Riding profile

Newry and Armagh

UK constituency — Northern Ireland · Mixed · northern ireland

The question

Newry and Armagh: will Sinn Féin lose this seat to UK_SF?

Editorial read

Newry and Armagh, a mixed constituency in Northern Ireland, elected a member with the UK_SF Party in the previous cycle, with a 34-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the UK_SF Party ahead at 11% vote share, against 0% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dáire Hughes

Sits with Sinn Féin

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

UK_SF

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
32.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Other 10.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Other Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereNewry and Armagh 10.7%0.3%0.2%0.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 4.8% +5.9 18.9% −18.6 21.7% −21.5 11.6% −11.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
UK_SF
Margin
33.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Dáire Hughes Elected Sinn Féin 22,299 48.5
Pete Byrne SDLP 6,806 14.8
Gareth Wilson DUP 5,900 12.8
Keith Ratcliffe TUV 4,099 8.9
Sam Nicholson UUP 3,175 6.9
Helena Young Alliance 2,692 5.9
Liam Reichenberg Aontú 888 1.9
Samantha Rayner Conservative 83 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029