Democratic Unionist Party 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
1974 Feb	2	58,656	29,328	0.2	8.2	N/A	2	1
1974 Oct	2	59,451	29,726	0.3	8.5	+0.1	2	1
1979	5	70,795	14,159	0.5	10.2	+0.2	3	3
1983	14	152,749	10,911	0.5	20.0	0.0	10	3
1987	4	85,642	21,411	0.3	11.7	−0.2	4	3
1992	7	103,039	14,720	0.3	13.1	0.0	7	3
1997	9	107,348	11,928	0.3	13.6	0.0	9	2
2001	14	181,999	13,000	0.7	22.5	+0.4	14	5
2005	18	241,856	17,275	0.9	33.7	+0.2	18	9
2010	16	168,216	10,514	0.6	25.0	−0.3	16	8
2015	16	184,260	11,516	0.6	25.7	0.0	16	8

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

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

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

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

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	15,994	31.4	1
Belfast North	McQuade, JohnJohn McQuade	11,690	27.6	1
Belfast West	Dickson, BillyBilly Dickson	3,716	11.2	3
Londonderry	Calvert, DavyDavy Calvert	5,634	8.6	3
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	33,941	51.7	1

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

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	17,631	45.3	1
Belfast North	Seawright, GeorgeGeorge Seawright	8,260	19.5	2
Belfast South	McCrea, RaymondRaymond McCrea	4,565	12.2	3
Belfast West	Haffey, George AlbertGeorge Albert Haffey	2,399	5.4	5
East Antrim	Allister, JimJim Allister	13,926	36.5	2
East Londonderry	McClure, JamesJames McClure	12,207	23.8	2
Foyle	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	15,923	30.5	2
Lagan Valley	Beattie, WilliamWilliam Beattie	6,801	16.8	2
Mid Ulster	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	16,174	30.0	1
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	23,922	54.2	1
South Antrim	Thompson, RoyRoy Thompson	10,935	28.2	2
South Down	Harvey, CecilCecil Harvey	3,743	7.3	4
Strangford	Gibson, SimpsonSimpson Gibson	11,716	30.0	2
Upper Bann	Wells, JimJim Wells	4,547	10.4	3

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

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	16,640	42.6	1
Foyle	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	13,883	28.6	2
Mid Ulster	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	23,004	44.2	1
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	28,283	68.7	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	18,437	51.5	1
East Antrim	Dodds, NigelNigel Dodds	9,544	24.3	2
Foyle	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	13,705	26.4	2
Mid Ulster	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	23,181	42.3	1
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	23,152	50.9	1
North Down	Vitty, DennyDenny Vitty	4,414	9.8	4
Strangford	Wilson, SammySammy Wilson	10,606	23.7	2

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	16,640	42.6	1
East Antrim	McKee, JackJack McKee	6,682	19.5	3
East Londonderry	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	9,767	26.0	2
Foyle	Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay	10,290	21.5	3
Lagan Valley	Poots, EdwinEdwin Poots	6,005	13.6	3
Mid Ulster	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	18,411	36.3	2
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	21,495	46.5	1
Strangford	Robinson, IrisIris Robinson	12,579	30.2	2
Upper Bann	Carrick, MervynMervyn Carrick	5,482	11.5	4

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

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	15,667	42.5	1
Belfast North	Dodds, NigelNigel Dodds	16,718	40.8	1
Belfast West	Smyth, EricEric Smyth	2,641	6.4	3
East Antrim	Wilson, SammySammy Wilson	12,973	36.0	2
East Londonderry	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	12,813	32.1	1
Foyle	Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay	7,414	15.2	3
Lagan Valley	Poots, EdwinEdwin Poots	6,164	13.4	3
Mid Ulster	McCrea, IanIan McCrea	15,549	31.1	2
Newry and Armagh	Berry, PaulPaul Berry	10,795	19.4	3
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	24,539	49.9	1
South Antrim	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	15,355	34.8	2
South Down	Wells, JimJim Wells	7,802	15.0	4
Strangford	Robinson, IrisIris Robinson	18,532	42.8	1
Upper Bann	Simpson, DavidDavid Simpson	15,037	29.5	2

