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Dáire Hughes

Dáire Hughes

Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh

Dáire Hughes is the Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Seat status

Very safe

Percentage of votes

33.72%

Recent swing

+7.6% Sinn Féin

Party

Sinn Féin

Top donors:

Friends of Sinn Féin Canada (£844)

European Left Alliance (£494)

Key Parliamentary Votes

Sinn Féin MPs are abstentionists and therefore choose not vote in Parliament
DID NOT VOTE4 Sep 2025

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

✓ Passed — 336 For, 77 Against

DID NOT VOTE9 Mar 2026

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

✓ Passed — 307 For, 173 Against

DID NOT VOTE10 Mar 2026

Courts and Tribunals Bill

✓ Passed — 304 For, 203 Against

Where Dáire fits into things

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Dáire Hughes

Dáire Hughes

Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

No current committee memberships