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Political parties in Northern Ireland lists political parties in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly is elected by single transferable vote and the composition of the Northern Ireland Executive is by power sharing determined by the D'Hondt system, among the members elected to the assembly. Party affiliation is generally based on religious and ethnic background.

Although Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom, it has a quite distinct party system from the rest of the country, as the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats do not contest elections there (though the Liberal Democrats have links with the Alliance Party), and the Conservative Party has received only limited support in recent elections.

Some parties, such as Sinn Féin and the Workers' Party, are organised on an all-Ireland basis. Others such as the Conservative Party are organised on an all-United Kingdom basis. There are many Northern Ireland-specific parties and these, on the whole, predominate.

The distinction between "unionist/loyalist", "nationalist/republican" and "other" is not always easy with some parties and individuals. Some have defined themselves less by their position on the "Border Question" than on other political issues.

For example, the former Republican Labour Party/Social Democratic and Labour Party MP Gerry Fitt's career suggests he was first and foremost a socialist rather than a nationalist and he eventually left the SDLP claiming it had drifted from its founding intentions. Similarly the Workers' Party has its roots in the republican Official IRA but nowadays is considered to be a non-violent socialist and nationalist party. Several parties strive to be avowedly non-sectarian and would not consider themselves to be either unionist or nationalist. The Northern Ireland Assembly requires MLAs to designate themselves either "Unionist", "Nationalist" or "Other." This is a designation that is particularly resented by those who designate as "Other", as they have no input on who becomes First or Deputy First Minister.

There are some who see the terms "Unionist"/"Loyalist" and "Nationalist"/"Republican" as being of more relevance to the community that the party seeks to represent rather than the position on the border question. Several of the "Other" parties strive to be non-sectarian but have a clear position on the border.

## Political parties with elected representation at a local, national, or UK level

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### Party details

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Party  | Founded  | Political
position  | Ideology  | Designation | Leader(s)  | Local
government | Northern Ireland Assembly | House of Commons
(NI Seats)  | House of Lords

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|

Sinn Féin | 1905  | Centre-left[1] to
left-wing[2] | Irish republicanism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism | Nationalist |  | Michelle O'Neill[Note 1] |

144 / 462

27 / 90

7 / 18

(abstentionist) | —

Democratic Unionist Party | 1971  | Right-wing[3][4] | British unionism
British nationalism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism | Unionist |  | Gavin Robinson |

122 / 462

25 / 90

5 / 18

6 / 779

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1970  | Centre[5] | Liberalism[6][7][8]
Nonsectarianism[9][10]
Pro-Europeanism[11] | Other  |  | Naomi Long |

67 / 462

17 / 90

1 / 18

0 / 779

[Note 2]

Ulster Unionist Party | 1905  | Centre-right[12] |

* British unionism[13]
* Conservatism[13][14]

| Unionist |  | Doug Beattie |

54 / 462

9 / 90

1 / 18

2 / 779

Social Democratic and Labour Party | 1970  | Centre-left[15][16] |

* Social democracy[13]
* Irish nationalism[17]
Pro-Europeanism[11]

| Nationalist |  | Colum Eastwood |

39 / 462

8 / 90

2 / 18

0 / 779

[Note 3]

Traditional Unionist Voice | 2007  | Right-wing[18] |

* British unionism[13]
* Social conservatism[13]
* Anti-Good Friday Agreement[19]
* Hard Euroscepticism[20]

| Unionist |  | Jim Allister |

10 / 462

1 / 90

1 / 18

| —

People Before Profit | 2005  | Left-wing[21] to far-left[22] | Trotskyism[23]
Socialism[24]
Anti-capitalism[25]
Irish reunification[26] | Other[Note 4] | —  | Collective leadership |

2 / 462

1 / 90

| —  | —

Green Party NI | 1985  | Centre-left to left-wing | Green politics[13]
Nonsectarianism
Pro-Europeanism[11] | Other  | —  | Malachai O'Hara |

