Original sentence: Allister had accused the DUP of "betrayal" in going into government with Sinn Fein.Her strongest support base in the constituency is in the Shankill Road area.However, despite her election, it was considered a very disappointing result for the DUP, since its share of the vote fell 14% to just over 18%.Sinn Fein topped the poll, the first time a nationalist party had topped the poll in a European election in Northern Ireland, and Dodds was elected third, behind Jim Nicholson of the UUP, and with fewer votes than the quota.The Westminster expenses scandal and a perceived poor performance in live debates were cited as reasons for the poor result  Dodds herself blamed the drop on the vote for former DUP member Jim Allister of the TUV, who gained 66,000 first preference votes
Edited sentence: Her strongest support base in the constituency is in the Shankill Road area, though she did poll votes from the predominantly Nationalist parts of the constituency like Andersonstown.However, despite her election, it was considered a very disappointing result for the DUP, since its share of the vote fell 14% to just over 18%, this as a result of the success of former member Jim Allister of the TUV, who gained 66,000 first preference votes, campaigning on the betrayal of the DUP in going in government with Sinn Fein.Sinn Fein topped the poll, the first time ever for a nationalist party in a Northern Ireland wide election, and Dodds was elected third, behind Jim Nicholson of the UUP, and with fewer votes than the quota