106-520: Peter Robinson ( DUP ) & Martin McGuinness ( SF ) Peter Robinson (DUP) & Martin McGuinness (SF) The 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday, 5 May, following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. It was held on
212-483: A Trotskyist party committed to political agitation through working-class mass action in capitalist societies. However, People Before Profit do not accept this label, with their website stating that "Trotskyist is the Labour Party's bizarre code word for anyone with strong left-wing principles". The party self-claims to be an eco-socialist party. It described its 2022 AGM as a "positive step forward in building
318-468: A Translink War Disabled SmartPass. Voters who didn't have an accepted type of photographic ID had until 22 April 2011 to apply for an Electoral Identity Card from the Electoral Office . A judicial review brought by candidates in the simultaneous local government elections, challenging the non-acceptance of EU national identity cards as a proof of identity, failed on 4 May 2011. In the days following
424-521: A big Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority. He won the seat with a 19.9% swing to the DUP and a majority of 64, with Alliance Party leader Oliver Napier 928 votes behind, unseating the MP former Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party leader and UUP candidate William Craig on 3 May 1979. The main plank of Robinson's campaign was that he was the only candidate in the constituency who totally opposed power-sharing with
530-636: A large rally on the Shankill Road in support of the loyalists on hunger strike; Paisley addressing the British government, said "We as the Protestant people of Ulster... say you have a right to give our prisoners safety". Robinson, in support, read out a letter from loyalist paramilitary prisoners: "...often it is the sacrifice of a few that improves the life and standards for many, we are, if necessary, ready to make that sacrifice." Later interviewed about his role in
636-581: A loyalist area afflicted by the strike and asking the SDLP to send a car to rescue them. He was campaign manager for East Belfast MP William Craig in the 1974 general election but the relationship was short-lived. He first stood in the election to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention on 1 May 1975 in Belfast, East. Although he started in fifth place, he failed to get elected and
742-585: A major, pluralist eco-socialist party in Ireland" and described its party programme as eco-socialist. In the Northern Ireland Assembly, the party's assembly members sign the register as "socialist" when asked if they are " unionist " or " nationalist ", resulting in an official designation of "other" in the assembly. However the party is not neutral on constitutional matters, and are in favour of "a 32 county socialist Ireland." People Before Profit support
848-567: A member's retirement, although one defeated member of the SDLP, in Foyle, was succeeded by another member of the SDLP. Note that the party changes in Lagan Valley, Strangford and East Antrim cancelled each other out. David McClarty , originally elected from East Londonderry as an Ulster Unionist, although not re-nominated by the UUP in 2011, stood successfully for re-election as an independent. This reduced
954-491: A much reduced vote (12.2%), while McCann lost his. In January 2019, Dublin City Councillor John Lyons resigned from the party due to disputes with the leadership. Cllr Lyons subsequently was a leading figure in the foundation of Independent Left . He criticised his former party saying: "Solidarity and People Before Profit are the closest fit to us but have a hierarchical, carefully controlled internal life that
1060-509: A new political grouping. On 17 September 2015, the two parties announced they had formally registered as a single political party for electoral purposes. The new organisation was called the Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit . At the 2016 general election , Boyd Barrett was re-elected. He was joined by fellow People Before Profit candidates Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith . In May 2016, Carroll topped
1166-472: A pair of Catholic nuns in the street in Portrush , County Antrim , yelling "Popehead, Popehead". Robinson initially gained employment as an estate agent for R.J. McConnell & Co and later with Alex, Murdoch & Deane in Belfast, and then he became the DUP's first general secretary in 1975. Robinson had by 1970 come to Paisley's notice after writing a pamphlet called The North Answers Back which attacked
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#17330935551221272-462: A police investigation, which recommended that Robinson should not be prosecuted following allegations made by the BBC in relation to the scandal, he resumed his duties as First Minister. The Official Assembly Commissioner's Investigation and Report cleared Robinson of any wrongdoing. In September 2015, Robinson again stood aside to allow Arlene Foster to become acting First Minister after his bid to adjourn
1378-565: A position which he held until 1979 and which afforded him the opportunity to exert extraordinary influence within the fledgeling party. In 1977, Robinson was elected as a councillor for the Castlereagh Borough Council in Dundonald , and in 1979 , he became one of the youngest Members of Parliament (MP) when he was narrowly elected for Belfast East . He held this seat for 31 years until his defeat by Naomi Long in 2010 , making him
1484-519: A referendum on Irish reunification. This is in contrast to their alliance partners Solidarity who oppose the holding of a border poll. People Before Profit have supported leaving the EU and campaigned for a 'Lexit' (a left-wing Brexit) in the 2016 EU referendum in Northern Ireland. Commenting on their pro-Brexit position, Gerry Carroll stated "We made a decision to say that the EU does not operate in
