page_title: 2015 United Kingdom general election debates
section_title: UTV Debate
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 United Kingdom general election debates / Debates for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales / Northern Ireland / UTV Debate
caption_attribution_description: English: Havelock House, Belfast (Headquarters of Ulster Television (UTV))
context_page_description: The 2015 United Kingdom general election debates were a series of four live television programmes featuring the leaders of seven main British parties that took place during the run-up to the general election. They each featured different formats and participants.
  The first was a one-on-one programme between David Cameron, Prime Minister, and Ed Miliband, Leader of the Opposition. The second featured Cameron, Miliband, Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister, Nigel Farage, Natalie Bennett, Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, and Leanne Wood. The third debate featured the leaders of the five opposition parties: Miliband, Farage, Bennett, Sturgeon, and Wood. The final programme's participants were Cameron, Miliband, and Clegg. Only the Labour Party's Miliband participated in all four events.
  The formats and participants were arrived at after a lengthy process. Following the result of the election, a survey of 3,019 people, carried out by Panelbase, found that 38% of voters considered the debates to have influenced their voting intention.
context_section_description: UTV held a one-hour election debate on 28 April 2015 from 8pm-9pm presented from UTV studios in Belfast by Mark Mallett featuring the 5 main Northern Ireland Parties. The participants were;
  Nigel Dodds
  Mark Durkan
  Martin McGuinness: Sinn Féin Deputy Leader & Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. Elected MP for Mid Ulster 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010.
  Naomi Long: Deputy Leader of Alliance Party. MP for Belfast East.
  Danny Kennedy: Ulster Unionist Party MLA & Minister for Regional Development in the Northern Ireland Executive.
  UTV held a second half hour election debate on 28 April 2015 from 10.45pm-11.15pm presented from UTV studios in Belfast by Mark Mallett featuring the smaller Parties standing in Northern Ireland. The participants were:
  Richard Cairns representing the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
  Paul Birch representing Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol (CISTA)
  Lily Kerr representing the Workers Party
  Neil Wilson representing the Northern Ireland Conservative Party
  Stephen Agnew representing the Green Party
  David McNarry representing the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
  The first debate featuring the main 5 Northern Ireland parties was broadcast later that evening on the national ITV network after the News at Ten, but not by STV.
caption: Havelock House, the UTV studios in Belfast
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