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  Boundary Commission | Provisional Recommendations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The proposed constituencies and their electorates are shown in Annex A and maps of the constituencies are attached.
It is proposed that the size of the electorate of the Upper Bann constituency be varied by the transfer of the Craigavon LGD ward of Aghagallon to the Lagan Valley constituency.
It is proposed to alter the boundaries of the East Londonderry and Foyle constituencies by transferring the two Derry LGD wards of Banagher and Claudy from the Foyle constituency to the East Londonderry constituency.
www.boundarycommission.org.uk /provisional-recommendations.asp   (1822 words)

  
 WBEF Table of Contents Page
In 1999 the population of the West Belfast constituency stood at 90,000.
West Belfast consists of 6% of the north of Ireland’s population and contains 9-10% of its officially unemployed population, with a particularly high concentration of the long-term-unemployed.
This is compared to 20% of the wards in South Belfast and East Belfast with 54% affluent.
www.wbef.org /toc.htm   (1252 words)

  
 2001 General Election - the last election in Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Because constituencies are of such varying size (to reflect different population densities), the above map may mislead as to the amount of support for each party.
Belfast West - Almost exclusively Catholic, this urban constituency is unshakably Nationalist Not surprisingly, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams won the seat with 66% of the vote, an increase from the 56% they polled in 1997.
Mid Ulster - A rural constituency that is moderately Nationalist.
www.fortunecity.com /bally/sligo/93/today/westminster_2001.html   (3024 words)

  
 Belfast East - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Belfast East, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Belfast, Northern Ireland, bordered by Belfast North, Belfast South, Strangford, and...
The city is populated mainly by Protestants in east Belfast and Catholics in west Belfast.
Northern Ireland is about 135 km (85 mi) long, north to south, and about 175 km (110 mi) wide, west to east.
au.encarta.msn.com /Belfast_East.html   (97 words)

  
 RTÉ News: Northern Ireland General Election 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The main areas in the parliamentary constituency of Belfast East are Ballyhackamore, Ballymacarrett, Knock, Stormont and Sydenham.
She is also a member of Belfast City Council; the party came third in the 2001 Westminster elections.
Belfast East has the lowest proportion of Catholics in the Westminster constituencies.
www.rte.ie /news/northernireland2005/constit01.html   (191 words)

  
 Freedom Institute: Dark days ahead in Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sinn Fein are insurmountable in West Belfast and Mid-Ulster, while the decision made by other parties not to allow Kieran Deeney have a clear run against SF in West Tyrone is going to hand the constituency on a plate to Pat Doherty.
East Antrim was only held with 0.4% to spare in 2001, and the DUP are snapping at Roy Beggs' heels here.
South Belfast is possibly the UUP’s best chance of hanging onto a seat in 2005, but with the DUP contesting this area this time out, and SF resurgent following the (admittedly, creditable) performance of Alex Maskey during his time as Lord Mayor of Belfast, this will be a dogfight.
www.freedominst.org /2005/04/dark-days-ahead-in-northern-ireland.html   (617 words)

  
 East Belfast, 1983-1992
This constituency was slightly cut down from the old East Belfast.
The old East Belfast constituency was incorporated into the expanded
East Belfast after 1995, with some tidying of the boundary with South Belfast.
www.ark.ac.uk /elections/beb.htm   (211 words)

  
 Finally, Revised Recomendations for NI Westminster constituencies released
From South Antrim to North Belfast: the Newtownabbey LGD wards of Collinbridge, Glebe and Glengormley.
From East Antrim to North Belfast: the Newtownabbey LGD ward of Cloughfern.
From Foyle to East Londonderry: the Derry LGD wards of Banagher and Claudy.
uselectionatlas.org /FORUM/index.php?topic=40136.0   (1107 words)

  
 Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
It is proposed to expand Belfast East further into Castlereagh, taking in areas currently contained in Strangford, however almost all of these areas were part of Belfast East until 1983.
Belfast East is an overwhelmingly unionist constituency with nationalist parties routinely failing to get more than 10% of the vote combined.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (1109 words)

  
 AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
East and South Belfast are some of the most difficult constituencies for Sinn Féin to canvass in.
In East Belfast Dominic Corr polled 810 votes while in South Belfast Seán Hayes held 5% of the vote with his 2,019 votes, slightly down on last year's Forum result but still double the 1992 total.
East Derry recorded another strong electoral performance, maintaining the party's 9% vote share in this constituency.
republican-news.org /archive/1997/May08/08anal.html   (806 words)

  
 Belfast Pottinger (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This constituency comprised the south-western half of East Belfast, based on the then Pottinger and Dock wards of Belfast City Council.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1918 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Belfast East constituency.
This constituency, in republican theory, was incorporated in a four-member Dáil constituency of Belfast East.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_Pottinger_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (373 words)

