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🚨 NEW: Steve Aiken to stand in South Antrim for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline @SRAikenUUP

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🎉 Our #AE27 candidate tracker has been updated! See every declared candidate in next year's Assembly election in a table or card view. Filter by constituency and follow along as new names are added. 👇️ Link below

🚨 NEW: Liz Clarke to stand in South Antrim for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 23/09/2026

🚨 NEW: Darren Guy to stand in Foyle for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline @DGuyUUP

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🚨 NEW: Áine Murphy, Colm Gildernew and Jemma Dolan to stand in Fermanagh and South Tyrone for Sinn Fein #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 23/09/2026

🚨 NEW: Andrew McMurray to stand in South Down for Alliance Party #AE27 @allianceparty @AndyofAlliance

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 22/09/2026

🚨 NEW: Linzi McLaren to stand in South Antrim for Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) @SDLPlive @mclaren_linzi

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 22/09/2026

🚨 NEW: Declan Kearney to stand in South Antrim for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 24/08/2026

🚨 NEW: NI Secretary @RhonddaBryant will be in Dublin on Monday to meet with Irish Government ministers They will discuss “shared priorities, including economic growth, joint security, and both governments’ commitments on addressing the legacy of the past”

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 18/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Mike Nesbitt has resigned as Minister of Health [@beltel]

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 17/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Peter Wilson to stand in North Down for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 15/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham will commence his tour of the UK this week No. 10 spox: “The coming week will see the Prime Minister take on some of these issues as he continues his tour around the UK, which will inform his upcoming 10-year plan to make Britain better off.”

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 13/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Áine Groogan to stand in Belfast South and Mid Down for Green Party Northern Ireland #AE27 @GreenPartyNI

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 12/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Dr Martin Blake, former Chief Veterinary Officer for Ireland, has been appointed to carry out the review of DAERA’s implementation of the court deprivation order carried out in Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone DAERA statement 👇

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 10/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Brian Smyth to stand in Belfast East for Green Party Northern Ireland #AE27 @GreenPartyNI

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 06/08/2026

🚨 NEW: Anthony Flynn to stand in North Down for Green Party Northern Ireland #AE27 @GreenPartyNI

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 30/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Doug Beattie to stand as an independent candidate in Upper Bann #AE27 @BeattieDoug

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 27/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Roisin Mulgrew to stand in Newry and Armagh for Aontú #AE27 @AontuIE

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 27/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention SF: 22% (-2) UUP: 16% (+3) DUP: 15% (-3) SDLP: 13% (+2) TUV: 12% (+1) AP: 10% (-1) GRN: 5% (=) AON: 3% (=) PBP: 2% (=) OTH/IND: 2% (=) Changes with April 2026 Via LucidTalk & BelTel

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 21/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Statement from NI Secretary @RhonddaBryant “My door will be open to all parties and all communities. We are going to work together constructively to keep building a stable, prosperous future for everyone in Northern Ireland.” Full statement 👇

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 21/07/2026

First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly comment following phone calls with the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham 👇️

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 21/07/2026

Andy Burnham has announced the removal of VAT on electricity bills, but this will not apply directly to NI Treasury will provide comparable funding to the NI Executive to enable it to support NI households with the cost of living

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 20/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Chris Bryant has been appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Andy Burnham

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 20/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has sacked Hilary Benn as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 20/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 19/07/2026

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 09/07/2026

The DUP has commissioned Jim Gamble's iNEQE safeguarding group to conduct an independent report into Jeffrey Donaldson's time as a member of the party Full statement 👇️

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 07/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Keith Ratcliffe to stand in Newry and Armagh for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 03/07/2026

The Assembly has now entered summer recess. The next plenary session will be on Monday 7 September 2026.

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 30/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Catherine Nelson and John O'Dowd to stand in Upper Bann for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 30/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Sinn Féin are calling for Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots to stand down from his position 'pending the full disclosure of all issues and any knowledge of the inappropriate behaviour of Jeffrey Donaldson within the DUP'

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 27/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Sinn Fein's Lagan Valley #AE27 candidate Declan Lynch says his family and party activists were the target of 'sectarian abuse' in Lisburn during an election canvass on Saturday morning 👇️

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 25/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Ciarán O’Connor to stand in East Antrim for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 24/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Sinead Ennis, Cathy Mason and Michael Rice to stand in South Down for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 23/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Caoimhe Archibald and Kathleen McGurk to stand in East Londonderry for Sinn Fein #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 19/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Liz Kimmins, Aoife Finnegan and Cathal Boylan to stand in Newry and Armagh for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 18/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Ciara Ferguson, Christopher Jackson and Sandra Duffy to stand in Foyle for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 16/06/2026

The former chairman of the NI Conservatives has joined the Ulster Unionist Party. Matthew Robinson has previously stood for election to the Assembly in North Down.

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 15/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Declan Lynch to stand in Lagan Valley for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 12/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Allister Kyle to stand in East Londonderry for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 09/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Joint statement from Michelle O'Neill, Gavin Robinson, Naomi Long, Jon Burrows & Claira Hanna following attempted murder in North Belfast "There is no place in our society for this kind of brutality. Our immediate thoughts are with the victim and his family"

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 02/06/2026

The new mayors/chairs of all the councils for 2026/27 have now been announced. You can use our interactive map to see the mayor and deputy mayor for your council 👇 nielects.com/council/mayo...

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 01/06/2026

Following the resignation of Doug Beattie (who will sit as an Independent), the Ulster Unionist Party now has 8 MLAs - the same number as the SDLP. This will not affect their position in the Executive, as the d'Hondt allocations are based on the results in the last election.

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 29/05/2026

🚨 NEW: Patsy McGlone MLA (Mid Ulster, SDLP) will not contest the Assembly election next year. He is retiring after holding the seat since 2003. [@irish_news]

Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 21/05/2026

🚨 NEW: Doug Beattie will be reselected by his local association to stand in #AE27 after the party HQ asked them to revisit their decision They will now stand two candidates in Upper Bann [@beltel]

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 07/05/2026

🚨 NEW: Taoiseach Micheál Martin will join Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly at Grand Central Station this morning to sign a €700m contract for a new fleet of Enterprise trains.

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 30/04/2026

🚨 NEW: Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins says over 10,000 road defects have been repaired in eight weeks Full statement 👇

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Northern Ireland Elects @nielects.com · 30/04/2026

🚨 NEW: The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference will be held today (Thursday) at Hillsborough Castle. A number of ministers from both the UK and Irish governments will be attending. NIO press release👇