North Antrim
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SNAPSHOT
The parliamentary constituency of North Antrim comprises all of Ballymena, Ballymoney and Moyle district councils.
It has a large Protestant majority and has been the bailiwick of Ian Paisley for more than thirty years.
TOMMIE'S TAKE
Paisley heartland. The DUP strategists are attempting to vote manage here, running four candidates in an effort to gain a fourth and extra seat.
The SDLP's Sean Farren is retiring - the party's candidates are Declan O'Loan, husband of the Police Ombudsman, and another of the new generation of SDLP members, Orla Black.
Outgoing Sinn Féin MLA, Philip Mc Guigan, stepped aside for personal reasons and the party is running just one candidate, Daithy McKay, in an effort to hold its 2003 seat.
Paul McGlinchey, brother of Dominic McGlinchey, is running here as an Independent and that could affect the Sinn Féin vote.
2007 CANDIDATES (13)
Black Orla SDLP
Coulter Robert UUP
Cubitt Lyle UKUP
Dunlop Jayne AP
Gregg James IND
McGlinchey Paul IND
McKay Daithi SF
Nelson Deirdre DUP
O'Loan Declan SDLP
Paisley Ian DUP
Paisley Ian Jnr DUP
Storey Mervyn DUP
Swann Robert UUP
ELECTED IN 2003
Ian Paisley Sr DUP
Ian Paisley Jr DUP
Mervyn Storey DUP
Robert Coulter UUP
Sean Farren SDLP *retired
Philip Mc Guigan SF *not standing
