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The Greens, Reform and an independent or two achieved unlikely gains, while it wasn’t just the Tories who suffered shock defeats

DUP loses Lagan Valley seat vacated by former leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Ian Paisley defeated in North Antrim

The UK’s main political parties and what they stand for

Editorial: There are only 18 seats at stake in the province this week, but the next UK government has a big political task on its hands there

Northern Ireland’s politicians and the Irish government hopeful of a post-Brexit reset and an end to Tory turmoil

Representatives from DUP, Sinn Féin, UUP, SDLP and Alliance to face off from 9pm

In Northern Ireland’s capital, the election is being fought between unionists and ‘neithers’ – with poverty, crumbling public services and crime at the forefront

In the 2019 general election, Sinn Féin won seven seats in Westminster, one fewer than its main unionist rivals, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). However, such is the disarray in unionist politics at the moment that Sinn Féin may only need to hold these seven seats to emerge as the…

“Get Brexit done” was the slogan that carried then prime minister Boris Johnson to an 80-seat majority in the 2019 general election. And sure enough, his government did indeed go on to secure the UK’s exit from the European Union.

With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the two biggest parties in Westminster. But the parliamentary dynamics are exceptionally fluid this year. Here’s a summary of where every party in Westminster currently stands…

Campaign will be a test for two new first ministers and could put fresh pressure on Stormont power sharing