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.

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Newry and Armagh canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Member of Parliament ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
Westminster constituency ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 ⓘ
Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland ⓘ
centeredOn County Armagh area ⓘ
Newry ⓘ
containsArea South Armagh ⓘ
parts of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district ⓘ
parts of Newry, Mourne and Down district ⓘ
containsTown Armagh ⓘ
Newry ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1983 ⓘ
currentMP Mickey Brady ⓘ
currentMPParty Sinn Féin ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
firstMPAfterCreation Jim Nicholson ⓘ
hasByElections yes (when vacancies occur) ⓘ
hasElections UK general elections ⓘ
hasElectorate over 60,000 voters (approximate, varies by election) ⓘ
hasFormerMP Jim Nicholson ⓘ
Seamus Mallon ⓘ
hasFormerMPParty Social Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
Ulster Unionist Party ⓘ
hasIrishName An Iúir agus Ard Mhacha ⓘ
hasMajorityNationalIdentity Irish (self-identified, census-based tendency) ⓘ
hasOfficialName Newry and Armagh ⓘ
hasPrimaryLegislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
hasSignificantCommunity Nationalist community ⓘ
Unionist community ⓘ
knownFor strong nationalist voting patterns in recent decades ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mapEntity Newry and Armagh (constituency) within Northern Ireland ⓘ
MPDoesNotTakeSeatByConvention yes (Sinn Féin abstentionism) ⓘ
parliament UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Northern Ireland ⓘ
party Sinn Féin ⓘ
Social Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
Ulster Unionist Party ⓘ
previousConstituency Armagh (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
South Down (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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