East Derry Constituency

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2007 Result

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Including most of the council areas of Limavady and Coleraine, East Derry is dominated by the triangle of Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart.

Although it has a large Unionist majority, there is a sizeable Nationalist minority, particularly in the southern rural belt running from near Derry City, through Dungiven and down to Kilrea.

Two interesting battles are on the cards here;

The Ulster Unionist MLA David McClarty was controversially not selected and is running as an Independent which will fracture further the party's share whilst Sinn Féin will be without either Francie Brolly who was elected in '07 or Billy Leonard who was co-opted when Brolly retired. Leonard was this week suspended from the party. Finding someone with a high enough profile to further eat into the SDLP vote will be difficult and it remains to be seen whether Leonard's possible absence will affect SF's embryonic support around Coleraine and Portstewart.

Still expect the three DUPers to make it along with 1 each from SF and SDLP with the last seat in the mix but likely to stay Unionist.

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Confirmed candidates for May 2011;

Bernadette Archibald: Sinn Fein

Gregory Campbell: DUP

Thomas Conway: SDLP

John Dallat: SDLP

Boyd Douglas: TUV

Barney Fitzpatrick: Alliance Party

David Harding: UUP

Lesley Macauley: UUP

David McClarty: Independent

Adrian McQuillan: DUP

Cathal Ó hOisin: Sinn Fein

George Robinson: DUP

[Fraxinus]

Are the voting trends here really a reflection of the population breakdown, basicaslly 2:1 infavour of Unionists? I'm surprised in a way because geographically it's nearly the whole county of Derry but I suppose when ya consider the main population centres are the three towns in the north east it makes more sense. Still though, thought it would be more 50:50.

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Are the voting trends here really a reflection of the population breakdown, basicaslly 2:1 infavour of Unionists? I'm surprised in a way because geographically it's nearly the whole county of Derry but I suppose when ya consider the main population centres are the three towns in the north east it makes more sense. Still though, thought it would be more 50:50.

Well not really the whole county as almost all of South Derry (Magherafelt Council District) is in Mid-Ulster and it is overwhelmingly the most nationalist part of the county returning 7 or 8 SF councillors alone.

Limavady Council has a slight Nationalist majority but is dwarved by the population around Coleraine and with Portrush (County Antrim) added in, it seems about right.

[moss]

Boyd Douglas, ex UUP and ex UUC, running here for the TUV.

'From a renowned Unionist and Orange family' according to the TUV website.

Never heard of him myself.

[moss]

Should be interesting to see how Harding and McClarty, ex UUP, do against each other.
They have history.

The Ulster Unionists got their wires crossed when a phone call attacking Assembly deputy speaker David McClarty was recorded — on Mr McClarty’s phone.

It was made by the party’s local association chairman Norman Hillis to the man who replaced veteran MLA McClarty on the party ticket, David Harding
Mr Hillis, who has been chairman for 10 years, said: “It was just a private conversation not intended for his ears but I do not regret anything that I said. I was speaking on a landline and must have leaned on my mobile and it went through to his voicemail

Yeah right


http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/blunt-talk-about-uup-man-was-a-bad-call-15060132.html?r=RSS#ixzz1HOADv180

[Sam Lord]

Does anyone know why the ex-RUCman, ex-Orangeman, and ex-SDLPer is now an ex-Shinner?

Does this have anything to do with the book supposedly in the works?

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ex-RUCman, ex-Orangeman, and ex-SDLPer is now an ex-Shinner?

You left out ex-lay preacher.

Now I think SF were very open and frank about what happened, he was suspended because of 'disagreements surrounding his support arrangements' ??????? :D

[Sam Lord]

You left out ex-lay preacher.

Now I think SF were very open and frank about what happened, he was suspended because of 'disagreements surrounding his support arrangements' ??????? :D

I'd need a translation of that ...

His support arrangements?

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I'd need a translation of that ...

His support arrangements?

I think it translates as approximately, 'We're not telling you the real reason'.

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Londongregory home and hosed

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Gregory Campbell DUP elected 1st count

Gregory Campbell DUP 6,319 18.2%
Cathal Ó hOisín SF 4,681 13.5%
George Robinson DUP 3,855 11.1%
David McClarty Others 3,003 8.6%
John Dallat SDLP 2,967 8.5%
Bernadette Archibald SF 2,639 7.6%
Adrian McQuillan DUP 2,633 7.6%
Thomas Conway SDLP 2,222 6.4%
Barney Fitzpatrick All 1,905 5.5%
Boyd Douglas TUV 1,568 4.5%
Lesley MacAuley UUP 1,472 4.2%
David Harding UUP 1,458 4.2%

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Disaster for the UUP, McClarty gets more than his two former colleagues put together.

Irony overload - Gregory just said, 'Let's not be begrudging'

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Final Result

Gregory Campbell DUP Count 1
Cathal Ó hOisín SF Count 6
John Dallat SDLP Count 6
George Robinson DUP Count 7
David McClarty Others Count 7
Adrian McQuillan DUP Count 7

Almost as you were except for a change in SF personnel and David McClarty as an IND this time. Great result from him outpolling the 2 UU candidates put together.

SF would have to see this as a possible 2nd seat sometime in the future, especially if Dallat was not on the SDLP ticket.