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	The following list of sectarian and other hate-driven incidents and attacks is from 1 through 31 May 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In east Belfast loyalists, said by nationalist sources to be using a house in Thistle Court as a drinking den, attacked houses in Madrid Street in the Short Strand with bottles and stones.
		The South Belfast News reported that Nick Griffin of the fascist British National Party (BNP) was to hold a meeting with its loyalist supporters in south Belfast in June.
		South Belfast has seen a spate of racist attacks and racist graffiti (some of which reads "C18" - an abbreviation for the neo-nazi group Combat 18) daubed on the front of Chinese takeaways.
	www.serve.com /pfc/sattacks/may02att.html (3230 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 Strangford to South Belfast: the Castlereagh LGD wards of Carryduff East and Carryduff West.
		From Lagan Valley to South Antrim: the Lisburn LGD ward of Glenavy.
	uselectionatlas.org /FORUM/index.php?topic=40136.0 (1107 words)

	Assembly Elections 2003
		South Belfast: South Belfast is a constituency where the vagaries of proportional representation are going to break hearts.
		There should be three unionist seats in South Belfast, one for the DUP and two for the Ulster Unionists with, respectively, outgoing MLAs Mr Mark Robinson, Mr Michael McGimpsey and Dr Esmond Birnie favourites to return to the Assembly, although fellow UUP candidate Mr John Hiddleston could come close to Dr Birnie.
		She has worked the constituency assiduously but recognises that Mr Maskey with his previous high profile as Belfast Lord Mayor and his equally diligent courting of the nationalist vote is a serious threat.
	www.ireland.com /focus/nielection/constituencies/southbelfast.htm (320 words)

	Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		The four wards which the Boundary Commission have proposed to add to the constituency from Castlereagh have almost exactly the same composition in terms of community background as the existing constituency.
		Belfast South has a unionist majority though the nationalist vote is considerable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (1130 words)

	Irish Times Article - Maskey to win seat after move to new territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		South Belfast: Former Belfast Lord Mayor Mr Alex Maskey of Sinn Féin will be elected today in the predominantly middle-class South Belfast constituency, just two years after he transferred from his base in West Belfast.
		Although the final counts in the King's Hall in Balmoral will not finish until later today, Ms Monica McWilliams of the Women's Coalition, with 2,150 votes after the first count, is set to lose her battle for the last of the six seats.
		The Alliance Party's vote in South Belfast was badly affected in line with trends elsewhere.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/ireland/2003/1128/384889353HM10MARK.html (473 words)

	Freedom Institute: Dark days ahead in Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		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.
		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.
		While Eddie McGrady looks safe in South Down, despite the challenge of Catriona Ruane, who was involved with the "Bring them Home" campaign, their seat in Newry and Armagh looks destined to go to Conor Murphy of SF.
	www.freedominst.org /2005/04/dark-days-ahead-in-northern-ireland.html (617 words)

	2001 General Election - the last election in Northern Ireland
		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)

	South Belfast
		Smyth had represented South Belfast since a 1982 by-election caused by the IRA assassination of the previous incumbent.
		South Belfast's population in the 2001 census was 94,994 (9th of the 18 constituencies).
		South Belfast had lost 16.98% of its electorate in the great electoral register shake-out, varying from a whopping 41.60% in the Botanic ward of Belfast to 8.09% in the Knockbracken ward of Castlereagh.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/asb.htm (1013 words)

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		Michael has produced scientific and detailed analysis of 22 areas in the South Belfast Constituency that show that he is in front of the pack with nearly 33% of the total vote, Alistair McDonnell on nearly 32% with Splitter Spratt trailing with 20% of the vote.
		Mr McGimpsey said today: “South Belfast is now very firmly a two-horse race with Spratt taking a breather by the embankment, having achieved his objective of undermining Unionism.
		It should also be noted that the DUP claimed that they were beating the UUP on a 3:1 ratio in South Belfast in the Assembly election in 2003.
	www.uup.org /media/media_02_05_05_mcgimpsey.htm (305 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.
		Belfast East is an overwhelmingly unionist constituency with nationalist parties routinely failing to get more than 10% of the vote combined.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (1109 words)

