Tag Archives: UKIP

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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Profile: Lagan Valley

The Candidates: DUP: Edwin Poots. Paul Givan. Jonathan Craig. Barbara Hale. UUP: Jenny Palmer. Robbie Butler. TUV: Lyle Rea UKIP: Brian Higginson. Conservative: Jack Irwin. Democracy First: Frazer McCammond. NILRC: Peter Dynes. Green: Dan Barros-O’Neill Alliance: Trevor Lunn. SDLP: Pat … Continue reading

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South Belfast Hustings: The Undercard.

A pretty full house at Agapé Centre (South Belfast Methodist Centre) for South Belfast hustings. Two panels. An undercard…Sean Burns (some kinda Labour) Bob Stoker ((UKIP), Lily Kerr (Workers Party), Brigitte Anton (Labour in NI) Ben Manton (Conservative) and Billy … Continue reading

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Poster Boys & Girls 2016: #12 David Jones (UKIP)

David Jones : Upper Bann. This poster is located in High Street, Lurgan. David Jones was a regular fixture on TV News as spoke an for the Orange Order during the Garvaghy/Drumcree disputes in the 1990s. Later an Independent Unionist … Continue reading

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Westminster Election 2015: South Belfast

The Results: South Belfast is a strange consituency. At Assembly level, the six seats are held by five different parties. The sixth seat is held by SDLP. Much has been made of the fact that Alasdair McDonnell has won the … Continue reading

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Westminster Election 2015: Lagan Valley

The Results:   It is hard to believe that it is seventeen years since that encounter between Jeffrey Donaldson and a constituent at a polling station. Jeffrey was described as a “very devious young man”. So…Jeffrey romped home in Lagan … Continue reading

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Westminster Election 2015: West Belfast

The Results: An easy win for for Paul Maskey. The big talking point was that Gerry Carroll of People Before Profit comfortably beat Alex Attwod for second place. Certainly Sinn Féin dominance of West Belfast at Stormont level looks in … Continue reading

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Westminster Election 2015: Strangford

The Results: A constituency where DUP votes are weighed, rather than counted. An easy win but the collapse of the UUP vote (Mike Nesbitt fought Strangford for UUP-Tories) collapsed and votes shed to UKIP, Alliance and Conservatives. In 2016, DUP … Continue reading

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Westminster Election 2015: Mid Ulster

The Results. An easy victory for Sinn Féin and little here to upset the narrative for 2016. No change. Sinn Féin will take three seats, UUP, DUP and SDLP one each. Interesting that there is clear blue water between Sandra … Continue reading

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