Seguiamo le elezioni britanniche nei 10 distretti elettorali del Nord Irlanda

Fonte : Belfast Telegraph



Who's facing who in the 10 key Ulster election battlegrounds


By Chris Thornton

04 May 2005
There could be recounts galore when Northern Ireland officials get down to tallying the ballots for Election 2005 on Friday.

This side of polling, so many races look close that at least one-third of the 18 seats being fought could change hands.

The last General Election saw some of the UK's closest contests fought out in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein took Fermanagh-South Tyrone by 53 votes and the UUP held East Antrim by 128 votes. Recounts were held in both areas and in Upper Bann.

The contests may not be so tight this time, but some will see political fighting just as fierce.



UPPER BANN

• David Trimble took over Northern Ireland's largest political party when he became leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in 1995. A decade later he is fighting for his personal and party survival. In 2001, Mr Trimble's majority over DUP candidate David Simpson was 2,058. This time the gap has narrowed considerably - in the 2003 Assembly election, the DUP finished just 386 votes behind. Both unionist parties are claiming the edge. Some SDLP and Alliance voters appear to have supported Mr Trimble in 2001. Whether or not they back him again could be an important factor.



FOYLE

• Nationalism's big battle is being fought between SDLP leader Mark Durkan and Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin. When John Hume held the seat, victory was a cert for the SDLP. Now that he's retired, Sinn Fein sees its chance and has been pouring resources into the constituency. Again, a big gap between the parties was closed at the 2003 Assembly election. The SDLP's 2001 majority of 11,550 dwindled to just over 1,500 - a difference that Sinn Fein says it is capable of closing with a big turnout of its supporters. There are also suggestions that unionist voters might support Mr Durkan to keep out Sinn Fein, but unionists say they aren't seeing indications that that will happen.




SOUTH ANTRIM

• The rise of the DUP was signalled in 2000 when Rev William McCrea confounded the pundits to take the seat for Ian Paisley's party in a by-election. The UUP's David Burnside took it back in 2001, but he and Mr McCrea are going head to head for the third successive election. Yet again, the 2003 Assembly election signalled what could happen here. The DUP slipped 298 votes in front of the UUP, with more than 700 other anti-Agreement unionist votes there for the asking.



SOUTH BELFAST

• The commanding majority of retiring MP Rev Martin Smyth doesn't matter - this constituency is the scene of one of the most serious unionist fights. Smelling blood, the DUP have campaigned hard to try to push relative unknown Jimmy Spratt ahead of UUP contender Michael McGimpsey. The SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell keeps saying he could take the seat, but he would need a perfect storm - a near equal split of the unionist vote and the collapse of Alex Maskey's Sinn Fein vote - to ride through the middle.



SOUTH DOWN

• Eddie McGrady postponed his expected retirement to fight for the South Down seat and give the SDLP its best chance of victory. He starts as the firm favourite. Sinn Fein has been playing down Caitriona Ruane's chances, possibly in the hope that unionist voters will stay at home rather than back Mr McGrady. This is one area where there is a history of some cross-community voting.



EAST ANTRIM

• The DUP's Sammy Wilson missed out on victory by 128 votes in 2001, then managed his party's vote transfers perfectly in 2003 to capture three of the six Assembly seats. Roy Beggs' hold on the seat for the UUP looks shaky but once again there is a chance that SDLP and Alliance voters who want to keep out the DUP could help him.



NORTH DOWN

• Lady Sylvia Hermon appears to be the safest of the UUP's sitting MPs, but that's not saying much in this election. Peter Weir of the DUP has been given a great chance to capture the seat after the withdrawal of UK Unionist Robert McCartney and the entry of the Alliance Party's David Alderdice, after his party stood aside for Lady Hermon last time around. Alliance supporters could be the key. They delivered Lady Hermon the seat in 2001, but may not appreciate that her party has been linked to Alliance allegations of "dirty tricks".



NEWRY AND ARMAGH

• Seamus Mallon's SDLP bastion is under serious threat from Sinn Fein. Mr Mallon's replacement as SDLP candidate, Dominic Bradley, is the underdog behind Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy.



LAGAN VALLEY

• The MP should remain the same, but the seat will probably go down as a DUP gain. Jeffrey Donaldson switched from the UUP to the DUP weeks after the 2003 Assembly election. If he wins, the size of his majority will be an important indication of how far the DUP has conquered the hearts of former UUP supporters.



FERMANAGH

• The tightest constituency fight in 2001 is unlikely to be close again. The unionist vote in Fermanagh- South Tyrone will split between the DUP and UUP, and the nationalist vote is expected to swing solidly behind the sitting MP, Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew.

Dovrebbero comparire nei due siti predisposti per l'occasione dal SF a breve


Il punto sui risultati generali di Westminster
www.sfwestminsterelection.com/

Il punto sui risultati delle 6 contee
www.sf6countieslocal.com/

Adams retains West Belfast seat

Gerry Adams was the first MP elected in Northern Ireland's count
The first of Northern Ireland's 18 general election seats has been won by the Sinn Fein president.
Gerry Adams retained his West Belfast seat with 24,348 votes, with the SDLP's Alex Attwood coming second with 5,033 votes.

Counting for the Westminster seats is expected to continue late into Friday.

Ecco i risultati finali (fonte : sito BBC)


news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/constituencies/def...


