Image caption The accounts, made available by the Electoral Commission, show Sinn Féin had income of almost £1.2m in 2014.

Sinn Féin was the Northern Ireland political party with the biggest income last year, according to newly published figures.

The accounts, made available by the Electoral Commission, show Sinn Féin had income of almost £1.2m in 2014.

The party's expenditure was nearly £140,000 more than that.

The DUP also spent more than it brought in - the party's income was just over £480 000 and its expenditure was slightly more than £560,000.

The SDLP brought in a little more than £440,000 and spent almost £20,000 less.

The Ulster Unionist Party's income was just over £340,000 and its expenditure just under £320,000.