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		That increased the pressure ahead of the Assembly elections in October 1982 and the South Belfast by-election itself was hotly contested between both parties.
		This South Belfast seat is another, where with changing patterns and other factors, the DUP have not stood in an Westminster election since 1983, allowing me to unite the majority of the unionist family behind me to win.
		When first elected, this constituency was portrayed as a collection of leafy suburbs, whereas its areas of real need are now more widely acknowledged, although getting the resources in place is as difficult as ever, and many of the problems which confronted us then, such as the state of the NHS, still face us now.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/Irelandclick/arts2002/smyth4-4-02.htm (766 words)

	Belfast Cromac (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This constituency comprised the western half of South Belfast, based on the then Cromac ward 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 South constituency.
		This constituency, in republican theory, was incorporated in a four-member Dáil constituency of Belfast South.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (356 words)

	Belfast South - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Belfast South, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
		The earliest important medieval linen industry was centred on Flanders, which provided an ideal climate for flax growing.
		Belfast was made the capital of Northern Ireland in 1920, when the Government of Ireland Act partitioned Ireland (Ireland, Partition of) into...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Belfast_South.html (101 words)

	Ulster Young Unionist Council
		But then as someone who saw some of the way Michael and his family managed to wreck the constituency association in North Belfast, and from what I've heard of the way they've driven people out of South Belfast, I can hardly cry about the imminent wrecking of his ambitions to be leader.
		Michael has not demanded that Robinson stands in South Belfast, his statement said that if the DUP are going to run, then Robinson shouldn't put someone else in the firing line but have the courage himself if he is so sure of his position.
		South Belfast is clearly split given the selection count, and is split in a much more fundamental way than any split in Lagan Valley and Strangford following their selection battles.
	www.youngunionists.org.uk /2005/02/dup-to-compromise-south-belfast.html (3461 words)

	SDLP Youth - Voice of Youth in Irish Politics
		She is currently Vice Chair of the Balmoral Branch and a delegate to the Belfast District Executive and South Belfast Constituency Council.
		He is a member of the Stranmillis Branch and a delegate to the South Belfast Constituency Council.
		He was elected to the Youth executive as campaigns officer and is committed to ensuring that SDLP Youth maintain their productive work on past campaigns and also come up with fresh, new initiatives that aim to benefit the Youth of this nation.
	www.sdlpyouth.com /members.php (807 words)

	News - 2 July 1998
		Carmel Hanna, who was running for the SDLP in the Northern elections, was elected to the sixth and last seat in the South Belfast constituency for the nationalist SDLP on Friday night.
		She has only been involved in politics for one year, having been elected a councillor in the Balmoral constituency of South Belfast last year.
		She was not working at the time as the couple had four children all under the age of eight.
	www.galwayadvertiser.ie /news/980702/page16.htm (290 words)

	Sunday Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Hiddleston, 50, who was elected as a reserve delegate to the Ulster Unionist Executive, at the party's South Belfast constituency AGM last week, dismissed the claim that he had been linked to the Ulster Resistance group.
		Hiddleston was one of the Ulster Unionist candidates in South Belfast, in last November's Assembly election, but missed out on a seat, after polling just over 700 votes.
		When he cut his ties with the South African magazine in 1983 - in a row over cash - he returned to Ulster to face accusations that he was working for British intelligence.
	www.sundaylife.co.uk /news/story.jsp?story=484544 (363 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Unionist battleground in South Belfast...
		Many unionists in South Belfast have waited for this day with worry as it becomes a divided Constituency where the two Unionists party's engage in bitter disputes of who is most popular.
		The Times tally had North Belfast 43% No. If you consider the Unionist/Nationalist split in North and work on the assumption the vast majority of nationalists/republicans, this shows the Unionist community in North Belfast were massively anti-agreement.
		South Belfast will be one of the contests of the election.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/02/unionist_battle.php (8809 words)

