Sinn Féin on course to have more MPs than any other Northern Ireland party

Sinn Féin on course to have more MPs than any other Northern Ireland party

DUP loses Lagan Valley seat vacated by former leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, and is under pressure in North Antrim

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The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) is on track to lose at least two of its eight seats, boosting Sinn Féin’s chances of becoming the Northern Ireland party with most MPs.

The DUP lost the Lagan Valley seat vacated by its former leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who faces sexual offence charges, and was braced to lose South Antrim.

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