https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/en-ieRTÉ 2024-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:14:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0711/1459345-sinn-fein/Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she is very pleased that her party emerged as the largest north of the border after last week's UK's general election.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:52:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0711/1459345-sinn-fein/Politicshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458496-hilary-benn-northern-ireland/Hilary Benn has been appointed Northern Ireland Secretary as part of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 18:04:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458496-hilary-benn-northern-ireland/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0706/1458509-keir-starmer-britain/For now, Keir Starmer can enjoy something of a political honeymoon as he marks his first return to parliament as Prime Minister, his first Prime Ministers Questions, and first international engagements. But it is likely to be a short-lived honeymoon, writes Fiona Mitchell.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0706/1458509-keir-starmer-britain/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0706/1458530-uk-politics/British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told his ministers that there was a "huge amount of work to do" as he chaired the first meeting of his new cabinet on his first full day in Downing Street.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:44:28 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0706/1458530-uk-politics/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0707/1458590-uk-election-northern-ireland/Sun, 07 Jul 2024 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0707/1458590-uk-election-northern-ireland/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458314-uk-election/The UK's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after years of upheaval and strife.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:09:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458314-uk-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458469-uk-election-vote-share-reform-tory-labour/While the seat count in this UK general election for Labour is far higher than 2019, their share of the vote is not. Keir Starmer's party won a 33.8% share of the vote, which is just 1.6% higher than what it ended up with five years ago, writes Aengus Cox.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:43:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458469-uk-election-vote-share-reform-tory-labour/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458487-dup-uk-election/No political party likes to lose a seat, particularly one with iconic symbolism. But the loss of North Antrim comes with two significant strands of silver lining for the DUP, writes Vincent Kearney.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:30:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458487-dup-uk-election/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458256-northern-ireland-uk-election/Coverage of UK election results and developments in Northern Ireland where there are several constituency battles.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458256-northern-ireland-uk-election/Northern Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458329-uk-election/Follow our live tracker as Keir Starmer has become Britain's next prime minister following an election victory for his Labour party, while Rishi Sunak stepped down as Conservative leader after his party suffered huge losses.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:55:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458329-uk-election/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458330-uk-reax-ireland/Taoiseach Simon Harris has spoken to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and has accepted an invitation to meet in person in Downing Street on 17 July.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 06:11:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458330-uk-reax-ireland/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458331-tories/Rishi Sunak has said he is resigning as British Prime Minister and will step down as Conservative Party leader following what he has described as a "difficult night" for the Tories.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 06:29:12 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458331-tories/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458437-keir-starmer-profile/After six weeks under the campaign spotlight - and four years after taking the helm of Labour - to many, new British prime minister Keir Starmer remains something of an unknown quantity.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:30:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458437-keir-starmer-profile/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458380-conservative-party-leadership-race/With Labour coming out on top at the general election, talk quickly turned to who could replace Rishi Sunak as the Conservative Party's leader.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:22:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458380-conservative-party-leadership-race/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0705/1458345-dup-election-analysis/The biggest story of the election in Northern Ireland is one that no one saw coming - the Fall of the House of Paisley.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 07:33:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0705/1458345-dup-election-analysis/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458367-uk-election-world-react/Brussels chiefs have signalled that they want a closer partnership with the UK following Keir Starmer's General Election victory.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:48:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458367-uk-election-world-react/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458333-uk-election-lost-seats/Eight cabinet ministers have lost their seats in the UK general election, beating the previous record of seven defeats in 1997.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 06:49:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458333-uk-election-lost-seats/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458319-uk-election/Nigel Farage has won a UK parliamentary seat at his eighth attempt and hailed the prospect of a "huge" general election result for Reform UK.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 01:00:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458319-uk-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458357-uk-election-analysis/One by one, result after result confirmed it - the Labour landslide so long predicted had come to pass.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:18:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458357-uk-election-analysis/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/results/Live map: Northern Ireland results constituency breakdownThu, 04 Jul 2024 21:26:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/results/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458343-uk-election-quirky/From Count Binface and Captain Beany, to Elmo and a pub in Richmond - here is how the quirky UK general election candidates have fared in the count.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 07:42:19 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458343-uk-election-quirky/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458328-uk-election/As the UK said goodbye to one prime minister and welcomed another, here is a round-up of the 10 main things to be aware of.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:41:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458328-uk-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458347-uk-general-election-wales/The Tories have lost all their seats in Wales after Welsh Secretary David TC Davies suffered a defeat at the hands of Labour.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:02:45 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458347-uk-general-election-wales/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458321-watch-uups-tim-collins-defends-campaign-trail-comments/An Iraq War colonel has blamed people being more interested in "potholes and hedges" than international affairs after failing to secure victory in a Northern Ireland constituency.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 01:33:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458321-watch-uups-tim-collins-defends-campaign-trail-comments/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0705/1458338-ni-election-alliance-analysis/Alliance had high hopes coming into this election, but the fact that it returns with only a single MP, is a setback to its ambition for continued electoral growth.