BELFAST NORTH (ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY)


'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 1973 to 1974 and 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).

Contents
Members
Elections
References

Members


Year
197311''N/A''''N/A''13''N/A''0
197501''N/A''''N/A''1211
198211''N/A''01101
1996020111''N/A''0
1998011111''N/A''1
2003020211''N/A''0
2007020211''N/A''0

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

★ Carál Ní Chuilín — Sinn Féin

★ Fred Cobain — Ulster Unionist Party

★ Nigel Dodds — Democratic Unionist Party

★ Gerry Kelly — Sinn Féin

★ Alban Maginness — Social Democratic and Labour Party

★ Nelson McCausland — Democratic Unionist Party
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

★ Fred Cobain — Ulster Unionist Party

★ Nigel Dodds — Democratic Unionist Party

★ Gerry Kelly — Sinn Féin

★ Alban Maginness — Social Democratic and Labour Party

★ Nelson McCausland — Democratic Unionist Party

★ Kathy Stanton — Sinn Féin
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

★ Fraser Agnew — independent Unionist

★ Fred Cobain — Ulster Unionist Party

★ Nigel Dodds — Democratic Unionist Party

★ Billy Hutchinson — Progressive Unionist Party

★ Gerry Kelly — Sinn Féin

★ Alban Maginness — Social Democratic and Labour Party
'Changes' 1998-2003

★ 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:

★ David Brown — Ulster Unionist Party

★ Nigel Dodds — Democratic Unionist Party

★ Gerry Kelly — Sinn Féin

★ Alban Maginness — Social Democratic and Labour Party

★ William Snoddy — Democratic Unionist Party
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:

★ 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:

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

★ 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

Elections


===2007===
Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Nigel Dodds6,973Elected1
Gerry Kelly5,414Elected1
Carál Ní Chuilín3,680Elected4
Fred Cobain2,498Elected11
Nelson McCausland2,462Elected11
Alban Maginness2,212Elected10
Pat Convery1,868Not elected9
William Humphrey1,673Not elected11
Raymond McCord1,320Not elected8
Peter Emerson590Not elected7
Thomas McCullough486Not elected7
Robert McCartney360Not elected6
John Lavery139Not elected6
Rainbow George40Not elected6

===2003===
Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Nigel Dodds9,276Elected1
Gerry Kelly5,524Elected1
Alban Maginness3,186Elected12
Kathy Stanton2,990Elected12
Fred Cobain2,961Elected10
Pat Convery2,108Not elected
Nelson McCausland1,500Elected2
Billy Hutchinson1,358Not elected
United Unionist CoalitionFraser Agnew802Not elected
Frank McCoubrey469Not elected
Elizabeth McCullough467Not elected
Marjorie Hawins305Not elected
Peter Emerson261Not elected
Raymond McCord218Not elected
Marcella Delaney90Not elected
John Gallagher17Not elected

===1998===
Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Nigel Dodds7,476Elected1
Alban Maginness6,196Elected1
Gerry Kelly5,610Elected10
Billy Hutchinson3,751Elected11
Martina McIlkenny3,165Not elected
Fraser Agnew2,976Elected10
Martin Morgan2,465Not elected
Fred Cobain2,415Elected11
David Browne2,064Not elected
Eric Smyth1,288Not elected
Glyn Roberts1,267Not elected
John White911Not elected
Stephen Cooper748Not elected
Peter Emerson257Not elected
Sam McAughtrey255Not elected
Stephen Doran155Not elected
Kevin Blair76Not elected
Dolores Quinn50Not elected

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