General Election 2024: Key NI battlegrounds
All has been said and done for the 2024 General Election campaign - now all that is left is to count the votes in what count be a seismic poll.
The only other candidate in the race was Ulster Unionist Carl McClean who carded 2,516 votes. In the end the DUP man saw off the Alliance challenge , but with a mere 1,819 majority. Some of the East Belfast constituency has moved to North Down which may disadvantage the DUP. Parts of south Belfast has been added – that could mean an influx of SDLP voters who may be inclined to plump for Alliance. Tactical voting will be key in this battleground, as will turnout, and the result may come down to just a few hundred votesAnother potential wild card battleground. The deputy leader Stephen Farry was the big Alliance success last time out.
The DUP’s Paul Girvan is defending his 2,689 majority against a challenge from the Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann. The popular former health minister announced he was moving from his North Antrim seat to take on the DUP in the neighbouring constituency of South Antrim. Her main challenger is Ulster Unionist Diana Armstrong - a councillor in the Fermanagh and Omagh Council, she is the daughter of former Ulster Unionist leader Harry West. Fermanagh and South Tyrone is historically one of the most marginal seats, not only in NI, but in the UK.
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