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	15,152	49.1	1
Belfast North	Dodds, NigelNigel Dodds	13,935	45.6	1
Belfast South	Spratt, JimmyJimmy Spratt	9,104	28.4	2
Belfast West	Dodds, DianeDiane Dodds	3,652	10.6	3
East Antrim	Wilson, SammySammy Wilson	15,766	49.6	1
East Londonderry	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	15,225	42.9	1
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Foster, ArleneArlene Foster	14,056	28.8	2
Foyle	Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay	6,557	14.1	3
Lagan Valley	Donaldson, JeffreyJeffrey Donaldson	23,289	54.7	1
Mid Ulster	McCrea, IanIan McCrea	10,665	23.5	2
Newry and Armagh	Berry, PaulPaul Berry	9,311	18.4	3
North Antrim	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	25,156	54.8	1
North Down	Weir, PeterPeter Weir	11,324	35.1	2
South Antrim	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	14,507	38.2	1
South Down	Wells, JimJim Wells	8,815	18.3	3
Strangford	Robinson, IrisIris Robinson	20,921	56.5	1
Upper Bann	Simpson, DavidDavid Simpson	16,679	37.6	1
West Tyrone	Buchanan, ThomasThomas Buchanan	7,742	17.8	3

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	11,306	32.8	2
Belfast North	Dodds, NigelNigel Dodds	14,812	40.0	1
Belfast South	Spratt, JimmyJimmy Spratt	8,100	23.7	2
Belfast West	Humphrey, WilliamWilliam Humphrey	2,436	7.6	3
East Antrim	Wilson, SammySammy Wilson	13,993	45.9	1
East Londonderry	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	12,097	34.6	1
Foyle	Devenney, MauriceMaurice Devenney	4,489	11.8	3
Lagan Valley	Donaldson, JeffreyJeffrey Donaldson	18,199	49.8	1
Mid Ulster	McCrea, IanIan McCrea	5,876	14.4	2
Newry and Armagh	Irwin, WilliamWilliam Irwin	5,764	12.8	4
North Antrim	Paisley Jr, IanIan Paisley Jr	19,672	46.4	1
South Antrim	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	11,536	33.9	1
South Down	Wells, JimJim Wells	3,645	8.6	3
Strangford	Shannon, JimJim Shannon	14,926	45.9	1
Upper Bann	Simpson, DavidDavid Simpson	14,000	33.8	1
West Tyrone	Buchanan, ThomasThomas Buchanan	7,365	19.8	2

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

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Robinson, GavinGavin Robinson	19,575	49.3	1
Belfast North	Dodds, NigelNigel Dodds	19,096	47.0	1
Belfast South	Bell, JonathanJonathan Bell	8,654	22.2	2
Belfast West	McCoubrey, FrankFrank McCoubrey	2,773	7.8	4
East Antrim	Wilson, SammySammy Wilson	12,103	36.1	1
East Londonderry	Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	14,663	42.2	1
Foyle	Middleton, GaryGary Middleton	4,573	12.4	3
Lagan Valley	Donaldson, JeffreyJeffrey Donaldson	19,055	47.9	1
Mid Ulster	McCrea, IanIan McCrea	5,465	13.4	3
North Antrim	Paisley Jr, IanIan Paisley Jr	18,107	43.2	1
North Down	Easton, AlexAlex Easton	8,487	23.6	2
South Antrim	McCrea, WilliamWilliam McCrea	10,993	30.1	2
South Down	Wells, JimJim Wells	3,486	8.2	4
Strangford	Shannon, JimJim Shannon	15,053	44.4	1
Upper Bann	Simpson, DavidDavid Simpson	15,430	32.7	1
West Tyrone	Buchanan, ThomasThomas Buchanan	6,747	17.5	2

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