they ve taken a little from the sdlp but it s the fact that the unionist parties have been fragmented and gone to the dup, some gun to the alliance and the other big winner of this election. let s look again just to show you the pattern. let s have a look at this. a bit more contested but you have sinn fein out in front, the dup second best again, sinn fein up the dup second best again, sinn fein up a little bit. dup down a lot. uup down a lot and alliance gaining. tuv and sdlp down the steps sinn fein not advancing enormously but nonetheless clearly on top and that will mean they have the right if there is going to be a stormont executive, the right to nominate a first minister. this is brexit as i keep saying. all of this is brexit catching up with northern ireland politics, it transformed part of the electoral map of great britain, we saw that in 2019 and see it continuing to unfold in the local elections which have just happen to foster now is catching up with
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
the snp is a party 15 years into government. so it s a big vote of confidence in our leadership of scotland, both nationally and at local level. i don t take it for granted, though. people want to see us deliver now. the reason we keep winning elections is because we work really hard, at elections, between elections, to deliver for scotland. votes are counted in the verdicts are in. it s only a snapshot but for all parties, plenty to chew over. leila nathoo, bbc news. our wales correspondent tomos morgan told us how people voted across wales and the unexpected losses for the conservative party. after the brexit vote in 2017, i think it s fair to say that a number of disgruntled labour voters and brexit voters moved over and started voting tory. we saw that in the general election in 2017, the local election and general election after that, as well. but since the pandemic, things are beginning to change. last year, we had the senedd elections here in wales and mark
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this is bbc news. i m rebecca jones, with the latest headlines at 3: an historic moment for nationalists in northern ireland, as sinn fein is on course to become the largest party at stormont. the democratic unionist party leaderjeffrey donaldson says his party will decide next week whether to enter a power sharing government. i met annita mcveigh in belfast for the latest news and analysis from the latest news and analysis from the counts around northern ireland. across the rest of the uk, the conservatives have lost almost 500 seats in the local elections, with labour and the liberal democrats taking control of a number of councils. cheering the snp remain the largest party in scottish councils with labour overtaking the conservatives to finish second.