Northern Ireland

By numbers: Arlene Foster and Gerry Carroll top the vote

Alan Lewis- PhotopressBelfast.co.uk 6-5-2016.West Belfast poll topper Gerry Carroll, 'People Before Profit' candidate in west Belfast, hears news that he is the first candidate to have been elected in Sinn Fein's stronghold constituency as his supporters go wild at the Titanic Exhibition Centre count this afternoon..
Alan Lewis- PhotopressBelfast.co.uk 6-5-2016.West Belfast poll topper Gerry Carroll, 'People Before Profit' candidate in west Belfast, hears news that he is the first candidate to have been elected in Sinn Fein's stronghold constituency as his Alan Lewis- PhotopressBelfast.co.uk 6-5-2016.West Belfast poll topper Gerry Carroll, 'People Before Profit' candidate in west Belfast, hears news that he is the first candidate to have been elected in Sinn Fein's stronghold constituency as his supporters go wild at the Titanic Exhibition Centre count this afternoon..
By Claire Simpson

PEOPLE Before Profit's Gerry Carroll won his West Belfast seat with the second-highest first preference vote in the elections.

Mr Carroll had a personal vote second only to DUP leader Arlene Foster.

The top five candidates as per first preference votes:

Arlene Foster (DUP) Fermanagh & South Tyrone 8,801

Gerry Carroll (PBP) West Belfast 8,299

Carla Lockhart (DUP) Upper Bann 7,993

William Irwin (DUP) Newry & Armagh 7,980

Ian Milne (SF) Mid Ulster 7,035