5 / 462

| —  | —  | —

Progressive Unionist Party | 1985  | Centre-left[27][28] to
left-wing[28] | British unionism
Ulster loyalism
Democratic socialism[29][30]
Social democracy | Unionist | —  | Russell Watton |

1 / 462

| —  | —  | —

Northern Ireland Conservatives | 1989  | Centre-right to right-wing | British unionism
Conservatism
Economic liberalism | Unionist | —  | Paul Leeman  | —  | —  | —  |

2 / 779

Labour Party in Northern Ireland | 2003  | Centre-left | Social democracy
Democratic socialism | Unionist | —  | Erskine Holmes | —  | —  | —  |

1 / 779

Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats | 1988  | Centre to centre-left | Liberalism
Social liberalism
Nonsectarianism
Pro-Europeanism | Unionist | —  | Stephen Glenn  | —  | —  | —  |

1 / 779

### Party representation

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Party  | Representation (as of 3 October 2023)[31]

|

UK Parliament | Assembly | Local councils
House of Commons | House of Lords
| Sinn Féin | 7  | 0  | 27  | 144
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5  | 6  | 25  | 122
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1  | 0[nb 1] | 17  | 67
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1  | 2  | 9  | 54
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 2  | 0[nb 2] | 8  | 39
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1  | 0  | 1  | 10
| People Before Profit | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2
| Green Party Northern Ireland | 0  | 0  | 0  | 5
| Progressive Unionist Party | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
| Aontú | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
| Northern Ireland Conservatives | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0
| Labour Party in Northern Ireland | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0
| Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0

1. ^ Lord Alderdice, leader of the Alliance from 1987–98, has sat in the Lords since 1996, taking the Lib Dem whip.
2. ^ Margaret Ritchie, leader of the SDLP from 2010–11, has sat in the Lords since 2019, resigning from the party to do so.

## Other registered parties

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### Unionist and loyalist

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Party  | Founded  | Political
position  | Ideology  | Leader(s)

|
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|
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Heritage Party | 2020  | Right-wing | Euroscepticism
British unionism
British nationalism
Social conservatism
Right-wing populism
|  | David Kurten

### Nationalist and republican

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Party  | Founded  | Political
position  | Ideology  | Leader(s)

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|
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Aontú
English: Unity | 2019  | —  | Irish republicanism[32]
Social conservatism[33] |  | Peadar Tóibín

Communist Party of Ireland
Irish: An Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann | 1933
1970 (refoundation) | Far-left | Communism
Marxism-Leninism | —  | Jimmy Corcoran (General Secretary)

Fianna Fáil
English: Warriors of Fál or
Soldiers of Destiny[Note 5] | 1926  | Centre[36][37][38] to
centre-right[39][40][41] | Irish republicanism
Conservative liberalism
Christian democracy |  | Micheál Martin

Irish Republican Socialist Party | 1974  | Far-left | Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Irish republicanism
Dissident republicanism
Hard euroscepticism | —  | Ard Chomhairle
English: National Executive

Republican Network for Unity | 2007  | Left-wing | Irish republicanism
Dissident republicanism
Socialism | —  | —

Saoradh
English: Liberation | 2016  | Far-left[42][43] | Irish republicanism
Dissident republicanism[44]
Revolutionary socialism
Hard Euroscepticism[45]
Anti-imperialism | —  | Stephen Murney

Workers' Party
Irish: An Páirtí na nOibrithe | 1970  | Far-left | Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Irish republicanism | —  | Collective leadership

### Others

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Party  | Founded  | Political
position  | Ideology  | Leader(s)  | Notes

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|
|
|
|

Cross-Community Labour Alternative | 2015  | Left-wing | Democratic socialism
Anti-capitalism
Nonsectarianism | —  | Owen McCracken  | —

Socialist Party | 1996  | Left-wing to far-left | Democratic socialism
Political radicalism[46]
Trotskyism[47]
Euroscepticism[48] | —  | Collective leadership | —

## Unregistered parties

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Candidates for unregistered parties may choose either to be listed as "Non-Party", or to leave the section blank on the ballot paper, in the same manner as independent candidates.

