UK General Election 2019 - Election Day and Results Thread

[ilikeverin]

Anyone have a narrative summary of the NI results? I see the changes, but don't really know the best way to interpret the vote totals nor what those changes mean

[ilikeverin]

Anyone have a narrative summary of the NI results? I see the changes, but don't really know the best way to interpret the vote totals nor what those changes mean

Huge blow to the DUP (a double blow as they lose their influence in Westminster as well, meaning there will more likely than not be a border in the Irish Sea), losing North and South Belfast as well as falling back in their strongholds like Antrim and failing to take Hermon's old seat of North Down. They just held on W Belfast, but that itself is pyrhic as it suggests that seat is vulnerable outside of the specific context that led to it falling in 2010 (i.e. Iris Robinson having an affair with a teenager).

Also very bad for Sinn Fein, who despite their pick-up in N Belfast had their majorities in South Down and West Belfast cut and lost Foyle (Derry) to the SDLP's Collum Eastwood.

Really it's great news all across the board in that province, assuming nobody here is in love with NI's squabbling pair of ultra-corrupt ex-paramilitaries. Some evidence of significant cross-community cooperation to oust the lazy bastards.

Lovely! It seemed optimistic, but it's always good to check.