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==European Parliament Election 2009== |
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Leader of the TUV Jim Allister, contested the European Parliament election on Thursday 4th June 2009. He stood on a ticket of opposition to the DUP/SF led power-sharing government in Belfast.<ref>"Who is Jim Allister? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8044057.stm</ref> The contest turned out to be hotly contested in which the unionist vote was split three ways. Sinn Féin's sitting MEP [[Bairbre de Brun]] topped the poll (a first for any nationalist or republican candidate). The Ulster Conservative and Unionist Party's [[Jim Nicholson]] took the second seat with [[Diane Dodds]] of the DUP coming in third place, defeating Jim Allister. The TUV polled very well, picking up 66,000 votes. Jim Allister called the results a victory for unionism and indicated his intention to stand TUV candidates in future [[Stormont Assembly]] and Westminster elections. Allister commented, "It shows the depth of feeling that there is among many unionists who refuse to be rolled over in the era of Sinn |
Leader of the TUV Jim Allister, contested the European Parliament election on Thursday 4th June 2009. He stood on a ticket of opposition to the DUP/SF led power-sharing government in Belfast.<ref>"Who is Jim Allister? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8044057.stm</ref> The contest turned out to be hotly contested in which the unionist vote was split three ways. Sinn Féin's sitting MEP [[Bairbre de Brun]] topped the poll (a first for any nationalist or republican candidate). The Ulster Conservative and Unionist Party's [[Jim Nicholson]] took the second seat with [[Diane Dodds]] of the DUP coming in third place, defeating Jim Allister. The TUV polled very well, picking up 66,000 votes. Jim Allister called the results a victory for unionism and indicated his intention to stand TUV candidates in future [[Stormont Assembly]] and Westminster elections. Allister commented, "It shows the depth of feeling that there is among many unionists who refuse to be rolled over in the era of Sinn Féin rule, who have quite rightly a resentment against those who betrayed them, deceived them, conned them, in the assembly election." |
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Revision as of 21:43, 28 June 2009
Traditional Unionist Voice | |
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| Leader | Jim Allister QC |
| Chairman | Ivor McConnell foundation = 2007 |
| Headquarters | 139 Holywood Road, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland BT4 3BE |
| Ideology | Unionism, Fundamentalism, British nationalism, Euroscepticism, Conservatism, National conservatism, Social conservatism. |
| Political position | Right-wing Centre-right |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red, White and Blue |
| Website | |
| www.tuv.org.uk | |
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland [1] founded on 7 December, 2007, as an anti-St Andrews Agreement splinter group from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Its first Leader is Jim Allister who, until 2009, sat as an independent Member of the European Parliament, having been elected for the DUP in 2004.[2][3] In the 2009 European elections Allister lost his seat when he stood as a TUV candidate. TUV has close ties to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).[4]
The four founding principles of the new movement are [5]
- retention of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain
- commitment to a form of devolution that rejects mandatory coalition
- that the rule of law must prevail in every part of Northern Ireland and be administered without fear or favour
- support for traditional family values
Dromore By-Election
The party's first electoral contest was the Dromore local government by-election for Banbridge District Council[6] which took place on Wednesday 13 February 2008 [7]with their candidate being Dromore solicitor, Keith Harbinson. He took 19.5% of the 1st preference votes cast.
TUV were the last party to be eliminated, and more of their votes transferred to the UUP than to the DUP, enabling the former to retain its seat.[8]
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| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||||
| DUP | Paul Stewart | 1069 | 1074 | 1127 | 1178 | 1508 | ||||
| UUP | Carol Black | 912 | 937 | 1119 | 1194 | 1571 | ||||
| TUV | Keith Harbinson | 739 | 742 | 801 | 828 | -828 | ||||
| Alliance | David Griffin | 357 | 479 | -479 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 350 | 507 | 567 | -567 | |||||
| SDLP | John Drake | 290 | -290 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 59 | -59 | |||||||
| Electorate=9688, valid=3776, spoiled=17, quota=1889 | ||||||||||
European Parliament Election 2009
Leader of the TUV Jim Allister, contested the European Parliament election on Thursday 4th June 2009. He stood on a ticket of opposition to the DUP/SF led power-sharing government in Belfast.[9] The contest turned out to be hotly contested in which the unionist vote was split three ways. Sinn Féin's sitting MEP Bairbre de Brun topped the poll (a first for any nationalist or republican candidate). The Ulster Conservative and Unionist Party's Jim Nicholson took the second seat with Diane Dodds of the DUP coming in third place, defeating Jim Allister. The TUV polled very well, picking up 66,000 votes. Jim Allister called the results a victory for unionism and indicated his intention to stand TUV candidates in future Stormont Assembly and Westminster elections. Allister commented, "It shows the depth of feeling that there is among many unionists who refuse to be rolled over in the era of Sinn Féin rule, who have quite rightly a resentment against those who betrayed them, deceived them, conned them, in the assembly election."
Results
| Party | Candidate | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % of vote | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brún | 1 | 0 | 126,184 | 25.8 | 1 | ||
| DUP | Diane Dodds | 1 | 0 | 88,346 | 18.1 | 3 | ||
| UCU-NF | Jim Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 82,892 | 17.0 | 3 | ||
| SDLP | Alban Maginness | 0 | 0 | 78,489 | 16.1 | |||
| TUV | Jim Allister | 0 | 0 | 66,197 | 13.5 | |||
| Alliance | Ian Parsley | 0 | 0 | 26,699 | 5.5 | |||
| Green (NI) | Steven Agnew | 0 | 0 | 15,764 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout[10] | 488,891 | 42.8 | ||||||
Source: RTÉ News
References
- ^ The Electoral Commission : Regulatory issues : Political parties : Registers : Register of political parties
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | New unionist group to be launched
- ^ Northern Ireland News - Allister Announces 'Alternative Ulster' Voice
- ^ Allister gathers national support
- ^ Traditional Unionist Voice Leaflet
- ^ TUV to contest Dromore by-election
- ^ by-election date
- ^ http://www.eoni.org.uk/dromore_result.pdf
- ^ "Who is Jim Allister? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8044057.stm
- ^ Electoral Office for Northern Ireland - Turnout
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