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    The 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections were fifteen by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused...
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  • Elections in Northern Ireland are held on a regular basis to local councils, the Northern Ireland Assembly and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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    1982 Northern Ireland Assembly elections were held on 20 October 1982 in an attempt to re-establish devolution and power-sharing in Northern Ireland. Although...
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    responsibility for Northern Ireland. It was not supported by Irish nationalists and was officially dissolved in 1986. The Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998...
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    Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east...
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    The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday...
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    Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1989, with candidates contesting 565 seats. The elections took place after a turbulent...
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    The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998....
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    The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional...
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    Assembly was dissolved in 1986. The Assembly emerged as a result of initiatives by the then Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, Humphrey Atkins and...
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    Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 15 May 1985, contesting 565 seats in all. The previous elections had been fought in the...
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  • Events during the year 1986 in Northern Ireland. Secretary of State - Tom King 1 January - The Troubles: James McCandless (39) and Michael Williams (24)...
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    supporters elect many hard-line men in Ulster local government poll, The Times, 2 June 1973 Local Government Elections 1973, Northern Ireland Elections...
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    17 Westminster seats in the province, the 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections were held on 23 January 1986, and all the resigning members except one were...
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    until his defeat in the by-elections of 1986, when he and others resigned and stood again to protest against the Anglo-Irish Agreement; Nicholson lost...
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    Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in May 1977. The elections saw good performances by the four largest parties: the Ulster Unionist...
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    Peter Barry (politician) (category Ministers for foreign affairs of Ireland)
    "Peter Barry". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2009. "Westminster by-elections 1986". www.ark.ac...
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  • A power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive was formed following the Northern Ireland Assembly elections of 1973. The executive served as the devolved...
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  • Northern Ireland is divided into 18 parliamentary constituencies: 4 borough constituencies in Belfast and 14 county constituencies elsewhere. Section 33...
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    Assembly was created by section 1 of the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973. Elections were held on 28 June 1973. The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973...
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    Government Elections 1997, Northern Ireland Elections Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011...
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    Ireland Elections Antrim District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections "1981 Results Northern Ireland Local Government election". EONI...
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    Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 19 May 1993. Local Government Elections 1993, Northern Ireland Elections Antrim District...
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    (born 29 December 1948) is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the...
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    of Northern Ireland. The idea for a constitutional convention was first mooted by the Northern Ireland Office in its white paper The Northern Ireland Constitution...
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  • in recent elections. Party affiliation is generally based on religious and ethnic background. The Northern Ireland Assembly is elected by single transferable...
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  • Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. Its members founded the revolutionary Irish Republic...
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    the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature for the region. The purpose-built building, designed by Arnold Thornely, and constructed by Stewart...
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  • registered to contest elections for Dáil Éireann and in Killarney for local elections. Republican Sinn Féin were formed in 1986 by members of Sinn Féin...
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  • The 1986 South Antrim by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament...
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