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Belfast North
Northern Ireland Assembly
Borough constituency
Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland First Used: 1973 Assembly Members: Paula Bradley
Carál Ní Chuilín
William Humphrey
Gerry Kelly
Alban Maginness
Nelson McCauslandDistricts: Belfast City Council,
NewtownabbeyBelfast North is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast North UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1973 to 1974 and 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.
Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency).
Contents
Members
Year Alliance Democratic Unionist Progressive Unionist Sinn Féin SDLP Ulster Unionist Unionist Party NI Independent Unionist 1973 1 1 N/A N/A 1 3 N/A 0 1975 0 1 N/A N/A 1 2 1 1 1982 1 1 N/A 0 1 1 0 1 1996 0 2 0 1 1 1 N/A 0 1998 0 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1 2003 0 2 0 2 1 1 N/A 0 2007 0 2 0 2 1 1 N/A 0 2011 0 3 0 2 1 0 N/A N/A The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2011 election are:
- Carál Ní Chuilín – Sinn Féin
- Paula Bradley – Democratic Unionist Party
- William Humphrey – Democratic Unionist Party
- Gerry Kelly – Sinn Féin
- Alban Maginness – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Nelson McCausland – Democratic Unionist Party
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election were:
- Carál Ní Chuilín – Sinn Féin
- Fred Cobain – Ulster Unionist Party
- Nigel Dodds – Democratic Unionist Party
- Gerry Kelly – Sinn Féin
- Alban Maginness – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Nelson McCausland – Democratic Unionist Party
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
- Fred Cobain – Ulster Unionist Party
- Nigel Dodds – Democratic Unionist Party
- Gerry Kelly – Sinn Féin
- Alban Maginness – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Nelson McCausland – Democratic Unionist Party
- Kathy Stanton – Sinn Féin
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
- Fraser Agnew – independent Unionist
- Fred Cobain – Ulster Unionist Party
- Nigel Dodds – Democratic Unionist Party
- Billy Hutchinson – Progressive Unionist Party
- Gerry Kelly – Sinn Féin
- Alban Maginness – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Changes 1998–2003
- Fraser Agnew joined with other independent Unionists to form the United Unionist Coalition on 14 September 1998.
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from North Belfast. They were as follows:
- David Browne – Ulster Unionist Party
- Nigel Dodds – Democratic Unionist Party
- Gerry Kelly – Sinn Féin
- Alban Maginness – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- William Snoddy – Democratic Unionist Party
In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. North Blefast elected 5 members as follows:
- John Carson – Ulster Unionist Party
- Paul Maguire – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Frank Millar – independent Unionist
- Paschal O'Hare – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- George Seawright – Democratic Unionist Party
In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from North Belfast were:
- William Annon – Democratic Unionist Party
- Billy Bell – Ulster Unionist Party
- Gerry Fitt – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Lloyd Hall-Thompson – Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
- Frank Millar – independent Loyalist
- William Morgan – Ulster Unionist Party
In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from North Belfast were:
- John Ferguson – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Gerry Fitt – Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Lloyd Hall-Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale
- John McQuade – Democratic Unionist Party
- Frank Millar – Ulster Unionist Party anti Sunningdale
- William Morgan – Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale
Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly
