Northern Ireland General Election Survey, 2024-2025

<p>The <span>Northern Ireland General Election Survey, 2024</span> investigated how the Northern Ireland electorate voted (or didn’t vote) at the 2024 General Election and the reasons behind their voting choices. The study examines the basis of party choice, attitudes to political institutions, views on Brexit, and a range of other political issues in Northern Ireland. The study is based upon a representative sample of 2,034 Northern Ireland electors, surveyed face-to-face between 19 July 2024 and 27 August 2024 following the General Election (4 July 2024). A series of focus group discussions, comprising nationalists, unionists, 'neithers', women and 18-24 year olds were also undertaken</p>
<p>Further information can be found on the UKRI Gateway to Research webpage for <a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FZ503058%2F1">the 2024 Northern Ireland General Election study</a><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FZ503058%2F1"></a> project. </p>
<p>The study builds on a series of post-general election surveys conducted in Northern Ireland. These are held at the UK Data Service, and include:</p>
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<li>SN 6553 -  Northern Ireland General Election Attitudes Survey, 2010;</li><li>SN 7523 - Northern Ireland General Election Survey, 2015;</li><li>SN 8234 - Northern Ireland General Election Survey, 2017; and </li><li>SN 8619 - Northern Ireland General Election Survey 2019.</li></ul><p>Focus groups transcripts were added to the study in the second edition. Please note that it may be a little unclear on which participant is saying what, and similarly, which interviewer is saying what. This is because each participant is assigned the letter ‘P’. This approach was used because the content of the discussion within each of the five focus groups was deemed more valuable than which individual said what.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest edition information</span></p><p>For the second edition (December 2025), focus group transcripts and additional documentation were added to the study.</p>