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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