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Belfast West (Assembly constituency)

Constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Summary

Constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly

FieldValue
nameBelfast West
typeParliamentary
parl_nameNorthern Ireland Assembly
year1973
image[[Image:BelfastWestConstituency.svg250px]]
captionWest Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
members_labelMLAs
members{{unbulleted list
borderdarkgray}} Danny Baker (SF)
borderdarkgray}} Gerry Carroll (PBP)
borderdarkgray}} Órlaithí Flynn (SF)
borderdarkgray}} Aisling Reilly (SF)
borderdarkgray}} Pat Sheehan (SF)
seats6 (1998–2016)
5 (2017–)
local_council_labelCity council
local_councilBelfast City Council
blank1_nameBoundaries
blank1_info

| Danny Baker (SF) | Gerry Carroll (PBP) | Órlaithí Flynn (SF) | Aisling Reilly (SF) | Pat Sheehan (SF) 5 (2017–) Belfast West is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

It was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected the then Northern Ireland Assembly. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast West UK Parliament constituency. However, the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1973 to 1974, 1983 to 1986 and 2010 to 2011 (because 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).

Members

ElectionMLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=2Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=5Independent Unionist}}" rowspan=2Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=3Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party}}"Ulster Unionist Party}}"Sinn Féin}}"Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=14Sinn Féin}}"Sinn Féin}}"Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=10Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=5Pat Sheehan
(Sinn Féin)People Before Profit Alliance}}"Gerry Carroll
(PBP)Órlaithí Flynn
(Sinn Féin)Aisling Reilly
(Sinn Féin)Danny Baker
(Sinn Féin)
1973Paddy Devlin
(SDLP)Desmond Gillespie
(SDLP)Hugh Smyth
(Independent Unionist)Bob Cooper
(Alliance Party)John Laird
(UUP)Jean Coulter
(Vanguard/UUP)
1975Joe Hendron
(SDLP)
1982*4 seats
1982–1996*Gerry Adams
(Sinn Féin)Will Glendinning
(Alliance)Thomas Passmore
(UUP)*4 seats
1982–1996*
1996*5 seats
1996–1998*Alex Maskey
(Sinn Féin)Dodie McGuinness
(Sinn Féin)Annie Armstrong
(Sinn Féin)
1998Alex Attwood
(SDLP)Bairbre de Brún
(Sinn Féin)Sue Ramsey
(Sinn Féin)
2003Diane Dodds
(DUP)Fra McCann
(Sinn Féin)Michael Ferguson
(Sinn Féin)
**November 2004
co-option**Sue Ramsey
(Sinn Féin)
2007Paul Maskey
(Sinn Féin)Jennifer McCann
(Sinn Féin)
**December 2010
co-option**
2011
**July 2012
co-option**Rosie McCorley
(Sinn Féin)
**November 2014
co-option**Alex Maskey
(Sinn Féin)
2016
**December 2016
co-option**
2017*5 seats
2017–present*
**October 2021
co-option**
2022

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2022

2017

2016

2011

2007

Note: All Republican Sinn Féin candidates appeared as Independent on the ballot paper.

2003

Note: David Kerr sought election as an Ulster Third Way candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

1998

Note: Mary Cahillane sought election as a Pro-Agreement Socialist candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

PartyCandidate(s)VotesPercentage
**Gerry Adams
Dodie McGuinness
Alex Maskey
Annie Armstrong**
Marie Moore22,35553.4
Joe Hendron
Alex Attwood
Margaret Walsh
Patricia Lewsley
Mary Muldoon11,08726.5
Hugh Smyth
Mina Wardle1,9824.7
Eric Smyth
Margaret Ferris1,7694.2
Fred Parkinson
John McDonald1,4893.6
John Lowry
Jim Pollock9842.4
Frank McCoubrey
Delwyn Williams8482.0
Dan McGuinness
Patricia Mallon
Glyn Roberts3400.8
Mary Cahillane
Isabel Cowan
Barbara Lynn
Brian McDermott
Terence McDonagh3190.8
Vera McKee
Mary Catney
Ann Hall
Julie Cullen2520.6
Jude Stephens
Philip Kearney
David Taylor1560.4
Charles Balmer
David Munster600.1
DUPFlorence Baxter
William Clements360.1
Kenneth McClinton
Clifford Peoples430.1
Mary McMahon
Freddie Rea370.1
Michael Kennedy
Vivien Martin300.1
Barry Bruton
Daniella Egerton280.1
Bernard McGrath
Susan McGrath260.1
ChambersRuth Patty
Richard Stewart120.0

1982

1975 Constitutional Convention

Note: John Laird, Jean Coulter and Edith Goligher were all UUUC endorsed candidates.

1973

Note: John Laird, Hugh Smyth, Jean Coulter and William Spence used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.

References

Sources

References

  1. "Statement of Persons Nominated – Belfast West".
  2. "NI Assembly Election 2017".
  3. "NI Assembly Election 2016".
  4. "NI Assembly Election 2011".
  5. "NI Assembly Election 2007".
  6. "NI Assembly Election 2003".
  7. "NI Assembly Election 1998".
  8. [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96wb.htm 1996 Candidates – West Belfast] {{Webarchive. link. (7 June 2007 , Northern Ireland Elections)
  9. "NI Assembly Election 1982".
  10. "NI Convention Election 1975".
  11. "NI Assembly Election 1973".
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