Tag Archives: East Antrim

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Dual Mandate or Double Jobbing? They mean the same thing but one is much more perjorative than the other. This means a person being a member of two legislative Assemblies at the same time…ie Westminster Parliament and the regional Assemblies … Continue reading

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Assembly Election 2017: East Antrim

The key difference between Assembly 2016 and Assembly 2017 is that only five MLAs will be elected from each constituncy. For at least eighteen MLAs and their staff, this election has come four years too early. The percentage of votes … Continue reading

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Profile: East Antrim

Candidates: DUP: Alastair Ross. David Hilditch. Gordon Lyons. UUP: Roy Beggs. John Stewart. Maureen Morrow. Alliance: Stewart Dickson. Danny Donnelly. Sinn Féin: Oliver McMullan. SDLP: Margaret Anne McKillop. TUV: Ruth Wilson. UKIP: Noel Jordan. PUP: Jim McCaw. Green: Dawn Patterson. … Continue reading

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Westminster Election 2015: East Antrim

The Results: Sammy Wilson won easily enough but the DUP vote slipped. UUP andAlliance clearly have one quota each and DUP at least two. In the contrxt of an Assembly contest, there is probably a nationalist seat (currently held by … Continue reading

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Poster Boys & Girls…#30 Ruth Wilson (TUV)

25th April. Larne (corner of Main Street and Agnew Street). Ruth Wilson is the candidate for Traditional Unionist Voice in East Antrim. A breakaway party from DUP, it has one seat in the Assembly (Party Leader,Jim Allister In North Antrim). … Continue reading

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Poster Boys & Girls…#29 Roy Beggs (UUP)

25th April. Circular Road, Larne. Roy Beggs MLA is the UUP candidate for East Antrim. Sometimes referred to as “Roy Beggs Junior” because his namesake father is a retired UUP politician. Holds a safe UUP seat in the Assembly.

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Poster Boys & Girls…#27 Stewart Dickson (Alliance)

25th April. Main Street, Larne. Stewart Dickson MLA, Alliance candidate in East Antrim. An Alliance veteran of a “churchy” Presbyterian background, Dickson was in local government and behind the scenes in Alliance until getting elected to Assembly in 2011. Will … Continue reading

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Poster Boys & Girls…#23 Sammy Wilson (DUP)

25th April. Agnew Street, Larne. Across the street from the Catholic Church. Sammy Wilson, outgoing DUP MP for East Antrim. He is also MLA for East Antrim. Made his name in Belfast Council politics …he is a previous Mayor of … Continue reading

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Poster Boys & Girls…#21 Margaret Anne McKillop (SDLP)

25th April. Margaret Anne McKillop, SDLP candidate for East Antrim. I wasn’t expecting SDLP posters in Larne. There are some on Circular Road, near the railway station and another group at the Laharna Shopping Mall. Good to see SDLP posters … Continue reading

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Local Elections: Mid & East Antrim

This Council area effectively amalgamates Ballymena, Larne and Carrick Councils. Unionist-Loyalist heartlands and as the saying goes, keeping “your head as low as a catholic in Larne” Ballymena is in North Antrim constituency. Larne and Carrick are in East Antrim. … Continue reading

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