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<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head>  <script async src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-90RP5FMTSY'></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-90RP5FMTSY'); </script> <title>CAIN: Issues: Politics, Political Parties and Elections</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="Author" content="Dr Martin Melaugh" /> <meta name="Description" content="CAIN: Issues: Politics, Political Parties and Elections" /> <meta name="KeyWords" content="conflict, northern, ireland, northern ireland conflict, irish, troubles, ulster, province, the troubles, politics, ira, uda society, bibliography, chronology, research, events, issues, background, acronyms, glossary, articles, books, chapters, abstracts, history, organisations, photographs, symbols, murals, posters, maps, civil rights, internment, ulster workers' council strike, hunger strike, peace process, derry march, people's democracy march, british troops, bloody sunday, direct rule, bloody friday, sunningdale agreement, dublin and monaghan bombs, ira truce, anglo-irish agreement, political talks, omagh bomb, segregation, discrimination, education, employment, housing, law and order, administration of justice, policing, security, violence, media, parades, marches, bands, policy, political parties, elections, electoral system, women, community work, european union, mixed marriages, cross-community marriage" /> <meta name="package" content="(TYPE=begin)(VERSION=0.1) Dublin Core" /> <meta name="DC.title" content="CAIN: Issues: Politics, Political Parties and Elections" /> <meta name="DC.author" content="(TYPE=name) Dr Martin Melaugh" /> <meta name="DC.author" content="(TYPE=email) m.melaugh@ulst.ac.uk" /> <meta name="DC.author" content="(TYPE=homepage) http://cain.ulster.ac.uk" /> <meta name="DC.subject.keyword" content="conflict, northern, ireland, irish, troubles" /> <meta name="DC.description" content="CAIN: Issues: Politics, Political Parties and Elections" /> <meta name="DC.publisher" content="CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) Project" /> <meta name="DC.contributors" content="Fionnuala McKenna, Eoin Heslin" /> <meta name="DC.date.creation" content="(SCHEME=FGDC) 19970721" /> <meta name="DC.date.current" content="(SCHEME=FGDC) 19970724" /> <meta name="DC.type" content="Misc" /> <meta name="DC.format" content="(SCHEME=imt) text/html" /> <meta name="DC.identifier.url" content="http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/" /> <meta name="DC.language" content="(SCHEME=NISOZ39.53) ENG" /> <meta name="DC.relation" content="stand alone" /> <meta name="DC.coverage" content="(SCHEME=Freetext) all text" /> <meta name="DC.rights" content="http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/copyright.htm" /> <meta name="DC.otheragent" content="(TYPE=indexer) Dublin Core Metadata Creator" /> <meta name="package" content="(TYPE=end)(VERSION=0.1) Dublin Core" /> <script language="JavaScript" src="/aajs/functions.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center><table width=600><tr><td><a name="top"></a> <hr noshade size="1" /><img src="/images/cainlogo.gif" border="0" align="left" alt="CAIN logo" /> <center><font face="Arial" color="#770101">CAIN Web Service</font></center> <h3 align=center>Key Issues - Politics, Political Parties and Elections</h3> <br clear=all /> <hr noshade size="1" /> <center> <a href="/index.html">[CAIN_Home]</a> <br /> <a href="/events/index.html">[Key_Events]</a> <a href="/issues/index.html"><b>[KEY_ISSUES]</b></a> <a href="/othelem/index.html">[Conflict_Background]</a> <br /> <b>POLITICS:</b> <a href="/issues/politics/index.html">[Menu]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/read.htm">[Reading]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/politics.htm#articles">[Articles]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/government.htm">[Government]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/polit.htm">[Political_Initiatives]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/polsol.htm">[Political_Solutions]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/politics.htm#parties">[Parties]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/election/index.html">[Elections]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/polls.htm">[Polls]</a> <a href="/issues/politics/source.htm">[Sources]</a> <a href="/events/peace/peace.htm">[Peace_Process]</a> <br /> </center> <hr noshade size="1" /> <center> <b>Page Compiled:</b> Martin Melaugh<br /> <i><font color=#ff0000>Material is added to this site on a regular basis - information on this page may change</font></i></center> <hr noshade size=4 />  <p> <center> <a href="/images/photos/belfast/stormont.htm"><img src="/images/photos/belfast/stormont1cr.jpg" align=center border=0 /></a> </center> </p><h3>Introduction</h3> <p> The following links provide information about the political process, political parties, and elections in Northern Ireland. Additional material will be added to this section as it becomes available. Users should also look at information contained in the section on the <a href="/events/peace/peace.htm">Peace Process</a>. </p> <p> </p> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/read.htm">selected reading list</a></li> <br /> <li> Information on the <a href="/issues/politics/government.htm">Devolved Government</a> in Northern Ireland including the Northern Ireland Assembly, Executive and other institutions</li> <br /> <li> House of Commons Information Office. (2000) <a href="/issues/politics/commons/hcfs15.pdf">Northern Ireland Business and Legislation</a> House of Commons Factsheets - L No 8 (Previously Factsheet 15) Revised July 2000 [PDF 39k]</li> <br /> <li> <a name="articles">politics in Northern Ireland</a> <ul> <li> Alcock, Antony. (1994) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/alcock.htm">'The Unloved, Unwanted Garrison - The Unionist Community in Northern Ireland'</a>, in, Understanding Ulster. Lurgan: Ulster Society (Publications) Limited.