Democratic Unionist Party general election results

This article lists the Democratic Unionist Party'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 (out of NI total)
1974 Feb	2	58,656	29,328	0.2	8.2	N/A	2	1 / 12
1974 Oct	2	59,451	29,766	0.3	8.5	+0.1	2	1 / 12
1979	5	70,795	14,159	0.5	10.2	+0.2	3	3 / 12
1983	14	152,749	10,911	0.5	20.0	0.0	10	3 / 17
1987	4	85,642	21,411	0.3	11.7	−0.2	4	3 / 17
1992	7	103,039	14,720	0.3	13.1	0.0	7	3 / 17
1997	9	107,348	11,928	0.3	13.6	0.0	9	2 / 18
2001	14	181,999	13,000	0.7	22.5	+0.4	14	5 / 18
2005	18	241,856	17,275	0.9	33.7	+0.2	18	9 / 18
2010	16	168,216	10,514	0.6	25.0	−0.3	16	8 / 18
2015	16	184,260	11,516	0.6	25.7	0.0	16	8 / 18
2017	17	292,316	17,195	0.9	36.0	+0.3	17	10 / 18
2019	17	244,128	14,360	0.8	30.6	-0.1	17	8 / 18

Election results

1970 general election

The 1970 general election was contested by the DUP's forerunner, the Protestant Unionist Party.

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast North	William Beattie	11,173	18.8	3
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	24,130	41.2	1

February 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast West	John McQuade	17,374	36.5	2
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	41,282	63.5	1

October 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast West	John McQuade	16,265	36.5	2
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	43,186	72.6	1

1979 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	15,994	31.4	1
Belfast North	John McQuade	11,690	27.6	1
Belfast West	Billy Dickson	3,716	11.2	3
Londonderry	Davy Calvert	5,634	8.6	3
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	33,941	51.7	1

By-elections, 1979–83

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1982 Belfast South by-election	William McCrea	9,818	22.6	3

1983 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	17,631	45.3	1
Belfast North	George Seawright	8,260	19.5	2
Belfast South	Raymond McCrea	4,565	12.2	3
Belfast West	George Albert Haffey	2,399	5.4	5
East Antrim	Jim Allister	13,926	36.5	2
East Londonderry	James McClure	12,207	23.8	2
Foyle	Gregory Campbell	15,923	30.5	2
Lagan Valley	William Beattie	6,801	16.8	2
Mid Ulster	William McCrea	16,174	30.0	1
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	23,922	54.2	1
South Antrim	Roy Thompson	10,935	28.2	2
South Down	Cecil Harvey	3,743	7.3	4
Strangford	Simpson Gibson	11,716	30.0	2
Upper Bann	Jim Wells	4,547	10.4	3

By-elections, 1983–86

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1986 Belfast East by-election	Peter Robinson	27,607	81.0	1
1986 Mid Ulster by-election	William McCrea	23,695	46.1	1
1986 North Antrim by-election	Ian Paisley	33,937	97.4	1

1987 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	16,640	42.6	1
Foyle	Gregory Campbell	13,883	28.6	2
Mid Ulster	William McCrea	23,004	44.2	1
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	28,283	68.7	1

1992 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	18,437	51.5	1
East Antrim	Nigel Dodds	9,544	24.3	2
Foyle	Gregory Campbell	13,705	26.4	2
Mid Ulster	William McCrea	23,181	42.3	1
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	23,152	50.9	1
North Down	Denny Vitty	4,414	9.8	4
Strangford	Sammy Wilson	10,606	23.7	2

1997 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	16,640	42.6	1
East Antrim	Jack McKee	6,682	19.5	3
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	9,767	26.0	2
Foyle	William Hay	10,290	21.5	3
Lagan Valley	Edwin Poots	6,005	13.6	3
Mid Ulster	William McCrea	18,411	36.3	2
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	21,495	46.5	1
Strangford	Iris Robinson	12,579	30.2	2
Upper Bann	Mervyn Carrick	5,482	11.5	4

By-elections, 1997–2001

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2000 South Antrim by-election	William McCrea	11,601	38.0	1

2001 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	15,667	42.5	1
Belfast North	Nigel Dodds	16,718	40.8	1
Belfast West	Eric Smyth	2,641	6.4	3
East Antrim	Sammy Wilson	12,973	36.0	2
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	12,813	32.1	1
Foyle	William Hay	7,414	15.2	3
Lagan Valley	Edwin Poots	6,164	13.4	3
Mid Ulster	Ian McCrea	15,549	31.1	2
Newry and Armagh	Paul Berry	10,795	19.4	3
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	24,539	49.9	1
South Antrim	William McCrea	15,355	34.8	2
South Down	Jim Wells	7,802	15.0	4
Strangford	Iris Robinson	18,532	42.8	1
Upper Bann	David Simpson	15,037	29.5	2

