| Northern Ireland European Parliament constituency | |
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| Location amongst the 2007 constituencies | |
| Created | 1979 |
| MEP(s) | 3 (2004) |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. In six European Union Member States ( Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom) the national A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU It currently elects three MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote, the only British constituency to do so. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. Single transferable vote (STV is a preferential Voting system designed to minimize Wasted votes and provide Proportional representation
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Boundaries
The constituency covers the entirety of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of
Members of the European Parliament
2004
| European Parliament election 2004: Northern Ireland [1] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | ||
| Number | % of vote | |||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Jim Allister | 1 | 0 | 175,761 | 31. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland John David Taylor Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI (b 24 December 1937) is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and now a Life peer. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson (born 29 January 1945, Armagh) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician who is currently The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party James Hugh Allister QC, known as Jim, (born 2 April, 1953 in Crossgar, County Down) is a Northern Ireland The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Bairbre de Brún (born 10 January 1954 in Dublin) is one of two Sinn Féin MEPs and the first Sinn Féin politician to represent Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV is a Northern Irish political party founded on 7 December, 2007, as an anti- St Andrews Agreement splinter group Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. James Hugh Allister QC, known as Jim, (born 2 April, 1953 in Crossgar, County Down) is a Northern Ireland 9 | |
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brun | 1 | +1 | 144,541 | 26. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Bairbre de Brún (born 10 January 1954 in Dublin) is one of two Sinn Féin MEPs and the first Sinn Féin politician to represent 3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 91,164 | 16. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson (born 29 January 1945, Armagh) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician who is currently 6 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Martin Morgan | 0 | -1 | 87,559 | 15. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland Martin Morgan was formerly a Northern Ireland politician for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP 9 | |
| Independent | John Gilliland | 0 | 0 | 36,270 | 6. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 6 | |
| Socialist Environmental | Eamon McCann | 0 | 0 | 9,172 | 1. The Socialist Environmental Alliance (SEA is a minor Political party operating in Northern Ireland. Eamonn McCann (b 1943 Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Journalist, Author, and Political activist. 6 | |
| Green Party | Lindsay Whitcroft | 0 | 0 | 4,810 | 0. The Green Party in Northern Ireland originated in the early 1980s partly as a result of the Green Movement which was sweeping across Western Europe and partly because of the massive 9 | |
| Turnout | 51. 7 | |||||
1999
| European Parliament election 1999: Northern Ireland [2] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Ian Paisley | 1 | 0 | 192,762 | 28. The 1999 European Parliamentary Election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon 4 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 1 | 0 | 190,731 | 28. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 119,507 | 17. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson (born 29 January 1945, Armagh) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician who is currently 6 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 117,643 | 17. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 John Mitchel McLaughlin (born 29 October 1945) is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA. 3 | ||
| Progressive Unionist | David Ervine | 0 | 0 | 22,494 | 3. See Ulster Progressive Unionist Association, for the political group founded in 1938 The Progressive Unionist Party ( PUP) is a small David Ervine ( July 21, 1953 - January 8, 2007) was a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist 31 | ||
| UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 0 | 0 | 20,283 | 2. The UK Unionist Party ( UKUP) was a small unionist Political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008 Robert Law McCartney QC (born 24 April 1936) often known as Bob is a Northern Ireland barrister and former leader of the UK Unionist 98 | ||
| Alliance | Sean Neeson | 0 | 0 | 14,391 | 2. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. Seán Neeson MLA (born February 9 1946) is a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 12 | ||
| Natural Law | James Anderson | 0 | 0 | 998 | 0. The Natural Law Party was founded in 1992 in the United States by a group of educators business leaders and lawyers in Fairfield, Iowa who practiced Transcendental 15 | ||
| Turnout | 678,809 | ||||||
1994
| European Parliament election 1994: Northern Ireland [3] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Ian Paisley | 1 | 0 | 163,246 | 29. The 1994 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Union member states in June 1994 The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon 2 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 1 | 0 | 161,992 | 28. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party 9 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 133,459 | 23. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson (born 29 January 1945, Armagh) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician who is currently 8 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Tom Hartley Dodie McGuinness Francie Molloy | 0 | 0 | 55,215 | 9. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Dodie McGuinness (born 1949 or 1950 is an Irish Republican Politician. Francie Molloy ( Irish Proinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh) MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 9 | ||
| Alliance | Mary Clark-Glass | 0 | 0 | 23,157 | 4. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. 1 | ||
| Ulster Independence | Hugh Ross | 0 | 0 | 7,858 | 1. The Ulster Independence Movement was an Ulster nationalist Political party founded (as the Ulster Independence Committee) on 17th November 1988 Hugh Ross (born 1922 is a Presbyterian minister and member of the Orange Order, who was previously the leader of the now defunct Ulster Independence Movement 4 | ||
| Conservative | Myrtle Boal | 0 | 0 | 5,583 | 1. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. 0 | ||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 0 | 0 | 2,543 | 0. The Workers Party of Ireland (in Irish Páirtí na nOibrithe, though its logo translates it erroneously as Páirtí na nOibri) is a left wing Irish John Lowry is the General Secretary of the Workers' Party in Ireland. 5 | ||
| Labour (NI) | Niall Cusack | 0 | 0 | 2,464 | 0. See also Northern Ireland Labour Party The Labour Party of Northern Ireland (LPNI was formed in 1985 by a group around Paddy Devlin, a former 4 | ||