1590-811: A seat on the 10th and final count by 7,890 votes to 9,910. PBP unsuccessfully ran one candidate, Sean Mitchell, in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election , polling 774 first preference votes (2.3% of the total) in the Belfast West constituency . In May 2008, People Before Profit launched a campaign calling for a No vote on the Lisbon Treaty when it was put to the people. In the Republic's 2009 local elections People Before Profit ran twelve candidates, including ten in County Dublin. It secured five seats in three of Dublin's four councils. As well as ten members of
1696-400: A second term as First Minister and Deputy First Minister respectively shortly afterwards. On 6 April 2011 Robinson attended the funeral of murdered PSNI officer, Ronan Kerr , becoming the first DUP leader to attend a Catholic Mass. In 2012, Robinson was involved in the historic visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Northern Ireland, when she shook hands with Martin McGuinness. Robinson supported
1802-832: A single seat in North Antrim; its vote share was down from the May 2010 elections to the UK Parliament. Despite their first preference vote halving, the Green Party held their sole seat in North Down while the People before Profit Alliance narrowly failed to take the final seat in the Foyle constituency . The only member elected as an independent in 2007 (in West Tyrone ) retired, leaving a single independent in
1908-533: A strategic unionist rethink in the wake of the Anglo-Irish Agreement was rejected by their respective leaders, Ian Paisley and James Molyneaux . He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum on 30 May 1996 and served in it until it completed its work in 1998. On 25 June 1998, he was elected MLA for Belfast East in the Northern Ireland Assembly election . He was subsequently re-elected to
2014-430: A strict interpretation of Sharia law . Pastor McConnell was found not guilty of two charges related to his sermon in 2016 - improper use of a public electronic communications network and causing a grossly offensive message to be sent by means of a public electronic communications network . On 30 May, leaders of Northern Ireland's Muslim community met with Robinson at Stormont Castle and accepted his clarification of
2120-567: A suspected heart attack and was admitted to hospital. Robinson's character on the BBC's Folks on the Hill television programme is portrayed as aggressive and constantly trying to get away from the Ian Paisley - Martin McGuinness so-called " Chuckle Brothers " image when he works with Martin McGuinness. People before Profit Alliance People Before Profit ( Irish : Pobal Seachas Brabús , PBP )
2226-489: A year. People Before Profit seek to create a state-owned building corporation that would be used to retrofit existing homes. People Before Profit supports the legalisation of cannabis for medical and general use. It states that it wants to "legislate for the use of medicinal cannabis for pain management of chronic conditions" and medical cannabis be "researched and made available as an evidence-based option for health care providers and patients". It also states that it wants
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#17330935551222332-738: Is a Trotskyist political party formed in October 2005. The party is active in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . People Before Profit was established in 2005 as the People Before Profit Alliance by members of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), a Trotskyist organisation affiliated to the International Socialist Tendency (IST). The Community & Workers Action Group (CWAG) in south Dublin joined
2438-473: Is a complicated process and people have to accept that. We will take as long as it takes to get it right." The party election broadcasts (PEBs) in this table are at the BBC News site. Almost every individual party web site below also shows a copy of or a link to at least one of the party's own election broadcasts. Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician) Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948)
2544-541: Is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. Until his retirement in 2016, Robinson was involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 years, being a founding member of the DUP along with Ian Paisley . Robinson served in the role of General Secretary of the DUP from 1975,
2650-729: Is also a fan of his local Belfast football team Glentoran . Robinson is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian. Despite originally attending Ian Paisley 's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster , he left in the late 1970s and joined Elim Pentecostal Church and then the Assemblies of God . Robinson was the driving force behind the DUPs secular appeal and leaving the FPCU was perhaps a part of this strategy. He owns property in Belfast. In 2014 he and his wife sold their luxury villa in Florida and London apartment. He
2756-749: Is author of a number of books and pamphlets on local politics and history including: The Union Under Fire (1995); Sinn Féin – A Case for Proscription (1993); Hands off the UDR (1990); Their Cry was no Surrender (1986); Ulster in Peril (1984); Carson – Man of Action (1984); It's Londonderry (1984); A War to be Won (1983); Self-Inflicted (1981); Ulster the Facts (1981); Savagery and Suffering (1975); Capital Punishment for Capital Crime (1974); Give Me Liberty (no date); Ulster—the Prey (no date). On 25 May 2015, he suffered
2862-551: Is not fit for the purpose of socialist change." The party gained four seats in the 2019 Northern Ireland Local Elections. People Before Profit won five council seats, three in Belfast City Council and two in Derry. The party stood two candidates in the 2019 United Kingdom general election , with their best performance being by Gerry Carroll in the Belfast West seat: he came second with 16%. The party retained its three TDs in
