West_Belfast_(Assembly_constituency)

Belfast West (Assembly constituency)

Belfast West (Assembly constituency)

Constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly


Belfast West (Irish: Béal Feirste Thiar, Ulster Scots: Belfast West) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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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

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

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    2017

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      2016

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        2011

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          2007

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

            2003

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

              1998

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                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.[8]

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                1982

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                  1975 Constitutional Convention

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

                    1973

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                      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

                      1. "Statement of Persons Nominated – Belfast West". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
                      2. "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      3. "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      4. "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      5. "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      6. "NI Assembly Election 2003". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      7. "NI Assembly Election 1998". EONI. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      8. 1996 Candidates – West Belfast Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections
                      9. "NI Assembly Election 1982". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      10. "NI Convention Election 1975". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
                      11. "NI Assembly Election 1973". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

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