Skip to content

Parties

Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionists at 13 UK general elections from February 1974 to 2024: seats, votes, vote share and leaders. Best result: 11 seats in 1983.

Latest (2024)
1 seats0.3% of the vote
Best
11 seats1983
Largest party
0 times
Elections fought
13
0%3%5%8%10%F1974197919871997200520172024Ulster Unionist Party, February 1974: 0.7%Ulster Unionist Party, October 1974: 0.9%Ulster Unionist Party, 1979: 0.8%Ulster Unionist Party, 1983: 0.9%Ulster Unionist Party, 1987: 0.8%Ulster Unionist Party, 1992: 0.8%Ulster Unionist Party, 1997: 0.8%Ulster Unionist Party, 2001: 0.8%Ulster Unionist Party, 2005: 0.5%Ulster Unionist Party, 2015: 0.4%Ulster Unionist Party, 2017: 0.3%Ulster Unionist Party, 2019: 0.3%Ulster Unionist Party, 2024: 0.3%
Share of the UK vote UUP
02.85.58.311F1974: 7F1974O1974: 6O19741979: 519791983: 1119831987: 919871992: 919921997: 1019972001: 620012005: 120052015: 220152017: 020172019: 020192024: 12024
Seats won at each general election

Every general election

Download CSV
ElectionLeaderSeatsVotesShareCandidates
2024—194,7790.3%17
2019—093,1230.3%16
2017—083,2800.3%14
2015—2114,9350.4%15
2005—1127,4140.5%18
2001—6216,8390.8%17
1997—10258,3490.8%16
1992—9270,7490.8%13
1987—9266,2300.8%12
1983—11259,9520.9%16
1979—5254,5780.8%11
October 1974—6256,0650.9%7
February 1974—7232,1030.7%7

Current MPs (1)

Top target seats

All targets
  1. Fermanagh and South Tyrone held by SF, swing needed 4.48%

Questions and answers

How many seats did the Ulster Unionists win at the last general election?

1 seats with 0.3% of the vote at the 2024 general election.

What is the best general election result for the Ulster Unionists?

11 seats at the 1983 general election (0.9% of the vote).

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data