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	uuptoday.org » Protecting our Heritage and Environment
		Ulster Unionist MLA Billy Armstrong has called for the Giant’s Causeway Visitors’ Centre to be rebuilt by Government and the Public Sector in order to ensure that both the Causeway site and the surrounding area are safeguarded for future generations.
		Rev Dr Robert Coulter, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and UUP Stormont Commissioner, has said his party’s perference for the development of the much-needed Giant’s Causeway Visitors’ Centre is that the project should remain in public ownership.
		Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has written to the Environment Minister, Arlene Foster and the Tourism Minister, Nigel Dodds, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, requesting information surrounding their recent announcements on the future of the Giant’s Causeway Visitors Centre.
	uuptoday.org /newsroom/category/protecting-our-environment (3091 words)

	Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		In both its incarnations Mid Ulster has seen a precarious balance between unionist and nationalist voters, though in recent years the nationalists have advanced significantly to be in a clear majority.
		The Member of Parliament since the 1997 general election is Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mid_Ulster_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (1028 words)

	Ulster - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The war in Ulster ended with the defeat of the Irish Catholic army at the battle of Scarrifholis in 1650 and the occupation of the province by the Cromwellian New Model Army.
		In particular, the heavy casualties of the 36th Ulster Division (largely composed of Volunteers from the UVF) became a source both of mourning and of pride for the loyalist community down to the present day.
		The flag of Ulster served as the basis for the flag of Northern Ireland, which functioned as the region's official flag until the proroguing of the Stormont parliament in 1973.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ulster (2759 words)

	West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Tyrone is a British Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		In the 2001 general election the SDLP and Sinn Féin both targeted the constituency heavily, in the hope that a shift in the vote from one nationalist party to the other would enable them to outpoll the Ulster Unionists.
		Between 1997 and 2001 the MP was William Thompson of the Ulster Unionist Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (619 words)

	ooBdoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In addition to UK citizenship, people who were born in Northern Ireland on or before 31 December 2004 (and most persons born after this date) are entitled to claim citizenship of the Republic of Ireland.
		Ulster - to suggest that Northern Ireland has an older ancestry that predates its founding in 1921, dating back both to the Plantation of Ulster in the early 17th century and to the millennium-old province of Ulster, one of four provinces on the island of Ireland.
		The Mid Ulster dialect of English spoken in Northern Ireland shows influence from both the West Midlands and Scotland, thereby giving it a distinct accent compared to Hiberno-English, along with the use of such Scots words as wee for 'little' and aye for 'yes'.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Northern_Ireland (5558 words)

	Labour Party (UK) Encyclopedia Articles @ OfficialTexts.com (Official Texts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It is currently the party of government in the UK as a whole, and also in national and regional parliaments or assemblies in Scotland, Wales and London.
		Other changes increased their concern; the constituencies were given the ability to easily deselect sitting MPs and a new voting system in leadership elections was introduced.
		The UK was also one of the allies of the United States that actually participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
	www.officialtexts.com /encyclopedia/Labour_Party_(UK) (4640 words)

	CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'U'
		The Ulster Unionist Party was also known as the Official Unionist Party during the 1970s because of the fact that it represented the remnants of the Unionist Party which governed Northern Ireland at Stormont between 1921 and 1972.
		It was formed by a group of people who had been members of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and who supported Brian Faulkner after the proposals contained in the Sunningdale Agreement had been rejected by most of the members of the UUP.
		The UUUC supported the Ulster Workers Council (UWC) strike of May 1974 and this political backing, to a stoppage that was mainly being conducted by Loyalist paramilitary groups, helped secure the eventual success of the strike.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/uorgan.htm (7209 words)

	[ information-center.be \| Upper_Bann_(UK_Parliament_constituency) Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The constituency is overwhelming unionist, though the combined votes for nationalist parties have reached around 35% in elections.
		In 1990 the sitting MP, Harold McCusker, died and the subsequent by-election was noticeable as for the first time since the early 1970s two major UK political parties stood in a Northern Ireland parliamentary election, the Conservatives and the rump of the Social Democratic Party.
		The Member of Parliament, since the 2005 general election, is David Simpson of the Democratic Unionist Party.
	information-center.be /Upper_Bann_(UK_Parliament_constituency).html (670 words)

	Compare Uk and find Uk resources on UK.EUROMOLE
		Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
		The Parliament is the national legislature of the United Kingdom; housed in the Palace of Westminster, it is the ultimate legislative authority in the UK, according to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.
		At the April 2001 UK Census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194, the third largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the twenty-first largest in the world.
	uk.euromole.com (15525 words)

