Alliance Party of Northern Ireland election results

This article lists the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

Year	Number of Candidates	Total votes	Average votes per candidate	% UK vote	% NI vote	Change (percentage points)	Saved deposits	Number of MPs
1974 Feb	3	22,660	7,553	0.1	?	N/A	1	0
1974 Oct	5	44,644	8,929	0.2	?	+0.1	4	0
1979	12	82,892	6,908	0.3	?	+0.1	4	0
1983	12	61,275	5,106	0.2	?	−0.1	5	0
1987	16	72,671	4,542	0.2	?	0.0	11	0
1992	16	68,665	4,292	0.2	?	0.0	11	0
1997	17	62,972	3,704	0.2	?	0.0	11	0
2001	10	28,999	2,900	0.1	?	−0.1	5	0
2005	12	28,291	2,358	0.1	?	0.0	7	0
2010	18	42,762	2,376	0.2	?	+0.1	8	1
2015	18	61,556	3,420	0.2	?	+0.1	10	0

February 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Glendinning, RobinRobin Glendinning	4,983	8.1	3
Belfast South	Cook, DavidDavid Cook	5,118	9.9	3
South Antrim	Kinahan, CharlesCharles Kinahan	12,559	17.6	2

October 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast North	Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	3,807	8.1	3
Belfast South	Glass, JohnJohn Glass	11,715	23.0	2
North Antrim	Wilson, HughHugh Wilson	8,689	14.6	2
North Down	Jones, KeithKeith Jones	9,973	17.5	2
South Antrim	Kinahan, CharlesCharles Kinahan	10,460	15.3	2

1979 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Ramsay, WilliamWilliam Ramsay	2,071	3.2	5
Belfast East	Napier, OliverOliver Napier	15,066	29.6	3
Belfast North	Cushnahan, JohnJohn Cushnahan	4,120	9.7	5
Belfast South	Glass, BasilBasil Glass	11,745	25.1	2
Belfast West	Cousins, JohnJohn Cousins	2,021	6.1	5
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Acheson, PeterPeter Acheson	1,070	1.7	5
Londonderry	Barr, ArthurArthur Barr	5,830	9.2	3
Mid Ulster	Lagan, AidanAidan Lagan	3,481	5.3	4
North Antrim	Wilson, HughHugh Wilson	7,797	11.9	3
North Down	Jones, KeithKeith Jones	13,364	21.6	2
South Antrim	Kinahan, CharlesCharles Kinahan	11,914	16.2	2
South Down	Forde, PatrickPatrick Forde	4,407	6.8	3

By-elections, 1979–83

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, August 1981	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	1,930	3.0	3
Belfast South by-election, 1982	Cook, DavidDavid Cook	11,726	26.9	2

1983 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Napier, OliverOliver Napier	9,373	24.1	3
Belfast North	Maguire, PaulPaul Maguire	3,879	9.1	5
Belfast South	Cook, DavidDavid Cook	8,945	23.9	2
East Antrim	Neeson, SeanSean Neeson	7,620	20.0	3
East Londonderry	McGrath, MarthaMartha McGrath	2,401	4.7	5
Foyle	O'Grady, GerardGerard O'Grady	1,108	2.1	4
Lagan Valley	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	4,593	11.3	3
Mid Ulster	Lagan, AidanAidan Lagan	1,735	3.2	5
North Down	Cushnahan, JohnJohn Cushnahan	9,015	22.1	2
South Antrim	Mawhinney, GordonGordon Mawhinney	4,612	11.9	3
South Down	Forde, PatrickPatrick Forde	1,823	3.6	5
Strangford	Morrow, AddieAddie Morrow	6,171	15.8	3

By-elections, 1983–87

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East by-election, 1986	Napier, OliverOliver Napier	5,917	17.4	2
Belfast North by-election, 1986	Maguire, PaulPaul Maguire	5,072	16.7	2
Belfast South by-election, 1986	Cook, DavidDavid Cook	7,635	25.0	2
East Antrim by-election, 1986	Neeson, SeanSean Neeson	5,405	15.1	2
North Down by-election, 1986	Cushnahan, JohnJohn Cushnahan	8,066	20.8	2

