Northern Ireland has a new power-sharing government. The 2007 elections saw the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) become Northern Ireland’s largest party with 30.1% of the vote, followed by Sinn Fein with 26.2%. The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) picked up 15.2% of the vote and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 14.9%. After decades of conflict and direct rule, Ian Paisley, the DUP’s leader, and Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness took office last month as First and Deputy First Ministers.
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