	East_belfast_(constituency) info here at en.brandworkshops.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The seat was consistently held by the Ulster Unionist Party until the 1974 general election when the sitting MP, Stanley McMaster, defended it as a Pro-Assembly Unionist against a united anti-Sunningdale Agreement coalition which nominated William Craig of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party.
		In the 1979 general election the constituency witnessed a very close three way fight between Peter Robinson of the Democratic Unionist Party, William Craig for the UUP and Oliver Napier for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
		In the 1922, 1923 and 1924 UK general elections, Herbert Dixon was elected unopposed.
	en.brandworkshops.info /how-to-write-a-feature-story/East_Belfast_(constituency) (1079 words)

	Mid Ulster
		This constituency is the western shore of Lough Neagh.
		Mid Ulster's population in the 2001 census was 86,496 (13th of the 18 constituencies).
		Martin McGuinness was elected to the Forum from Foyle and to the 1998 Assembly from Mid Ulster.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/amu.htm (889 words)

	Mid Ulster, 1983-1992
		This constituency was a little changed from the old Mid-Ulster; it included all of Cookstown and Omagh districts, and parts of Strabane and Magherafelt.
		The old Mid Ulster constituency was essentially split in two in 1995, with the larger part becoming the core of the new
		West Tyrone constituency and the eastern section becoming the core of a very different Mid Ulster.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/bmu.htm (259 words)

	Belfast_north_(uk_parliament_constituency) info here at en.brannew.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the February 1974 general election the seat was won by John Carson of the Ulster Unionist Party with backing by the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party on a united slate in opposition to the Sunningdale Agreement.
		In the 1931 and 1935 UK general elections, Thomas Somerset was elected unopposed.
		In the 1922 UK general election, Thomas McConnell was elected unopposed.
	en.brannew.info /Belfast_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (1325 words)

	Home > Fresno, CA, California Yellow Pages, Classifieds, Real Estate, Business, Schools, Library and Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lagan Valley is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		The constituency is overwhelmingly unionist and has traditionally had one of the highest votes for the Ulster Unionist Party in all of Northern Ireland, due in part to the personal popularity of James Molyneaux.
		The Member of Parliament since 1997 is Jeffrey Donaldson who was elected as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party but switched to the Democratic Unionist Party in 2004.
	www.fresnocaus.com /topic/Lagan_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (731 words)

	Keesing's Worldwide Online - Hot Topics: Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The elections, held under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation on the basis of the existing 12 Northern Ireland constituencies for elections to the UK House of Commons (as under the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973), were contested by 184 candidates.
		The election was notable, however, for the large number of contested constituencies and the division in the Unionist Party, reflected at the polls, between supporters and opponents of Captain O'Neill's leadership.
		Of the 37 Unionist candidates officially adopted by local constituency associations, 22 were regarded as supporters of Captain O'Neill, 13 as opposed to his leadership, and two as uncommitted, while the Independent Unionists comprised 15 supporters of the Prime Minister, mostly standing against official anti-O'Neill Unionists, and three opponents fighting Unionist supporters of Captain O'Neill.
	www.keesings.com /hot_topics/no_ireland (2672 words)

	North_antrim_(uk_parliament_constituency) info here at en.allcoolsites.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		North Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Database and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		According to straw polls, the constituency was alone in Northern Ireland in voting against the Belfast Agreement.
		In the 1950 and 1951 UK general elections, Sir Hugh O'Neill was elected unopposed.
	en.allcoolsites.info /North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (1015 words)

	Labour Party (UK) Encyclopedia Articles @ YouthBlogs.com (Youth Blogs) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In Wilson's defence, his supporters could also point to the ending of means testing for supplementary social benefits, the linking of pensions to earnings, and the provision of benefits relating to industrial injury.
		Faced with a mishandled oil crisis, a consequent world-wide economic downturn, and a badly suffering British economy, Governments were forced to take an interventionist approach, and companies such as British Leyland were nationalised to prevent their collapse.
		Whilst the next Foreign Secretary Jack Straw somewhat downplayed this, in theoretical policy terms, the Party has sought to put the promotion of human rights and democracy at the core of British foreign and security policy.
	www.youthblogs.com /encyclopedia/Labour_Party_(UK) (4595 words)