2005 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	15,152	49.1	1
Belfast North	Nigel Dodds	13,935	45.6	1
Belfast South	Jimmy Spratt	9,104	28.4	2
Belfast West	Diane Dodds	3,652	10.6	3
East Antrim	Sammy Wilson	15,766	49.6	1
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	15,225	42.9	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Arlene Foster	14,056	28.8	2
Foyle	William Hay	6,557	14.1	3
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	23,289	54.7	1
Mid Ulster	Ian McCrea	10,665	23.5	2
Newry and Armagh	Paul Berry	9,311	18.4	3
North Antrim	Ian Paisley	25,156	54.8	1
North Down	Peter Weir	11,324	35.1	2
South Antrim	William McCrea	14,507	38.2	1
South Down	Jim Wells	8,815	18.3	3
Strangford	Iris Robinson	20,921	56.5	1
Upper Bann	David Simpson	16,679	37.6	1
West Tyrone	Thomas Buchanan	7,742	17.8	3

2010 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Peter Robinson	11,306	32.8	2
Belfast North	Nigel Dodds	14,812	40.0	1
Belfast South	Jimmy Spratt	8,100	23.7	2
Belfast West	William Humphrey	2,436	7.6	3
East Antrim	Sammy Wilson	13,993	45.9	1
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	12,097	34.6	1
Foyle	Maurice Devenney	4,489	11.8	3
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	18,199	49.8	1
Mid Ulster	Ian McCrea	5,876	14.4	2
Newry and Armagh	William Irwin	5,764	12.8	4
North Antrim	Ian Paisley Jr	19,672	46.4	1
South Antrim	William McCrea	11,536	33.9	1
South Down	Jim Wells	3,645	8.6	3
Strangford	Jim Shannon	14,926	45.9	1
Upper Bann	David Simpson	14,000	33.8	1
West Tyrone	Thomas Buchanan	7,365	19.8	2

By-elections, 2010–15

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2011 Belfast West by-election	Brian Kingston	1,393	6.1	4

2015 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Gavin Robinson	19,575	49.3	1
Belfast North	Nigel Dodds	19,096	47.0	1
Belfast South	Jonathan Bell	8,654	22.2	2
Belfast West	Frank McCoubrey	2,773	7.8	4
East Antrim	Sammy Wilson	12,103	36.1	1
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	14,663	42.2	1
Foyle	Gary Middleton	4,573	12.4	3
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	19,055	47.9	1
Mid Ulster	Ian McCrea	5,465	13.4	3
North Antrim	Ian Paisley Jr	18,107	43.2	1
North Down	Alex Easton	8,487	23.6	2
South Antrim	William McCrea	10,993	30.1	2
South Down	Jim Wells	3,486	8.2	4
Strangford	Jim Shannon	15,053	44.4	1
Upper Bann	David Simpson	15,430	32.7	1
West Tyrone	Thomas Buchanan	6,747	17.5	2

2017 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Gavin Robinson	23,917	55.8	1
Belfast North	Nigel Dodds	21,240	46.2	1
Belfast South	Emma Little-Pengelly	13,299	30.4	1
Belfast West	Frank McCoubrey	5,455	13.4	2
East Antrim	Sammy Wilson	21,873	57.3	1
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	19,273	48.1	1
Foyle	Gary Middleton	7,398	16.1	3
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	26,762	59.6	1
Mid Ulster	Keith Buchanan	12,565	26.9	2
Newry and Armagh	William Irwin	13,177	24.6	2
North Antrim	Ian Paisley Jr	28,521	58.9	1
North Down	Alex Easton	14,940	38.0	2
South Antrim	Paul Girvan	16,508	38.2	1
South Down	Diane Forsythe	8,867	17.4	3
Strangford	Jim Shannon	24,036	62.0	1
Upper Bann	David Simpson	22,317	43.5	1
West Tyrone	Thomas Buchanan	11,718	26.9	2

By-elections, 2017–2019

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2018 West Tyrone by-election	Thomas Buchanan	8,390	23.9	2

2019 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Gavin Robinson	20,874	49.2	1
Belfast North	Nigel Dodds	21,135	43.1	2
Belfast South	Emma Little-Pengelly	11,678	24.7	2
Belfast West	Frank McCoubrey	5,220	13.5	3
East Antrim	Sammy Wilson	16,781	45.3	1
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell	15,765	40.1	1
Foyle	Gary Middleton	4,773	10.1	3
Lagan Valley	Jeffrey Donaldson	19,586	43.1	1
Mid Ulster	Keith Buchanan	10,936	24.5	2
Newry and Armagh	William Irwin	11,000	21.7	2
North Antrim	Ian Paisley Jr	20,860	47.4	1
North Down	Alex Easton	15,390	37.9	2
South Antrim	Paul Girvan	15,149	35.3	1
South Down	Glyn Hanna	7,619	15.3	3
Strangford	Jim Shannon	17,705	47.2	1
Upper Bann	Carla Lockhart	20,501	41.0	1
West Tyrone	Thomas Buchanan	9,066	22.0	2

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