Foyle (,
Ulster Scots Ulster Scots, may refer to:
* Ulster Scots people
* Ulster Scots dialect
Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (', ga, Albainis Uladh), also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots language, Scots spoken in parts of Ulster in North ...
: ''Foyle'') is a constituency in the
Northern Ireland Assembly
sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie
, legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly
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, house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral
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.
The seat was first used for a
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
-only election for the
Northern Ireland Forum
The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each Westmin ...
in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.
For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the
Londonderry constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the
Foyle UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see
Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle is a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The current MP is Colum Eastwood of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, SDLP.
Constituency profile
The name comes from the ...
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Members
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly
2022
2017
2016
2011
2007
2003
1998
1996 forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.
1996 Candidates – Foyle
, Northern Ireland Elections
References
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Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Politics of County Londonderry
Politics of Derry (city)
1996 establishments in Northern Ireland
Constituencies established in 1996