2011 Assembly election: Belfast North – 6 Seats[1] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 19.9% 6,674 Democratic Unionist Nelson McCausland 15.5% 5,200 SDLP Alban Maginness 12.0% 4,025 – – – – Sinn Féin Carál Ní Chuilín 9.0% 2,999 – – – – Democratic Unionist William Humphrey 11.1% 3,724 – – – – – Democratic Unionist Paula Bradley 10.4% 3,488 – – – – – Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 8.2% 2,758 – Alliance Billy Webb 6.3% 2,096 – Independent Raymond McCord 3.5% 1,176 – Sinn Féin J. J. Magee 3.0% 998 – Workers' Party John Lavery 1.0% 332 – Electorate: 68,119 Valid: tba Spoilt: tba (0.00%) Quota: 4,782 Turnout: 34,257 (50.29%) Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds 6,973 Elected 1 Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 5,414 Elected 1 Sinn Féin Carál Ní Chuilín 3,680 Elected 4 Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 2,498 Elected 11 Democratic Unionist Nelson McCausland 2,462 Elected 11 SDLP Alban Maginness 2,212 Elected 10 SDLP Pat Convery 1,868 Not elected 9 Democratic Unionist William Humphrey 1,673 Not elected 11 Independent Raymond McCord 1,320 Not elected 8 Green (NI) Peter Emerson 590 Not elected 7 Alliance Thomas McCullough 486 Not elected 7 UK Unionist Robert McCartney 360 Not elected 6 Workers' Party John Lavery 139 Not elected 6 Make Politicians History Rainbow George 40 Not elected 6 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds 9,276 Elected 1 Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 5,524 Elected 1 SDLP Alban Maginness 3,186 Elected 12 Sinn Féin Kathy Stanton 2,990 Elected 12 Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 2,961 Elected 10 SDLP Pat Convery 2,108 Not elected Democratic Unionist Nelson McCausland 1,500 Elected 2 Progressive Unionist Billy Hutchinson 1,358 Not elected United Unionist Coalition Fraser Agnew 802 Not elected Independent Frank McCoubrey 469 Not elected NI Women's Coalition Elizabeth McCullough 467 Not elected Alliance Marjorie Hawins 305 Not elected Green (NI) Peter Emerson 261 Not elected Independent Raymond McCord 218 Not elected Workers' Party Marcella Delaney 90 Not elected Rainbow Dream Ticket John Gallagher 17 Not elected Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds 7,476 Elected 1 SDLP Alban Maginness 6,196 Elected 1 Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 5,610 Elected 10 Progressive Unionist Billy Hutchinson 3,751 Elected 11 Sinn Féin Martina McIlkenny 3,165 Not elected Independent Unionist Fraser Agnew 2,976 Elected 10 SDLP Martin Morgan 2,465 Not elected Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 2,415 Elected 11 Ulster Unionist David Browne 2,064 Not elected Democratic Unionist Eric Smyth 1,288 Not elected Alliance Glyn Roberts 1,267 Not elected Ulster Democratic John White 911 Not elected UK Unionist Stephen Cooper 748 Not elected Green (NI) Peter Emerson 257 Not elected Labour Party NI Sam McAughtry 255 Not elected Workers' Party Stephen Doran 155 Not elected Natural Law Kevin Blair 76 Not elected Independent Dolores Quinn 50 Not elected 1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]
Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds
William Snoddy
David Smylie
William Henry De Courcy7,778 19.2 Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly
Joe Austin
Christine Beattie
Bobby Lavery
Eoghan McCormain7,681 19.0 SDLP Alban Maginness
Martin Morgan
Geraldine Leonard
Shelagh McGlade
Peter Coll7,493 18.5 Ulster Unionist David Browne
Fred Cobain
Nelson McCausland
Dennis Robinson6,938 17.2 Progressive Unionist Billy Hutchinson
Michael Acheson
Robert Gourley3,777 9.3 Ulster Democratic John White*
Thomas English
Thomasena Livingstone
Patrick Bird
John English1,874 4.6 Alliance Nicholas Whyte
Tommy Frazer
Lindsay Whitcroft1,670 4.1 UK Unionist Derek Peters
Amy Corry1,329 3.3 Labour Coalition Mark Langhammer
Marion Morrison
Kevin Lawrence
Martin Stroud
John Simpson571 1.4 NI Women's Coalition Brenda Callaghan
Lynda Walker
Eileen Calder
Roisin O'Hagan
Freda Brown486 1.2 Workers' Party Margaret Smith
Paul Treanor274 0.7 Green (NI) Peter Emerson
Rosemary Warren265 0.7 Democratic Left Seamus Lynch
John McLaughlin123 0.4 Independent Voice Andrew Thompson
Sarah Thompson63 0.2 Ulster Independence Norman McClelland
David Kerr41 0.1 Independent McMullan Wesley Holmes
Helen Craig
Stanley Simons25 0.1 Independent Chambers Joe Coggle
Sally Irvine21 0.1 - *John White was elected as one of the 20 top-up candidates for Northern Ireland.
