Tag Archives: Assembly Election 2022

2022 Assembly Election & 1993 Grand National

Posted on January 6, 2023 by fitzjameshorse

I wrote on Tuesday about how the 2022 Assembly Election and the SDLP performance left me grief-stricken. Time is a great healer so I am trying here to look at what actually happened. First of all the facts. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Assembly Election 2022, DUP, Grand National, Green Party, People Before Profit, SDLP, Sinn Féin, TUV, UUP | 2 Comments

Back Again? Maybe

Posted on January 3, 2023 by fitzjameshorse

I have not blogged in months. Energy levels are low. And blogging monthly on the Deaths during the Troubles (Decade of Half Centenaries) was depressing …at times at a very personal level. Also the Stormont Election in May was so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Assembly Election 2022, Blogging, SDLP, Slugger O'Toole | 1 Comment

Assembly Election: East Derry

Posted on May 5, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

East Derry is a constituency which includes Coleraine, Limavady, Dungiven,and some coastal towns. Traditionally unionist but with a large Catholic minority and a university (UUC) at Coleraine. East Derry..Currently there are five MLAs…DUP (2) SDLP (1) Sinn Féin (1)). Independent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Robinson, Alliance Party, Amy Merron, Aontú, Assembly Election 2022, Billy Stewart, Caoimhe Archibald, Cara Hunter, Chris McCaw, Claire Sugden, Darryl Wilson, DUP, East Derry, Gemma Brolly, Green Party, John Dallat, Jordan Armstrong, Kathleen McGurk, Mark Coulson, Maurice Bradley, Niall Murphy, People Before Profit, PUP, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Stephanie Quigley, TUV, UUP | 22 Comments

Assembly Election 2022: North Antrim

Posted on May 5, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

North Antrim is a constituency which includes Ballymena, Ballymoney, Bushmills, Ballycastle. The buckle on Norn Iron’s Bible Belt. A nationalist area around Ballycastle. North Antrim : Currently there are five MLAs…DUP (2) UUP (1) TUV (1) Sinn Féin (1). On … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Assembly Election 2022, Bethany Ferris, DUP, Eugene Reid, Green Party, Jim Allister, Laird Singleton, Matthew Armstrong, Mervyn Storey, North Antrim, Patricia O'Lynn, Paul Frew, Paul Veronica, Philp McGuigan, Robin Swann, SDLP, Sinn Féin, TUV, UUP | Leave a comment

Assembly Election 2022: East Antrim

Posted on May 5, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

East Antrim includes towns such as Larne and Carrickfergus, staunchly unionist and extends into the Glens of Antrim which is nationalist. I was in East Antrim (Larne and Carrickfergus) and Antrim (South Antrim) on Friday East Antrim. Current make up … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Assembly Election 2022, Carrickfergus, Danny Donnelly, David Hilditch, DUP, Gordon Lyons, Green Party, John Stewart, Larne, Mark Bailey, Norman Boyd, Oliver McMullan, Roy Beggs, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Siobhán McAlister, Stewart Dickson, TUV, UUP | Leave a comment

Assembly Election 2022: Foyle

Posted on May 4, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Foyle is a constituency whih is really just the City of Derry. It is so called because a choice of “Derry” or “L*****derry” would be too controversial. The city is much changed from my first visit after Bloody Sunday in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Anne McCloskey, Aontú, Assembly Election 2022, Brian Tierney, Ciara Ferguson, Collie McLaughlin, Derry, DUP, Eilish McCallion, Elizabeth Neely, Emmett Doyle, Foyle, Gary Middleton, Gillian Hamilton, Green Party, IRSP, Mark H Durkan MLA, Padraig Delargy, People Before Profit, Rachel Ferguson, Ryan McCready, SDLP, Sean Harkin, Sinéad McLaughlin, Sinn Féin, TUV, UUP | Leave a comment

Assembly Election 2022: South Down

Posted on May 1, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

South Down is a constituency which includes Downpatrick, Newcastle, Warrenpoint and Kilkeel. The north of the constituency is commuter land to Belfast. The south is seaside resorts and small fishing ports. It is mostly nationalist and there are unionist areas … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Aontú, Assembly Election 2022, Cathy Mason, Colin McGrath, Diane Forsythe, DUP, Green Party, Harold McKee, Jill McCauley, Karen McKevitt MLA, Margaret Ritchie, Michael Savage, Noeleen Lynch, Paddy Clarke, Patrick Brown, Paul McCrory, People Before Profit, Rosemary McGlone, SDLP, Sinead Ennis, Sinn Féin, South Down, TUV, UUP, Westminster Elections | 4 Comments

The Disappearing Green Man (A Mid Ulster Mystery)

Posted on April 30, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Some things you cannot make up. I was on a bus between Antrim and Belfast when I was alerted to the news that the Green Party had ceased campaigning in Mid Ulster and the candidate is “no longer endorsed” by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Assembly Election 2022, DUP, Green Party, Mid Ulster, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Slugger O'Toole, Stefan Taylor, TUV, UUP | 4 Comments

Assembly Election 2022: Lagan Valley

Posted on April 29, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Lagan Valley is a constituency centred on Lisburn and including Belfast suburb of Dunmurry, the relatively upmarket towns of Hillsborough and and Moira and rural areas at Dromore and Dromara. Currently there are five MLAs…DUP (2) UUP (1) Alliance (1) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Assembly Election 2022, David Honeyford, DUP, Gary Hynds, Gary McCleave, Green Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, Laura Turner, Lorna Smyth, Pat Catney, Paul Givan, Robbie Butler, SDLP, Simon Lee, Sinn Féin, Sorcha Eastwood, Trevor Lunn MLA, TUV, UUP | 7 Comments

Assembly Election 2022: North Down

Posted on April 26, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

North Down is a constituency running east from Belfast along the southern shore of Belfast Lough. A concentration of dormitory towns including Holywood, Helens Bay, Bangor and Donaghadee. It is known as The Gold Coast because there are a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Chambers, Alex Easton, Alliance Party, Andrew Muir, Assembly Election 2022, Bangor, Chris Carter, Connie Egan, Deirdre Vaughan, Doug Beattie, DUP, Green Party, Holywood, James Kilfedder, Jennifer Gilmour, John Gordon, Mathew Robinson, Naomi McBurney, Rachel Woods, Ray McKimm, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Sylvia Hermon, Therese McCartney, TUV, UUP, Westminster Election | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Assembly Election 2022

Archives

Meta