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Northern Ireland is divided into 18 Parliamentary constituencies - 4 Borough constituencies in Belfast and 14 County constituencies elsewhere. Each area returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons at Westminster and six Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. Parliamentary constituencies are not used for local government, which is instead carried out by 26 councils; these often have different boundaries.
[edit] 2005 general election
α Democratic Unionist β Sinn Féin δ Social Democratic and Labour ε Ulster Unionist Ω Independent
| Name[nb 1] |
Electorate |
Majority[nb 2] |
Member of Parliament |
Nearest opposition |
Electoral wards |
Map |
| Belfast East BC |
52,899 |
5,877 |
|
Peter Robinson α |
|
Reg Empey ε |
|
|
| Belfast North BC |
52,535 |
5,188 |
|
Nigel Dodds α |
|
Gerry Kelly β |
|
|
| Belfast South BC |
52,218 |
1,235 |
|
Alasdair McDonnell δ |
|
Jimmy Spratt α |
|
|
| Belfast West BC |
53,536 |
19,315 |
|
Gerry Adams β |
|
Alex Attwood δ |
|
|
| East Antrim CC |
57,966 |
7,304 |
|
Sammy Wilson α |
|
Roy Beggs ε |
|
|
| East Londonderry CC |
58,461 |
7,727 |
|
Gregory Campbell α |
|
David McClarty ε |
|
|
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone CC |
66,415 |
4,582 |
|
Michelle Gildernew β |
|
Arlene Foster α |
|
|
| Foyle CC |
68,758 |
5,957 |
|
Mark Durkan δ |
|
Mitchel McLaughlin β |
|
|
| Lagan Valley CC |
70,238 |
14,117 |
|
Jeffrey Donaldson α |
|
Basil McCrea ε |
|
|
| Mid Ulster CC |
62,088 |
10,976 |
|
Martin McGuinness β |
|
Ian McCrea α |
|
|
| Newry and Armagh CC |
71,771 |
8,195 |
|
Conor Murphy β |
|
Dominic Bradley δ |
|
|
| North Antrim CC |
73,938 |
17,965 |
|
Ian Paisley α |
|
Philip McGuigan β |
|
|
| North Down CC |
59,358 |
4,944 |
|
Sylvia Hermon ε |
|
Peter Weir α |
|
|
| South Antrim CC |
66,580 |
3,448 |
|
William McCrea α |
|
David Burnside ε |
|
|
| South Down CC |
73,175 |
9,140 |
|
Eddie McGrady δ |
|
Caitriona Ruane β |
|
|
| Strangford CC |
71,509 |
1,886 |
|
Iris Robinson α |
|
Gareth McGimpsey ε |
|
|
| Upper Bann CC |
71,645 |
5,398 |
|
David Simpson α |
|
David Trimble ε |
|
|
| West Tyrone CC |
59,842 |
5,005 |
|
Pat Doherty β |
|
Kieran Deeny Ω |
|
|
| Constituency |
Unionist vote |
Republican/Nationalist vote |
| North Down |
85% |
3.7% |
| Strangford |
78% |
9.3% |
| Lagan Valley |
76% |
13.6% |
| North Antrim |
69% |
28% |
| South Antrim |
66% |
24% |
| East Antrim |
67% |
8% |
| Upper Bann |
62% |
33% |
| East Londonderry |
64% |
32% |
| Belfast North |
52% |
42% |
| Belfast East |
80% |
6% |
| Belfast West |
13% |
86% |
| Belfast South |
50% |
41% |
| Foyle |
16.5% |
79% |
| South Down |
27% |
79% |
| Fermanagh, South Tyrone |
47% |
53% |
| Mid Ulster |
34% |
63% |
| West Tyrone |
16% |
57% |
| Newry and Armagh |
30% |
65% |
- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
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