Belfast North (Assembly constituency)

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Belfast North
Northern Ireland Assembly Borough constituency
Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland
First Used: 1973
Assembly Members: Carál Ní Chuilín
Fred Cobain
Nigel Dodds
Gerry Kelly
Alban Maginness
Nelson McCausland
Districts: Belfast City Council,
Newtownabbey

Belfast 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 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).

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[edit] Members

Year Alliance (NI) Democratic Unionist Progressive Unionist Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour 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 0 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

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

Changes 1998-2003

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from North Belfast. They were as follows:

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:

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:

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from North Belfast were:

[edit] Elections

[edit] 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
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness 2,212 Elected 10
Social Democratic and Labour 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 (NI) 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

[edit] 2003

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds 9,276 Elected 1
Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 5,524 Elected 1
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness 3,186 Elected 12
Sinn Féin Kathy Stanton 2,990 Elected 12
Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 2,961 Elected 10
Social Democratic and Labour 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 (NI) 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

[edit] 1998

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds 7,476 Elected 1
Social Democratic and Labour 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
Social Democratic and Labour 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 (NI) 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 (NI) Sam McAughtrey 255 Not elected
Workers Party Stephen Doran 155 Not elected
Natural Law Kevin Blair 76 Not elected
Independent Dolores Quinn 50 Not elected

[edit] References

    Assembly constituencies in Northern Ireland
    Belfast East | Belfast North | Belfast South | Belfast West | East Antrim | East Londonderry | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | North Antrim | North Down | South Antrim | South Down | Strangford | Upper Bann | West Tyrone
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