| Natural Law | James Anderson Susannah Thompson Michael Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 2,291 | 0. The Natural Law Party was founded in 1992 in the United States by a group of educators business leaders and lawyers in Fairfield, Iowa who practiced Transcendental 4 | ||
| Peace Coalition | June Campion | 0 | 0 | 1,088 | 0. 2 | ||
| Independent Ulster | David Kerr | 0 | 0 | 579 | 0. The Ulster Third Way is the Northern Ireland branch of the Third Way and is organised by David Kerr, who had previously campaigned as an 'independent David Kerr (born 1957 is a Northern Irish politician and the Chairman of the UK -wide Third Way. 1 | ||
| Constitutional Independent NI | Robert Mooney | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0. 1 | ||
| Turnout | 559,867 | ||||||
1989
| European Parliament election 1989: Northern Ireland [4] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Ian Paisley | 1 | 0 | 160,110 | 30 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 1 | 0 | 136,335 | 25 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 118,785 | 22 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Danny Morrison | 0 | 0 | 48,914 | 9 | ||
| Alliance | John Alderdice | 0 | 0 | 27,905 | 5 | ||
| Conservative | Myrtle Boal | 0 | 0 | 25,789 | 5 | ||
| Green | Malcolm Samuel | 0 | 0 | 6,569 | 1 | ||
| Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 0 | 0 | 5,590 | 1 | ||
| Labour Representation | Mark Langhammer | 0 | 0 | 3,540 | 0 | ||
| Labour '87 | Brian Caul | 0 | 0 | 1,274 | 0 | ||
| Turnout | 534,811 | ||||||
1984
| European Parliament election 1984: Northern Ireland [5] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Ian Paisley | 1 | 0 | 230,251 | 33. The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989 The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson (born 29 January 1945, Armagh) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician who is currently Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Daniel Gerard Morrison (born 1953 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) known generally as Danny Morrison is an Irish republican activist and writer The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. John Thomas Alderdice Baron Alderdice (b March 28, 1955) is a Northern Ireland politician The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Green Party was a Green Political party in the United Kingdom The Workers Party of Ireland (in Irish Páirtí na nOibrithe, though its logo translates it erroneously as Páirtí na nOibri) is a left wing Irish Mark Langhammer is a Politician in Northern Ireland. Langhammer first became involved in politics in the 1980s joining the Campaign for Labour Representation See also Northern Ireland Labour Party The Labour Party of Northern Ireland (LPNI was formed in 1985 by a group around Paddy Devlin, a former The 1984 election to the European Parliament was the first since the inaugural election of 1979 and the 1981 enlargement of the European Community to include Greece The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon 6 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 1 | 0 | 151,399 | 22. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Taylor | 1 | 0 | 147,169 | 21. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party John David Taylor Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI (b 24 December 1937) is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and now a Life peer. 5 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Danny Morrison | 0 | 0 | 91,476 | 13. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Daniel Gerard Morrison (born 1953 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) known generally as Danny Morrison is an Irish republican activist and writer 3 | ||
| Alliance | David Cook | 0 | 0 | 34,046 | 5. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. David Cook is a former Politician in Northern Ireland. Cook works as a Solicitor, eventually becoming a senior partner at Sheldon and Stewart Solicitors 0 | ||
| Ulster Popular Unionist | James Kilfedder | 0 | 0 | 20,092 | 2. The Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP was a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. Sir James Alexander Kilfedder ( 16 July 1928 &ndash 20 March 1995) was a Northern Ireland unionist politician 9 | ||
| Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 0 | 0 | 8,712 | 1. The Workers Party of Ireland (in Irish Páirtí na nOibrithe, though its logo translates it erroneously as Páirtí na nOibri) is a left wing Irish 3 | ||
| Ecology | Colin McGuigan | 0 | 0 | 2,172 | 0. The Green Party was a Green Political party in the United Kingdom 3 | ||
| Turnout | 685,317 | ||||||
1979
| European Parliament election 1979: Northern Ireland [6] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Ian Paisley | 1 | N/A | 170,688 | 29. The 1979 European elections were parliamentary Elections held across all then-9 European Community member states. The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon 8 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 1 | N/A | 140,622 | 25. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Taylor Harry West | 1 | N/A | 125,169 | 21. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party John David Taylor Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI (b 24 December 1937) is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and now a Life peer. Henry William West ( March 27 1917 &ndash February 5 2004) was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster 9 | ||
| Alliance | Oliver Napier | 0 | N/A | 39,026 | 6. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. Sir Oliver Napier (born 11 July 1935) was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. 8 | ||
| Independent Unionist | James Kilfedder | 0 | N/A | 38,198 | 6. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Sir James Alexander Kilfedder ( 16 July 1928 &ndash 20 March 1995) was a Northern Ireland unionist politician 7 | ||
| Independent | Bernadette McAliskey | 0 | N/A | 33,969 | 5. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 23 April 1947, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) also known as Bernadette Devlin 9 | ||
| United Community | David Bleakley | 0 | N/A | 9,383 | 1. The Right Hon David Bleakley, OBE (born 11 January 1925) is a Politician in Northern Ireland. 6 | ||
| United Labour | Paddy Devlin | 0 | N/A | 6,122 | 1. Paddy Devlin ( March 8 1925 - August 15 1999) was a Northern Irish Social democrat and Labour activist a former Stormont 1 | ||
| Workers' Party | Brian Brennan Francis Donnelly | 0 | N/A | 4,418 | 0. The Workers Party of Ireland (in Irish Páirtí na nOibrithe, though its logo translates it erroneously as Páirtí na nOibri) is a left wing Irish 8 | ||
| Unionist Party NI | Eddie Cummings | 0 | N/A | 3,712 | 0. The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. 6 | ||
| Liberal | James Murray | 0 | N/A | 932 | 0. The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal Political party in Northern Ireland, supporting a unionist position and linked to the British Liberal 2 | ||
| Turnout | 572,239 | ||||||
References
- ^ The 2004 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ The 1999 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ The 1994 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ The 1989 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ The 1984 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ The 1979 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
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