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| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly | ||||
| 26 November 2003 | ||||
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| Leader | Ian Paisley | Gerry Adams | ||
| Party | DUP | Sinn Féin | ||
| Leader's seat | North Antrim | Belfast West | ||
| Last election | 20 seats, 18. The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. This is a list of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998. This is a list of the 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 2007. The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 new members were selected The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon Gerry Adams, MLA, MP (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh born 6 October 1948 is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 North Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. For other constituencies of the same name see Belfast West. Belfast West is a Parliamentary Constituency in the UK House 5% | 18 seats, 16. 7% | ||
| Seats won | 30 | 24 | ||
| Seat change | +10 | +6 | ||
| Popular vote | 177,944 | 162,758 | ||
| Percentage | 27. 8% | 26. 2% | ||
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Political Parties
On the unionist side, the Democratic Unionist Party gained ten seats, primarily at the expense of smaller Unionist parties, to become the largest party both in seats and votes. Unionism in Ireland, is a belief in the desirability of a full constitutional and institutional relationship between Ireland and Great Britain based on the terms and The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Despite slipping to third place in first preference votes the Ulster Unionist Party actually increased their vote slightly and had a net loss of only one seat. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party Shortly after the election three Ulster Unionist MLAs, Jeffrey Donaldson, Nora Beare and Arlene Foster, defected to the Democratic Unionists. Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, MP, MLA (born 7 December 1962) is a Northern Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Norah Beare (born 25 May 1946, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland) was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Arlene Isabel Foster (née Kelly) (b July 1970 is a Northern Irish unionist politician
On the nationalist side, Sinn Féin saw a big increase in their vote, gaining six seats at the net expense of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland
The minor parties all saw a significant fall in their support. The Alliance Party managed to hold all six of its seats despite their vote almost halving, the Women's Coalition, United Unionist Coalition and Northern Ireland Unionist Party were all wiped out, and the Progressive Unionist Party and UK Unionist Party had just one seat each. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition was a non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland. The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP was a small Political party in Northern Ireland. See Ulster Progressive Unionist Association, for the political group founded in 1938 The Progressive Unionist Party ( PUP) is a small The UK Unionist Party ( UKUP) was a small unionist Political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008
The biggest surprise of the election came in West Tyrone with the election of the independent Dr. West Tyrone can refer to The western part of County Tyrone West Tyrone (Assembly constituency West Tyrone (Northern Kieran Deeny, campaigning on the single issue of hospital provision in Omagh. Kieran Deeny (born October 12 1954) is a Northern Irish Medical doctor turned politician and an independent Member of the Northern Omagh (pronounced /'omæ/) is the County town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen
Note
Several sitting MLAs stood under a different label to the one they had used in 1998. The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. Some had failed to be selected by their parties to stand and so stood as independents, whilst others had changed parties during the course of the assembly. Most of these realignments occurred within the unionist parties, with several defections between existing parties and two new parties being formed - the United Unionist Coalition (formed by the three MLAs elected as independent unionists, though one later joined the Democratic Unionist Party) and the Northern Ireland Unionist Party (formed by four of the five MLAs elected as the UK Unionist Party, though one later left them, joined the Democratic Unionists for a period but contested the election as an independent unionist). The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP was a small Political party in Northern Ireland. The UK Unionist Party ( UKUP) was a small unionist Political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008 Neither the United Unionist Assembly Party nor the Northern Ireland Unionists won any seats in the 2003 election.
Results
| Party | Leader | Seats | +/- | % of seats | Number | % of vote | |
| DUP | Ian Paisley | 30 | +10 | 27. 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 | 177,944 | 25. 7 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 24 | +6 | 22. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Gerry Adams, MLA, MP (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh born 6 October 1948 is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster 2 | 162,758 | 23. 5 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David Trimble | 27 | -1 | 25 | 156,931 | 22. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party William David Trimble Baron Trimble (born 15 October 1944 is a Northern Irish Politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster 7 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Mark Durkan | 18 | -6 | 16. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland Mark Henry Durkan (born 26 June 1960 Derry, Northern Ireland) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic 7 | 117,547 | 17. 0 | |
| Alliance | David Ford | 6 | 0 | 5. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI is a Political party in Northern Ireland. David Ford is a Northern Ireland politician He is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly and has been leader of the Alliance Party of Northern 6 | 25,372 | 3. 7 | |
| Independent | N/A | 1 | +1 | 0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 9 | 20,234 | 2. 9 | |
| Progressive Unionist | David Ervine | 1 | -1 | 0. 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 9 | 8,032 | 1. 2 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliams | 0 | -2 | 5,785 | 0. The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition was a non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland. Monica McWilliams (born 28 April 1954) is a Northern Ireland academic and politician 8 | ||
| UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 1 | -4 | 0. 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 9 | 5,700 | 0. 8 | |
| United Unionist Council | Denis Watson | 0 | N/A | 2,705 | 0. The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Denis Watson is a former Politician in Northern Ireland. Watson worked as a financial consultant and became the Grand Master of the County Armagh 4 | ||
| Green Party | John Barry | 0 | 0 | 2,688 | 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 John Barry is one of two co-chairs of the Green Party in Northern Ireland, which is a regional council of the all island Green Party formed in December 2006 4 | ||
| Socialist Environmental | Goretti Horgan | 0 | N/A | 2,394 | 0. The Socialist Environmental Alliance (SEA is a minor Political party operating in Northern Ireland. Goretti Horgan (born 5 July in the 1950s is an Irish Socialist activist 4 | ||
| Workers' Party | Seán Garland | 0 | 0 | 1,881 | 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 Seán Garland (born 7 March 1934) is a senior figure and former President of the Workers Party of Ireland. 3 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Howard | 0 | 0 | 1,604 | 0. The Conservatives in Northern Ireland is a name given to the wing of the Conservative and Unionist Party of the United Kingdom that operates in Northern Ireland Michael Howard QC (born 7 July 1941 is a British Politician, a Conservative MP since the 1983 General Election for the constituency of 2 | ||
| NI Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 0 | N/A | 1,350 | 0. The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP was a small Political party in Northern Ireland. Cedric Wilson (born 6 June 1948) is a Politician in Northern Ireland. 2 | ||
| Socialist Party | Peter Hadden | 0 | N/A | 343 | 0. The Socialist Party (in Irish Páirtí Sóisialach) is a Political party active in Ireland 0 | ||
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George | 0 | N/A | 124 | 0. Make Politicians History is a minor United Kingdom Political party that advocates the abolition of Parliament in favour of devolution to City-states Rainbow George Weiss (born 1940) son of a diamond merchant is a fringe UK politician who stood in 13 constituencies at the 2005 General Election 0 | ||
| Ulster Third Way | David Kerr | 0 | N/A | 16 | 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. 0 | ||
| Total | 108 | 0 | 100. 0 | 692,028 | 100. 0 | ||
- All parties with over 1,000 votes shown.
- SOURCE: ARK website[1]
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