UK General Election 2024 Results: Northern Ireland analysis

Hiraeth - Welsh Politics

The UK General Election results across Great Britain have been pored over by almost every media outlet on this island. However, there has been an air of the inevitable that the results for Northern Ireland have been largely ignored despite its recent cohorts of MPs having played a crucial role in the twists and turns of the UK's seperation from the European Union since 2016. Due to the enormous majority of the new UK Labour Parliamentary Group, the 18 seats from the 'nation' / 'province' / 'region' (delete as preferred) of the UK across the water, were never likely to be pivotal for the government of Britain. But for the people, parties, and governeance of Northern Ireland, these small number of individuals could be very influential. So here at the Hiraeth Pod, we take a deep look at the results and what we have learned from them. To guide us, we are joined by two great friends of the pod, who last joined us to discuss their book "A Troubled Constitutional Future: Northern Ireland After Brexit". Mary C Murphy in a Professor of Politics, formerly based at University College Cork and mid-transfer across the Atlantic to become Director of the Irish Institute at Boston College - https://x.com/MaryCMurphy Dr Jonathan Evershed completed his PhD Queens University Belfast and has since moved to Wales to become a policy and research advisor to the Plaid Cymru Senedd Group - https://x.com/jevershed01 Mary & Jonathan's book is available here: https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/a-troubled-constitutional-future/?k=9781788214117 And our podcast about it is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/15G4Zp0ihshXS5SNUCjC9g?si=FrXcmCHVRMmjaNopChrByA As always, you can find the latest from us @hiraethpod on most social media, including Twitter/X here: twitter.com/HiraethPod We hope you find this podcast interesting and useful. Please do send feedback, it's always great to hear what our audience thinks. Thank you for listening to the podcast. If you have enjoyed it, please leave us a nice rating or comment on your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting our work from just £3/month on Patreon: www.patreon.com/hiraethpod