Mid Ulster
SF hold
The old party was SF The new party is SF


South Down
SDLP hold
The old party was SDLP The new party is SDLP


Foyle
SDLP hold
The old party was SDLP The new party is SDLP


Newry and Armagh
SF gain from SDLP
The old party was SDLP The new party is SF


Lagan Valley
DUP gain from UUP
The old party was UUP The new party is DUP


Strangford
DUP hold
The old party was DUP The new party is DUP


South Antrim
DUP gain from UUP
The old party was UUP The new party is DUP


Upper Bann
DUP gain from UUP
The old party was UUP The new party is DUP


North Down
UUP hold
The old party was UUP The new party is UUP


West Tyrone
SF hold
The old party was SF The new party is SF


Fermanagh and South Tyrone
SF hold
The old party was SF The new party is SF


East Londonderry
DUP hold
The old party was DUP The new party is DUP


East Belfast
DUP hold
The old party was DUP The new party is DUP


East Antrim
DUP gain from UUP
The old party was UUP The new party is DUP


North Belfast
DUP hold
The old party was DUP The new party is DUP


North Antrim
DUP hold
The old party was DUP The new party is DUP


South Belfast
SDLP gain from UUP
The old party was UUP The new party is SDLP


West Belfast
SF hold
The old party was SF The new party is SF


Crawley
LAB hold
The old party was LAB The new party is LAB


Wirral West
LAB hold
The old party was LAB The new party is LAB

Trimble loses seat to DUP by more than 5,000 votes


21 : 59
Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble has lost his Westminster seat in Upper Bann to David Simpson of the Democratic Unionist Party. The result is a body blow both to Mr Trimble and his party which looks likely to have only one MP in the House of Commons, in the form of Lady Sylvia Hermon. Confirming a pattern of huge gains for the DUP at the expense of the UUP


Corriere della sera
06 mag 20 : 19
Irlanda del Nord: elezioni, David Trimble sconfitto

BELFAST - David Trimble, leader del partito protestante moderato degli Ulster Unionists ed ex premier nordirlandese, non ce l'ha fatta ad essere rieletto. Il premio Nobel per la pace e' stato sconfitto dal candidato dei Democratic Unionists, fazione protestante piu' estremista. Trimble, che fu uno degli artefici degli accordi di pace del Venerdi' Santo, potrebbe rassegnare le proprie dimissioni dalla guida partito. (Agr)

[Modificato da admin/moris 06/05/2005 23.52]

Fonte : sito del Sinn Fein

www.sinnfeinnews.com/


A voi i commenti, io mi sono limitato a pubblicare i numeri.

[Modificato da admin/moris 06/05/2005 23.37]

McGuinness victory confirmed
06/05/2005
22 : 08 : 35
fonte irishnews.ie

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was the last Northern Ireland MP to be installed tonight after two boxes of votes went missing from Derry town centre.

Assistant Chief Electoral Officer June Butler described the taking away of the boxes by a driver before they were counted as “a simple error”.

However, the votes were recovered on an official lorry after a frantic search as the already painstaking count was able to conclude.

Mr McGuinness brushed off the incident and managed to increase his majority to almost 11,000 in the constituency he has held since 1997.

“These elections will be over in the blink of an eye, and there will be a mighty responsibility on all political leaders of all descriptions to play their part in building a better future for our people and particularly for our children, who deserve better," he said.

“What better way can we do that than by restoring the power-sharing institutions?”

[Modificato da admin/moris 06/05/2005 23.58]

Hain named new NI Secretary
06/05/2005
21:03:08

Peter Hain was tonight named the Northern Ireland secretary as part of Tony Blair's Downing Street reshuffle.

Mr Hain replaces Paul Murphy in the post.

Mr Hain was previously the Leader of the House of Commons. As well as his new role in Northern Ireland, Mr Hain will have a separate role, retaining responsibility for Wales.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern paid tribute to Mr Murphy's time as Northern Secretary. "I wish to acknowledge the enormous contribution and dedication of Paul Murphy during his time as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I wish him all the best for the future," he said

Dichiarazione di ieri di Ian Pasley alla stampa:
"there won't be peace until the war is won".

Una dichiarazione di cui Osama BinLaden andrebbe fiero.

... parlando di integralismi...

---

Scritto da: Corcaigh 07/05/2005 14.41
Dichiarazione di ieri di Ian Pasley alla stampa:
"there won't be peace until the war is won".

Una dichiarazione di cui Osama BinLaden andrebbe fiero.

... parlando di integralismi...

---

Eh già, conosciamo bene la retorica del reverendo Piasley. Parafrasando le sue parole, possiamo dire che non ci sarà pace finche personaggi del genere deterrranno anche solo un briciolo di potere. Le sue sono parole sono sempre state cariche di un odio ingiustificato e anacronistico.

...e nel frattempo Trimble si è dimesso....

Oggi la Commissione Elettorale britannica ha pubblicato i costi delle campagna per le elezioni politiche del 2005.

Lo scorso anno sono state bruciate oltre 500.000 sterline per l'intera campagna elettorale nelle contee dell'Irlanda del Nord.

L'UUP ha speso oltre 250.000 sterline (circa 375.000 euro) per la campagna elettorale dello scorso anno, delle quali £112.986 in pubblicità. Nonostante l'ingente esborso economico, l'UUP ha perso tre seggi a favore del DUP di Paisley ed un seggio, guadagnato dallo SDLP.

Il rapporto indica che il candidato indipendente Kieran Denny ha superato il budget previsto di £1.400. I suoi sforzi però non gli hanno consentito di sottrarre il seggio a Pat Doherty dello Sin Fein.

Lo SDLP di Mark Durkan ha investito £154.089 in 18 circoscrizioni, delle quali il 50% in pubbicità.

Il DUP ha speso £107.133, mentre la campagna elettorale dello Sinn Fein, che ha permesso di conquistare un seggio a Newry ed uno ad Armagh, è costata £44,212.

Fonte: www.lesenfantsterrisbles.org

[Modificato da jay.ren 29/03/2006 23.37]