• The 1970 South Antrim by-election of 16 April 1970 resulted in the loss of a seat from the Ulster Unionist Party to the much smaller Protestant Unionist...
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  • as launching Paisley's political career. In the 1970 UK general election, Paisley won the North Antrim seat in the UK Parliament, of which Bannside formed...
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    North Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Jim Allister (TUV). 1950–1974: The Boroughs of Ballymena...
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    Antrim County (/ˈæntrəm/ AN-trəm) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,431. The county seat...
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    The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward...
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    South Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Robin Swann (UUP) From 1885, this constituency was...
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    include: Belfast South became Belfast South and Mid Down, and incorporates some areas formerly part of Strangford or Lagan Valley. East Antrim now includes...
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  • Bannside and Beattie for South Antrim. In that year's Westminster general election, Paisley was elected to represent Antrim North in the British House...
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  • James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (since 1922))
    on Antrim County Council,. At the 1970 general election he was elected to the House of Commons as UUP Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim, succeeding...
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  • This is a list of by-elections to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. By-elections in Ireland occur to...
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  • The 1952 North Antrim by-election was held on 27 October 1952. It was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Ulster Unionist MP, Sir Hugh O'Neill...
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  • 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2001 (and a by-election in 1982), and previously in North Antrim in 1970. Gregory Campbell, elected for East Londonderry...
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    first-past-the-post elections for 48 single-member constituencies (including Antrim South). This constituency was one of seven county divisions in County Antrim from...
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  • Valley Aberdeenshire North and Moray East Caerfyrddin Ynys Mon North Antrim South Antrim Lagan Valley North Down Originally elected for Hitchin and Harpenden...
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    stood as the party candidate in the 1970 election in North Antrim and lost to Ian Paisley. McDonnell first won election to Belfast City Council in 1977,...
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  • The by-election held in Fermanagh and South Tyrone on 9 April 1981 is considered by many to be the most significant by-election held in Northern Ireland...
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    formerly held by Prime Minister Terence O'Neill. Another PUP candidate, William Beattie, won the South Antrim seat. In the 1970 UK general election, Paisley...
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    Parliament for Paisley South, Gordon McMaster, of the Labour Party; died on 28 July 1997. The 1997 Paisley South by-election was held on 6 November 1997...
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    at the 1970 general election, held on 18 June. These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1970 general election. Note: This...
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    Jim Allister (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (since 1922))
    barrister who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim since the 2024 general election. He founded the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) in 2007...
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    when, where, or by whom" an election observer was allegedly blocked from observing ballot-counting in Michigan. On election night in Antrim County, human...
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  • Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2024. South Antrim Kula, Adam (5 July 2024). "General election 2024: South Antrim - Exiting DUP candidate says 'we haven't...
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    for the negotiations, and stood in the four constituencies, North Antrim, South Antrim, East Londonderry and Strangford, under the label "For the Anglo-Irish...
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  • List of Democratic Unionist Party MPs (category Lists of United Kingdom MPs by party)
    independent. Staff reporter (2015). "Belfast East". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2015. Staff reporter (2015). "South Antrim". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2015....
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  • Anne Dickson (category Councillors in County Antrim)
    the Stormont Parliament, she was elected in the 1973 Assembly election for South Antrim as an Independent Unionist candidate having resigned from the...
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  • Conservative Party until 1972. Gains are marked with a grey background. 2018 North Antrim recall petition 1973 Northern Ireland border poll 1998 Northern Ireland...
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    Terence O'Neill (category High sheriffs of Antrim)
    Northern Ireland in a converted Regency rectory near Ahoghill, County Antrim. In a by-election in 1946, he was elected as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP for...
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  • general election and Robin Swann's victory in South Antrim. Beattie announced he was stepping down as leader in August 2024 and was succeeded by former...
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    Lisburn City Council (category Politics of County Antrim)
    (SDLP). For elections to the Westminster Parliament, the council area was split between the Lagan Valley constituency, Belfast West and South Antrim constituencies...
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  • 2017 Assembly election. Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South and Mid Down Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle...
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