Newry and Armagh
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SNAPSHOT
Includes Armagh City, Newry, Crossmaglen, Keady, Loughgall, Middletown, Poyntzpass and Tandragee.
TOMMIE'S TAKE
This is a constituency targeted by the SDLP for a seat gain. It is also tricky territory for Sinn Féin and the DUP.
In 2003 Sinn Féin won three seats but at constituency level it de-selected two of its three MLAs. One of them, Davy Hyland, subsequently resigned and criticised the party's policy shift on policing. He is running as an Independent.
The second, Pat 0'Rawe, remained a member of the Ard Comhairle, but contrary to strong hints, she was not added to the party ticket by HQ. Sinn Féin is running three candidates in a bid to hold its three seats.
The SDLP hopes outgoing MLA, Dominic Bradley, might be joined by Sharon Haughey, a party press officer with deep, extensive nationalist roots in the area.
Independent, Paul Berry, was a DUP in the last Assembly but was expelled from the party after a controversy about his private life. He hopes to hold his seat and the DUP's strategy is to just field one candidate. Outgoing UUP MLA, Danny Kennedy, is one of the party's high profile members.
It will be interesting to see what influence Independent, Willie Frazer, has on the outcome in what is his home area.
2007 CANDIDATES (12)
Berry Paul IND
Boylan Cathal SF
Bradley Dominic SDLP
Brady Mickey SF
Frazer William IND
Haughey Sharon SDLP
Hendron Máire AP
Hyland Davy IND
Irwin William DUP
Kennedy Danny UUP
Morgan Arthur GP
Murphy Conor SF
ELECTED IN 2003
Conor Murphy SF
Davy Hyland SF *deselected, then resigned, now running as IND
Pat O'Rawe SF *deselected
Dominic Bradley SDLP
Paul Berry DUP *expelled from party, running as IND
Danny Kennedy UUP
