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This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1982.
All members elected to the Assembly at the 1982 election are listed. Members are grouped by party.
The Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Féin members did not take their seats in the Assembly and the Ulster Unionist Party members boycotted the Assembly for five months during 1984.
This is a list of members elected in the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Date | Constituency | Outgoing Member | Party | New Member | Party | Reason | ||
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20 April 1983 | Armagh | Seamus Mallon | SDLP | Jim Speers | Ulster Unionist | Seamus Mallon disqualified due to his membership of Seanad Éireann. | ||
1 March 1984 | Belfast South | Edgar Graham | Ulster Unionist | Frank Millar Jr | Ulster Unionist | Edgar Graham was murdered by the Provisional IRA. | ||
17 October 1985 | South Down | Raymond McCullough | Ulster Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson | Ulster Unionist | Raymond McCullough died. |
A considerable number of MPAs, mainly Unionist, subsequently left or were expelled from their respective parties. Of UUP members, Jeffrey Donaldson joined the DUP in 2004 after a short spell as an Independent Unionist. Agnew became an Independent Unionist. Bleakes joined the Conservatives [1] but later became an Independent Unionist, while Dunlop took the opposite route, moving to Independent Unionist and then Conservative. [2] McCartney stood as a Real Unionist in 1987 before forming the United Kingdom Unionists in 1995, where he was joined by Vitty who joined from the DUP. Kirkpatrick joined the DUP, rejoined the UUP before again switching to the DUP.
Of DUP members, Allister, Beattie, Calvert, Foster, Graham, Kane and McKee all later quit the party. Seawright (who was expelled from the DUP) Beattie and Graham were subsequently re-elected under different 'Protestant' or 'Protestant Unionist' labels. Davis and Thompson subsequently joined the UUP. In the case of the latter, this was after a spell as an Independent Unionist and he later quit the UUP to rejoin the DUP.
O'Hare quit the SDLP in January 1986 over the party's support for the Anglo-Irish Agreement. [3] Sorley left the SDLP in the late 80s following a row over her acceptance of the M.B.E. and was re-elected to Magherafelt council in 1989 as an Independent. [4]
Currie of the S.D.L.P. and Cushnahan of Alliance later became involved in Southern Irish politics and were elected for Fine Gael.
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Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.
Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Elections to Moyle District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
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Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 17 May 1989, on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
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