query: when did one man one vote start in northern ireland

pos: One man, one vote nationalist-majority areas. Based on a number of inequities, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was founded in 1967. It had five primary demands, and added the demand that each citizen in Northern Ireland be afforded the same number of votes for local elections (national elections followed the same eligibility rules as the rest of the UK). The slogan "one man, one vote" became a rallying cry for this campaign. The Parliament of Northern Ireland voted to update the voting rules, which were implemented for the Northern Ireland general election, 1969. The United States Constitution requires a decennial census for the

pos: Unionism in Ireland matters such as one man, one vote. With attacks on Northern Ireland's infrastructure by loyalists, and the resignation of a relative from the Cabinet over the principle of One man One Vote, O'Neill resigned on 2 April 1969 to be replaced by Chichester Clark. In August 1969, following the annual Apprentice Boys of Derry parade in the city, serious rioting took place in Derry and Belfast. The Civil Rights movement responded by calling marches across Northern Ireland to further stretch police resources and on 14 August the British Government allowed the deployment of the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment in

pos: 1969 Northern Ireland riots (IRA), but it later emerged that members of the loyalist Ulster Protestant Volunteers (UPV) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) had carried out the bombings in an attempt to implicate the IRA, destabilise the Northern Ireland Government and halt the reforms promised by Terence O'Neill. There was some movement on reform in Northern Ireland in the first half of 1969. On 23 April UUP Stormont MPs voted by 28 to 22 to introduce universal adult suffrage in local government elections in Northern Ireland at their parliamentary party meeting. The call for "one man, one vote" had been one of the key

pos: James Chichester-Clark sworn into the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1966. In 1967, O'Neill sacked his Minister of Agriculture, Harry West, for ministerial impropriety, and Chichester-Clark was appointed in his place, a position he retained for two quiet years. On 23 April 1969, he resigned from the Cabinet one day prior to a crucial Parliamentary Party meeting, claiming that he disagreed with the Prime Minister's decision to grant universal suffrage in local government elections at that time. He stated that he disagreed not with the principle of one man one vote but with the timing of the decision, having the previous

pos: Martin McBirney Northern Ireland general election, 1965, taking 35.1% of the vote. He was next a candidate in East Belfast at the 1966 general election, and took 45.3% of the vote in one of the party's best ever results, although he was not elected. His final contest was Belfast Pottinger at the Northern Ireland general election, 1969, where he took 48.6% of the vote and was fewer than two hundred votes short of being elected. In the 1970s, McBirney focused on his legal career. He was made a Queen's Counsel, was appointed a resident magistrate, and served as Senior Crown Prosecutor for

pos: Kevin Boland 1969 events in Northern Ireland caused political chaos over the border in the Republic of Ireland. It was the start of The Troubles in Northern Ireland and Fianna Fáil's policy with regard to the North was coming into question. One crisis meeting was held after another, in which the possibility of decisive action was discussed. The "hawks" in the cabinet urged a symbolic invasion of Northern Ireland to protect nationalists near the border, and to draw international attention, while the "doves", who ultimately prevailed, urged caution. These cabinet meetings were heated events. On one occasion Boland was alleged to have

pos: Northern Ireland civil rights movement in Derry, and the barricades went up again for a brief period. Meanwhile, direct action around concrete issues continued; according to Devlin, in the first half of 1969 the activists around Eamonn McCann "housed more families [via squatting] than all the respectable housing bodies in Derry put together". In mid-1969 Prime Minister Terence O'Neill resigned and was replaced by James Chichester-Clark, who announced the introduction of "one man, one vote"; the civil-rights movement had achieved its key demand. However, additional demands concerned police violence and state repression. Two of the most prominent issues were the Special Powers Act, which gave

pos: Northern Ireland civil rights movement of electoral boundaries; freedom of speech and assembly; repeal of the Special Powers Act; and a fair allocation of jobs and social housing. "One man, one vote" would become a central demand of the movement. The PD would become a leading force within the movement between late 1968 and the first part of 1969; it was committed to street politics and staunchly anti-sectarian. The PD was organised through a democratic mass assembly. Michael Farrell, the most influential figure in the PD, has said that they were influenced by the radical democratic practices of the Sorbonne Assembly. The PD elected a

pos: Glenn Barr Glenn Barr Albert Glenn Barr OBE (19 March 1942 – 24 October 2017) was a politician from Derry, Northern Ireland, who was an advocate of Ulster nationalism. For a time during the 1970s he straddled both Unionism and Loyalism due to simultaneously holding important positions in the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party and the Ulster Defence Association. Initially a member of a general trade union, Barr first came to prominence at the very start of the Troubles in 1969 when he was involved in an initiative to ensure Protestant workers did not join in strikes called by the Northern Ireland Civil

neg: Terence O'Neill period of governance by police power alone. The police violence was filmed by RTÉ television and broadcast worldwide. The date of this march is taken by some historians as being the start of the Northern Ireland Troubles. In response to these events, O'Neill introduced a Five Point Reform Programme. This granted a number of the concessions that NICRA had demanded but importantly it did not include one man one vote in local government council elections. Despite this the NICRA felt it had made some ground and agreed to postpone its marches. While things were expected to improve, many Catholics felt

neg: One man, one vote plural voting for both Westminster and local-government elections. But, there were two significant exceptions: The City of London had never expanded its boundaries and, with many residential dwellings being replaced by businesses, and the destruction of The Blitz, after the Second World War the financial district had barely five thousand residents altogether. The system of plural voting was retained for electing the City of London Corporation, with some modifications. When Northern Ireland was established in 1921, it adopted the same political system then in place for the Westminster Parliament and British local government. But, the Parliament of Northern Ireland did

neg: Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Unionist, one Nationalist and one Labour Party member in 1925. Devlin did not take his seat. Twaddell was assassinated on 22 May 1922: Devlin did not take his seat. Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast West was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. Belfast West included the Court, Falls, St Anne's, St George's, Smithfield and Woodvale wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Central, Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and

neg: Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process in Northern Ireland. This pattern of paramilitary violence, followed by increasingly restrictive measures on the behalf of the authorities came to define the run-up to the Troubles. Since 1964, civil rights activists had been protesting against the discrimination against Catholics and Irish nationalists by the Ulster Protestant and unionist government of Northern Ireland. The civil rights movement called for: 'one man, one vote'; the end to gerrymandered electoral boundaries; the end to discrimination in employment and in the allocation of public housing; repeal of the Special Powers Act; and the disbanding of the Ulster Special Constabulary. Timeline of the Northern

neg: Belfast West (Dáil constituency) this seat, as he did not take either seat in the Northern Ireland House of Commons, he could not formally disclaim one. William Twaddell was assassinated in 1922. The by-election to fill the vacancy in the Parliament of Northern Ireland did not take place until after the election of the Third Dáil, so it is not relevant for this article. "In 1921 parliamentary representatives of the constituency were elected using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation." Belfast West (Dáil constituency) Belfast West, was a former potential Dáil Éireann parliamentary constituency located in Northern Ireland despite being outside the

neg: Free Derry the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It has a majority nationalist population, and nationalists won a majority of seats in the 1920 local elections. Despite this, the Ulster Unionist Party controlled the local council, Londonderry Corporation, from 1923 onwards. The Unionists maintained their majority, firstly, by manipulating the constituency boundaries (gerrymandering) so that the South Ward, with a nationalist majority, returned eight councillors while the much smaller North Ward and Waterside Ward, with unionist majorities, returned twelve councillors between them; secondly, by allowing only ratepayers to vote in local elections, rather than one man, one vote,

neg: Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote Valera and Seán Milroy, who had been elected for two constituencies (for both the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland) would only cast one vote each. Of the 124 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) who were entitled to vote as a result of these rulings, 121 cast their vote in the Dáil, and three abstained. The result of the vote was: 64 in favour of the Treaty and 57 against. Three TDs eligible to vote did not do so: To satisfy the requirements of the British constitution, the treaty also had to be ratified

neg: European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 the Parliament Act 1949. It was passed mainly to change the electoral system used for electing MEPs from First Past the Post to a closed party List system in England, Scotland and Wales. The Single Transferable Vote system was retained in Northern Ireland. The UK was divided into twelve electoral regions, nine in England (matching the regions of England) and one in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland. It did not change the number of MEPs elected from the UK. The Act led to a great many more MEPs being returned from minor parties in the 1999

neg: 1965 Northern Ireland general election 1965 Northern Ireland general election The Northern Ireland general election, 1965 was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. This was the last election in Northern Ireland in which one party won a majority of the vote. The Ulster Unionists increased their vote share largely due to a reduction in the number of uncontested seats, but also picked up two additional seats. Similarly, the Nationalist vote share decreased largely due to more of the seats in which they stood candidates being contested.

neg: United Ulster Unionist Party for the DUP and 1,830 (28.7%) for the UUP. However they benefited from the other two Unionist parties only putting up one candidate each and benefitted from hefty transfers to win an unlikely seat. In 1982 a new Northern Ireland Assembly was established to provide a degree of scrutiny over the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The UUUP got a derisory vote, with even Dunlop getting barely 3% of the vote in his Mid Ulster constituency. The party soon folded. Dunlop remained as MP for Mid Ulster until the 1983 general election but did not contest his seat. The

neg: Irish Free State part of the Irish Free State. Once the Treaty was ratified, the Houses of Parliament of Northern Ireland had one month (dubbed the "Ulster month") to exercise this option during which month the Government of Ireland Act continued to apply in Northern Ireland. Realistically it was always certain that Northern Ireland would opt out of the Free State. The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir James Craig, speaking in the Parliament in October 1922 said that "when 6 December is passed the month begins in which we will have to make the choice either to vote out or remain within

neg: Paddy McNair the match, Northern Ireland head coach, Michael O'Neill, "believes midfield could be where McNair's future lies". On 28 May 2016, McNair was selected as part of the 23-man squad to represent Northern Ireland at UEFA Euro 2016. He was selected to start for Northern Ireland's opener against Poland in Nice, but was substituted at half time for compatriot Stuart Dallas in an eventual 1–0 loss. He came on in added time for the next match, in a 2–0 win over Ukraine, but did not feature again for the rest of the competition. The Northern Ireland national team was eventually eliminated

neg: Alex Maskey approach to the strategy. In 1987 he survived being shot at close range by loyalist paramilitaries. In 1996 Maskey was elected to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum for the Belfast West constituency but did not attend the Forum in accordance with Sinn Féin's policy of abstentionism. Two years later he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which on this occasion Sinn Féin did not boycott. Maskey's growing political profile led him to contest the Belfast South constituency in the 2001 general election as part of Sinn Féin's strategy of building up their vote in one of their weaker constituencies.

neg: Labour Party in Northern Ireland 2016 assembly election, Corbyn had publicly stated that he would consider candidates for the next election, stating "There is a democratic deficit in one sense. There is a question of a relationship with other parties in Northern Ireland as well and how that will be affected." In the 2016 UK leadership election 765 Labour party members in Northern Ireland took part in the vote, with a majority voting for Corbyn (Corbyn 541; Smith 224). The LPNI did not stand in the 2017 Assembly elections. However a LPNI Donal O'Cofaigh was expelled from the party for standing on the Cross-Community Labour

neg: Monica McWilliams any position on the principal unionist/nationalist dispute. The party secured only 1.03% of the popular vote and failed to win any constituency seats in the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum elections, but was granted two seats under the 'top-up' mechanism designed to ensure the inclusion of minor parties. McWilliams took one of these seats and was thus able to attend the multi-party negotiations that led to the intergovernmental Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which her party supported (but did not, as frequently reported, 'sign'). She was elected as one of two NIWC Members of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland (the

neg: Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 Westminster had responded with the Ireland Act 1949. Amongst its other provisions, the Act had guaranteed that Northern Ireland would not cease to remain a part of the United Kingdom "without the consent of the Parliament of Northern Ireland" (s. 1(2)); this declaration had proven to be controversial both with the Irish government and with Northern Ireland's nationalist community. Since the 1973 Act abolished the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it replaced the 1949 guarantee with one based on a popular vote rather than a parliamentary vote (s. 1): It is hereby declared that Northern Ireland remains part of Her Majesty's

neg: Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom were recognised that day. Same-sex marriage continues to be unrecognised in Northern Ireland, following several votes against it and one vote in favour of it by the Northern Ireland Assembly. Same-sex marriages are recognised as civil partnerships. Legislation to allow for the recognition of same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland has been debated in the Northern Ireland Assembly five times since 2012. On four of those occasions, only a minority of assembly members voted in favour of same-sex marriage, though the most recent vote on the issue in November 2015 saw a majority of MLA's vote in favour of same-sex marriage.

neg: 1965 Northern Ireland general election "All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed." "Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589)." 1965 Northern Ireland general election The Northern Ireland general election, 1965 was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. This was the last election in Northern Ireland in which one party won a majority of the vote. The Ulster Unionists increased their vote share largely due to a reduction in the number of uncontested seats, but also picked up two additional seats. Similarly,

neg: Elections in Northern Ireland Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland rather than by local authorities. 2017 Gains were made by DUP and Sinn Féin. Together the two parties took all but one of the seats and 65.4% of the vote – the highest vote share for the two largest parties since 1970. For the first time, the unionist parties had less than fifty percent of the vote, although still more than the nationalist parties. The SDLP were left without any Westminster seats for the first time since the party was formed in 1970. 2015 The Unionist share of

neg: Harry Midgley Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in May 1943, he replaced all but one member of the existing cabinet and appointed Midgley as Minister of Public Security. Midgley also became a member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. The following year, he became Minister of Labour. In the Northern Ireland general election, 1945, Midgley was the Commonwealth Labour Party's only successful candidate, while in the 1945 UK general election, he won 30% of the vote in Belfast South against Ulster Unionist opposition. On 30 October 1945 Midgley protested when the Speaker, Sir Norman Stronge, agreed to Jack Beattie's request to

neg: Katie Larmour linen. Larmour was the face of the official 'George Best Foundation', is an advocate for peace in Northern Ireland as an ambassador and spokesperson for Unite Against Hate Campaign run in conjunction with the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) since 2010, and has been the patron of Northern Ireland's only registered breast cancer charity Pretty 'n' Pink since 2009 often fronting awareness campaigns. Larmour was voted 'The Most Glamorous Female in Northern Ireland' by public vote by IN! Magazine, Northern Ireland's biggest selling social monthly, and subsequently "FHM" magazine’s number one "Holiday Honey" by public vote in 2011 for

neg: 2011 Northern Ireland local elections 2011 Northern Ireland local elections Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 5 May 2011, contesting 582 seats in all. European Union and Commonwealth citizens who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the elections was midnight on Thursday 14 April 2011. All voters were required to present one piece of photographic ID in order to cast a vote at the polling station – accepted forms of ID are an electoral identity card, a photographic NI or GB driving licence, a European

neg: Elections in Northern Ireland Unionist vote collapsed following their electoral defeat in February. February 1974 The UUP, DUP and Vanguard entered into an electoral pact to not stand against one another. The Pact won 51.1% of the Northern Ireland vote and 11 out of the 12 seats. This election also saw the debut of the SDLP, Vanguard and Alliance parties as well as the DUP under its current name. 1970 1964 Sinn Féin refused to fight any seats in Northern Ireland at this election. Nevertheless, the nationalist vote rose as Independent Republican candidates contested the full range of seats. This was the last election

neg: United Ireland of the United Kingdom was the favoured long term option of 66% of the population. When the same survey was carried out in 2015, support was 22%. In 1973, the population of Northern Ireland was granted a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a united Ireland. The result was 98.9% in favour of union with the rest of the UK, but the poll was overwhelmingly boycotted by nationalists, and the turnout was therefore 58.7%. The pro-UK vote did however represent 57.5% of the entire electorate,

neg: 2000 South Antrim by-election 8.7% of the vote at the previous general election, they did not stand on this occasion. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland selected David Ford, who was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the area and who had previously fought the seat in the 1997 general election. With all the Unionist candidates opposed to the Good Friday Agreement to some degree, Ford hoped to gain the support of pro Agreement unionist voters. However, with the Unionist parties fighting fiercely, Ford faced the difficult task of convincing voters that a vote for the Alliance was not wasted, especially when

neg: 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland from the UK Unionist Party. The Social Democratic and Labour Party also suffered from a reduction in their share of the vote – ending in fourth place from second place at the last general election – though the SDLP did not lose any seats. Both the DUP and Sinn Féin increased their share of the vote as well as their number of seats. Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Northern Ireland. 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland.

neg: Alliance Party of Northern Ireland as representing a "third tradition". "In the context of Northern Ireland it includes those who, whether in politics, culture, religion, or in private life have refused to be categorised as Orange or Green". (Alliance 1992) As Alliance have moved to an ideologically liberal perspective, and Northern Ireland society has become more diverse, support for diversity has become a key Alliance platform, with Anna Lo MLA elected as the first ethnically Chinese parliamentarian in Western Europe and the party promoting a number of openly gay spokesperson. One trend over time with Alliance's vote is that in contrast to 1973, when Alliance

neg: Shay Given season, he was selected by Martin O'Neill in his 27-man squad for a friendly against Oman and Ireland's first Euro 2016 qualifier in Georgia. It came after a two-year international absence, after retiring following the disappointing Euro 2012, where Ireland failed to progress from the group stages. He was one of four goalkeepers in the squad. On 2 September 2014, Given made his first start for Ireland since the Euros in a 2–0 win against Oman. However, he did not start against Georgia in O'Neill's first competitive game with David Forde getting the nod. Ireland won 2–1 in Tbilisi thanks

neg: Northern Ireland Women's Coalition where the party's vote fell to 5,785 votes (0.8%). The party subsequently held a "a frank, honest and constructive discussion" about whether to continue, eventually resolving that it would not wind up. Its electoral fortunes did not recover. The party's last remaining elected representative lost her seat on North Down Borough Council in 2005, where the NIWC secured 0.1% of the Northern Ireland vote. The party never contested another election. On 11 May 2006, the Women's Coalition was formally wound up at a function held in Belfast. Northern Ireland Women's Coalition The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC) was a minor

neg: Workers' Party of Ireland split in 1992. Davy Kettyles became an independent 'Progressive Socialist' while Gerry Cullen in Dungannon and the Workers' Party northern chairman, Seamus Lynch in Belfast, joined Democratic Left. The party held onto its one council seat in the 1993 local elections with Peter Smyth retaining the seat that had been held by Tom French in Craigavon. This was lost in 1997, leaving them without elected representation in Northern Ireland. The party performed poorly in the March 2007 Assembly election; it won no seats, and in its best result in Belfast West, it gained 1.26% of the vote. The party did

neg: Carol Mather in Northern Ireland, and Royal Ulster Constabulary; and campaigned against the M25 being driven through his constituency. His strong right-wing views gained him to appointments on various backbench committees, but did not endear him to the party leadership. He became less vocal in sharing his views when Margaret Thatcher appointed him as an opposition whip in 1975, soon after she became leader of the Conservatives. After James Callaghan's Labour government lost a motion of no confidence by one vote in 1979, orchestrated in part by Mather, he became a government whip after the Conservatives won the 1979 general election. He

neg: 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Ireland. No other unionist parties won seats, with Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) seeing their vote fall by almost 10,000 (though with three fewer candidates). TUV did however retain second place in North Antrim, though they remained over 11,000 votes behind the DUP. They also saved their deposit in three other seats. The United Kingdom Independence Party contested their first general election in Northern Ireland. They polled 18,000 votes in ten constituencies, saving their deposit in four. Their best performance came in East Antrim where they won nearly 11% of the vote. The Northern Ireland Conservatives were contesting a general election

neg: Everybody Votes Channel areas; for example, a UK user would be shown results for Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, and in the US, the results of all 50 states and Puerto Rico were shown. These results were displayed on a map, with hues that indicated which option received the majority vote in each region. The hue was a deeper shade if the majority was more pronounced. The previous twelve polls that a user had voted on were archived so that one could check back on them after the polls had closed. In addition to casting a vote, users

neg: Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Down is one of the six counties comprising Northern Ireland. County Down was represented in the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1921-1973. This article deals with the Down County constituencies. For the County Down Borough constituencies in the City of Belfast, see Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies). See also the List of Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies 1921-1973. 1921-1929: The part of County Down not included in the Belfast seats was an eight-member constituency, electing MPs using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. There was a two-member UK Parliament constituency of Down, 1922-1950, with

neg: The Quiet Man the rights to it for $10. The story's author was paid another $2,500 when Republic bought the idea, and he received a final payment of $3,750 when the film was actually made. Republic Pictures agreed to finance the film with O'Hara and Wayne starring and Ford directing, but only if all three agreed to first film a Western with Republic. They did, and after completing "Rio Grande", they headed for Ireland to start shooting. One of the conditions that Republic placed on Ford was that the film run under two hours. However, the finished picture was two hours and nine

neg: Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast West was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. Belfast West included the Court, Falls, St Anne's, St George's, Smithfield and Woodvale wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Central, Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale constituencies. Belfast West was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of Nationalist strength, electing three Unionists and one Nationalist in 1921 and one Unionists, one Independent

neg: Len Graham (footballer) then left Plainmoor and returned to Northern Ireland as player-manager of Irish League side Ards, but left Ards at the end of the 1959–60 season. On 7 March 1951, Graham made his debut for Peter Doherty's Northern Ireland in a 2–1 defeat at home to Wales and was a regular in the Northern Irish side until the end of 1955 when Willie Cunningham replaced him. Graham was a member of the 22-man 1958 Northern Ireland World Cup squad, but was one of five unlucky squad members who didn't travel to Sweden for the tournament (of 16 nations taking part, Northern

neg: Archibald Cox narrow, simply providing federal court jurisdiction, and followed the points in Cox's brief. But Cox had much more difficulty with the follow up cases, because he could not persuade himself that history or legal theory would demand a one-man-one-vote standard in all cases. He developed what he later called a "highly complex set of criteria," but in the end when the Court finally erected the one-man-one-vote standard it simply made the general rule subject to all the exceptions that Cox had tried to weave into his proposed standards. As Chief Justice Warren's clerk later told him "all the Chief did

neg: Foyle (UK Parliament constituency) elections has often had the strongest vote for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in the whole of Northern Ireland. There had been much speculation that with the gradual retirement of John Hume from politics, the SDLP vote might collapse. In the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the SDLP lost 11.5% of the vote and were only narrowly ahead of Sinn Féin. Hume's retirement led to many questioning whether Mark Durkan, Hume's successor as leader, could hold on to the seat. However, in the 2005 general election he did so. The decline in the Unionist vote suggests that some

neg: Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies The Northern Ireland House of Commons existed from 1921 to 1973 as the lower House of the devolved legislature of the part of the United Kingdom called Northern Ireland. As in the UK Parliament the constituencies were classified as borough, county or university constituencies. In 1921–29 the 52 provincial Members of Parliament were elected using proportional representation by the single transferable vote in multi member constituencies. The constituencies which returned one or two members to the UK Parliament, between 1922 and 1950, were used for Northern Ireland devolved elections in the 1921–29 period. Between 1929 and

neg: Roy Mason towards a political settlement from the local political parties but both attempts failed. Mason's policies in Northern Ireland earned the ire of Irish nationalist MPs. This played a part in the March 1979 vote of no confidence, which the Labour government lost by one vote, precipitating the 1979 general election. Nationalist MP Gerry Fitt abstained in the vote of no confidence, stating that he could not support a government with Mason as its Northern Ireland secretary. After Labour's election defeat in 1979 Mason came under increasing pressure from leftwingers in his constituency party under the influence of Arthur Scargill but

neg: Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Londonderry is one of the six counties comprising Northern Ireland. County Londonderry was represented in the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1921-1973. This article deals with the Londonderry Borough and County constituencies. See also the List of Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies 1921-1973. 1921-1929: County Londonderry was a five-member constituency, electing MPs using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. There was a single member UK Parliament constituency of Londonderry, 1922-1950, with the same boundaries. 1929-1973: The area was divided into five single member divisions, electing MPs using the first past the post electoral system.

neg: Peter Emerson the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Northern Ireland. In 1984, he attracted attention when he broke into a civil defence bunker and obtained papers which appeared to indicate Soviet military targets in the Republic of Ireland. Emerson stood unsuccessfully as an independent in Area E of Belfast City Council at the Northern Ireland local elections, 1977. In the 1981 elections, Emerson stood as one of three "Ecology" candidates; with 202 votes, he was the most successful, although he did not come close to election. This led him to become one of the most prominent founders of the Ecology Party in

neg: Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland in Ireland issued a statement supporting the traditional view of marriage as being between a man and woman. In April 2015, a cross-denominational group issued a leaflet urging a No vote. Two bishops (one Roman Catholic and one Church of Ireland), and ministers and lay members of the Methodist, Presbyterian various Pentecostal churches signed and distributed the leaflet. On 22 April 2015, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland issued a statement advocating a no vote, saying "the change proposed in the same-sex marriage referendum denies the rights of children and the natural responsibilities of a father and a

neg: Alasdair McDonnell in 1996 and the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 and 2003. In 2004 he became his party's deputy leader. In the 2005 general election McDonnell generated one of the most sensational results in Northern Ireland when he won South Belfast, primarily due to a split in the unionist vote. He received 10,339 votes while the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) candidate Jimmy Spratt received 9,104 votes and Ulster Unionist Party candidate Michael McGimpsey received 7,263 votes. He was then re-elected by an increased majority in the 2010 general election. On 5 November 2011, he was elected leader of the SDLP at

neg: 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. The election resulted in a reduction in the share of vote and the number of seats won by the Ulster Unionist Party, though the UUP did remain the largest political party in Northern Ireland, and even managed to regain the seats of South Antrim after it was lost in a by-election in 2000 to the Democratic Unionist Party and North Down

neg: Philip Pedley banned the South African Embassy from the holding a reception for conference delegates at the national YC Conference, stating: "We have no wish to partake of canapes and chardonnay with a bunch of racist apologists and BOSS operatives. We don't support further sanctions but our stance on South Africa is simple... one man, one vote; a free press; a free judiciary and free enterprise is what the Young Conservatives support for South Africa, an inclusive system which does not exclude people on the basis of race." The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Prior, was attempting to introduce 'rolling

neg: Second Dáil specified by the Treaty was by "a meeting summoned for the purpose of the members elected to sit in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland". The Dáil vote did not fulfil this because four unionists were absent and one Northern Ireland member was present. The requisite approval came at a separate meeting on 14 January 1922 attended by the unionists and boycotted by anti-Treaty TDs. The 14 January meeting also approved a Provisional Government led by Collins, which ran in parallel to Griffith's Dáil government and with overlapping membership. Technically, this meeting was not of the House of Commons

neg: Kilwarlin the colt's effectiveness over the distance with the "Sporting Life" opining that a sprinter had as much chance of winning the Leger as a snail had of winning the Stewards' Cup. He did however attract considerable support from the large Irish contingent: according to one report a "man of knowledge" claimed that "all Ireland was on". Kilwarlin was unruly in the paddock and Robinson opted to abandon the colt's participation in the parade in front of the stands as his behaviour deteriorated. On arrival at the start the colt bucked, kicked and refused to line alongside the others. When the

neg: Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) there were five unionists, one Nationalist and one member of the Unbought Tenants Association elected. Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned seven MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. Antrim consisted of the administrative County Antrim (that is, excluding those parts of the historic county within the County Borough of Belfast). In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Antrim Borough, Bann Side, Carrick, Larne, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies. Antrim had a Unionist majority, with some pockets

neg: 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election and Molloy was nominated by his party for, and elected to, a newly created position of Principal Deputy Speaker with a presumed right of succession. European Union (EU) and Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 5 May elections was midnight on 14 April 2011. All voters had to present one piece of photographic identification in order to cast a vote at the polling station: accepted forms of ID were an Electoral Identity Card, a photographic Northern Ireland or Great Britain driving licence, a

neg: North Down (UK Parliament constituency) use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. The constituency was incorporated into the eight-member constituency of Down, and saw the President of Dáil Éireann, Éamon de Valera, elected there. The constituency also elected the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir James Craig, to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. North Down is one of the most overwhelmingly unionist parts of Northern Ireland, with nationalist parties routinely getting no more than 5% of the vote, if that. In the

neg: 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election Ireland Executive was that the UUP lost a ministerial post to the Alliance. The election was the first since the devolution of policing and justice powers to the assembly. In contrast to previous elections, it was relatively uncontroversial. The turnout was one of the lowest ever in a Northern Ireland election. Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party both continued to make gains, although the DUP vote share was slightly down. The election was a disaster for the Ulster Unionist Party, which came behind the Social Democratic and Labour Party in terms of first preference vote, although the UUP won

neg: Glorious Twelfth Glorious Twelfth The Glorious Twelfth is the twelfth day of August, the start of the shooting season for red grouse ("Lagopus lagopus scotica"), and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan ("Lagopus muta") in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is one of the busiest days in the shooting season, with large amounts of game being shot. The date itself is traditional; the current legislation enshrining it in England and Wales is the Game Act 1831 (and in Northern Ireland, the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985). Not all game (as defined by the 1831 act) have the same start to their

neg: 1986 Mid Ulster by-election survive with less than 50% of the vote due to a split Nationalist vote and both seats were gained by Sinn Féin in later elections once Unionist pacts had broken down. 1986 Mid Ulster by-election The 1986 Mid Ulster by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition

neg: Northern Ireland civil rights movement month. In Belfast the situation was different, since students at Queen’s University (QUB) were at the centre of events. Bernadette Devlin, leader of the People's Democracy (PD) and a foremost figure in the civil-rights movement, described her return to QUB after the Derry march: On 9 October, Devlin and others organized a protest march to Belfast City Hall against police brutality: "2,000 people turned up spontaneously. All the complacent attitudes were gone". After this protest, the students returned to campus and held a meeting at which the PD was formed with six demands: one man, one vote; a fair drawing

neg: 1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election Unionist candidate Ken Maginnis was able to survive with less than 50% of the vote due to a split Nationalist vote. 1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election The 1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of

neg: Peter Thompson (Northern Ireland footballer) 27 goals in 43 starts, inspiring Linfield onto an outstanding 'Clean Sweep' of 4 domestic trophies. He was the Irish Premier League's top goalscorer in the 2005–06 season, scoring 25 goals in the league. The 2006–07 season was equally fruitful with 31 goals in 51 games and in his final season with the Irish Champions, he hit a very impressive 44 goals in 48 starts. In the 2008–09 season he only appeared in one competitive match, when Linfield lost 2–0 to an excellent Dinamo Zagreb side. He did however score 2 goals in two friendly games at the start of

neg: 1995 North Down by-election it had seen the Conservative Party's best result in Northern Ireland, picking up 32.0% of the vote. In 1995, North Down was the wealthiest constituency in the province, and had one of the lowest Catholic populations. As a result, neither the Social Democratic and Labour Party nor Sinn Féin, the two parties most closely associated with the Catholic community in Northern Ireland, had regularly stood candidates in the constituency, and neither chose to stand in the by-election. Bob McCartney had stood in the constituency for the Ulster Unionist Party in 1983, when he had come third with 20.3% of the

neg: House of Commons of the United Kingdom members of the House of Commons. To vote, one must be a resident of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and a British citizen, or a citizen of a British overseas territory, of the Republic of Ireland, or of a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. British citizens living abroad are allowed to vote for 15 years after moving from the United Kingdom. No person may vote in more than one constituency. Once elected, Members of Parliament normally continue to serve until the next dissolution of Parliament. But if a member dies or ceases to be qualified

neg: Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and one Independent). Stratton Mills, an Ulster Unionist/Conservative member of the Westminster Parliament for North Belfast also joined, providing Alliance with its only House of Commons representation until 2010. Its first electoral challenge was the District Council elections of May 1973 when they managed to win a respectable 13.6% of the votes cast. In the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly which followed the next month the party polled 9.2% and won eight seats. The then party leader, Oliver Napier and his deputy Bob Cooper became part of the short-lived power-sharing executive body. Alliance's vote peaked in the 1977 local

neg: Gareth McAuley eye of the former Northern Ireland manager Sammy McIlroy who had given McAuley his first Northern Ireland B call-up. After impressing in his trial, McAuley seemed set to sign for Stockport but talks broke down and he instead joined Lincoln City on a two-year deal with Coleraine receiving £10,000 for his services. With Lincoln already boasting one of the strongest defences in League Two at the time of McAuley's arrival, he did not walk straight into the first team. His first few appearances for the club were all as a substitute, and often in the role of a target man

neg: Joseph Davison Joseph Davison Sir Joseph Davison (1868 – 15 July 1948) was a prominent Northern Irish Unionist politician. He was knighted in the Honours for the Opening of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1921. In 1923, Davison stood as the Ulster Unionist Party candidate in a by-election in Belfast West to the Northern Ireland House of Commons, but was beaten by independent Unionist Philip James Woods. In 1933, writing in the "Northern Whig", Davison stated "...it is time Protestant employers of Northern Ireland realised that whenever a Roman Catholic is brought into their employment it means one Protestant vote less...

neg: Seamus Lynch Lynch became its Northern Chairman and national Vice-President He then stood in the 1983 general election, receiving 5.7% of the vote, but did less well in the Northern Ireland-wide European Parliament election in 1984, taking only 1.3% and seventh position of eight candidates. He was re-elected to Belfast City Council in 1985, representing Oldpark, and held his seat in 1989. Lynch's best result in a Westminster election came when he took 11.8% of the vote in a three-way contest in the Belfast North by-election, 1986. At the following year's general election, he dropped back to 8.3%. He also stood in

neg: Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year The Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year (often called the NIFWA Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in the IFA Premiership. It is one of two association football Player of the Year awards in Northern Ireland, with the other being the Ulster Footballer of the Year award. The award has been presented since the 1969–70 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst members of the association. The first

neg: Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland found that 65.22% of people surveyed supported the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. However, a majority of Unionist respondents was opposed to same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, with only 37.04% in favour (with support rising to 71% for Unionists aged between 18 and 24 years of age). By contrast, 92.92% of Nationalist/Republican respondents and 95.75% of Alliance/Green/PBP voters were in favour. An April 2018 poll found support for same-sex marriage among Northern Ireland's population at 76%, with 18% opposed. The main churches in Northern Ireland define marriage as between one man and one woman. The majority of marriages

neg: Francophobia France and the Republic of Ireland over political and economic issues that led to expressions of Irish francophobia. One of these was when Ireland rejected the Lisbon treaty in a referendum in 2008 and Nicolas Sarkozy commented that Ireland "must vote again" – as it indeed did the following year. Another source has been the French criticism of Ireland's low corporate taxation rate and the perceived French resistance to conceding an interest rate reduction on the International Monetary Fund/ European Union loan arrangement until Ireland "moves" on this rate, which was perceived as interference. Francophobia in Ireland rose in the

neg: Charles Beattie were under the late Lord Carson'. Beattie went on to deny that there was any split in Orange ranks but to warn that if the Government of Northern Ireland did not act wisely (in the opinion of the Orange Order), the Order 'would know what to do when it came to the next election'. In October 1954, one of Beattie's warnings to the Northern Ireland government was mentioned by the Irish Nationalist MP Joe Stewart in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He referred to a newspaper report that Beattie had said "the time had come for them, behind the walls

neg: Erskine Holmes Holmes was elected to Belfast City Council at the Northern Ireland local elections, 1973 in Belfast Area A, but did not defend his seat in 1977. By the Upper Bann by-election, 1990, the NILP had been disbanded, and Holmes stood as an independent candidate, campaigning for the "right to vote Labour". By the early 1970s, he ran the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations, and he also has a long involvement with the co-operative movement, as founder of the NI Co-ownership Society and NI Assembly All Party Co-operative Group, and chairman of the Co-operative Press. When the British Labour Party

neg: Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and loyalist ceasefires in 1994, Alliance became the first non-nationalist party to enter into talks with Sinn Féin, as an active participant in the Northern Ireland peace process negotiations leading to the Good Friday Agreement, which it strongly supported. Alliance polled poorly in the 1996 elections for the Northern Ireland Forum, and the 1998 election for the Northern Ireland Assembly winning around 6.5% of the vote each time. This did enable the party to win six seats in the Assembly, although this was somewhat of a let-down given that it had been expected to do much better. John Alderdice resigned

neg: John Ferguson (Northern Ireland politician) the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, and won a seat on Belfast City Council at the Northern Ireland local elections, 1973. He was also successful in Belfast North at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but when he stood in the equivalent Westminster constituency at the October 1974 general election, he took only 8.1% of the vote. He stood again in Belfast North for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, but he narrowly missed re-election. John Ferguson (Northern Ireland politician) John Ferguson (born June 1911) was a politician in Northern Ireland. Ferguson was born in Belfast and studied at the Moravian

neg: Northern Ireland peace process campaign for the "Yes" vote, with large posters posted across Northern Ireland. One such poster featured five handwritten "pledges" by Prime Minister Tony Blair in an attempt to obtain the unionist "Yes" vote – this is despite the fact that none of the wording from these "pledges" was actually contained within the agreement that was being put to the electorate. These "pledges" were: On the republican side, the "No" campaign seemed to concentrate on the purity of the republican ideal of complete and absolute independence from Britain. In this view any compromise, however temporary, on the goal of Irish unity

neg: Ulster Defence Regiment first time in history. The hope of the British Army's commander was that the process of amalgamation with the Rangers, coupled with the change of name, would be a fresh start for what he says was a "discredited UDR". The Rangers recruited from the South of Ireland, including many Catholics, and this would aid the process. "Project Infancy" would also ensure that the Royal Irish Rangers, the last Irish infantry battalion of "the line" did not lose their training facilities and presence in Northern Ireland. The UDR, which was not regular line infantry was, in the words of one commander,

neg: 2016 National Assembly for Wales election the official opposition to the Welsh Government with 12 seats, one more than before. The 11 Conservative Party AMs were elected, three fewer than in 2011. Although they did not win a single constituency, the UK Independence Party had 7 members elected through the regional lists vote. The Liberal Democrats had only one AM returned, down from five. The election was held on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament, for the Northern Ireland Assembly, for the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. The by-election for the Westminster seat of Ogmore was

neg: Slovenia national football team by an Italian coach of Slovene origin, Edoardo Reja. However, that did not happen and Kek was given a chance to prove himself in a qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Slovenia was drawn into a group with Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, and San Marino. Slovenia held Poland to a 1–1 draw in Wrocław and then won its first two home games against Slovakia (2–1) and Northern Ireland (2–0). Slovenia then won only one point in the two games with the Czech Republic and lost away against Northern Ireland, when they got back on track with the

neg: Age of consent reform in the United Kingdom Amendment Act of 1885 raised it to 16. In 1917, a bill raising the age of consent in Great Britain and Ireland from 16 to 17 was defeated by only one vote. In 1950, the Parliament of Northern Ireland passed the Children and Young Persons Act, which successfully raised the age of consent to 17. However, in 2008 this enactment was reversed by the British government in the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, which made the age of consent in Northern Ireland 16, regardless of sexual orientation or gender. The reason given for this Order being made was to

neg: Northern Ireland Football League Youth League Cup for their youth teams. Operated as a limited company, the 36 member clubs act as shareholders with one vote each. The NIFL is the successor to the Irish Football League, which was historically the league for the entire island of Ireland upon its formation in 1890; it became Northern Ireland's national league after the partition of Ireland in 1921. Originally formed in 1890, the national football league of Northern Ireland is the second-oldest national league in the world, being formed a week earlier than the Scottish Football League. Only the English Football League is older. (The Dutch

neg: Workers' Party of Ireland Workers' Party ran six candidates, without success. In the 2016 general election, the party ran five candidates, again without success. The party gained ten seats at the 1973 Northern Irish local elections. Four years later, in May 1977, this had dropped to six council seats and 2.6% of the vote. One of their best results was when Tom French polled 19% in the 1986 Upper Bann by-election, although no other candidates stood against the sitting MP and a year later, when other parties contested the constituency, he only polled 4.7% of the vote. Three councillors left the party during the

neg: 1982 Belfast South by-election United Labour Party, led by Paddy Devlin, stood Brian Caul. Several other candidates stood. John McMichael represented the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, linked to the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association on a platform of Ulster nationalism. Jagat Narain, possibly the first non-white candidate in an election in Northern Ireland, stood as "One Human Family", while Simon Hall-Raleigh stood as "Peace State". The UUP turned the tide of losses to the DUP; they held the seat with a convincing 39.3% of the vote, and giving them hope for the upcoming 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election. Alliance slightly increased their vote and held

neg: Elections in Northern Ireland Ulster, though likewise this was not enough to win the DUP the seat. 2001 In the wake of the Good Friday Agreement, the polarisation of Northern Ireland politics led to the hardline DUP and Sinn Féin making dramatic gains at the expense of the moderate UUP and SDLP, while the Alliance's share of the vote fell for the third election running. The Nationalists gained two seats from the Unionists. There were no seats where a split vote for one "side" allowed the other "side" to gain the seat; the seven seats won by nationalist parties were the same seven seats

neg: Jamie Conlan Jamie Conlan Jamie Conlan (born 10 October 1986) is a professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the current WBC Silver International and Commonwealth Super Flyweight champion. Conlan started boxing at the St John Bosco Boxing Club in Belfast, and represented Northern Ireland and Ireland at international level. He was initially coached by his father and Sean McCafferty, a former Olympian. At 13 years of age, he had his first competitive fight, marking the start of a successful amateur career. Conlan went on to win numerous domestic titles, including five All-Ireland junior titles, one National under-21 title, and one

neg: Municipal borough councillors were ended, with all members of the council elected by popular vote. One quarter of the elected members were entitled to the title of "alderman", which was used to designate the first candidates elected in each area. The remaining successful candidates being "councillors". On partition in 1922, two boroughs were included in Northern Ireland, and nine in the Irish Free State. On establishment, Northern Ireland contained only the county boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry. The Parliament of Northern Ireland abolished proportional representation in local government elections in 1922, and amended the 1840 Act in 1926, allowing urban districts to

neg: 2016 Jordanian general election election. In 2015 the government announced new reforms, promising an end to the one-man one-vote system. The proposed reforms were revealed on 31 August 2015. The new electoral system was very similar to the 1989 elections, in that it fully did away with one-man one-vote, reintroducing block voting for all seats. One major difference was that in addition to voting for individual candidates, voters will also have a single vote for a multi-member party list, an adaptation taken from the experiment with proportional representation in the 2013 elections. All candidates will run as members of lists, with open list PR

neg: Leinster Cricket Union "Leinster Branch of the Irish Cricket Union". Initially, there was strong resistance to competitive cricket and the Leinster Senior League and Leinster Senior Cup did not start until 1919, although junior clubs competed for the Intermediate Cup from 1895 and a schools league began in 1906. In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, the NCU and the North West. The Leinster team is known as Leinster Lightning. Leinster Cricket Union The Leinster Cricket Union, also known as Cricket Leinster, is one of five provincial governing bodies for cricket in Ireland. Along with the Northern,

neg: Wolf v. Walker Crabb stated, "the most 'traditional' form of marriage has not been between one man and one woman, but between one man and "multiple" women, which presumably is not a tradition that defendants and amici would like to continue...Similarly, women were deprived of many opportunities, including the right to vote, for much of this country’s history, often because of 'traditional' beliefs about women’s abilities...With respect to marriage in particular, there was a time when 'the very being or legal existence of [a] woman [was] suspended' when she married," referring to coverture. Although the ruling did not immediately issue an injunction directing

neg: A24 road (Northern Ireland) A24 road (Northern Ireland) The A24 is a major road in Northern Ireland; running from Belfast, through Carryduff and Ballynahinch to Clough, near Newcastle where it meets the A2. The section of the A24 from Forestside Shopping Centre to Carryduff roundabout was named by European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) as one of the six most dangerous sections of road in Northern Ireland in 2005. This part of the road is a four-lane undivided carriageway. There are plans to build a by-pass of the A24 around Ballynahinch. Work is planned to start in 2017 and be completed in 2019, provided the

neg: A24 road (Northern Ireland) made such a move impossible. A24 road (Northern Ireland) The A24 is a major road in Northern Ireland; running from Belfast, through Carryduff and Ballynahinch to Clough, near Newcastle where it meets the A2. The section of the A24 from Forestside Shopping Centre to Carryduff roundabout was named by European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) as one of the six most dangerous sections of road in Northern Ireland in 2005. This part of the road is a four-lane undivided carriageway. There are plans to build a by-pass of the A24 around Ballynahinch. Work is planned to start in 2017 and be

neg: Northern Ireland Conservatives elected representation in Northern Ireland. For results of other NI parties which were affiliated historically with the Conservatives, see the following pages: Northern Ireland Conservatives The Conservative and Unionist Party, also known as Northern Ireland Conservatives is a section of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party that operates in Northern Ireland. The party won 0.4% of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016, and 0.3% of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017. In 2009, the party entered an electoral alliance with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), whereby the two parties fielded joint candidates for elections to

neg: Irish republican electoral results, Northern Ireland local elections elected: Irish republican electoral results, Northern Ireland local elections Held on Wednesday 30 May 1973, a total of 526 councillors had to be elected to the 26 new District Councils of Northern Ireland. Proportional representation was used for the first time in Northern Ireland since the 1920s, on the basis of single transferable vote. Results for Irish republican parties were: Vote statistics: Councillors elected to: Held on Wednesday 18 May 1977, a total of 526 councillors had to be elected to the 26 District Councils of Northern Ireland. As in 1973, proportional representation using the single transferable vote system was

neg: Irish republican electoral results, Northern Ireland local elections Irish republican electoral results, Northern Ireland local elections Held on Wednesday 30 May 1973, a total of 526 councillors had to be elected to the 26 new District Councils of Northern Ireland. Proportional representation was used for the first time in Northern Ireland since the 1920s, on the basis of single transferable vote. Results for Irish republican parties were: Vote statistics: Councillors elected to: Held on Wednesday 18 May 1977, a total of 526 councillors had to be elected to the 26 District Councils of Northern Ireland. As in 1973, proportional representation using the single transferable vote system was used.

neg: James Young (comedian) and star of these plays which he would alternate with a string of successful one man shows. Recordings of these one man shows would form the basis for a series of comic records released by Emerald Records. He was listed in the "Guinness Book of Records" for having the longest running one man show ever and it was also claimed that he sold more albums in Northern Ireland than The Beatles. Young also toured his one-man shows in Canada and America playing in the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. In 1972 Young was at the height of his career and BBC Northern