Belfast North in Northern Ireland

Belfast North is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Those who are confused by the meaning of terms in this article such as Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom should refer to British Isles - Clarification of Terms. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ...

Boundaries

The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut. The seat is centred on the north section of Belfast, though at times the area around the Docks on the north side of the Lagan Estuary has instead been part of variously Belfast East and Belfast West. Belfast North also contains part of the district of Newtownabbey. 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the largest city in and capital of both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of Ireland. ... Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Belfast West is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ...

Proposed boundary changes

At the time of writing the Boundary Commission has proposed alterations for the boundaries of constituencies in Northern Ireland. Belfast North currently has one of the smallest electorates of any constituency in Northern Ireland and it is proposed to expand it further into Newtownabbey, taking in areas currently contained in both East Antrim and South Antrim. In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ... East Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... South Antrim 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 Newtownabbey have almost exactly the same composition in terms of community background as the existing constituency.

Not included in the proposals is a common suggestion to reunite the five wards centred on the Shankill Road which are currently split between Belfast West and Belfast North. As the proposals are likely to be subject to public consultation it is likely this suggestion will be made and may be incorporated into the final boundaries. Shankill is an area in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Belfast West is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

Westminster elections

Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Nigel Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party. He defeated Cecil Walker of the Ulster Unionist Party who had sat for the seat since 1983. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE (born August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... Alfred Cecil Walker was a Ulster Unionist member of parliament for North Belfast. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... United Kingdom general election, 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Election results

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MPs since 1922

• 1922 - 1929, T.E. McConnell Ulster Unionist Party
• 1929 - 1945, Thomas Somerset Ulster Unionist Party
• 1945 - 1950, William Frederick Neill Ulster Unionist Party
• 1950 - 1959, H. Montgomery Hyde Ulster Unionist Party Biographical Sketch
• 1959 - 1974, Stratton Mills Ulster Unionist Party (until 1972), Conservative (1972-1973) (the UUP as a whole had withdrawn from the Conserative whip but Mills refused to secede), Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (1973-1974)
• 1974 - 1979, John Carson Ulster Unionist Party
• 1979 - 1983, Johnny McQuade Democratic Unionist Party
• 1983 - 2001, Cecil Walker Ulster Unionist Party
• 2001 - present, Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist Party

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Assemblies and Forum elections

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election are: The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on 26 November 2003. ...

• Fred Cobain Ulster Unionist Party
• Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist Party
• Gerry Kelly Sinn Fein
• Alban Maginness Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Nelson McCausland Democratic Unionist Party
• Kathy Stanton Sinn Fein

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• Fraser Agnew independent Unionist
• Fred Cobain Ulster Unionist Party
• Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist Party
• Billy Hutchinson Progressive Unionist Party
• Gerry Kelly Sinn Fein
• Alban Maginness Social Democratic and Labour Party

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• Fraser Agnew joined with other independent Unionists to form the United Unionist Coalition on September 14, 1998.

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from North Belfast. They were as follows: The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who were elected as independent unionists in 1998. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

• David Brown Ulster Unionist Party
• Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist Party
• Gerry Kelly Sinn Fein
• Alban Maginness Social Democratic and Labour Party
• William Snoddy Democratic Unionist Party

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• John Carson Ulster Unionist Party
• Paul Maguire Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Frank Millar independent Unionist
• Paschal O'Hare Social Democratic and Labour Party
• George Seawright Democratic 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 North Belfast were: Johnny Carson John William Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show from 1962 until 1992. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... Paul Maguire (born August 22, 1938) was an American football player. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

• William Annon Democratic Unionist Party
• Billy Bell Ulster Unionist Party
• Gerry Fitt Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Lloyd Hall-Thompson Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
• Frank Millar independent Loyalist
• William Morgan Ulster Unionist Party

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• John Ferguson Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Gerry Fitt Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Lloyd Hall-Thompson Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale
• John McQuade Democratic Unionist Party
• Frank Millar Ulster Unionist Party anti Sunningdale
• William Morgan Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale

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Politics and History of the constituency

Belfast North has a unionist majority though the nationalist vote is considerable. It has generated particular interest for a number of highly unusual elections results, as well as for several candidates and MPs prominently disagreeing with their parties.

Of the five main political parties in Northern Ireland, four (the Ulster Unionist Party, the Democratic Unionist Party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Fein) all have relatively strong support bases and routinely poll similar results. Other parties such as the Alliance, Progressive Unionist Party, Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, Conservatives and the Workers' Party have at times polled significantly, as have independent candidates, with the result that many elections have been won on comparatively low shares of the vote. The elections to the various assemblies have often seen the seats for the constituency heavily split - in 1998 no party won more than one Assembly seat. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) are a small political party from Northern Ireland. ... The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish political parties | Republic of Ireland political parties | Northern Ireland political parties ... The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ...

