#GE24 Brown O’Connor Communications General Election Special
We’ve made it, today is General Election Eve. Tomorrow, voters will head to the polls in the first July General Election since 1945. Whilst the result in Great Britain may seem inevitable, the same cannot be said for the contests taking place in Northern Ireland, where this is arguably the General Election with the most seats in play for quite some time.
Here, the eligible electorate is 1,363,961, an increase of 69,990 voters from the last General Election in 2019. This is also the first election in Northern Ireland to take place under the new constituency boundaries following the 2023 review.
In what has been a somewhat lacklustre campaign, the stakes are high for Northern Ireland’s main parties. Going into this election, the DUP hold 8 seats, Sinn Féin 7, the SDLP 2, and Alliance 1.
Will the DUP be able to hold on to their 8 seats, or can Sinn Féin complete the hat-trick and become the largest party at Westminster level, to go along with their recent Assembly and Council Election triumphs?
Will Colum Eastwood’s SDLP see their two MPs re-elected and can Alliance continue their 2019 surge by increasing (and maintaining) their presence at Westminster?
Finally, can the UUP return to the green benches after an absence of 5 years and how will the TUV fare after not standing in 2019?
All of these questions will be answered by the early hours of Friday morning, after all the votes have been counted in the three count centres across Northern Ireland.
Over the last number of weeks, we have been previewing each of Northern Ireland’s 18 constituencies and the races within them. Before we head to the polls tomorrow, here is a summary of all 18, with links to our blog where you can find more detailed previews for each constituency, as well as our prediction of the result in each of them.
Belfast East – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Too Close to Call.
Belfast North – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
Belfast South and Mid Down – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: SDLP Hold.
Belfast West – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
East Antrim – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Conor Prediction: DUP Hold.
East Londonderry – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: DUP Hold.
Fermanagh and South Tyrone – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
Foyle – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: SDLP Hold.
Lagan Valley – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Too Close to Call.
Mid Ulster – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
Newry and Armagh – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
North Antrim – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: DUP Hold.
North Down – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Too Close to Call.
South Antrim – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Too Close to Call.
South Down – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
Strangford – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: DUP Hold.
West Tyrone – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: Sinn Féin Hold.
Upper Bann – Constituency Profile: click here.
Brown O’Connor Prediction: DUP Hold.