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Aliance Party delegation: Naomi Long (Leader), David Ford and Stephen Farry.<br />
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London, 15/06/2017. Today, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, meets the political parties of Northern Ireland - Alliance Party, Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Sinn Fein, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - while she is trying to form her new minority Conservative government in coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP - http://bit.ly/2s93eHf), the largest unionist political party in Northern Ireland. Earlier, Theresa May left Downing Street to pay a visit to the Grenfell Tower in Kensington which was destroyed during the night by a a huge fire causing numerous victims (To see my story "Fire at Grenfell Tower - Aftermath of a Disaster" click here: http://bit.ly/2rESn90 ). Then, the Prime Minister came back to Downing Street to chair the Cabinet Meeting. <br />
After 5 years of the Coalition Government (Conservatives & Liberal Democrats) led by the Conservative Party leader David Cameron, and one year of David Cameron's Government (Who resigned after the Brexit victory at the EU Referendum held in 2016), British people voted in the following way: the Conservative Party won 318 seats (42.4% - 13,667,213 votes – 12 seats less than 2015), Labour Party 262 seats (40,0% - 12,874,985 votes – 30 seats more then 2015); Scottish National Party, SNP 35 seats (3,0% - 977,569 votes – 21 seats less than 2015); Liberal Democrats 12 seats (7,4% - 2,371,772 votes – 4 seats more than 2015); Democratic Unionist Party 10 seats (0,9% - 292,316 votes – 2 seats more than 2015); Sinn Fein 7 seats (0,8% - 238,915 votes – 3 seats more than 2015); Plaid Cymru 4 seats (0,5% - 164,466 votes – 1 seat more than 2015); Green Party 1 seat (1,6% - 525,371votes – Same seat of 2015); UKIP 0 seat (1.8% - 593,852 votes); others 1 seat. <br />
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The definitive turn out of the election was 68.7%, 2% higher than the 2015.<br />
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Aliance Party delegation: Naomi Long (Leader), David Ford and Stephen Farry.

London, 15/06/2017. Today, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, meets the political parties of Northern Ireland - Alliance Party, Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Sinn Fein, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - while she is trying to form her new minority Conservative government in coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP - http://bit.ly/2s93eHf), the largest...
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