Northern Ireland

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Northern Ireland Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... Image File history File links Northern_Ireland_outline_in_blue. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ...

Northern Ireland Assembly Members Northern Ireland Executive Government Departments United Kingdom Parliament Affairs Committee Grand Committee Northern Irish Members Northern Ireland Office Secretary of State Electoral Commission Organisations The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. ... The Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 will be held on 7 March 2007. ... The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland This article is a list of Northern Ireland government Departments and their Agencies and other related organisations (listed underneath each Department) (at September 2006): // Government departments and agencies These Departments are subject to the Northern Ireland Assembly, when it is in... 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). ... The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office. ... The Northern Ireland Grand Committee is one of three such committees in the United Kingdom Parliament. ... This is a list of members of Parliament elected at the 2001 UK general election or in subsequent by-elections for Northern Ireland seats, by party. ... The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ... The Electoral Commission is a non-ministerial government department with powers in the United Kingdom, which was created by an Act of Parliament, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (2000 c. ... British-Irish Council North/South Ministerial Council Local government The British–Irish Council (sometimes known as the Council of the Isles) is a body created by the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement). ... The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC, Irish: An Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh/Theas, Ulster-Scots: The Noarth-Sooth Cooncil o Männystèrs) is a body established under the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain limited governmental powers across the whole... Districts of Northern Ireland See also Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. ... Belfast Agreement (1998) St Andrews Agreement (2006) Direct Rule Elections: 2003 - 2007 Political parties Politics of Northern Ireland

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The Northern Irish referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland over whether there was support for the Belfast Agreement. The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. ... The St Andrews Agreement is an agreement proposed by the British and Irish Governments in relation to devolution of power to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Direct Rule is the term given to the running of the day-to-day administration of Northern Ireland directly from Westminster. ... Elections in Northern Ireland gives information on election and election results in Northern Ireland. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007. ... Political parties in Northern Ireland lists political parties in Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Ballots of the Argentine plebiscite of 1984 on the border treaty with Chile A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. ...

Party support

All the main UK political parties (Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat) supported the Yes campaign, though the local branch of the Conservatives supported the No campaign. Of the local Northern Ireland parties represented in the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, the Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Sinn Fein, Alliance, Progressive Unionist Party, Ulster Democratic Party, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and local "Labour" groups supported the proposals. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 to conduct the negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement (or the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... 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 Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) were a small unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Northern Ireland Womens Coalition is a non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland. ... Labour - Federation of Labour Groups is the formally registered name of a collection of political organisations in Northern Ireland who aspire to become part of the Labour Party of Great Britain. ...

The only two parties in the Forum to campaign against the Agreement were the Democratic Unionist Party and the UK Unionist Party, though many prominent individuals in the Ulster Unionists also did so. Some minor parties campaigned against it. The Republican Sinn Fein, which does not run candidates in Northern Ireland because it does not recognize the legitimacy of the British territory, still opposes the agreement. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The UK Unionist Party (UKUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) is a minor political party operating in Ireland. ...

Results

Another referendum on the agreement was held in the Republic of Ireland on the same day: see Ireland referendum, 1998. The Northern Ireland referendum was held on May 22, 1998. There was a large majority of 'Yes'. A total of 1,738 ballots were spoilt. Turnout was high, at 81.1%; this was much higher than the turnout in the equivalent referendum in the Republic of Ireland. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

The electorate were asked to indicate: Do you support the agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland and set out in Command Paper 3883? In politics, an electorate is the group of people entitled to vote in an election. ...

Turnout

The turnout was noticeably high and even more remarkably the turnout was quite even throughout the province, compared to many elections where turnout is highest in strong nationalist areas and significantly lower in unionist areas. It is estimated that approximately 147,000 people who do not normally vote in elections turned out to vote in the referendum, most of them in traditionally staunch unionist areas.

Government response

The government passed the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is part of the Labour governments constitutional reform programme. ...

See also

• Referendums in the United Kingdom