* 32 County Sovereignty Movement \- Does not contest elections, operates as a pressure group
* Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland \- Does not contest elections
* Republican Sinn Féin (RSF)
* National Party
* Fine Gael
* Reform UK

## Inactive parties

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### Unionist and loyalist

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* Belfast Labour Party
* British Ulster Dominion Party
* Commonwealth Labour Party
* Independent Unionist Association
* Labour Unionist Party
* NI21
* UKIP Northern Ireland
* Northern Ireland Unionist Party \- deregistered 2008
* Protestant Coalition
* Ulster Defence Party* (UDP)
* Protestant Unionist Party (evolved into the DUP)
* Ulster Constitution Party
* Ulster Democratic Party
* Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party
* Ulster Popular Unionist Party
* Ulster Progressive Unionist Association
* Ulster Protestant League
* Ulster Resistance
* Ulster Unionist Labour Association
* Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
* United Kingdom Unionist Party \- deregistered 2008
* United Ulster Unionist Council
* United Ulster Unionist Party
* United Unionist Coalition (UUC)
* Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
* Volunteer Political Party

### Nationalist and Republican

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* All Ireland Anti-Partition League
* Federation of Labour
* Fianna Uladh
* Irish Anti-Partition League
* Independent Socialist Party
* Irish Independence Party
* National Democratic Party
* National League of the North
* National Unity
* Nationalist Party
* Northern Council for Unity
* Official Sinn Féin (now Workers' Party)
* People's Democracy
* Red Republican Party
* Republican Congress
* Republican Labour Party
* Saor Éire
* Socialist Republican Party
* Unity

### Others

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* Commonwealth Labour Party
* Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
* Communist Party of Northern Ireland
* Irish Labour Party (contests elections in the Republic)
* Labour coalition
* Labour Party of Northern Ireland
* Northern Ireland Labour Party
* Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
* Newtownabbey Labour Party
* Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association
* Natural Law Party
* Social Democratic Party \- The post-1988 rump of the party stood in a Northern Ireland by-election in 1990; the party as a whole existed and was more prominent in Great Britain from 1981 to 1988 although the post-1990 rump group still exists.
* Ulster Independence Movement
* Ulster Liberal Party
* Ulster Movement for Self-Determination
* United Labour Party (Northern Ireland)
* Ulster Third Way \- deregistered 2005
* Veritas \- Dissolved June 2015
* Vote for Yourself Party \- disbanded April 2009, de-registered 8 June 2009
* World Socialist Party (Ireland) \- Dissolved in the 1990s

## Flowchart of all political parties in Northern Ireland

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A flowchart illustrating all the political parties that have existed throughout the history of Northern Ireland and leading up to its formation.

## Party leaders

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Party leaders serving 10 years or more are