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 07:12:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0705/1458338-ni-election-alliance-analysis/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458324-uk-election/Incoming Liberal Democrat MPs have taken a record number of seats for the party in the General Election.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 03:02:13 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458324-uk-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458327-scotland/Scottish Labour has taken every SNP seat in Glasgow and Edinburgh as First Minister John Swinney pledged his party would do some "soul searching" after a "very poor" performance.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:11:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458327-scotland/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0705/1458336-fermanagh-south-tyrone/More than a few eyebrows were raised when Sinn Féin announced its candidate for Fermanagh South Tyrone.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 07:01:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0705/1458336-fermanagh-south-tyrone/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0705/1458086-uk-election/Read updates as they happened in a UK election that saw a Labour landslide and a Conservative crash.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0705/1458086-uk-election/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0704/1458141-on-the-road-through-britain-as-a-political-earthquake-looms/As voters heading to polling stations across the UK, Prime Time's Fran McNulty has been speaking to candidates and voters from Edinburgh to London about the key election issuesThu, 04 Jul 2024 11:36:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0704/1458141-on-the-road-through-britain-as-a-political-earthquake-looms/Prime Timehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458322-northern-ireland-election/DUP leader Gavin Robinson has appealed for "greater cohesion" among unionists following general election results which saw his party suffer damaging defeats in North Antrim and Lagan Valley.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:30:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0705/1458322-northern-ireland-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0704/1458064-northern-ireland-uk-general-election/Voting in the UK general election is entering its final hours in Northern Ireland where several constituency battles are too close to call.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:01:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0704/1458064-northern-ireland-uk-general-election/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0704/1458050-uk-election-analysis/After weeks of polls, politicking and promises, the die will be cast for all those hoping to make it into the House of Commons as new or returning MPs.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0704/1458050-uk-election-analysis/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0704/1458150-exit-poll-uk-general-election/The exit poll: what is it, how is it made and how did it become such an accurate prediction of election results?Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:54:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0704/1458150-exit-poll-uk-general-election/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0704/1458302-uk-election-programme/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 22:24:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0704/1458302-uk-election-programme/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0702/1457776-ni-constituency-profiles/This is a defining week for Northern Ireland politicsTue, 02 Jul 2024 16:03:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0702/1457776-ni-constituency-profiles/Politicshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0704/1458289-northern-ireland-election/By the time most people are having breakfast, the Northern Ireland results should be complete. Eighteen of the candidates will enjoy theirs more than the others, writes Vincent Kearney.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 22:34:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0704/1458289-northern-ireland-election/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0703/1457831-uk-election/The final day of campaigning is under way in the UK general election, with one of Rishi Sunak's most loyal cabinet allies saying Labour is likely to win "the largest majority any party has ever achieved."Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0703/1457831-uk-election/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0703/1457824-rishi-sunak-campaign/It is six weeks since a rain-soaked Rishi Sunak stood outside Downing Street and announced an early UK general election, however, it was not the start to a campaign that any prime minister would have wanted.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 06:01:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0703/1457824-rishi-sunak-campaign/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0703/1458008-johnson-sunak/While Boris Johnson's return to the campaign trail has garnered headlines, it has also brought reminders which some in the Conservative Party might prefer to have forgotten, writes Fiona Mitchell.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:37:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0703/1458008-johnson-sunak/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0627/1456883-uk-election/British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour party leader Keir Starmer faced off in the last head-to-head debate of the UK general election last night, ahead of polling next week.Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:17:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0627/1456883-uk-election/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0627/1456899-uk-general-election/Opinion polls indicate that British people are yearning for a change in government after 14 years of Conservative party rule, but what are the key issues at stake in the UK general election on 4 July?Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:09:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0627/1456899-uk-general-election/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0702/1457620-northern-ireland-legacy-act/One issue unites all Northern Ireland's political parties as they battle for votes in the British general election being held on Thursday.Tue, 02 Jul 2024 06:32:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0702/1457620-northern-ireland-legacy-act/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0701/1457347-mid-ulster-election/This is Michelle O'Neill's home patch, so as expected, it is a solid Sinn Féin area where they hold three of the five Stormont Assembly seats.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0701/1457347-mid-ulster-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0701/1457253-newry-armagh-uk-election/No matter the outcome of this contest there will be a new MP for the constituency.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0701/1457253-newry-armagh-uk-election/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0701/1457252-finucane-uk-election/Sinn Féin's John Finucane became the first nationalist to win the seat when he defeated the DUP's Nigel Dodds, who had held it for 18 years. It was a devastating blow for the DUP.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0701/1457252-finucane-uk-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0701/1457000-east-londonderry-profile/Outgoing MP Gregory Campbell of the DUP is not from East Londonderry, to give the constituency he has represented since 2001 its official title.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0701/1457000-east-londonderry-profile/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0701/1456997-strangford-profile/This has been viewed as a shoo-in for the DUP for the past two decades but is expected to be a more competitive contest this time around.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0701/1456997-strangford-profile/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0630/1457180-northern-ireland-general-election/This is yet another defining week for politics in Northern Ireland. A week in which defeat for one party leader could help another make history.Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:01:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0630/1457180-northern-ireland-general-election/UK Election 2024https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0704/1458312-uk-election/Britain's main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls have indicated, with Keir Starmer replacing Rishi Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:49:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0704/1458312-uk-election/UK Election 2024