Extra-parliamentary behaviour in Northern Ireland: MLAs and constituency service

Haughey, Sean

doi:10.1080/13572334.2017.1394737

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“…iv Despite there being no functioning Assembly or Executive in Northern Ireland, MLAs continue to be employed in their official capacity as elected representatives. Partly in recognition of the substantial constituency service work they undertake (see Haughey, 2017), MLAs continue to be paid their salary at a reduced rate. v In exchange for approximately £1 billion in new funding for Northern Ireland, the DUP pledged the support of its 10 MPs for the Conservative government on key votes, such as those relating to the Queen's Speech, the Budget, and Brexit.…”

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Remain reaffirmed: the 2019 European election in Northern Ireland

Haughey

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2019

Irish Political Studies

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With echoes of the dividing lines of the United Kingdom's 2016 referendum, a majority of voters in Northern Ireland supported pro-Remain candidates in the 2019 European Parliament election. However, whereas the results in many parts of the UK reflected a highly polarised electorate, voters in Northern Ireland appeared more receptive to compromise: a majority of their newly elected MEPs expressed support for the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by the UK government with the EU-the only constituency in the UK where this was the case. The comfortable re-election of Diane Dodds and Martina Anderson affirmed the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin as the dominant unionist and nationalist parties respectively. However, a surge in support for the Alliance Party, which saw Naomi Long win a seat at the expense of the Ulster Unionist Party, marked a notable shift towards the ethno-national centre-ground: one in five first preference votes went to a candidate aligned with neither nationalism nor unionism. This report contextualises the election campaign and considers the implications of the results.

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Remain reaffirmed: the 2019 European election in Northern Ireland

Haughey

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2019

Irish Political Studies

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“…When the Assembly was operational, MLAs spent an average of twenty-eight hours per week on constituency service tasks (running the constituency surgery, attending local events, conducting house calls, et cetera). 10 This figure is commensurate with the amount of time spent on constituency service provision by Members of the Scottish Parliament and Assembly Members in Wales. 11 What is more, when citizens in Northern Ireland interact with their MLA, the experience is usually a positive one.…”

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Worth Restoring? Taking Stock of the Northern Ireland Assembly

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2019

Political Quarterly

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The ongoing and almost record‐breaking hiatus in devolved government in Northern Ireland has brought the sustainability of the region's Assembly into sharp focus. As parties in Northern Ireland consider their options for restoring (and possibly reforming) the devolved institutions, this article takes stock of the Northern Ireland Assembly's merits and demerits. It is argued that, amidst the public's understandable exasperation with the current stalemate, it is easy to forget that the Assembly operated for a decade without suspension (2007–2017) and performed some functions reasonably well. This, of course, is not to detract from the institution's serious shortcomings, though it is argued that the worst of these could be mitigated via institutional reform. Crucially, institutional inertia is not an option. Should parties fail to address the need for institutional reform, commentators may well be right to question whether the Assembly is worth restoring.

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Extra-parliamentary behaviour in Northern Ireland: MLAs and constituency service

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

Remain reaffirmed: the 2019 European election in Northern Ireland

Remain reaffirmed: the 2019 European election in Northern Ireland

Worth Restoring? Taking Stock of the Northern Ireland Assembly

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