Leader  | Years  | Party/Period  | Constituency

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Ian Paisley | 42y | Protestant Unionist Party 1966-1971
Democratic Unionist Party 1971-2008 | Bannside, North Antrim
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh | 36y | Sinn Féin 1970-1983
Republican Sinn Féin 1986-2009 |
Gerry Adams | 35y | Sinn Féin 1983-2018 | West Belfast, Louth
William Norton | 28y | Irish Labour 1932-1960 |
Tomás Mac Giolla | 26y | Sinn Féin 1962-1970
Official Sinn Féin 1970-1977
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 1977-1982
Workers' Party 1982-1988 |
Hugh Smyth | 23y | Progressive Unionist Party 1979-2002 |
John Hume | 22y | Social Democratic and Labour Party 1979-2001 | Foyle
Albert McElroy | 19y | Ulster Liberal Party 1956-1975 (?) |
Lord Craigavon | 19y | Ulster Unionist Party 1921-1940 | Down, North Down
John Redmond | 18y | Irish Parliamentary Party 1900-1918 | Waterford City
Lord Brookeborough | 17y | Ulster Unionist Party 1946-1963 | Lisnaskea
James Molyneaux | 16y | Ulster Unionist Party 1979-1995 | South Antrim, Lagan Valley
Joseph Devlin | 16y | Nationalist Party 1918-1934 | Belfast Falls, Fermanagh and Tyrone, Belfast Central
Gerry Fitt | 15y | Republican Labour Party 1964-1970
Social Democratic and Labour Party 1970-1979 | Belfast West, Belfast Dock
James Kilfedder | 15y | Ulster Popular Unionist Party 1980-1995 | North Down
David Ford | 15y | Alliance Party 2001-2016 | South Antrim
Margaret Buckley | 13y | Sinn Féin 1937-1950 |
Robert McCartney | 13y | UK Unionist Party 1995-2008 | North Down
James McSparran | 13y | Nationalist Party 1945-1958 | Mourne
Oliver Napier | 12y | Alliance Party 1972-1984 | Belfast East
Thomas Joseph Campbell | 11y | Nationalist Party 1934-1945 | Belfast Central
Sir Edward Carson | 11y | Ulster Unionist Party 1910-1921 | Dublin University, Belfast Duncairn
John Alderdice | 11y | Alliance Party 1987-1998 | Belfast East
David Trimble | 10y | Ulster Unionist Party 1995-2005 | Upper Bann

## See also

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* Politics of Northern Ireland
* Lists of political parties
* Political make-up of local councils in Northern Ireland
* List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

## Notes

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1. ^ Although Mary Lou McDonald is the party president, O’Neill serves as vice-president and as First Minister, functions as the party’s leader in Northern Ireland.
2. ^ Lord Alderdice, leader of the Alliance from 1987–98, has sat in the Lords since 1996, taking the Liberal Democrat whip.
3. ^ Margaret Ritchie, leader of the SDLP from 2010–11, has sat in the Lords since 2019 as a Labour peer, resigning from the SDLP to do so.
4. ^ In the Northern Ireland Assembly, the party's MLAs sign the register as "socialist" when asked if they are "unionist" or "nationalist", resulting in an official designation of "Other". However, People Before Profit is in favour of Irish reunification.
5. ^ Since 2007, Fianna Fáil has been officially registered in Northern Ireland, but has not formally fielded any election candidates as of yet, despite members passing motions to at successive árdfheiseanna.[34] Ógra Fianna Fáil launched cumainn (branches) at QUB and UU in the same year. From 2019 to 2022, it was in partnership with the SDLP.[35]

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* t
* e

Political parties in Northern Ireland

MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly (90)|

| Unionist (37)|

* Democratic Unionist Party (25)
* Ulster Unionist Party (9)
* Traditional Unionist Voice (1)
* Independent (2)

|

Nationalist (35)|

* Sinn Féin (27)
* Social Democratic and Labour Party (8)

Other (18)|

* Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17)
* People Before Profit (1)

MPs in the House of Commons (18 of 650)|

* Sinn Féin† (7)
* Democratic Unionist Party (5)
* Social Democratic and Labour Party (2)
* Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (1)
* Traditional Unionist Voice (1)
* Ulster Unionist Party (1)
* Independent (1)

Councillors in local
unitary authorities (462)|

* Sinn Féin (144)
* Democratic Unionist Party (122)
* Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (67)
* Ulster Unionist Party (54)
* Social Democratic and Labour Party (39)
* Independent (19)
* Traditional Unionist Voice (9)
* Green Party Northern Ireland (5)
* People Before Profit (2)
* Progressive Unionist Party (1)

†Sinn Féin have elected members and offices at Westminster, but as abstentionists do not take their seats.

