Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. 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 Northern Ireland Assembly is a 108-member legislative body for Northern Ireland that sits at Stormont with powers devolved to it from the Westminster parliament. ...

Boundaries

The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency. Since further revisions in 1995 (when it lost parts of the district of Strabane to the West Tyrone constituency) it now covers exactly the same area as Derry city. 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Londonderry was a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Strabane (An Srath Bán in Irish) is a town in the north west of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, on the border with County Donegal. ... West Tyrone is a British Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish , Doire Cholm Chille or Doire), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ...

The name comes from the River Foyle which the city lies on and is used to avoid the contentious names of Derry or Londonderry, as well as to cover the areas of County Tyrone that were originally in the constituency. The River Foyle is a river located in the northern part of Ireland, which flows through County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ...

Proposed Boundary changes

At the time of writing, the Boundary Commission has published provisional recommendations for modifying the boundaries of constituencies in Northern Ireland. It proposes to transfer two rural wards in Derry to the East Londonderry constituency. However the proposals are likely to come under public scrutiny and it is possible that arguments will be successfully made for maintaining co-terminous boundaries with local government districts. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... East Londonderry 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 1983 general election is John Hume of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He has announced he will retire at the next general election. 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, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... John Hume (born January 18, 1937) is a Northern Ireland politician. ... 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. ...

Election results

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Assembly 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. ...

• Mary Bradley - Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
• William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party
• Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Fein
• Mary Nelis - Sinn Fein
• Pat Ramsay - Social Democratic and Labour Party

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were: 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. ... Mark Durkan (born 1960) is a politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, since November 2001, succeeding John Hume. ... 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. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... 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 first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ...

• Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
• William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party
• John Hume - Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Fein
• Mary Nelis - Sinn Fein
• John Tierney - Social Democratic and Labour Party

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• On December 1, 2000, John Hume resigned from the assembly and his seat was filled by Annie Courtney, also Social Democratic and Labour Party.
• Annie Coutney failed to be selected by the Social Democratic and Labour Party in the 2003 election and so stood unsuccessfully as an independent.

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Foyle. They were as follows: December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Hume (born January 18, 1937) is a Northern Ireland politician. ... 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 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 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. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

• Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
• John Hume - Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Martin McGuinness - Sinn Fein
• Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Fein
• John Tierney - Social Democratic and Labour Party

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Politics and History of the constituency

For the history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1983, please see Londonderry (constituency). 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Londonderry was a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. ...

The constituency is overwhelming nationalist and in many elections has often had the strongest vote for the SDLP in the entire of Northern Ireland. Unionists of various parties routinely poll around 20%-25% in elections.

There had been much speculation that with the gradual retirement of John Hume from politics, the SDLP vote might collapse. In the Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003 the SDLP lost 11.5% of the vote and were only narrowly ahead of Sinn Fein. With Hume standing down from the Westminster seat at the next general election there is much speculation about the possibility of Sinn Fein taking it for the first time. 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. ...