  
 East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
In the south of the constituency it was proposed to transfer a further part of Newtownabbey to the North Belfast constituency whilst in the north the seat would have gained the Glens and Ballycastle in Moyle district from North Antrim.
The constituency is overwhelmingly unionist, with the combined votes for nationalist parties rarely exceeding 10%.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (808 words)

  
 Sinn Féin: 6 County Westminster - East Belfast Constituency
Sinn Féin: 6 County Westminster - East Belfast Constituency
A community worker for many years, Councillor Joe O'Donnell is the Sinn Féin candidate for East Belfast View more...
Deborah Devenny is the Sinn Féin candidate for East Belfast.
www.sinnfein.ie /elections/constituency/east_belfast_wm   (100 words)

  
 East Belfast
East Belfast's population in the 2001 census was 79,621 (lowest of the 18 constituencies).
East Belfast had lost 11.53% of its electorate in the great electoral register shake-out, varying from 17.28% in The Mount ward of Belfast to 6.86% in the Hillfoot ward of Castlereagh.
Pearl Sagar was also elected to the Forum as a 'top-up' candidate for the NIWC and stood unsuccessfully in East Belfast in 1998.
www.ark.ac.uk /elections/aeb.htm   (1078 words)

  
 Irish Times Article - Transfers from Robinson could yet win three seats for DUP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
East Belfast: The Democratic Unionist Party's attempt to win three seats in the East Belfast Assembly constituency still had the possibility of success last night, following a strong performance.
Sir Reg Empey of the UUP was easily elected with 6,459 first preferences - 777 of which subsequently transferred to his running mate, Mr Michael Copeland.
The Alliance Party candidate, Ms Naomi Long is still in the fight, though the cross-community party's vote was particularly affected by the lack of Dr John Alderdice from the party's ticket.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/ireland/2003/1128/1106190629HM10EAST.html   (370 words)

  
 SammyWilson.org
Cllr Sammy Wilson MP MLA was born in Belfast in April 1953 and is now one of Northern Ireland's best known politicians.
Mr Wilson was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in May 1996 for the constituency of East Belfast (1996-98) and went on to represent this area again after the Northern Ireland Assembly in June 1998.
In the Assembly election of 2003 Sammy Wilson was successful in being re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the East Antrim constituency and was joined by fellow East Antrim party candidates George Dawson and David Hilditch.
www.sammywilson.org /bio.htm   (336 words)

  
 Slugger O'Toole: The case against punishment shootings/beatings
He also noted a culture change in the course of the troubles, arguing that this kind of treatment would not have been tolerated in the West Belfast of the 1960's but have come to be looked on as entirely acceptable in the community at large.
He asserted that despite pressures from the hard men and their distrust of the police people in West Belfast are beginning to turn to the PSNI for community are beginning to test the police, and "in turn the police more times than not are beginning to pass that test".
Posted by: harry at April 28, 2005 06:05 PM Don't tell me there is a case for punishment shootings as the heading implies that this is the natural status quo.
www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/04/the_case_agains.php   (1433 words)

  
 CAIN: Issues: Politics: Extract from Speech by Peter Robinson Marking his Reselection as the DUP's Westminster ...
Within months of capturing the East Belfast constituency we firmly established ourselves as the dominant party in the area at every level — local government, Stormont, Westminster and Europe.
I have been incredibly honoured to serve the people of East Belfast and I am deeply appreciative of their loyal and steady support.
I renew my commitment to the task of working for all the people while fearlessly raising the unionist banner in this constituency and ensuring that this community is represented by a unionism that is confident of the strength of a noble cause and unflinching when under fire from the many shades of republicanism.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/politics/docs/dup/pr121104.htm   (2306 words)

  
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East Antrim Ulster Unionist candidate Roy Beggs has said that the decision of his main rival for the East Antrim Westminster seat to run simultaneously for a Belfast City Council seat is insulting the electorate - both in East Antrim and in the Pottinger ward of East Belfast.
Roy Beggs who has held the East Antrim Parliamentary seat for the Ulster Unionists since 1983 said: “I have no desire to attack my opponent for the sake of it.
It was clearly his Belfast constituents and not those he seeks to represent in East Antrim.”
www.uup.org /media/media_13_04_05_beggs.htm   (387 words)

  
 ABD - Northern Ireland
Terry Dicks, Chairman of the Conservative Party’s East Belfast Constituency Association, speaking about the foolhardy plan to roll out yet more speed cameras to the province.
The bus strike in Belfast on Friday 18th October 2003 did not lead to the chaos that had been predicted.
Central Belfast was a more pleasant place to be as there was little in the way of the fl smoke usually seen pouring out of buses and there was also a significant decrease in the general noise level.
www.abd.org.uk /local/northern_ireland.htm   (496 words)

  
 Election '97: Paisley pact aims to beat off Sinn Fein Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
The move means North Belfast remains a safe Unionist seat while in West Tyrone the chances of a Sinn Fein victory are reduced.
The constituency has a nationalist majority, but with Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party both in the field, and Mr Thompson as the single Unionist candidate, the result could be close.
The main remaining bone of contention is now East Belfast, which is held by Mr Paisley's deputy, Peter Robinson.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970412/ai_n14115032   (523 words)

