Nationalists win more seats than unionists in NI for first time
Alex Thomson
Chief Correspondent
There were some major defeats for the Democratic Unionists, including their deputy leader, Nigel Dodds who lost his seat to Sinn Fein.
In another sign of this new political landscape, for the first time Northern Ireland now has more nationalist and republican MPs than unionists.
There were some major defeats for the Democratic Unionists, including their deputy leader, Nigel Dodds who lost his seat to Sinn Fein.
There were gains too for the SDLP and Alliance parties – all three strongly opposed to Brexit.
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