That did not give the tuv any more seats but nonetheless, it did to hit the dup and has contributed to those seat losses we have seen of the dup. there was clear blue water between the dup and tuv approach, which was we will if necessary threatened devolved power sharing to break the approach of the uup and doug beattie was we can oppose the protocol from within. so there was a clear fault line, it s not really marked with unity on how to oppose the protocol. great to have your analysis, thank you very much. professorjon tonge there. still a way to go with their seats until we get to the full and final picture. it continues. back to you, rebecca. we will be back with you very soon but for now, thank you.
Choosing a date for that. let s go to magherafelt and listen to the declaration there. john to magherafelt and listen to the declaration there. , ., ,, declaration there. john o dowd, sinn fein. applause fein. applause jonathan - fein. applause | jonathan buckley, fein. applause jonathan buckley, democratic unionist jonathan buckley, democratic unionist party. jonathan buckley, democratic unionist party. jonathan buckley, democratic unionist party. cheering and applause diane dodds, democratic unionist party party. doug i party. - doug beattie, party. doug beattie, ulster unionist party. dou- beattie, ulster unionist party. doug beattie, ulster unionist party. and owen doug beattie, ulster unionist party. and owen tennyson, doug beattie, ulster unionist party. and owen tennyson, alliance. - doug beattie, ulster unionist party. i and owen tennyson, alliance. thank you. thank you. firstly, i would like to thank the returning officer and or the counter staff for the work
Jonathan buckley of the dup presenting his analysis of this election and there has been much discussion of disunity amongst unionism and that was what he was referring to in his acceptance speech, saying that if unionism was divided it couldn t win the elections and certainly the dup, thatis elections and certainly the dup, that is diane dodds also of the dup, speaking at the moment. certainly it has had an impact on the dup vote. i think we can do is show you a rundown of those election results in upper bann. here they come. that is two seats for the dup, one for sinn fein, one for the ulster unionist party and that was its leader you saw, doug beattie. and one for the alliance party of
Magherafelt. the big headlines in the run up is sinn fein will emerge as the biggest party. the rise of the centre ground, the alliance party doing really, really well in this election as well. i was talking a little earlier that we were waiting to see what was happening with the ulster unionist party and doug beattie. there was some anxiety about his position yesterday evening but he has now been elected, which will come as a big relief to the ulster unionists. we are not quite sure how long this count will last yet. it is a single transferable vote, a form of proportional representation, so the account has to go through a series of stages and it is kind of difficult to predict exactly how long that is going to take. but with an overview first of all of where we are so far in this election to the northern ireland assembly, here is our ireland correspondent chris page and a warning that his report contains