	BBC NEWS \| VOTE2001 \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Coalition stands in South Belfast
		The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition has announced that Monica McWilliams is to stand in South Belfast for the party in the general election.
		A South Belfast assembly member, Ms McWilliams is to stand in the constituency where the Westminster seat is currently held by anti-Agreement Ulster Unionist the Reverend Martin Smyth.
		Three candidates are standing in Belfast, two in North Down, one in Armagh, one in Newtownabbey and one in Castlereagh.
	news.bbc.co.uk /vote2001/hi/english/northern_ireland/newsid_1324000/1324243.stm (391 words)

	PR for Westminster elections in Northern Ireland?
		I prepared this as a 'thought-piece' in the aftermath of the South Antrim by-election late in 2000.
		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.
		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)

	INA/Irish Peace Process Election Results
		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.
		The result marked a significant increase in Sinn Fein's vote in the constituency with Mr Doherty increasing his share from 14,230 in 1997 to 19,814.
		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)

	The Green Party in Northern Ireland : 2003-belfasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Some of the issues that constituents and Green Party activists in the Belfast South constituency are raising:
		Transport: Northern Ireland in general and Belfast City, in particular, is one of the most car dependent parts of Europe.
		This leads to congestion, especially around the morning and afternoon school run, which has an economic cost to the economy, and also increases levels of stress and road-rage as well as air pollution causing illness and respiratory problems.
	www.greens-in.org /tiki-index.php?page=2003-belfasts (350 words)

	Belfast - daily news and current events
		Members of David Trimble's constituency are said to have left the party More than 30 Ulster Unionists in David Trimble's constituency are reported to...
		The men appeared at Laganside Magistrate's Court in Belfast Two men from north Belfast have been remanded in custody on guns and explosives charges.
		BBC News The woman is suffering from shock A pregnant woman is suffering from severe shock after her car was struck during an att...
	archive.wn.com /2004/01/25/1400/belfast (461 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)

	Northern Ireland News - Rev Martin Smyth to stand down as MP
		Long serving Ulster Unionist party member, the Rev Martin Smyth has announced he is not to seek re-election and will stand down as MP for South Belfast at the next General Election.
		He is likely to be succeeded as candidate for South Belfast by Michael McGimpsey who paying tribute to Rev Smyth following the announcement declared his interest in standing for the Westminster seat.
		The UUP candidate for the South Belfast parliamentary constituency will be selected at a meeting to be held on February 24.
	www.4ni.co.uk /industrynews.asp?ID=36890 (398 words)

	Irish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Profile: Of the four Belfast seats, this is probably the most affluent with several middle-class areas.
		Profile: South Down is largely rural and covers an area from the mouth of Strangford Lough, near the town of Downpatrick, along the coast including the holiday resort of Newcastle to the Mourne Mountains and beyond.
		The main industries in the constituency are tourism and agriculture.
	www.iais.org /shtmp.cfm?News_ID=4019 (437 words)

	Member of North Irish legislative assembly to speak Oct. 22
		L ee Smithey of the St. Thomas Sociology Department has done extensive research on conflict resolution in Belfast and elsewhere in Ulster; he will persent background information on Northern Ireland and conduct the conversation with McDonnell.
		For the past 24 years McDonnell has served as a family physician and community activist in his South Belfast constituency.
		He first was elected to a seat on the Belfast City Council in 1974.
	www.stthomas.edu /bulletin/news/200242/Tuesday/IrishTalk10_15_02.cfm (262 words)

	EIPS - Rome In The News
		In South Belfast, Martin Smyth has been the Ulster Unionist M.P. for many years and opposed the Belfast Agreement and David Trimble’s leadership.
		After a recent poll conducted for BBC Newsnight and the Belfast Telegraph, which put the Ulster Unionists at 16% and the Democratic Unionists at 28%, David Trimble and his devotees seem to be in a state of panic.
		The document outlined the way forward for a United Ireland using the Belfast Agreement as the basis for a devolved Stormont Assembly under the jurisdiction of Dublin and not London.
	www.ianpaisley.org /new_details.asp?ID=304 (754 words)

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