The Northern Ireland Westminster Election, 2010

Bibliographic Data

ID6074886
AuthorsCillian Mcgrattan (0000-0002-3835-5654, University of Ulster, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume26
Issue2
Pages265-275
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIrish Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07907184.2011.571954
OpenAlexW2087028979
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

The Northern Irish Westminster general election of 6 May 2010 witnessed a mixture of striking episodes and more mundane continuities in Northern Ireland. Not for the first time in the history of the Northern state, these changes reflected the ethnic divide – the leaders of the two main unionist parties failed to win a seat (indeed, the First Minister and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Peter Robinson, was unseated), as did the leader of a much-vaunted unionist insurgency, while nationalist politics remained largely as-you-were. The election reinforced divisions at the communal and party political level that have been a hallmark of the 1998 settlement. As such, one of the main results of the general election was to sound a starting pistol for the race for control of the symbolically important post of First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections scheduled for 2011

Democracy · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · General election · Irish · Irish nationalism · Nationalism · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical Studies of British Isles · Irish and British Studies · Law · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity

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