Belfast North contains 14 wards of Belfast City Council and 5 of Newtownabbey Borough Council. The constituency suffered the highest level of violence in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and covers many areas synonymous with the conflict – the New Lodge, Ardoyne, Rathcoole, Ballysillan and Woodvale. The overall tenor of the constituency is working-class, with a high proportion of residents in public housing, and concentrations of low-income single people in the middle Antrim Road and Cliftonville areas. There are some upscale residential areas around Belfast Castle and on the slopes of Cavehill. Sectarian divisions are stark, with a number of Peace Lines cutting through the constituency and, as of 2005, occasional outbursts of sectarian street violence, and was the focus for ugly post-ceasefire incidents such as the Holy Cross dispute. Belfast City Council is the largest Local Council serving the largest city in Northern Ireland which has a population of 277,391. ... Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... New Lodge is an urban, working-class Catholic community, located Belfast, immediately north of the city centre. ... Ardoyne is a district in North Belfast, made famous by the disproportionate number of incidents in the Northern Ireland troubles. ... Rathcoole (Rath Cúil in Irish) is a village to the south-west of Dublin, Ireland. ... Ainsdale is a Village in Sefton Merseyside it is situated between Formby Ainsdale. ... Sectarianism is an adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination, it also usually involves a rejection of those not a member of ones sect. ... The Peace Lines are a series of separation barriers ranging in length from a few hundred yards to over 3 miles, separating Protestant and Catholic neighbourhoods in Belfast, Derry (Londonderry) and elsewhere in Northern Ireland. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Holy Cross dispute occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and involved residents of a Loyalist area picketing children at a local Catholic primary school and their parents during the daily walk to and from school. ...

The area saw a steady out movement of Protestants during The Troubles, to some degree replaced by a growing Catholic population, although the overall population of the area fell sharply. However, all the inner-City communities in the constituency are now haemorrhaging electors, and the overall ethnic composition of the constituency now seems stable. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

The seat was consistently held by the Ulster Unionist Party from its creation until the 1970s. In 1972 the first notable dissent occurred when the sitting MP, Stratton Mills, dissented from the UUP's decision to withdraw from the Conservative whip at Westminster over the suspension of the Stormont Parliament. Mills remained as a Conservative MP, but the following year Mills joined the Alliance, giving them their only Westminster representation to date. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ...

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. Carson's victory came despite a majority of votes being cast for pro Sunningdale candidates, albeit split between the Pro Assembly Unionists, the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Northern Ireland Labour Party. Carson held his seat in the October 1974 election but was deselected by the local Ulster Unionists over his support for the minority Labour government. The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... Johnny Carson John William Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show from 1962 until 1992. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, also known as the Vanguard Ulster Progressive Party (and several variations of word order), was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Northern Ireland Labour Party was a political party which operated from 1924 until the 1980s. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ...

The 1979 general election saw one of the most dramatic results of all when Johnny McQuade of the Democratic Unionist Party won the seat with a mere 27.6% of the vote - the third lowest total for a successful candidate in a UK general election in the twentieth century. This came about due to the strong showing of several other parties, dividng the vote strongly. McQuade also had the distinction of being the oldest person to be initially elected to Westminster in the 20th century and did not restand at the next general election. The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ...

In 1983, Cecil Walker regained the seat for the UUP, beating George Seawright of the DUP. In the 1987 general election the UUP and DUP agreed a pact in opposition to the Anglo Irish Agreement. Seawright had been expelled from the DUP and stood in the election, reviving the Protestant Unionist Party label, but was unsuccessful. United Kingdom general election, 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Alfred Cecil Walker was a Ulster Unionist member of parliament for North Belfast. ... The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which aimed to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ... The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP) were a political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. ...

Walker continued to hold the seat until 2001 but gained a reputation for inactivity. In the 2001 general election the DUP contested the seat for the first time since 1983, with their candidate Nigel Dodds campaigning heavily on both their opposition to the Good Friday Agreement and Walker's record. Walker also suffered from a disastrous television interview during the campaign. In the election Walker's vote collapsed to a mere 12%, coming fourth whilst Dodds won the seat. The UUP vote fell even further in both the 2003 Assembly election and the 2005 general election and it seems extremely doubtful that they will retake the seat at the next general election. Much of the attention now focuses on the growth of the Sinn Fein vote. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE (born August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 by the British and Irish Governments and endorsed by most Northern Ireland political parties. ... The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on 26 November 2003. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ...

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland