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Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] (listen);[1] Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) was a constituency of the European Parliament from 1979 until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020. It elected three MEPs using the single transferable vote, making it the only constituency in the United Kingdom which did not use first-past-the-post or party-list proportional representation.

Northern Ireland
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved31 January 2020
MEPs3
Sources
[2][3]

Boundaries

The constituency covered the entirety of Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It was the only constituency in the United Kingdom the boundaries of which remained unchanged from the first direct election in 1979 until the UK left the European Union in 2020.

Members of the European Parliament

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2019

2019 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Martina Anderson 22.17 126,951 128,117 128,190 128,200.50 152,436.50
DUP Diane Dodds 21.83 124,991 127,291 155,422    
Alliance Naomi Long 18.50 105,928 115,327 122,263 123,917.00 170,370.00
SDLP Colum Eastwood 13.72 78,589 80,949 82,101 82,413.50  
TUV Jim Allister 10.83 62,021 63,872 79,540 89,854.00 90,079.00
Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 9.26 53,052 54,736      
Green (NI) Clare Bailey 2.18 12,471        
UKIP Robert Hill 0.89 5,115        
Independent Jane Morrice 0.30 1,719        
Independent Neil McCann 0.17 948        
NI Conservatives Amandeep Singh Bhogal 0.12 662        
Electorate: 1,278,951   Valid: 572,447   Spoilt: 4,649 (0.81%)   Quota: 143,112   Turnout: 577,275 (45.14%)  

2014

Ten candidates stood in the election.[3][4]

2014 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Martina Anderson 25.5 159,813              
DUP Diane Dodds 20.9 131,163 131,831 131,845 133,465 139,791 143,009 179,302  
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 13.3 83,438 84,418 84,426 86,672 92,301 99,260 135,993 158,212
SDLP Alex Attwood 13.0 81,594 81,790 83,845 87,028 88,147 112,822 114,981 115,273
TUV Jim Allister 12.1 75,806 76,182 76,195 77,065 84,438 86,020    
Alliance Anna Lo 7.1 44,432 44,978 45,292 53,953 55,347      
UKIP Henry Reilly 3.9 24,584 24,914 24,945 26,017        
Green (NI) Ross Brown 1.7 10,598 10,923 11,038          
NI21 Tina McKenzie 1.7 10,553 10,823 10,862          
NI Conservatives Mark Brotherston 0.7 4,144              
Electorate: 1,226,771   Valid: 626,125   Spoilt: 9,968 (1.6%)   Quota: 156,532   Turnout: 635927  

2009

2009 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Sinn Féin Bairbre de Brún 26.0 126,184    
DUP Diane Dodds 18.2 88,346 91,260 115,722
UCU-NF Jim Nicholson 17.1 82,893 94,285 132,227
SDLP Alban Maginness 16.2 78,489 94,814 97,428
TUV 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

2004 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
DUP 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 Eamonn 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, Labour and others.[9]

1999

1999 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
DUP 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
PUP David Ervine 3.31 22,494    
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 2.98 20,283    
Alliance Seán 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

1994 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland - 3 seats[11][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
DUP Ian Paisley 29.2 163,246  
SDLP John Hume 28.9 161,992  
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 23.8 133,459 149,541.25
Alliance Mary Clark-Glass 4.1 23,157 23,375.55
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 3.8 21,273 21,278.10
Sinn Féin Dodie McGuinness 3.1 17,195 17,238.95
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 3.0 16,747 16.756.60
Ulster Independence Hugh Ross 1.4 7,858 12,575.05
NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal 1.0 5,583 6,106.95
Workers' Party John Lowry 0.5 2,543 2,579.00
Labour Party NI Niall Cusack 0.4 2,464 2,518.90
Natural Law James Anderson 0.2 1,418 1,492.70
Independent June Campion 0.2 1,088 1,127.15
Independent David Kerr 0.1 571 877.15
Natural Law Susannah Thompson 0.1 454 534.40
Natural Law Michael Kennedy 0.1 419 443.90
Independent Robert Mooney 0.1 400 455.95
Electorate: 1,151,389   Valid: 559,867   Spoilt: 9,234   Quota: 139,967   Turnout: 49.4%  
  • Note 1: Campion's candidacy, with the ballot paper description 'Peace Coalition', was supported by Democratic Left, the Greens and some Labour groups.
  • Note 2: Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the description Independence for Ulster.
  • Note 3: Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the description Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland.

1989

1989 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
DUP 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
NI Conservatives 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 Campaign 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

1984 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Ian Paisley 33.6 230,251      
SDLP John Hume 22.1 151,399 151,664 156,310 183,256
Ulster Unionist John Taylor 21.5 147,169 185,714    
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  
UPUP 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

1979 European Parliament election: Northern Ireland[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Ian Paisley 29.8 170,688          
SDLP John Hume 24.5 140,622 140,676 146,072      
Ulster Unionist John Taylor 11.9 68,185 77,228 80,207 80,405 96,407 153,466
Ulster Unionist Harry West 10.0 56,984 61,163 61,952 62,140 65,915  
Alliance Oliver Napier 6.8 39,026 39,404 45,702 51,263    
Ind. Unionist James Kilfedder 6.7 38,198 50,622 53,986 54,623 69,383 72,557
Independent Republican Bernadette McAliskey 5.9 33,969 33,975 36,105      
Independent David Bleakley 1.6 9,383 9,600        
United Labour Paddy Devlin 1.1 6,122 6,146        
Unionist Party NI Eddie Cummings 0.6 3,712 3,836        
Republican Clubs Brian Brennan 0.6 3,258 3,263        
Republican Clubs Francis Donnelly 0.2 1,160 1,164        
Ulster Liberal James Murray 0.2 932 948        
Electorate: 1,029,490   Valid: 572,239   Spoilt: 13,773   Quota: 143,060   Turnout: 586,059  

Bleakley appeared on the ballot paper with the description 'United Community'.

References

  1. ^ Tuaisceart Éireann. DFA.ie. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. ^ NI, Electoral Office (27 May 2019). "Updated Stage 1 resultspic.twitter.com/Ii6oAVzWP5".
  3. ^ Purdy, Martina (24 April 2014). "Ten candidates for NI Euro seats" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ Shields, Graham (25 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. ^ The 2014 European Elections, Northern Ireland Elections
  6. ^ BBC News - Vote 2014, Northern Ireland European election count
  7. ^ The 2009 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  8. ^ The 2004 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  9. ^ "Independent Candidate John Gilliland". BBC News. 18 May 2004.
  10. ^ The 1999 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  11. ^ The 1994 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  12. ^ [1], Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive
  13. ^ The 1989 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  14. ^ The 1984 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
  15. ^ The 1979 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections

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Northern Ireland Irish Tuaisceart Eireann ˈt ˠueʃceɾˠt ˠ ˈeːɾʲen ˠ listen 1 Ulster Scots Norlin Airlann was a constituency of the European Parliament from 1979 until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020 It elected three MEPs using the single transferable vote making it the only constituency in the United Kingdom which did not use first past the post or party list proportional representation Northern IrelandEuropean Parliament constituencyLocation among the 2014 constituenciesMember stateUnited KingdomCreated1979Dissolved31 January 2020MEPs3Sources 2 3 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of the European Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 2019 3 2 2014 3 3 2009 3 4 2004 3 5 1999 3 6 1994 3 7 1989 3 8 1984 3 9 1979 4 ReferencesBoundaries EditThe constituency covered the entirety of Northern Ireland a constituent country of the United Kingdom It was the only constituency in the United Kingdom the boundaries of which remained unchanged from the first direct election in 1979 until the UK left the European Union in 2020 Members of the European Parliament EditYear Member Party Member Party Member Party1979 Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist John Hume SDLP John Taylor Ulster Unionist19841989 Jim Nicholson199419992004 Jim Allister Bairbre de Brun Sinn Fein2007 Traditional Unionist Voice2009 Diane Dodds Democratic Unionist Conservatives and Unionists2012 Martina Anderson Ulster Unionist20142019 Naomi Long AllianceNote The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes and no significance should be attached to the order of columns For details of the order in which seats were won at each election see the detailed results of that election Elections Edit2019 Edit 2019 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 2 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Sinn Fein Martina Anderson 22 17 126 951 128 117 128 190 128 200 50 152 436 50DUP Diane Dodds 21 83 124 991 127 291 155 422 Alliance Naomi Long 18 50 105 928 115 327 122 263 123 917 00 170 370 00SDLP Colum Eastwood 13 72 78 589 80 949 82 101 82 413 50 TUV Jim Allister 10 83 62 021 63 872 79 540 89 854 00 90 079 00Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 9 26 53 052 54 736 Green NI Clare Bailey 2 18 12 471 UKIP Robert Hill 0 89 5 115 Independent Jane Morrice 0 30 1 719 Independent Neil McCann 0 17 948 NI Conservatives Amandeep Singh Bhogal 0 12 662 Electorate 1 278 951 Valid 572 447 Spoilt 4 649 0 81 Quota 143 112 Turnout 577 275 45 14 2014 Edit Ten candidates stood in the election 3 4 2014 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 5 6 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Sinn Fein Martina Anderson 25 5 159 813 DUP Diane Dodds 20 9 131 163 131 831 131 845 133 465 139 791 143 009 179 302 Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 13 3 83 438 84 418 84 426 86 672 92 301 99 260 135 993 158 212SDLP Alex Attwood 13 0 81 594 81 790 83 845 87 028 88 147 112 822 114 981 115 273TUV Jim Allister 12 1 75 806 76 182 76 195 77 065 84 438 86 020 Alliance Anna Lo 7 1 44 432 44 978 45 292 53 953 55 347 UKIP Henry Reilly 3 9 24 584 24 914 24 945 26 017 Green NI Ross Brown 1 7 10 598 10 923 11 038 NI21 Tina McKenzie 1 7 10 553 10 823 10 862 NI Conservatives Mark Brotherston 0 7 4 144 Electorate 1 226 771 Valid 626 125 Spoilt 9 968 1 6 Quota 156 532 Turnout 635927 2009 Edit 2009 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 7 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Sinn Fein Bairbre de Brun 26 0 126 184 DUP Diane Dodds 18 2 88 346 91 260 115 722UCU NF Jim Nicholson 17 1 82 893 94 285 132 227SDLP Alban Maginness 16 2 78 489 94 814 97 428TUV 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 2004 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 8 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3DUP Jim Allister 32 0 175 761 Sinn Fein Bairbre de Brun 26 3 144 541 Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 16 6 91 164 124 646 147 058SDLP Martin Morgan 15 9 87 559 88 010 108 531Independent John Gilliland 6 6 36 270 39 390 Socialist Environmental Eamonn 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 Labour and others 9 1999 Edit 1999 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 10 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3DUP Ian Paisley 28 4 192 762 SDLP John Hume 28 1 190 731 Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 17 6 119 507 162 627 184 739Sinn Fein Mitchel McLaughlin 17 3 117 643 119 352 119 384PUP 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 1994 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 3 seats 11 12 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2DUP Ian Paisley 29 2 163 246 SDLP John Hume 28 9 161 992 Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 23 8 133 459 149 541 25Alliance Mary Clark Glass 4 1 23 157 23 375 55Sinn Fein Tom Hartley 3 8 21 273 21 278 10Sinn Fein Dodie McGuinness 3 1 17 195 17 238 95Sinn Fein Francie Molloy 3 0 16 747 16 756 60Ulster Independence Hugh Ross 1 4 7 858 12 575 05NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal 1 0 5 583 6 106 95Workers Party John Lowry 0 5 2 543 2 579 00Labour Party NI Niall Cusack 0 4 2 464 2 518 90Natural Law James Anderson 0 2 1 418 1 492 70Independent June Campion 0 2 1 088 1 127 15Independent David Kerr 0 1 571 877 15Natural Law Susannah Thompson 0 1 454 534 40Natural Law Michael Kennedy 0 1 419 443 90Independent Robert Mooney 0 1 400 455 95Electorate 1 151 389 Valid 559 867 Spoilt 9 234 Quota 139 967 Turnout 49 4 Note 1 Campion s candidacy with the ballot paper description Peace Coalition was supported by Democratic Left the Greens and some Labour groups Note 2 Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the description Independence for Ulster Note 3 Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the description Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland 1989 Edit 1989 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 13 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2DUP Ian Paisley 29 9 160 110 SDLP John Hume 25 5 136 335 Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 22 2 118 785 141 583Sinn Fein Danny Morrison 9 1 48 914 48 987Alliance John Alderdice 5 2 27 905 28 633NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal 4 8 25 789 26 872Green NI Malcolm Samuel 1 2 6 569 6 876Workers Party Seamus Lynch 1 0 5 590 5 668Labour Mark Langhammer 0 7 3 540 3 661Labour Party NI Brian Caul 0 2 1 274 1 304Electorate 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 Campaign 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 1984 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 14 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4DUP Ian Paisley 33 6 230 251 SDLP John Hume 22 1 151 399 151 664 156 310 183 256Ulster Unionist John Taylor 21 5 147 169 185 714 Sinn Fein Danny Morrison 13 3 91 476 91 525 92 644 93 079Alliance David Cook 5 0 34 046 34 892 37 401 UPUP 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 1979 European Parliament election Northern Ireland 15 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6DUP Ian Paisley 29 8 170 688 SDLP John Hume 24 5 140 622 140 676 146 072 Ulster Unionist John Taylor 11 9 68 185 77 228 80 207 80 405 96 407 153 466Ulster Unionist Harry West 10 0 56 984 61 163 61 952 62 140 65 915 Alliance Oliver Napier 6 8 39 026 39 404 45 702 51 263 Ind Unionist James Kilfedder 6 7 38 198 50 622 53 986 54 623 69 383 72 557Independent Republican Bernadette McAliskey 5 9 33 969 33 975 36 105 Independent David Bleakley 1 6 9 383 9 600 United Labour Paddy Devlin 1 1 6 122 6 146 Unionist Party NI Eddie Cummings 0 6 3 712 3 836 Republican Clubs Brian Brennan 0 6 3 258 3 263 Republican Clubs Francis Donnelly 0 2 1 160 1 164 Ulster Liberal James Murray 0 2 932 948 Electorate 1 029 490 Valid 572 239 Spoilt 13 773 Quota 143 060 Turnout 586 059 Bleakley appeared on the ballot paper with the description United Community References Edit Tuaisceart Eireann DFA ie Retrieved 27 March 2016 NI Electoral Office 27 May 2019 Updated Stage 1 resultspic twitter com Ii6oAVzWP5 Purdy Martina 24 April 2014 Ten candidates for NI Euro seats via www bbc co uk Shields Graham 25 April 2014 Statement of Persons Nominated Electoral Office for Northern Ireland Retrieved 3 May 2014 The 2014 European Elections Northern Ireland Elections BBC News Vote 2014 Northern Ireland European election count The 2009 European Election Northern Ireland Elections The 2004 European Election Northern Ireland Elections Independent Candidate John Gilliland BBC News 18 May 2004 The 1999 European Election Northern Ireland Elections The 1994 European Election Northern Ireland Elections 1 Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive The 1989 European Election Northern Ireland Elections The 1984 European Election Northern Ireland Elections The 1979 European Election Northern Ireland Elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northern Ireland European Parliament constituency amp oldid 1139811101, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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