Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

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Northern Ireland
European Parliament constituency
Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency) is located in European Parliament constituencies 2007
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created 1979
MEP(s) 3 (2004)
Member State United Kingdom
Source(s) [1][2]

Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects three MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote, the only United Kingdom constituency to do so.

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Boundaries [edit]

The constituency covers the entirety of Northern Ireland.

Members of the European Parliament [edit]

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Year Member Party Member Party Member Party
1979 Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist John Hume SDLP John Taylor Ulster Unionist
1984
1989 Jim Nicholson
1994
1999
2004 Jim Allister Bairbre de Brún Sinn Féin
2007 Traditional Unionist Voice
2009 Diane Dodds Democratic Unionist Conservatives and Unionists
2012 Martina Anderson Ulster Unionist

2009 [edit]

European Parliament election, 2009: Northern Ireland [1]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3
Sinn Féin Bairbre de Brún 26.0 126,184    
Conservatives and Unionists Jim Nicholson 17.1 82,893 94,285 132,227
Democratic Unionist Diane Dodds 18.2 88,346 91,260 115,722
SDLP Alban Maginness 16.2 78,489 94,814 97,428
Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister 13.7 66,197 70,481  
Alliance Ian Parsley 5.5 26,699    
Green (NI) Steven Agnew 3.3 15,764    
Electorate: 1,141,979   Valid: 484,572   Spoilt: 4,319 (0.9%)   Quota: 121,144   Turnout: 488,891

2004 [edit]

European Parliament election, 2004: Northern Ireland [2]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3
Democratic Unionist Jim Allister 32.0 175,761    
Sinn Féin Bairbre de Brún 26.3 144,541    
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 16.6 91,164 124,646 147,058
SDLP Martin Morgan 15.9 87,559 88,010 108,531
Independent John Gilliland 6.6 36,270 39,390  
Socialist Environmental Eamon McCann 1.6 9,172 9,268  
Green (NI) Lindsay Whitcroft 0.9 4,810 5,134  
Electorate: 1,072,669   Valid: 549,277   Spoilt: 5,467 (1.0%)   Quota: 137,320   Turnout: 554,744

Gilliland's candidacy was supported by Alliance, Workers' Party, Conservatives, Labour and others.

1999 [edit]

European Parliament election, 1999: Northern Ireland [3]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3
Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley 28.4 192,762    
SDLP John Hume 28.1 190,731    
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 17.6 119,507 162,627 184,739
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 17.3 117,643 119,352 119,384
Progressive Unionist David Ervine 3.31 22,494    
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 2.98 20,283    
Alliance Sean Neeson 2.12 14,391    
Natural Law James Anderson 0.15 998    
Electorate: 1,191,307   Valid: 678,809   Spoilt: 8,764   Quota: 169,703   Turnout: 687,573

1994 [edit]

European Parliament election, 1994: Northern Ireland [4]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley 29.2 163,246  
SDLP John Hume 28.9 161,992  
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 23.8 133,459 149,541
Alliance Mary Clark-Glass 4.1 23,157 23,376
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 3.8 21,273 21,283
Sinn Féin Dodie McGuinness 3.1 17,195 17,239
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 3.0 16,747 16,752
Ulster Independence Hugh Ross 1.4 7,858 12,575
Conservative Myrtle Boal 1.0 5,583 6,125
Workers' Party John Lowry 0.5 2,543 2,579
Labour Party NI Niall Cusack 0.4 2,464 2,519
Natural Law James Anderson 0.2 1,418 1,493
Other June Campion 0.2 1,088 1,127
Other David Kerr 0.1 578 884
Natural Law Susannah Thompson 0.1 454 534
Natural Law Michael Kennedy 0.1 419 444
Other Robert Mooney 0.1 400 456
Electorate: 1,162,344   Valid: 559,867   Spoilt: 9,234   Quota: 139,967   Turnout: 569,101

Campion's candidacy, with the ballot paper description 'Peace Coalition', was supported by Democratic Left, the Greens and some Labour groups.

Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the description 'Independent Ulster'.

Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the description 'Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland'.

1989 [edit]

European Parliament election, 1989: Northern Ireland [5]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley 29.9 160,110  
SDLP John Hume 25.5 136,335  
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 22.2 118,785 141,583
Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 9.1 48,914 48,987
Alliance John Alderdice 5.2 27,905 28,633
Conservative Myrtle Boal 4.8 25,789 26,872
Green (NI) Malcolm Samuel 1.2 6,569 6,876
Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 1.0 5,590 5,668
Labour Mark Langhammer 0.7 3,540 3,661
Labour Party NI Brian Caul 0.2 1,274 1,304
Electorate: 1,106,852   Valid: 534,811   Spoilt: 5,356   Quota: 133,703   Turnout: 540,167

Langhammer appeared on the ballot as the 'Labour Representation' candidate - the Campiagn for Labour Representation aimed to persuade the British Labour Party to organise in Northern Ireland.

Caul appeared on the ballot as the candidate of Labour '87, a merger of the Labour Party of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Labour Party, Ulster Liberal Party and United Labour Party.

1984 [edit]

European Parliament election, 1984: Northern Ireland [6]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4
Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley 33.6 230,251      
Ulster Unionist John Taylor 21.5 147,169 185,714    
SDLP John Hume 22.1 151,399 151,664 156,310 183,256
Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 13.3 91,476 91,525 92,644 93,079
Alliance David Cook 5.0 34,046 34,892 37,401  
Ulster Popular Unionist James Kilfedder 2.9 20,092 38,293 38,854  
Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 1.3 8,712 8,813    
Ecology Colin McGuigan 0.3 2,172 2,236    
Electorate: 1,065,363   Valid: 685,317   Spoilt: 11,654   Quota: 171,330   Turnout: 696,994

1979 [edit]

European Parliament election 1979: Northern Ireland [7]
Party Candidate(s) Seats Loss/Gain First Preference Votes
Number  % of vote
Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley 1 N/A 170,688 29.8
SDLP John Hume 1 N/A 140,622 25.5
Ulster Unionist John Taylor
Harry West		 1 N/A 125,169 21.9
Alliance Oliver Napier 0 N/A 39,026 6.8
Independent Unionist James Kilfedder 0 N/A 38,198 6.7
Independent Republican Bernadette McAliskey 0 N/A 33,969 5.9
United Community David Bleakley 0 N/A 9,383 1.6
United Labour Paddy Devlin 0 N/A 6,122 1.1
Workers' Party Brian Brennan
Francie Donnelly		 0 N/A 4,418 0.8
Unionist Party NI Eddie Cummings 0 N/A 3,712 0.6
Liberal James Murray 0 N/A 932 0.2
Turnout 572,239

References [edit]

  1. ^ The 2009 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. ^ The 2004 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ The 1999 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  4. ^ The 1994 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. ^ The 1989 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  6. ^ The 1984 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  7. ^ The 1979 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
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