Stormont Assembly Elections 2017

[bogball88]

Have all the candidates in the north been announced yet for the Westminster elections? Seems like the parties have been taking their time canvassing and getting posters up this time etc.

Alliance Party (18 candidates)

East Antrim – Stewart Dickson

East Belfast – Naomi Long

East Londonderry – Chris McCaw

Fermanagh and South Tyrone – Noreen Campbell

Foyle – John Doherty

Lagan Valley – Aaron McIntyre

Mid Ulster – Fay Watson

Newry and Armagh – Jackie Coade

North Antrim – Patricia O'Lynn

North Belfast – Sam Nelson

North Down – Andrew Muir

South Antrim – Neil Kelly

South Belfast – Paula Bradshaw

South Down – Andrew McMurray

Strangford – Kellie Armstrong

Upper Bann – Tara Doyle

West Belfast – Sorcha Eastwood

West Tyrone – Stephen Donnelly

Sinn Fein (18 candidates)

Foyle- Elisha McCallion

South Belfast- Mairtin O'Mulleoir

South Down – Chris Hazzard

East Antrim- Oliver McMullan

East Belfast- Mairead O'Donnell

East Derry- Dermot Nicholl

Fermanagh & South Tyrone- Michelle Gildernew

Lagan Valley-

Mid Ulster- Francie Molloy

Newry & Armagh- Mickey Brady

North Antrim- Cara McShane

North Belfast- John Finucane

North Down- Therese McCartney

South Antrim- Declan Kearney

Strangford-

Upper Bann- John O'Dowd

West Belfast- Paul Maskey

West Tyrone- Barry McElduff

SDLP (18 Candidates)

Foyle- Mark Durkan

South Belfast- Alasdair McDonnell

South Down – Margaret Ritchie

East Antrim- Cllr Margaret Anne McKillop

East Belfast- Séamas de Faoite

East Derry- Cllr Stephanie Quigley

Fermanagh & South Tyrone- Cllr Mary Garrity

Lagan Valley- Cllr Pat Catney MLA

Mid Ulster- Cllr Malachy Quinn

Newry & Armagh- Justin McNulty MLA

North Antrim- Cllr Declan O'Loan

North Belfast- Martin McAuley

North Down- Caoímhe McNeill

South Antrim- Cllr Roisin Lynch

Strangford- Cllr Joe Boyle

Upper Bann- Cllr Declan McAlinden

West Belfast- Cllr Tim Attwood

West Tyrone- Daniel McCrossan MLA

DUP (17 candidates)

North Belfast – Nigel Dodds

East Belfast – Gavin Robinson

East Antrim – Sammy Wilson

North Antrim – Ian Paisley

East Londonderry – Gregory Campbell

Lagan Valley – Jeffrey Donaldson

South Belfast- Emma Little-Pengelly

South Down-Diane Forsythe

Upper Bann – David Simpson

Strangford – Jim Shannon

South Antrim – Paul Girvan MLA

West Belfast – Ald Frank McCoubrey

Foyle – Gary Middleton MLA

Mid Ulster- Keith Buchanan

West Tyrone-Tom Buchanan

Newry & Armagh- William Irwin

North Down- Alex Easton

Ulster Unionist Party (15 candidates)

Newry & Armagh -Sam Nicholson

South Belfast – Michael Henderson

East Belfast- Hazel Legge

East Antrim- John Stewart

East Londonderry- Richard Holmes

Fermanagh & South Tyrone- Tom Elliott                                                     

Lagan Valley – Robbie Butler

Mid Ulster – Mark Glasgow

North Antrim- Jackson Minford

North Down- Alan Chambers

South Antrim- Danny Kinahan

South Down- Harold McKee

Strangford- Mike Nesbitt

Upper Bann- Doug Beattie                                     

West Tyrone- Alicia Clarke

Green Party (7 candidates)

North Down- Steven Agnew MLA

South Belfast- Clare Bailey MLA

East Belfast- Cllr Georgina Milne

Fermanagh & South Tyrone- Tanya Jones

Strangford- Ricky Bamford

North Belfast- Malachi O'Hara

West Tyrone- Ciaran McClean

[AhNowRef]

BBC & UTV & most reporters seem to be aimlessly going along with the ridiculous statements from the DUP & UUP that they are NOT indulging in a pact ... WTF 

Fermanagh/South Tyrone & North Belfast mustn't count then for some bizarre reason 

And the TV/radio/press zoombies are 99% just going along with it ... FFS 

it seems to me that Fister is trying (and getting away with) to dupe the silly aul taigs into thinking she's all sweetness & light these days .. This blatant lie along with things like her visiting an Oirsh school (poor pet) and basically having her gub zipped up is all some dastardly plan to fool the crocodiles into staying in deep waters and forgetting to come out and vote ....

Dont let it work folks dont let it work 

[Farrandeelin]

Will SDLP get many votes in Fermanagh South Tyrone and North Belfast constituencies?

[Rois]

Will SDLP get many votes in Fermanagh South Tyrone and North Belfast constituencies?

My feeling is "no" in north Belfast, the question is whether SF will get them or not.