</li> <li>Arthur, Paul. (2000) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/arthur00.htm">'The Endogenous and the Exogenous'</a>, in, Special Relationships: Britain, Ireland and the Northern Ireland problem. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.</li> <li>Elliott, Sidney., and Flackes, W.D. (1999) <a href="/issues/politics/elliott99.htm">'Systems of Government'</a>, in, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-99. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.</li> <li>Connolly, Michael. (1990) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/connolly.htm">'Political Groupings in Northern Ireland'</a>, in, Politics and Policy Making in Northern Ireland. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd.</li> <li>Cochrane, Feargal. (1997) <a href="/issues/politics/union/fcchap2.htm">'The Unionists of Ulster: An Ideological Analysis'</a>, in, Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism since the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Cork: Cork University Press.</li> <li>Lynn, Brendan. (1997) '<a href="/issues/politics/docs/lynn97.htm">1964-1969: Eclipse</a>', in, Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945-1972. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.</li> <li> McEvoy, Joanne. (2008). <a href="/issues/politics/docs/mcevoy08.htm">Towards Rrestored Devolution</a>, in, The Politics of Northern Ireland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.</li> <li>Porter, Norman. (1996) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/porter.htm">'Interpreting Unionism'</a>, in, Rethinking Unionism. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.</li> <li> O Connor, Fionnuala. (1993) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/oconnor.htm">'Shifting, complex and ambiguous' Political Allegiance</a>, in, In Search of a State: Catholics in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.</li> <li>O'Doherty, Malachi. (1998) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/odoherty.htm">'The Trouble with Guns'</a>, in, The Trouble with Guns. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.</li> <li>Shirlow, Peter., and McGovern, Mark. (eds) (1997) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/shirlow97.htm">'Who are 'the People'? Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland'</a>, in, Who are 'the People'? Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland. London: Pluto Press.</li> <li> Wilford, Rick., and Wilson, Robin. (2006) <a href="/issues/politics/docs/wilfordwilson06.htm">The Trouble with Northern Ireland: the Belfast agreement and democratic governance</a>, (April 2006), [<!a href="/issues/politics/docs/wilfordwilson06.pdf">PDF; 523KB]. Dublin: TASC at New Island.</li> </ul> </li> <li> details of <a href="/issues/politics/secretary/tabgov.htm">Westminster Governments, Prime Ministers, and Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland</a>, 1968 to the present</li> <br /> <li> contact details for the 26 <a href="/issues/politics/nilc.htm">Local Councils</a> in Northern Ireland</li> <br /> <li> chronological list of the main <a href="/issues/politics/polit.htm">political initiatives</a></li> <br /> <li> an outline of the main <a href="/issues/politics/polsol.htm">political 'solutions'</a> to the conflict</li> <br /> <li> <a name="parties">political parties</a> <ul> <li> rough guide to the <a href="/issues/politics/parties.htm">political parties</a><br /> </li><li> <a href="/issues/politics/partyweb.htm">web sites</a> of the political parties<br /> </li></ul> </li> <br /> <li> Double Jobbing and Family Connections in politics: <ul> <li> The <a href="/issues/politics/relativejobs261109.htm">list</a> of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) who employ relatives using public funds (as at 26 November 2009)</li> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/politicaljobs011203.htm">List</a> of Family Connections in Northern Ireland Politics, and People who held Multiple Elected Positions (as at 1 December 2003)</li> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/mlacouncillors011203.htm">List</a> of People who were Northern Ireland Assembly Members (MLAs) and Serving Councillors (as at 1 December 2003)</li> </ul> </li> <br /> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/imcreports.htm">Reports</a> by the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC)</li> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a name="election"></a> <h3>Elections in Northern Ireland</h3> <ul> <li> Elections <a href="/issues/politics/election/index.html">menu page</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/election/electoralsystem.htm">Introduction to the Electoral System</a> in Northern Ireland</li> </ul> </li> <br /> <li> Election Results <ul> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/election/electsum.htm">Summary of election results</a> 1968 to the present</li> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/election/elect.htm">Details of election results</a> 1968 to the present</li> </ul> </li> <br /> <li>Other Information<br /> <ul> <li> A Selection of political party <a href="/issues/politics/election/manifestos.htm">manifestos</a></li> <li> <a href="/images/maps/maps.htm#electoral">Electoral maps and charts</a></li> <li> List of the <a href="/issues/politics/election/constits/lgd95.htm">18 Westminster Constituencies</a>, including details of wards and size of the electorate (1995)</li> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/election/constits/lgd92.htm">Population, number of wards, and average ward electorates</a> for the 26 District Councils (1992)</li> <li> Guide to information on elections on the <a href="/issues/politics/electint.htm">Internet</a></li> <li> <a href="polls.htm">Polls</a> of Opinion and Attitude in Northern Ireland, 1973-2004</li> <li> an outline of the electoral system</li> </ul> </li> <br /> <li> All Election Results 1968 to the Present <ul> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/election/elect.htm">Details of election results</a> 1968 to the present</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <li> see also political <a href="/images/cartoons/index.html">cartoons</a> about Northern Ireland</li> <br /> <li> lists of source documents <ul> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/source.htm">Source Materials (1)</a> - chronological listing of key reports</li> <li> <a href="/issues/politics/source2.htm">Source Materials (2)</a> - general source material</li> <li> List of <a href="/events/peace/soc.htm">source material</a> on the 'peace process'</li> <li> See also: <a href="/hmso/index.html">Government Reports, and Acts of Parliament</a>, about Northern Ireland</li> </ul> </li> <p> </p> <p> </p>  <hr noshade size=4 /> <p><center> </center></p></td></tr></table>   <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CAIN contains information and source material on the conflict and politics in Northern Ireland.<br /> CAIN is based within Ulster University.</font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /> <br /> </font></div></td> </tr> </table>   <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="middle"><img src="/images/1pxblue.gif" width="600" height=1 /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="middle" align="left"><a href="#top"><img src="/images/menus/bottom/backtopr.gif" alt="go to the top of this page" width="21" height="12" border="0" /></a></td> <td width="90%" height="16"> <div align="center"> <a href="/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image18','','/images/menus/bottom/home_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/home_off.gif" alt="CAIN Home Page" name="Image18" width="39" height="15" border="0" /></a> <a href="/cainbgn/index.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image17','','/images/menus/bottom/about_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/about_off.gif" alt="About CAIN Web Site" name="Image17" width="62" height="15" border="0" /></a> <a href="/help/caindex.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image20','','/images/menus/bottom/index_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/index_off.gif" alt="Index of Contents" name="Image20" width="56" height="15" border="0" /></a> <a href="/help/cainmap.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image21','','/images/menus/bottom/map_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/map_off.gif" alt="Site Map" name="Image21" width="52" height="15" border="0" /></a> <a href="/faq/index.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image22','','/images/menus/bottom/faq_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/faq_off.gif" alt="Frequently Asked Questions" name="Image22" width="35" height="15" border="0" /></a> <a href="/search.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image23','','/images/menus/bottom/search_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/search_off.gif" alt="Search CAIN Site" name="Image23" width="43" height="15" border="0" /></a> <a href="/contact.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image24','','/images/menus/bottom/contact_on.gif',1)"> <img src="/images/menus/bottom/contact_off.gif" alt="Contact Details" name="Image24" width="44" height="15" border="0" /></a> </div></td> <td width="5%" valign="middle" align="right"><a href="#top"><img src="/images/menus/bottom/backtopl.gif" alt="go to the top of this page" width="21" height="12" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="/images/1pxblue.gif" width="600" height=1 /></td> </tr> </table>   <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="156"><a href="http://www.ark.ac.uk/"><img src="/images/arkconstituent.gif" width="150" height="24" border="0" alt="ARK logo" /></a></td> <td width="340" height="20" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Last modified : <script type="text/javascript">document.write(document.lastModified) </script> </font></div></td> <td width="150" valign="middle"> <div align="right"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/copyright.htm">© 1996-2024 CAIN</a></font></div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan=3> <center><br /></center> </td></tr> </table>   </center></body> </html>