1982
Main article: Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982Assembly Election – 20 October 1982 Party Candidate Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9† Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Count 14 Ulster Unionist John Carson 7798 Democratic Unionist George Seawright 4929 5012.26 5026.41 5026.41 5044.10 5076.32 5150.77 5359.74 5673 5675 6119 6119 6119 6119 Sinn Féin Joe Austin 4029 4029.46 4029.46 4088.46 4104.69 4104.69 4107.69 4107.69 4114 4188 4188 4556 4564 4573 SDLP Paschal O'Hare 3190 3191.38 3191.38 3255.38 3290.61 3290.61 3294.84 3295.84 3296 4197 4201 5031 5040 5078 Democratic Unionist William Gault 2618 2730.93 2752.31 2752.31 2763.69 2801.59 2854.50 3023.41 3259 3261 3646 3689 Alliance Paul Maguire 2527 2564.95 2568.95 2581.95 2693.02 2698.94 2877.08 2906.00 2935 3205 3420 4325 4476 4756 Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 2516 2526.12 2531.35 2556.35 2634.81 2641.73 2706.80 2718.03 2758 2928 2961 Independent Unionist Frank Millar 2047 2285.05 2319.57 2319.57 2341.26 2410.98 2539.49 2813.48 3055 3059 4101 4182 6322 SDLP Alban Maginness 1333 1334.15 1335.07 1450.07 1474.07 1474.07 1479.07 1480.07 1483 Ulster Unionist Peter Smith 984 1954.83 1965.82 1967.28 1987.12 2323.84 2413.28 2635.96 2745 2745 Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party Sammy Doyle 890 938.99 1022.91 1023.91 1029.91 1041.52 1135.43 1187.27 United Ulster Unionist Nelson McCausland 858 922.86 940.77 940.77 948.15 956.22 1014.44 Independent Billy Boyd 745 778.12 782.35 783.35 822.73 823.65 Ecology Peter Emerson 412 423.27 424.50 424.50 Ulster Unionist Raymond Trimble 369 508.61 517.76 518.76 525.22 People's Democracy Fergus O'Hare 298 298.46 298.46 Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party Bill Lavery 196 215.32 Electorate=62931, valid=35739, spoiled=1166, quota=5957 - †Although all counts were to two decimal places, the local press round up the results after count 8.
1975 Constitutional Convention
Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count SDLP Gerry Fitt 6,454 Elected Ulster Unionist Billy Bell 6,268 Elected Independent Unionist Frank Millar 5,687 Elected Ulster Unionist William Morgan 5,558 Elected Democratic Unionist William Annon 4,132 Elected SDLP Thomas Donnelly 3,596 Not elected Unionist Party NI Lloyd Hall-Thompson 3,577 Elected Alliance John Ferguson 2,207 Not elected Vanguard Bill Lavery 1,884 Not elected Labour (NI) Billy Boyd 1,749 Not elected Labour (NI) John Stewart 898 Not elected Republican Clubs Seamus Lynch 556 Not elected Independent Unionist Noel Trimble 525 Not elected Alliance James Robinson 518 Not elected 1973
Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count SDLP Gerry Fitt 8,264 Elected Ulster Unionist Lloyd Hall-Thompson 5,694 Elected Ulster Unionist William Morgan 5,190 Elected Democratic Unionist John McQuade 5,148 Elected Ulster Unionist Cecil Walker 4,354 Not elected Ulster Unionist Frank Millar 4,187 Elected Ulster Unionist Wilson Gamble 4,161 Not elected Democratic Unionist Fred Proctor 2,112 Not elected Alliance John Ferguson 1,958 Elected SDLP Thomas Donnelly 1,861 Not elected Vanguard William Baillie 1,859 Not elected Labour (NI) Vivian Simpson 1,742 Not elected Republican Clubs Seamus Lynch 854 Not elected Vanguard Billy Hull 852 Not elected Alliance Jack Smith 742 Not elected Alliance Keith Jones 675 Not elected Labour (NI) John Stewart 571 Not elected Independent Unionist Tommy Lyttle 560 Not elected References
- ^ North Belfast, UTV
- ^ 1996 Candidates – North Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
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