  
 Belfast Victoria (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victoria, a division of Belfast, was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland.
This constituency comprised the north-eastern half of East Belfast, based on the then Victoria ward of Belfast City Council.
A Belfast Labour Party candidate was in second place.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_Victoria_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (380 words)

  
 An Phoblacht/Republican News: Ireland's Biggest Selling Political Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The men are demanding government intervention in their dispute with Gama, which is accused of systematically underpaying and exploiting its workers, and the publication of a Department of Enterprise report on their working conditions.
East Belfast UDA boss Jim Gray was ousted from his position last week and there is now speculation that UDA leaders in North and West Belfast, Andre Shoukri (pictured) and Jim Spence, are also under threat.
In a surprise move, former leader of the UUP James Molyneaux and South Belfast MP Martin Smyth have endorsed the DUP candidate in South Belfast, Jimmy Spratt.
www.anphoblacht.com /other/2005-04-14   (1061 words)

  
 How the Irish and "non-Irish" voted and "not voted" in the Westminster Election - Indymedia Ireland
There are at this moment two other mindset seats filled, Peter Robinson has taken east belfast with 49.1% of the votes, and 15.152, allowing for abstention he is not a legitimate democratic representative.
It is true that voters in the marginal constituency of fulham and hackney tired of seeing irish bars and tricolours flying on the streets left the history party in droves to vote for the rival "doomsday cult", but without a doubt, the finger of suspicion points at mcdowell.
The new secretary of state for east of the bann, Peter Hain, moves to belfast next week after a succesful period editing the popular magzine "la haine" previously he was a skinhead with a walk-in part in a movie of the same name.
www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=69724   (2147 words)

  
 INA/Irish Peace Process Election Results
In the local elections, the party ended with a total of 108 seats, (an increase of 34), and is set to take the mayoralty of Belfast city council following the victory of Joe O'Donnell as the first SF councillor in east Belfast.
In other areas, the DUP's Nigel Dodds won North Belfast after a collapse in support for the aging Cecil Walker of the UUP; Iris Robinson took Strangford from the UUP's David McNarry; and Gregory Campbell defeating sitting UUP MP William Ross in East Derry.
Winning back the border constituency of Fermanagh/South Tyrone originally won by hunger striker Bobby Sands was a stunning climax to the day and brought delirious scenes at a count centre domainated by Sinn Fein supporters, scenes which nationalists believed may be repeated in five years time.
www.inac.org /peaceprocess/elections.php   (1342 words)

  
 PR for Westminster elections in Northern Ireland?
The whole of Northern Ireland elects three members to the European Parliament by STV; each parliamentary constituency elects six members to the Northern Ireland Assembly; and the 582 members of the 26 local councils are elected from 101 electoral areas, each of which returns five, six or seven representatives.
The biggest problem with this arrangement is that five of the six largest constituencies by electorate end up in Unit C, and the three smallest in Unit B, thus reinforcing rather than ironing out the disparities in population.
In addition, because of the concentration of disproportionately large constituencies in the south-east and of relatively small constituencies in the north-west, existing disparities in constituency size would probably be reinforced rather than ironed out.
www.nicholaswhyte.info /prni.htm   (2400 words)

  
 Ulster Young Unionist Council
Roy Beggs reacts to Sammy Wilsons decision to run for Belfast Council, yet on the same day seek to become MP for East Antrim.
He has been groomed for a Westminster seat since 1999 because East Antrim DUP have no credible candidates (see McKee, J and McKee B AKA Boots) He switched from East Belfast to East Antrim at the 2003 Assembly election again to boost his profile.
I notice the UUP have 3 new candidates in Larne, the DUP have none (one is 84, and she is the most sane) Would have thought that Sammy, if he was so confident, would challenge Beggs in his Ward, where he now lives.
www.youngunionists.org.uk /2005/04/belfast-sammy-or-larne-sammy.html   (961 words)

  
 The Road to Peace - NORAID Online
But almost overlooked in the inter-unionist fighting scramble in Banbridge was the Sinn Fein candidate in Upper Bann, Dr Dara O'Hagan, who polled 10,770, almost double her party's vote in the constituency in 1997 and making stunning inroads in what was considered an overwhelmingly unionist constituency.
The final figures from the day-long count of votes in 41 constituencies were: 453,461 (46.13 per cent) for the treaty; 529,578 (53.87 per cent) against the treaty.
The vote against Nice in Dublin South West, the constituency of SInn Fein's Sean Crowe, was the highest in the State at 61.58 per cent while the Dublin Central constituency shared by the Irish Prime Minister and Sinn Fein's Nickky Kehoe registered the fourth-highest No vote.
www.inac.org /roadtopeace/elections.html   (2729 words)

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