1987 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Alderdice, JohnJohn Alderdice	10,574	32.1	2
Belfast North	Campbell, TomTom Campbell	2,871	7.8	6
Belfast South	Cook, DavidDavid Cook	6,963	21.3	2
East Antrim	Neeson, SeanSean Neeson	8,582	25.6	2
East Londonderry	McGowan, PaddyPaddy McGowan	3,237	6.6	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Haslett, JohnJohn Haslett	950	1.7	5
Foyle	Zammitt, ElizabethElizabeth Zammitt	1,276	2.6	4
Lagan Valley	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	5,728	13.8	2
Mid Ulster	Bogan, PaddyPaddy Bogan	1,846	3.5	4
Newry and Armagh	Jeffrey, William H.William H. Jeffrey	664	1.3	4
North Antrim	Williams, John GarethJohn Gareth Williams	5,140	12.4	3
North Down	Cushnahan, JohnJohn Cushnahan	7,932	19.4	3
South Antrim	Mawhinney, GordonGordon Mawhinney	5,808	16.0	2
South Down	Laird, SiobhanSiobhan Laird	1,069	1.9	4
Strangford	Morrow, AddieAddie Morrow	7,553	20.3	2
Upper Bann	Cook, FionnualaFionnuala Cook	2,487	5.9	4

By-elections, 1987–92

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Upper Bann by-election, 1990	Ramsay, WilliamWilliam Ramsay	948	2.7	7

1992 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Alderdice, JohnJohn Alderdice	10,650	29.8	2
Belfast North	Campbell, TomTom Campbell	2,246	6.3	4
Belfast South	Montgomery, JohnJohn Montgomery	5,054	15.0	3
East Antrim	Neeson, SeanSean Neeson	9,132	23.3	3
East Londonderry	McGowan, PaddyPaddy McGowan	3,613	6.8	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Bullick, EricEric Bullick	950	1.7	5
Foyle	McIlroy, LaraLara McIlroy	1,390	2.7	4
Lagan Valley	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	6,207	12.7	2
Mid Ulster	Gormley, AnnAnn Gormley	1,506	2.8	4
Newry and Armagh	Bell, EileenEileen Bell	972	1.8	4
North Antrim	Williams, John GarethJohn Gareth Williams	3,442	7.6	4
North Down	Morrow, AddieAddie Morrow	6,611	14.7	3
South Antrim	K. Blair, JohnJohn K. Blair	5,244	12.4	3
South Down	Healey, MichaelMichael Healey	1,542	2.5	4
Strangford	McCarthy, KieranKieran McCarthy	7,585	16.9	3
Upper Bann	Ramsay, WilliamWilliam Ramsay	2,541	5.6	4

By-elections, 1992–97

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
North Down by-election, 1995	Napier, OliverOliver Napier	6,970	25.4	3

1997 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Hendron, JimJim Hendron	9,288	23.8	3
Belfast North	Campbell, TomTom Campbell	2,221	5.4	4
Belfast South	McBride, SteveSteve McBride	5,112	12.9	4
East Antrim	Neeson, SeanSean Neeson	6,929	20.2	2
East Londonderry	Boyle, YvonneYvonne Boyle	2,427	6.0	5
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Farry, StephenStephen Farry	977	2.0	4
Foyle	Bell, Helen-MarieHelen-Marie Bell	817	1.7	4
Lagan Valley	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	7,635	17.2	2
Mid Ulster	Bogues, EphremEphrem Bogues	460	0.9	4
Newry and Armagh	Whitcroft, PetePete Whitcroft	1,015	1.9	4
North Antrim	Alderdice, DavidDavid Alderdice	2,845	6.2	5
North Down	Napier, OliverOliver Napier	7,554	20.7	3
South Antrim	Ford, DavidDavid Ford	4,668	11.6	3
South Down	Crozier, JulianJulian Crozier	1,711	3.5	4
Strangford	McCarthy, KieranKieran McCarthy	5,467	13.1	3
Upper Bann	Ramsay, WilliamWilliam Ramsay	3,017	6.3	5
West Tyrone	Gormley, AnnAnn Gormley	829	1.8	4

By-elections, 1997–2001

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
South Antrim by-election, 2000	Ford, DavidDavid Ford	2,031	6.6	5

2001 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Alderdice, DavidDavid Alderdice	5,832	15.8	3
Belfast South	Rice, GeraldineGeraldine Rice	2,042	5.4	5
East Antrim	Matthews, JohnJohn Matthews	4,483	12.5	3
East Londonderry	Boyle, YvonneYvonne Boyle	1,625	4.1	5
Foyle	Kavanagh, ColmColm Kavanagh	579	1.2	5
Lagan Valley	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	7,624	16.6	2
North Antrim	Dunlop, JayneJayne Dunlop	1,258	2.6	5
South Antrim	Ford, DavidDavid Ford	1,969	4.5	5
South Down	Campbell, BettyBetty Campbell	685	1.3	5
Strangford	McCarthy, KieranKieran McCarthy	2,902	6.7	3

