Nation
Northern Ireland
The Executive Office says Michelle O’Neill MLA is the First Minister and Emma Little-Pengelly MLA is the deputy First Minister. The Electoral Commission lists the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2027.
Last updated: October 17, 2026. Unofficial information. Confirm with your official election office (The Executive Office).
The Executive Office page says Michelle O’Neill MLA is the First Minister and Emma Little-Pengelly MLA is the deputy First Minister. It names Aisling Reilly and Pam Cameron as the Junior Ministers. It does not print a seat total for the Assembly.
The Electoral Commission corporate-plan table lists the Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland local government in May 2027. It does not print a day. The key-dates page for Thursday 7 May 2026 does not list a Northern Ireland election.
This page does not copy an Assembly election result. No results page was read on 17 October 2026.
UK Parliament election
Voters in Northern Ireland vote in the UK Parliament election. The Electoral Commission lists that election at no later than 15 August 2029. UK Parliament page
Population
The ONS mid-2024 bulletin says population growth in the year to mid-2024 was 0.4% in Northern Ireland. The bulletin text that was read does not print a headcount for Northern Ireland alone.
Not in this release
Gap. Westminster constituency pages, local-authority pages, ward pages and candidate lists are not published in this release. This page does not name MPs or councillors.
Sources
- The Executive Office, Executive Office Ministers — read 2026-10-17
- Electoral Commission, The electoral system, scheduled elections April 2025 to March 2030 (corporate plan page, last updated 9 April 2025) — read 2026-10-17
- Electoral Commission, Key dates for voters in 2026 — read 2026-10-17
- GOV.UK, Devolution: Guidance for civil servants (last updated 28 November 2025) — read 2026-10-17
- Office for National Statistics, Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2024 (release 26 September 2025) — read 2026-10-17