Talk:Michelle Gildernew

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Stub	This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the Project's quality scale. [FAQ] (If you rated the article, please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
	This article is supported by the Politics and government work group.

This article has been automatically assessed as Stub-Class by WikiProject Biography because it uses a stub template. If you agree with the assessment, please remove {{WPBiography}}'s auto=yes parameter from this talk page. If you disagree with the assessment, please change it by editing the class parameter of the {{WPBiography}} template, removing {{WPBiography}}'s auto=yes parameter from this talk page, and removing the stub template from the article.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Northern Ireland, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Northern Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the assessment scale.If you are a member of the project, please rate the article and then leave comments here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.
Article Grading: The article has not been rated for quality and/or importance yet. Please rate the article and then leave comments here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. WikiProject Northern Ireland tasks: Template:Northern Ireland tasks

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Belfast, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to the City of Belfast, Northern Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the assessment scale.If you are a member of the project, please rate the article and then leave comments here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.
Article Grading: The article has not been rated for quality and/or importance yet. Please rate the article and then leave comments here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. WikiProject Belfast tasks: Here are some open WikiProject Belfast tasks: Places: Belfast Lough Landmarks: Belfast City Hall, Giants Ring, Cavehill, Albert Clock, St. Peter's Cathedral, Queen's University Belfast Parks and gardens: Events: People: Newspapers: Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Newsletter Streets: Falls Road, Shankill Road, Malone Road, Sandy Row, Whitewell Road Rivers: River Lagan Organisations: History: History of Belfast Edit or discuss this list.

 

[edit] Why she won in 2005

I dispute that it's inevitable that had the UUP and DUP agreed a single candidate then they would have defeated her. Leaving aside the possibility of a smaller Unionist group or independent standing anyway, the recent election results in the seat have shown an absolute majority for Irish nationalist candidates. A lot of people who otherwise voted for the SDLP, or even not at all, could well have given Gildernew key additional votes, whilst it's dubious that every single person who voted for one of the Unionist candidates would have automatically backed the other - Foster's defection was publicly clearly still a raw wound for the UUP at the time whilst hatred of the UUP and Trimble could spur many voters to decide not to shore up Trimble's position. Timrollpickering 19:14, 29 November 2005 (UTC)