Belfast West (Assembly constituency)
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| Belfast West Northern Ireland Assembly Borough constituency |
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| Belfast West shown within Northern Ireland | |
| First Used: | 1973 |
| Assembly Members: | Gerry Adams Alex Attwood Paul Maskey Fra McCann Jennifer McCann Sue Ramsey |
| Districts: | Belfast, Lisburn |
Belfast West 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 West 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 West (UK Parliament constituency).
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[edit] Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:
- Gerry Adams — Sinn Féin
- Alex Attwood — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Paul Maskey — Sinn Féin
- Fra McCann — Sinn Féin
- Jennifer McCann — Sinn Féin
- Sue Ramsey — Sinn Féin
The six MLAs for the constituency elected [1] in the 2003 election were:
- Gerry Adams — Sinn Féin
- Alex Attwood — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Bairbre De Brun — Sinn Féin
- Diane Dodds — Democratic Unionist Party
- Michael Ferguson — Sinn Féin
- Fra McCann — Sinn Féin
Changes
- Bairbre De Brun resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Sue Ramsay (also Sinn Féin) with effect from November 29, 2004.[2]
- Michael Ferguson died on September 24, 2006.
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected [3] were:
- Gerry Adams — Sinn Féin
- Alex Attwood — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Bairbre De Brun — Sinn Féin
- Joe Hendron — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Alex Maskey — Sinn Féin
- Sue Ramsey — Sinn Féin
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from North Belfast. They were as follows:
- Gerry Adams — Sinn Féin
- Annie Armstrong — Sinn Féin
- Joe Hendron — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Alex Maskey — Sinn Féin
- Dodie McGuinness — Sinn Féin
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. West Belfast elected 4 members as follows:
- Gerry Adams — Sinn Féin
- Will Glendinning — Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Joe Hendron — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Thomas Passmore — Ulster Unionist Party
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 West Belfast were:
- John Laird — Ulster Unionist Party
- Paddy Devlin — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Bob Cooper — Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Joe Hendron — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Hugh Smyth — independent Unionist
- Jean Coulter — Ulster Unionist Party
In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from West Belfast were:
- John Laird — Ulster Unionist Party anti Sunningdale
- Paddy Devlin — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Bob Cooper — Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Desmond Gillespie — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Hugh Smyth — independent Unionist
- Jean Coulter — Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2007
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 6,029 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 4,715 | Elected | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 4,368 | Elected | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann | 4,265 | Elected | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 4,254 | Elected | 6 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Diane Dodds | 3,661 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Alex Attwood | 3,036 | Elected | 6 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Margaret Walsh | 1,074 | Not elected | 6 | |
| People Before Profit | Sean Mitchell | 774 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Louis West | 558 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 434 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Independent (Republican Sinn Féin) | Geraldine Taylor | 427 | Not elected | 5 | |
| Alliance | Daniel McGuinness | 127 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Make Politicians History | Rainbow George | 68 | Not elected | 4 | |
[edit] 2003
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 6,199 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 4,263 | Elected | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brun | 4,069 | Elected | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | 3,849 | Elected | 8 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Alex Attwood | 3,667 | Elected | 5 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 2,988 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Joe Hendron | 2,583 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Diane Dodds | 2,544 | Elected | 8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Chris McGimpsey | 1,170 | Not elected | ||
| Progressive Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 813 | Not elected | ||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 407 | Not elected | ||
| Independent | John MacVicar | 211 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Daniel McGuinness | 75 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Third Way | David Kerr | 16 | Not elected | ||
[edit] 1998
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 9,078 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Joe Hendron | 6,140 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brun | 4,711 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 4,330 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Alex Attwood | 4,280 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 3,946 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | 2,585 | Not elected | ||
| Progressive Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 2,180 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Chris McGimpsey | 1,640 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Margaret Ferris | 1,345 | Not elected | ||