	Fermanagh_and_south_tyrone_(uk_parliament_constituency) info here at en.brandworkshops.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In 1955, the constituency was won by Philip Clarke of Sinn FÃ©in in, however he was unseated on petition on the basis that his convictions for IRA activity made him ineligible, and it was granted to the Ulster Unionist candidate.
		He retained his seat in the 1979 general election, when both the Unionist and Nationalist votes were split, the former by the intervention of Ernest Baird, leader of the short-lived United Ulster Unionist Party, and the latter by Austin Currie, who defied the official SDLP decision to not contest the seat.
		The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Michelle Gildernew of Sinn FÃ©in.
	en.brandworkshops.info /how-to-write-a-feature-story/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (1205 words)

	The death of Gerry Fitt. - Indymedia Ireland
		Thus he became a spokesperson for the oppressed catholic / nationalist / republican minority in the northern ireland statelet in the UK parliament at Westmnister.
		This assembly was to replace the suspended Stormont parliament, but it was hoped that this assembly would not be dominated by the Ulster Unionist Party in the same way, and would thus be acceptable to nationalists.
		Life peerages are an honour bestowed by the UK state and were created in 1958, the entitle the recipient to sit in the House of Lords or higher chamber of the Westminister British parliament but there is no heriditary right.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=71696&print_page=true (1066 words)

	East_londonderry_(uk_parliament_constituency) info here at en.brannew.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The constituency is overwhelming unionist, though in many elections nationalists have polled close to 33% of the vote.
		The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Gregory Campbell of the Democratic Unionist Party.
		She subsequently sat as an independent unionist and unsuccessfully defended her seat in the 2003 election as a candidate of the UK Unionist Party.
	en.brannew.info /East_Londonderry_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (467 words)

	Campaign Interview
		I have also been working at getting our message out through the local media and the internet, addressing the key issues of security (especially the vital role of the RIR and the Full-Time Reserve), agriculture, education, health and the economy.
		Like every other Ulster Unionist candidate I have signed up to the Ulster Unionist Charter which makes it clear that, “Ulster Unionists will hold firmly to the requirement for ‘acts of completion’ … before Sinn Fein can participate in a Northern Ireland Executive”.
		Ulster Unionists have been pushing Republicans since 1998 to disarm and stand down their terrorist wing.
	www.billyarmstrong.co.uk /campaign_interview.htm (1085 words)

	Ulster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Most people in Ulster speak English as their primary language.
		The exception to this are native Irish-speakers in Donegal who prefer to conduct their business through the Irish language, those throughout Ulster for whom Irish is their first language, as well as many immigrants.
		Where the parties find that two candidates (one Catholic and one Protestant) from a local area seek nomination in an area with a large Protestant electorate, the national party sometimes gives preference to the Protestant candidate, with sometimes the national headquarters adding the Protestant candidate to the ticket.
	www.losgatoscaus.com /details/Ulster (2849 words)

	Magherafelt
		The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election are: Billy Armstrong Ulster Unionist Party Geraldine Dougan Sinn Fein William McCrea Democratic Unionist Party Patsy McGlone Social Democratic and Labour Party Martin McGuinness Sinn Fein Francis Molloy Sinn Fein Changes Francis Molloy was suspended from Sinn Fein on...
		In both its incarnations Mid Ulster has seen a precarious balance between unionist and nationalist voters, though in recent years the nationalists have advanced significantly to be in a clear majority.
		The Mid Ulster dialect of English spoken in Northern Ir...
	www.experiencefestival.com /magherafelt (2076 words)

	Ulster - Free net encyclopedia
		Template:Infobox Irish Place Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, Template:IPA2) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland.
		After the Norman invasion of the twelfth century, the east of the province fell by conquest to Norman barons, first De Courcy (died 1219), then De Lacy (1176-1243), who founded the Earldom of Ulster - based around the modern counties of Antrim and Down.
		Inconvenient Peripheries: Ethnic Identity and the United Kingdom Estate The cases of “Protestant Ulster” and Cornwall, by Professor Philip Payton
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Ulster (2702 words)

	Ulster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		After the Norman invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century, the east of the province fell by conquest to Norman barons, first De Courcy (died 1219), then Hugh de Lacy (1176-1243), who founded the Earldom of Ulster - based around the modern counties of Antrim and Down.
		To resist Home Rule, thousands of unionists, led by the Dublin-born barrister Sir Edward Carson and James Craig, signed the "Ulster Covenant" of 1912, pledging to resist Irish independence.
		The outbreak of the Great War in 1914, in which thousands of Ulstermen and Irishmen of all religions and sects volunteered and died, interrupted this armed stand-off.
	en.explicatus.org /wiki/Ulster (2720 words)

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