evidence: And as we move to commemorate 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement this April, not many in 1998 could have anticipated the modal shifts in NI’s political landscape, whether it be the top-level change from the SDLP and UUP to SF and the DUP, or the bottom upsurge in those who vote neither Nationalist or Unionist. To map out recent changes in political support for NI’s parties, Table 3 looks at first preference votes in the last 2 local elections, as well as two recent polls. In summary, the "big 5 parties" which made up the benches of a power-sharing government in Stormont are now giving way to a three-party consolidation with support growing for SF, the DUP and Alliance. While looking at first preference votes cannot reflect the complexities of STV vote transfers, or variables such as the status of local independents and the number of candidates fielded in districts, it can depict the wider trends in party support.