six county elections 05/05/2011

[Maguire01]

John O'Down through in Upper Bann. David Vance bombed!

[The Worker]

John O'Down through in Upper Bann. David Vance bombed!

what was the quota?

[Maguire01]

John O'Down through in Upper Bann. David Vance bombed!

what was the quota?

Didn't hear - BBC missed the start of the declaration.

[Fear Boirche]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

[Maguire01]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

Sounds like SF haven't balanced their vote well here, leaving Brady nervous for a while. Although SF looking good for a second in Upper Bann.

[Fear Boirche]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

Sounds like SF haven't balanced their vote well here, leaving Brady nervous for a while. Although SF looking good for a second in Upper Bann.

Sorry, forgot about Micky there.

Just seems to me, with so many seats, there will be few from SF/DUP sweating as they know they can ride in on the coat tails of some of their more high-profile candidates. I admire their vote management, but does west Belfast really need five SF MLAs?

[Maguire01]

Just seems to me, with so many seats, there will be few from SF/DUP sweating as they know they can ride in on the coat tails of some of their more high-profile candidates. I admire their vote management, but does west Belfast really need five SF MLAs?

Particularly when some of them would be regarded as realtively weak, in general and in relation to other SF MLAs.
Having said that, all 5 look safe on early indications, which would be quite a repeat achievement.

[Tony Baloney]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

Sounds like SF haven't balanced their vote well here, leaving Brady nervous for a while. Although SF looking good for a second in Upper Bann.

Sorry, forgot about Micky there.

Just seems to me, with so many seats, there will be few from SF/DUP sweating as they know they can ride in on the coat tails of some of their more high-profile candidates. I admire their vote management, but does west Belfast really need five SF MLAs?

No. Far too many MLAs for a small area but it's all part of the peace dividend. We could comfortably have one taig and one prod MLA in each area if we were serious about a sectarian carveup. Which I think we are!

[Maguire01]

East Derry - Quota 4,961
Gregory Campbell the only one elected on first count.

[Maguire01]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

Sounds like SF haven't balanced their vote well here, leaving Brady nervous for a while. Although SF looking good for a second in Upper Bann.

Sorry, forgot about Micky there.

Just seems to me, with so many seats, there will be few from SF/DUP sweating as they know they can ride in on the coat tails of some of their more high-profile candidates. I admire their vote management, but does west Belfast really need five SF MLAs?

No. Far too many MLAs for a small area but it's all part of the peace dividend. We could comfortably have one taig and one prod MLA in each area if we were serious about a sectarian carveup. Which I think we are!

I don't have any real issue with the number of MLAs. Yes, there are a lot of them, but it ensures minorities are represented. And the cost associated with MLAs is a red herring; in the grand scheme of things, it's a drop in the ocean.

Having said that, when the Westminster boundaries are redrawn and reduced, we're likely to see a reduction in the number of MLAs, probably by 12.

[Maguire01]

Noel Thompson kicks off his interview with Gregory Campbell: "Another four years of double jobbing then?"
Classic!

[Maguire01]

Lagan Valley

McCrea and Poots in.
TUV bombed again!

[Tony Baloney]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

Sounds like SF haven't balanced their vote well here, leaving Brady nervous for a while. Although SF looking good for a second in Upper Bann.

Sorry, forgot about Micky there.

Just seems to me, with so many seats, there will be few from SF/DUP sweating as they know they can ride in on the coat tails of some of their more high-profile candidates. I admire their vote management, but does west Belfast really need five SF MLAs?

No. Far too many MLAs for a small area but it's all part of the peace dividend. We could comfortably have one taig and one prod MLA in each area if we were serious about a sectarian carveup. Which I think we are!

I don't have any real issue with the number of MLAs. Yes, there are a lot of them, but it ensures minorities are represented. And the cost associated with MLAs is a red herring; in the grand scheme of things, it's a drop in the ocean.

Having said that, when the Westminster boundaries are redrawn and reduced, we're likely to see a reduction in the number of MLAs, probably by 12.

If you add up all the drops in the ocean you will eventually get an ocean.

[Maguire01]

Conor Murphy SF, Danny Kennedy UUP and Dominic Bradley SDLP elected in Newry and Armagh

Jaysus, it took all day to get that - could've told you that last night, no, actually yesterday morning. I suppose it'll be Boylan and Irwin for the last two seats.

We really need to cull the amounty of MLAs, make some of them work for their votes.

Sounds like SF haven't balanced their vote well here, leaving Brady nervous for a while. Although SF looking good for a second in Upper Bann.

Sorry, forgot about Micky there.

Just seems to me, with so many seats, there will be few from SF/DUP sweating as they know they can ride in on the coat tails of some of their more high-profile candidates. I admire their vote management, but does west Belfast really need five SF MLAs?

No. Far too many MLAs for a small area but it's all part of the peace dividend. We could comfortably have one taig and one prod MLA in each area if we were serious about a sectarian carveup. Which I think we are!

I don't have any real issue with the number of MLAs. Yes, there are a lot of them, but it ensures minorities are represented. And the cost associated with MLAs is a red herring; in the grand scheme of things, it's a drop in the ocean.

Having said that, when the Westminster boundaries are redrawn and reduced, we're likely to see a reduction in the number of MLAs, probably by 12.

If you add up all the drops in the ocean you will eventually get an ocean.

But in the grand scheme of drops, I wouldn't be too worried about letting this one through.

[Maguire01]

Ritchie tops poll in South Down, SDLP up 4.4% although unsure if SDLP have balanced vote enough for a third seat.