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Lord Trimble, former first minister of Northern Ireland and Ulster Unionist Party leader, has died bbc.in/3OzyQMT
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Correction - 46,796 votes polled in Belfast North constituency. Turnout 61.74%. #AE22
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For the first time, the Electoral Office is giving out centrally-collated turnout figures during polling. Here are the 5pm ones just released. Surprising to see West Tyrone & Fermanagh/S Tyrone lower than North Down & East Antrim, but maybe that will change in coming hours. #ae22
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The 10 DUP MPs voted in favour of December 12th election, whilst Lady Sylvia Hermon voted against
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The Rt Hon Julian Smith @JulianSmithUK has been appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland @NIOgov
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If the panel would stop arguing, we might hear from Mark in Belfast...
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How it ended up: 1st DUP 2nd Alliance 3rd Sinn Féin
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Chief Electoral Officer Virginia McVea commented: “The 2019 European Elections in N.I have now been completed. We are pleased that we have been able to finish the count in one day, a result of a lot of hard work from electoral staff. Congratulations to the three new MEPs.”
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A chart showing the change in share of unionist, nationalist and 'other' parties and candidates between 2014 and 2019's NI European Elections #EP2019 #eu19
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The votes piling in for Naomi Long - sources from most parties saying she is likely to take a seat. Also hearing neither Sinn Féin or DUP will reach quota (around 140,000) on first count #EP19 @BBCNewsNI
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UPDATE: now data for all countries apart from the UK, including final results for Finland, provisional results for nine countries and estimates for 17 countries. Check out our results website election-results.eu.
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NEW: Greece’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has called snap elections, after his party lost seats in the European elections. #EP19 – at Elsene, België
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@afneil26 May 2019
Emily Thornberry says Labour must now support a second referendum and campaign to Remain.
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Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan has conceded he is unlikely to win an MEP seat in the European Parliament for Fine Gael in Dublin. – at Dublin City, Ireland
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Switching seats: Former mayor Maolíosa McHugh, a Derry City & Strabane councillor who lost his seat last week, has been co-opted to replace Sinn Féin’s Michaela Boyle who has moved back to council ⬇️
Órfhlaith Begley (@OrfhlaithBegley) profile pictureÓrfhlaith Begley@OrfhlaithBegley8 May 2019
Delighted that Maolíosa McHugh is our new MLA for West Tyrone. A true republican with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Comhghairdeas Maolíosa! I also want to pay tribute to our outgoing MLA Micheala Boyle one of the most hard working elected representatives. 🙌🏻
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@BBCNewsNI4 May 2019
Belfast - BLACK MOUNTAIN Elected: Matt Collins, PBPA Ciaran Beattie, SF Steven Corr, SF Arder Carson, SF Micheal Donnelly, SF Emma Groves, SF #LE19
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Latest update from the Foyle Arena: Stage 8 completed in the Sperrin ward Michaela Boyle and Dan Kelly elected LE2019 #DerryStrabane @eoni_official
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Two more returned for the DUP - in Castle - a long wait for Guy Spence and Fred Cobain are through #LE19 DUP up to 12 now
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Paul Doherty (SDLP) has been excluded in Black Mountain. As only 3 candidates and 3 seats remain in Black Mountain, Micheal Donnelly, Ronan McLaughlin and Emma Groves (all Sinn Féin) have been deemed elected. #BelfastLE19 @eoni_official
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Overall state of play 8pm Belfast Sinn Féin - 13 Alliance - 10 DUP - 13 SDLP - 5 People Before Profit - 3 UUP - 2 Greens - 3 PUP - 1 50/60 #LE19
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