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- It supports the Good Friday Agreement but maintains a desire for the reform of the political system towards a non-sectarian future and, in the Northern Ireland Assembly, it is designated as neither Unionist nor Irish nationalist, but "Other" or "United Community".
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May 8, 2022 · Alliance defines itself as separate from the traditional unionist and nationalist blocs in Northern Ireland's politics. It is the best assembly election result for a party from outside those...
The MPs were drawn from across Northern Ireland's political divide and included Bertie McConnell, an independent Unionist, the Ulster Unionist Phelim O'Neill and Tom Gormley who sat as an independent Nationalist. [20]
Jun 13, 2024 · Unlike Northern Ireland's two biggest parties, Alliance is cross-community: neither Irish nationalist like Sinn Fein nor pro-unionist like the DUP. She has continued to contest the Belfast East seat in UK elections since losing it in 2015, so far unsuccessfully.
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Founded in April 1970, Alliance emerged from the New Ulster Movement (NUM) that developed in the late 1960s. Much like its NUM parent, Alliance saw itself as a cross-community endeavour to promote equal rights and reconcile the two ethno-religious traditions in the North. Initial membership consisted largely of moderate unionists supportive of the ...
Contrary to Napier’s early hopes for ‘a majority of seats at Stormont’, the party failed to make major breakthroughs, typically garnering around 10% of the overall vote in Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, it often exerted disproportionate influence within the political system. Together with the UUP and the SDLP, Alliance took part in negotiations fo...
The Party is responsible in large part for the existence of the third designation (‘Other’) in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Without this, space for the development of political parties outside of the traditional tribal networks would be difficult to achieve. We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra con...
The significance of Alliance’s rise lies in its potential to recast Northern Ireland’s unionist versus nationalist electoral competition via the establishment of a strong third electoral bloc of the non-aligned.
- Jonathan Tonge
- 2020
Sep 10, 2023 · The Alliance Party is a political party in Northern Ireland. It traditionally receives its political support from moderate voters in both the Protestant/unionist/loyalist (PUL) community and...
Jun 20, 2024 · Alliance, which does not take a position on the constitutional question, says it would end “ransom politics” by preventing the larger unionist and nationalist parties from vetoing the...