| UK Unionist | Thomas Dalzell-Ferguson | 666 | Not elected | ||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 607 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Daniel McGuinness | 129 | Not elected | ||
| Independent | Mary Cahillane | 128 | Not elected | ||
| Natural Law | Michael Kennedy | 29 | Not elected | ||
[edit] 1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[4]
| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
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| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams Dodie McGuinness Alex Maskey Annie Armstrong Marie Moore |
22,355 | 53.4 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Joe Hendron Alex Attwood Margaret Walsh Patricia Lewsley Mary Muldoon |
11,087 | 26.5 | |
| Progressive Unionist | Hugh Smyth Mina Wardle |
1,982 | 4.7 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Eric Smyth Margaret Ferris |
1,769 | 4.2 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Parkinson John McDonald |
1,489 | 3.6 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lowry Jim Pollock |
984 | 2.4 | |
| Ulster Democratic | Frank McCoubrey Delwyn Williams |
848 | 2.0 | |
| Alliance | Dan McGuinness Patricia Mallon Glyn Roberts |
340 | 0.8 | |
| Labour Coalition | Mary Cahillane Isabel Cowan Barbara Lynn Brian McDermott Terence McDonagh |
319 | 0.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Vera McKee Mary Catney Ann Hall Julie Cullen |
252 | 0.6 | |
| Green Party | Jude Stephens Philip Kearney David Taylor |
156 | 0.4 | |
| Conservative | Charles Balmer David Munster |
60 | 0.1 | |
| Independent DUP | Florence Baxter William Clements |
36 | 0.1 | |
| Ulster Independence | Kenneth McClinton Clifford Peoples |
43 | 0.1 | |
| Democratic Left | Mary McMahon Freddie Rea |
37 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | Michael Kennedy Vivien Martin |
30 | 0.1 | |
| Communist | Barry Bruton Daniella Egerton |
28 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Voice | Bernard McGrath Susan McGrath |
26 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Chambers | Ruth Patty Richard Stewart |
12 | 0.0 | |
[edit] 1982
| Assembly Election – 20th October, 1982 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 9740 | ||||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Joe Hendron | 5207 | 5309.3 | 6003.3 | 6005.3 | 7965.3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Passmore | 4505 | 4505.0 | 4509.0 | 5128.0 | 5130.0 | 5131.86 | 5151.79 | 5165.55 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | William Dickson | 4394 | 4396.1 | 4399.1 | 4849.4 | 4866.4 | 4869.09 | 4892.81 | 4917.81 | |
| Alliance | Will Glendinning | 2737 | 2765.5 | 2805.1 | 2847.1 | 3072.7 | 3651.16 | 4725.99 | 5163.20 | |
| Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 2493 | 2512.8 | 2566.9 | 2580.9 | 2662.8 | 3017.13 | |||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Cormac Boomer | 2145 | 2204.4 | 2452.5 | 2454.5 | |||||
| Progressive Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 1255 | 1255.3 | 1256.3 | ||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Mary Muldoon | 1016 | 1024.1 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 627 | 3240.0 | 3326.2 | 3326.2 | 3397.6 | 3565.93 | 3824.22 | ||
| People's Democracy | John McAnulty | 144 | 161.7 | |||||||
| Electorate=57726, valid=34259, spoiled=1819, quota=6852 | ||||||||||
[edit] 1975 Constitutional Convention
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Ulster Unionist | John Laird | 8,433 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Paddy Devlin | 6,267 | Elected | ||
| Alliance | Bob Cooper | 3,293 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Joe Hendron | 2,840 | Elected | ||
| Independent Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 2,644 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Paschal O'Hare | 2,452 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Jean Coulter | 2,325 | Elected | ||
| Independent | Thomas Conaty | 2,052 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Desmond Gilespie | 1,986 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Edith Goligher | 1,958 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Clubs | John Sullivan | 660 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Clubs | John Brady | 418 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Clubs | Bernard McDonagh | 262 | Not elected | ||
| Communist | John Morris | 86 | Not elected | ||
| Communist | Peter Kerins | 44 | Not elected | ||
[edit] 1973
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Ulster Unionist | John Laird | 11,479 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Paddy Devlin | 7,743 | Elected | ||
| Independent Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 3,625 | Elected | ||
| Alliance | Bob Cooper | 3,160 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Desmond O'Donnell | 2,112 | Not elected | ||
| Labour (NI) | Billy Boyd | 1,942 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Desmond Gilespie | 1,940 | Elected | ||
| Vanguard Progressive Unionist | Jean Coulter | 1,765 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Gerry Campbell | 1,764 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Labour | Paddy Kennedy | 1,750 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Clubs | Raymond O'Hagan | 1,389 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party | William Spence | 1,366 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Clubs | John O'Hare | 702 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Reginald Donnelly | 194 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Maureen Smyth | 169 | Not elected | ||
| Labour (NI) | Patrick Doherty | 151 | Not elected | ||
| Communist | James Stewart | 123 | Not elected | ||
[edit] References
- ^ West Belfast 2003
- ^ The Northern Ireland Assembly
- ^ West Belfast 1998
- ^ 1996 Candidates - West Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
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