & Armagh – 5764)
Ian Paisley (North Antrim – 19,672)
William McCrea (South Antrim – 11,536)
Jim Wells (South Down – 3645)
Jim Shannon (Strangford – 14,926)
David Simpson (Upper Bann – 14,000)
Thomas Buchanan (West Tyrone – 7365)
Total number of candidates = 16% of women candidate for DUP = 0%
Number of seats for DUP = 8 (0 women)
Ulster Conservatives and Unionists
Trevor Ringland (Belfast East – 7305)
Fred Cobain (Belfast North – 2837)
Paula Bradshaw (Belfast South – 5910)
Bill Manwaring (Belfast West – 1000)
Rodney McCune (East Antrim – 7223)
Lesley Ann Macaulay (East Londonderry – 6218)
David Harding (Foyle – 1221)
Daphne Trimble (Lagan Valley – 7713)
Sandra Overend (Mid Ulster – 4509)
Danny Kennedy (Newry & Armagh – 8558)
Irwin Armstrong (North Antrim – 4634)
Ian Parsley (North Down – 6817)
Reg Empey (South Antrim – 10,353)
John McCallister (South Down – 3093)
Mike Nesbitt (Strangford – 9050)
Harry Hamilton (Upper Bann – 10639)
Ross Hussey (West Tyrone – 5281)
Total number of candidates = 17Number of women candidates = 4
% of women candidates for UCU = 24%
None elected
Sinn Fein
Niall O’Donnghaile (Belfast East – 817)
Gerry Kelly (Belfast North – 12,588)
Gerry Adams (Belfast West – 22,840)
Oliver McMullan (East Antrim – 2064)
Cathal OhOisin (East Londonderry – 6742)
Michelle Gildernew (Fermanagh & South Tyrone – 21,304)
Martina Anderson (Foyle – 12,098)
Paul Butler (Lagan Valley – 1465)
Martin McGuinness (Mid Ulster – 21,239)
Conor Murphy (Newry & Armagh – 18,857)
Daithi McKay (North Antrim – 5265)
Vincent Parker (North Down – 250)
Mitchel McLaughlin (South Antrim – 4729)
Caitriona Ruane (South Down – 12,236)
Mickey Coogan (Strangford – 1161)
John O’Dowd (Upper Bann – 10237)
Pat Doherty (West Tyrone – 18,050)
Total number of candidates = 17Number of women candidates = 3
% of women candidates for SF = 18%
Number of seats for SF = 5 (1 woman or 20% of seats)
SDLP
Mary Muldoon (Belfast East – 365)
Alban Maginness (Belfast North – 4544)
Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South – 14,026)
Alex Attwood (Belfast West – 5261)
Justin McCamphill (East Antrim – 2019)
Thomas Conway (East Londonderry – 5399)
Fearghal McKinney (Fermanagh & South Tyrone – 3574)
Mark Durkan (Foyle – 16,922)
Brian Heading (Lagan Valley – 1835)
Tony Quinn (Mid Ulster – 5826)
Dominic Bradley (Newry & Armagh – 10,526)
Declan O’Loan (North Antrim – 3738)
Liam Logan (North Down – 680)
Michelle Byrne (South Antrim – 2955)
Margaret Ritchie (South Down – 20,648)
Claire Hanna (Strangford – 2164)
Dolores Kelly (Upper Bann – 5276)
Joe Byrne (West Tyrone – 5212)
Total number of candidates = 18Number of women candidates = 5
% of women candidates for SDLP = 28%
Number of seats for SDLP = 3 (1 woman or 33%)
Alliance
Naomi Long (Belfast East – 12,839)
Billy Webb (Belfast North – 1809)
Anna Lo (Belfast South – 5114)
Maire Hendron (Belfast West – 596)
Gerry Lynch (East Antrim – 3377)
Barney Fitzpatrick (East Londonderry – 1922)
Vasundhara Kamble (Fermanagh & South Tyrone – 437)
Keith McGrellis (Foyle – 223)
Trevor Lunn (Lagan Valley – 4174)
Ian Butler (Mid Ulster – 397)
Andrew Muir (Newry & Armagh – 545)
Jayne Dunlop (North Antrim – 1368)
Stephen Farry (North Down – 1876)
Alan Lawther (South Antrim – 2607)
David Griffin (South Down – 560)
Deborah Girvan (Strangford – 2828)
Brendan Heading (Upper Bann – 1231)
Michael Bower (West Tyrone – 859)
Total number of candidates = 18Number of women candidates = 6
% of women candidates for Alliance = 33%
Number of seats for Alliance = 1 (won by Naomi Long so 100%)
Others
The Green Party fielded 4 candidates, one (Barbara Haig) or 25% of which are female. They did not gain any seats.
The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) fielded 10 candidates, one (Kaye Kilpatrick) or 10% of which are female. They did not gain any seats.
Of the 8 Independent candidates, one (Sylvia Hermon) is female. Lady Hermon, previously a MP for the Ulster Unionist Party, resigned over their pact with the Conservative Party. She was elected in North Down.
Summary
Total number of candidates = 108
Total number of women candidates = 21
% of candidates that are women = 19%
Total number of women elected = 4
% of seats won by women = 22%
Party / Number (%) of male candidates / Number (%) of female candidatesAlliance / 12 (67%) / 6 (33%)
DUP / 16 (100%) / 0 (0%)
Green Party / 3 (75%) / 1 (25%)
Independents / 7 (88%) / 1 (12%)
SDLP / 13 (72%) / 5 (28%)
Sinn Fein / 14 (82%) / 3 (18%)
TUV / 9 (90%) / 1 (10%)
Ulster Conservative & Unionist / 13 (76%) / 4 (24%)
Constituency / Number (%) of male candidates / Number (%) of female candidates
Belfast East / 4 (67%) / 2 (33%)
Belfast North / 6 (100%) / 0 (0%)
Belfast South / 3 (60%) / 2 (40%)
Belfast West / 4 (80%) / 1 (20%)
East Antrim / 6 (100%) / 0 (0%)
East Londonderry / 5 (83%) / 1 (17%)
Fermanagh & South Tyrone / 3 (60%) / 2 (40%)
Foyle / 5 (83%) / 1 (17%)
Lagan Valley / 5 (83%) / 1 (17%)
Mid Ulster / 5 (83%) / 1 (17%)
Newry & Armagh / 6 (100%) / 0 (0%)
North Antrim / 6 (86%) / 1 (14%)
North Down / 5 (71%) / 2 (29%)
South Antrim / 5 (83%) / 1 (17%)
South Down / 5 (71%) / 2 (29%)
Strangford / 4 (57%) / 3 (43%)
Upper Bann / 4 (80%) / 1 (20%)
West Tyrone / 6 (100%) / 0 (0%)