* Politics of Northern Ireland
* Elections in Northern Ireland
* List of political parties by country

* v
* t
* e

Defunct political parties of Northern Ireland

Unionist / Loyalist|

* Commonwealth Labour Party
* Independent Unionist Association
* NI21
* Northern Ireland Unionist Party
* Protestant Unionist Party
* UK Unionist Party
* Ulster Constitution Party
* Ulster Democratic Party
* Ulster Popular Unionist Party
* Ulster Progressive Unionist Association
* Ulster Unionist Coalition Party
* Ulster Unionist Labour Association
* Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
* United Ulster Unionist Council
* United Ulster Unionist Party
* United Unionist Coalition
* Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
* Volunteer Political Party

Nationalist / Republican|

* All Ireland Anti-Partition League
* Federation of Labour
* Fianna Uladh
* Irish Anti-Partition League
* Irish Independence Party
* Irish Union Association
* National Democratic Party
* Nationalist Party
* National League of the North
* National Unity
* Northern Council for Unity
* Official Sinn Féin
* People's Democracy
* Red Republican Party
* Republican Socialist Collective
* Saor Éire
* Socialist Republican Party
* Unity

Left-wing1|

* Belfast Labour Party
* Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)
* Communist Party of Northern Ireland
* Democratic Left
* Dock Labour Party
* Independent Labour Group
* Independent Socialist Party
* Labour coalition
* Labour Party of Northern Ireland
* Labour and Trade Union Group
* League for a Workers' Republic
* Northern Ireland Labour Party
* Republican Labour Party
* Socialist Labour Alliance
* Socialist Party of Northern Ireland
* United Labour Party
* Workers League
* World Socialist Party

Ulster nationalist|

* British Ulster Dominion Party
* Ulster Independence Movement
* Ulster Independence Party
* Ulster Movement for Self-Determination
* Ulster Third Way

Others|

* Democratic Partnership
* Natural Law Party
* Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
* Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
* Ulster Liberal Party
* Unbought Tenants' Association

1 Excluding those left-wing parties avowedly nationalist / republican or unionist / loyalist.

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Legislatures of the United Kingdom (and their current compositions)

House of Commons (650)|

* Labour (404, including 43 Labour Co-op*)
* Conservative (121)
* Liberal Democrats (72)
* SNP (9)
* Sinn Féin† (7)
* DUP (5)
* Reform (5)
* Green (E&W) (4)
* Plaid Cymru (4)
* SDLP (2)
* Alliance (1)
* TUV (1)
* UUP (1)
* Independents (13)
* Speaker (1)

House of Lords (806)|

* Conservative (277)
* Crossbenchers (183)
* Labour (185)
* Liberal Democrats (79)
* DUP (6)
* UUP (3)
* Green (E&W) (2)
* Plaid Cymru (2)
* Lord Speaker (1)
* Non-affiliated (41)
* Independents (2)
* Lords Spiritual (25)

Scottish Parliament (129)|

* Scottish National Party (63)
* Scottish Conservatives (31)
* Scottish Labour (22)
* Scottish Greens (7)
* Scottish Liberal Democrats (4)
* Alba (1)
* Presiding Officer (1)

Senedd (60)|

* Welsh Labour (30)
* Welsh Conservatives (16)
* Plaid Cymru (12)
* Welsh Liberal Democrats (1)
* Independent (1)

Northern Ireland Assembly (90)|

* Sinn Féin (27)
* DUP (24)
* Alliance (17)
* Ulster Unionist (9)
* SDLP (7)
* Independent Unionists (2)
* Traditional Unionist Voice (1)
* People Before Profit (1)
* Independent Nationalist (1)

London Assembly (25)|

* London Labour (11)
* London Conservatives (8)
* London Greens (3)
* London Liberal Democrats (2)
* Reform UK (1)

Other parties|

* Abolish the Welsh Assembly
* Animal Welfare
* Aspire
* Britain First
* Christian Peoples Alliance
* English Democrats
* Green (NI)
* Heritage Party
* Justice & Anti-Corruption
* Liberal
* Lincolnshire Independents
* Propel
* Reclaim
* Rejoin EU
* Social Democratic
* UKIP
* Women's Equality
* Workers
* Yorkshire

*Co-operative Party candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party. †Sinn Féin have elected members and offices at Westminster, but as abstentionists do not take their seats.

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Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

Other entities|

* European Union

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