2005 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Long, NaomiNaomi Long	3,746	12.2	3
Belfast North	Hawkins, MarjorieMarjorie Hawkins	438	1.4	5
Belfast South	Rice, GeraldineGeraldine Rice	2,012	6.3	5
East Antrim	Neeson, SeanSean Neeson	4,869	15.3	3
East Londonderry	Boyle, YvonneYvonne Boyle	924	2.6	5
Lagan Valley	Close, SeamusSeamus Close	4,316	10.1	3
North Antrim	Dunlop, JayneJayne Dunlop	1,357	3.0	5
North Down	Alderdice, DavidDavid Alderdice	2,451	7.6	3
South Antrim	Ford, DavidDavid Ford	3,278	8.6	5
South Down	Crozier, JulianJulian Crozier	613	1.3	5
Strangford	McCarthy, KieranKieran McCarthy	3,332	9.0	3
Upper Bann	Castle, AlanAlan Castle	955	2.2	5

2010 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Long, NaomiNaomi Long	12,839	37.2	1
Belfast North	Webb, BillyBilly Webb	1,809	4.9	5
Belfast South	Lo, AnnaAnna Lo	5,114	15.0	4
Belfast West	Hendron, MaíreMaíre Hendron	596	1.9	5
East Antrim	Lynch, GerryGerry Lynch	3,377	11.1	3
East Londonderry	Fitzpatrick, BarneyBarney Fitzpatrick	1,922	5.5	6
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Kamble, VasundharaVasundhara Kamble	437	0.9	4
Foyle	McGrellis, KeithKeith McGrellis	223	0.6	6
Lagan Valley	Lunn, TrevorTrevor Lunn	4,174	11.4	3
Mid Ulster	Butler, IanIan Butler	397	1.0	6
Newry and Armagh	Muir, AndrewAndrew Muir	545	1.2	6
North Antrim	Dunlop, JayneJayne Dunlop	1,368	3.2	6
North Down	Farry, StephenStephen Farry	1,876	5.6	3
South Antrim	Lawther, AlanAlan Lawther	2,607	7.7	5
South Down	Griffin, DavidDavid Griffin	560	1.3	7
Strangford	Girvan, DeborahDeborah Girvan	2,828	8.7	3
Upper Bann	Heading, BrendanBrendan Heading	1,231	3.0	5
West Tyrone	Bower, MichaelMichael Bower	859	2.3	5

By-elections, 2010–15

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast West by-election, 2011	McIntyre, AaronAaron McIntyre	122	0.5	6
Mid Ulster by-election, 2013	Bullick, EricEric Bullick	487	1.3	4

2015 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Long, NaomiNaomi Long	16,978	42.8	2
Belfast North	O'Neill, JasonJason O'Neill	2,941	7.3	4
Belfast South	Bradshaw, PaulaPaula Bradshaw	6,711	17.2	3
Belfast West	Catney, GerardGerard Catney	636	1.8	7
East Antrim	Dickson, StewartStewart Dickson	5,021	15.0	3
East Londonderry	Boyle, YvonneYvonne Boyle	2,642	7.6	5
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Su, HannahHannah Su	658	1.3	5
Foyle	Hawthorne, DavidDavid Hawthorne	835	2.3	5
Lagan Valley	Lunn, TrevorTrevor Lunn	5,544	13.9	3
Mid Ulster	Bullick, EricEric Bullick	778	1.9	7
Newry and Armagh	Nicholl, KateKate Nicholl	841	1.7	4
North Antrim	Dunlop, JayneJayne Dunlop	2,351	5.6	6
North Down	Muir, AndrewAndrew Muir	3,086	8.6	3
South Antrim	Kelly, NeilNeil Kelly	3,576	9.8	4
South Down	Todd, MartynMartyn Todd	1,622	3.8	6
Strangford	Armstrong, KellieKellie Armstrong	4,687	13.8	3
Upper Bann	Lavery, PeterPeter Lavery	1,780	3.8	5
West Tyrone	Donnelly, StephenStephen Donnelly	869	2.2	5

References

F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987
UK General election results February 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
UK General election results October 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
UK General election results May 1979, Richard Kimber's Political Resources

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