John Finucane turning out for his first ever park run yesterday morn suggests he is out to get them anyway - good hunting ground. 

[Owen Brannigan]

Arlene serves up another 'crocodile' for SF, does she have no advisers or is she too arrogant to listen?



http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/anger-over-arlene-fosters-disgraceful-sexist-description-of-sinn-feins-michelle-oneill-35713118.html

[armaghniac]

I suppose then one could fairly describe Arlene as very 'black'.

[Minder]

So let me guess, Shinner voters going to the polling stations in blonde wigs ?

Banter

[armaghniac]

So let me guess, Shinner voters going to the polling stations in blonde wigs ?

Banter

[Owen Brannigan]

Newsletter is reporting that SF is distributing leaflets with fake news or false claims or, as we used to say, lies and propaganda:

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/ex-sinn-fein-finance-minister-gets-his-sums-wrong-on-election-leaflet-1-7971351



Between the 2005 general election and the last general election Sinn Fein's vote has gone from 2,882 to 5,402 (almost doubled). However, the SDLP vote has not halved, the 10,339 votes for McDonnell in 2005 had fallen by just 7% to 9,560 votes in 2015. March's Assembly result – despite the fact that that election was a multi-seat PR contest – shows that the SDLP vote has not halved, falling by 19% to 8,353.

I hope O'Muilleor's maths is better when it comes to being in charge of Assembly finances.

[Ronnie]

Any word on when the Stormont election's going to be called?  Any word on how the anti-brexit alliance is panning out? Any logic in Labour accepting a limit on the freedom of movement of labour?  Any word on what special status us Northern Irelanders are going to be lumbered with?  And, most importantly, what will be the religious makeup of the MPs we return?

[trileacman]

I suppose then one could fairly describe Arlene as very 'black'.

The best post I've seen on here in ~12 months.

[Frank_The_Tank]

Newsletter is reporting that SF is distributing leaflets with fake news or false claims or, as we used to say, lies and propaganda:

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/ex-sinn-fein-finance-minister-gets-his-sums-wrong-on-election-leaflet-1-7971351



Between the 2005 general election and the last general election Sinn Fein's vote has gone from 2,882 to 5,402 (almost doubled). However, the SDLP vote has not halved, the 10,339 votes for McDonnell in 2005 had fallen by just 7% to 9,560 votes in 2015. March's Assembly result – despite the fact that that election was a multi-seat PR contest – shows that the SDLP vote has not halved, falling by 19% to 8,353.

I hope O'Muilleor's maths is better when it comes to being in charge of Assembly finances.

Taken from a contribution to Slugger O'Toole's discussion on this issue:

https://sluggerotoole.com/2017/05/22/mairtin-caught-telling-porky-pies-in-his-south-belfast-ae2017-campaign-leaflet/

"SF share of vote (or "vote" as the leaflet says) in 2005 was 9.0%;in March 2017, it was 17.7%, a 97% increase.

SDLP vote in 2005 was 32.3%, in March 2017 it was 19.4% (that's the combination of the two SDLP candidates, the 15.5% that you refer to is for just one SDLP candidate), a decline of 40.0%.

Did the SF vote double? It increased by 97%.
Did the SDLP vote halve? It decreased by 40.0%

The leaflet is basically accurate."

Basically accurate - that's what you want from someone in charge of the public purse - budget is basically right 

[Avondhu star]

Newsletter is reporting that SF is distributing leaflets with fake news or false claims or, as we used to say, lies and propaganda:

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/ex-sinn-fein-finance-minister-gets-his-sums-wrong-on-election-leaflet-1-7971351



Between the 2005 general election and the last general election Sinn Fein's vote has gone from 2,882 to 5,402 (almost doubled). However, the SDLP vote has not halved, the 10,339 votes for McDonnell in 2005 had fallen by just 7% to 9,560 votes in 2015. March's Assembly result – despite the fact that that election was a multi-seat PR contest – shows that the SDLP vote has not halved, falling by 19% to 8,353.

I hope O'Muilleor's maths is better when it comes to being in charge of Assembly finances.

Taken from a contribution to Slugger O'Toole's discussion on this issue:

https://sluggerotoole.com/2017/05/22/mairtin-caught-telling-porky-pies-in-his-south-belfast-ae2017-campaign-leaflet/

"SF share of vote (or "vote" as the leaflet says) in 2005 was 9.0%;in March 2017, it was 17.7%, a 97% increase.

SDLP vote in 2005 was 32.3%, in March 2017 it was 19.4% (that's the combination of the two SDLP candidates, the 15.5% that you refer to is for just one SDLP candidate), a decline of 40.0%.

Did the SF vote double? It increased by 97%.
Did the SDLP vote halve? It decreased by 40.0%

The leaflet is basically accurate."

Basically accurate - that's what you want from someone in charge of the public purse - budget is basically right 

Its the British taxpayers money so it doesn't really matter

[Denn Forever]

With the DUP in a posiition of power in Westminster, is the assembly over?

[BennyCake]

With the DUP in a posiition of power in Westminster, is the assembly over?

Did it ever start?