Newry and Armagh
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Newry and Armagh is a UK parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland, centered on the city of Newry and the surrounding Armagh area, which elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Nicholson | 0 |
| Mickey Brady | 0 |
| Seamus Mallon | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Member of Parliament
ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ Westminster constituency ⓘ |
| boundaryReviewBody | Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
ⓘ
Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| centeredOn |
County Armagh area
ⓘ
Newry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsArea |
South Armagh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district ⓘ parts of Newry, Mourne and Down district ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Armagh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| created | 1983 ⓘ |
| currentMP | Mickey Brady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentMPParty | Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| elects | one Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| firstMPAfterCreation | Jim Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasByElections | yes (when vacancies occur) ⓘ |
| hasElections | UK general elections ⓘ |
| hasElectorate | over 60,000 voters (approximate, varies by election) ⓘ |
| hasFormerMP |
Jim Nicholson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seamus Mallon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerMPParty |
Social Democratic and Labour Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulster Unionist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIrishName | An Iúir agus Ard Mhacha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorityNationalIdentity | Irish (self-identified, census-based tendency) ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Newry and Armagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLegislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificantCommunity |
Nationalist community
ⓘ
Unionist community ⓘ |
| knownFor | strong nationalist voting patterns in recent decades ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| mapEntity | Newry and Armagh (constituency) within Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPDoesNotTakeSeatByConvention | yes (Sinn Féin abstentionism) ⓘ |
| parliament | UK Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| party |
Sinn Féin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Social Democratic and Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulster Unionist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousConstituency |
Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Down (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.