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Hace 1 día · Sylvia Hermon, the only independent politician elected to Parliament in 2017, represented North Down but did not stand in 2019. The election result was particularly notable in Northern Ireland as the first Westminster election in which the number of nationalists elected exceeded the number of unionists.
14 de may. de 2024 · Alliance performed strongly, garnering almost 17% of the vote and winning the North Down seat vacated by Independent Lady Sylvia Hermon. For the first time ever, Northern Ireland elected more Nationalists than Unionists (though Unionist parties were still well ahead in vote share).
14 de may. de 2024 · Hermon, Sylvia (Lady) (b. 11 August 1955) Politician; Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP 2001-present Sylvia Hermon was educated at Dungannon High School for Girls, and Aberstwyth University, Wales, from where she graduated in 1977 with a first class honours degree in Law.
Hace 4 días · However, in politics, gravity is everything. Voters are simply not as engaged as politicians like to believe. If parties are able to dominate in highly personalised races at 30% turnout, then the remaining 30-40% of voters (who will be comparatively less politically informed) that will turnout at the general election (an electoral event in which voters choose a party for government, rather ...
10 de may. de 2024 · In 2010, the Ulster Unionist party (UUP) entered an electoral alliance with the Conservatives, but the only UUP MP, Lady Sylvia Hermon, stood successfully as an independent in opposition to the agreement.
Hace 3 días · One of these was in fact a retention of the North Down seat by the sitting MP, Lady Sylvia Hermon, after she parted company with the UUP and stood as an independent; the other, much more dramatically, was the victory of the Alliance Party in East Belfast, defeating Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson.
22 de may. de 2024 · Sylvia Hermon — resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on 25 March in order to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming general election. See also. Results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election; Members of the House of Lords; List of MPs for Northern Ireland; List of MPs for Scotland; List of MPs for England