2968-470: Is opposed to NATO and support Irish neutrality . They have said that "the role of NATO expansion and the role of further potential NATO aggression" are partly to blame for the Russian invasion of Ukraine , which they consider "a conflict between two reactionary imperialist blocs", and accuse NATO of escalating the war "to the terrifying possibility that we could have a nuclear situation". PBP have condemned
3074-463: The British Parliament to the Northern Ireland Assembly, negotiating a power-sharing deal with Sinn Féin. This process ensured that devolution in Northern Ireland was able to be fully completed. At the 2011 Assembly election , both the DUP and Sinn Féin increased their number of seats. Robinson had led the DUP to its best ever Assembly election result. Robinson and McGuinness were sworn in for
3180-623: The Iris Robinson scandal . Arlene Foster was designated to discharge the duties of First Minister until his return. Robinson faced claims that he knew his wife had obtained £50,000 from two developers for her teenage lover but did not tell the proper authorities, leading to him asking the House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly to carry out an inquiry into his conduct. After an OFMdFM lawyer advised Robinson that he had committed no wrongdoing, he returned to active duty as First Minister despite
3286-520: The Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 and again in 2007 . Robinson was Minister for Regional Development , which has overall responsibility for the Department for Regional Development (DRD), between 29 November 1999 to 27 July 2000 and 24 October 2001 to 11 October 2002. He was responsible for the introduction of free fares on public transport for the elderly and helped formulate the 25-year Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland and devise
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3392-542: The Northern Ireland Assembly election of May 2011 , winning 5,438 first-preference votes between them but no seats in the new Assembly. Its most successful candidate in this election was Eamonn McCann , who received 3,120 first-preference votes, or 8% of the total, in Foyle . In the June 2011 Belfast West by-election , Gerry Carroll received 1,751 votes (7.6%), coming in third place and ahead of both unionist candidates. In April 2013, Joan Collins TD and Cllr Pat Dunne left
3498-557: The Northern Ireland Executive . Robinson was elected unopposed to succeed Ian Paisley as leader of the DUP on 15 April 2008, and was subsequently confirmed as First Minister of Northern Ireland on 5 June 2008. In January 2010, following a scandal involving his wife Iris , Robinson temporarily handed over his duties as First Minister to Arlene Foster under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 2006 . Following
3604-687: The Northern Ireland civil rights movement and defended the Stormont government . Robinson became chairman of the Lagan Valley branch of the DUP's predecessor the Protestant Unionist Party upon its formation. In 1970 he was prominent in Paisley's campaign to win the North Antrim seat in the 1970 UK general election Robinson and for a time served as Paisley's private secretary. In 1971 Robinson
3710-560: The Republic of Ireland ) does not remain impartial during the election period. The sitting Speaker, in this instance William Hay ( DUP , Foyle ), must revert to his or her party colours and campaign for a seat on its manifesto. Once re-elected as an MLA (as Hay was), he or she becomes eligible for re-election as Speaker to resume unbiased authority over the Assembly. The regional media reported that Sinn Féin 's Francie Molloy , an outgoing Deputy Speaker, had hoped to win election as Speaker when
3816-616: The Royal Ulster Constabulary but instead he joined the Lagan Valley unit of the Ulster Protestant Volunteers (UPV) , a paramilitary organisation tied to Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church . Robinson also joined the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee . As a young man Robinson embraced a populist anti-Catholic fundamentalism; a former classmate alleged Robinson and a friend harassed
3922-455: The d'Hondt method of proportional representation . In addition, in separate votes on 12 and 16 May, the Assembly as a whole re-elected party leaders David Ford (Alliance), Peter Robinson (DUP) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) to their seats on the Executive as, respectively, Minister of Justice and First Minister and deputy First Minister . Thus the Executive's total membership, as in
4028-517: The general election on 7 June 2001, Robinson's wife, Iris , joined him in Parliament as MP for Strangford . Robinson's electoral success was marked when he was elected Deputy Leader of the DUP in 1980. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East on 20 October 1982 where he served as Chairman of the Environment Committee until it was dissolved in 1986. In 1986 he
4134-584: The "non-commercialised legalisation of cannabis to be regulated by a new state body and dispensed via designated stores". In November 2022, Gino Kenny introduced a bill to legalise personal usage of cannabis, and possession of up to seven grams of cannabis. In 2023, People Before Profit published a document which said that the Irish military and police force ( Garda Siochana ) would commit a coup d'état on behalf of "wealthy elites" against any prospective left-wing government that formed in Ireland. People Before Profit
4240-476: The 10-year Regional Transport Strategy. Robinson was Minister of Finance and Personnel from 8 May 2007 to June 2008. On 4 March 2008, Ian Paisley announced that he would step down as Leader of the DUP and First Minister that May. On 14 April 2008, Robinson was nominated unanimously by the DUP MLAs as leader-designate with Nigel Dodds as deputy leader-designate and on 17 April 2008 they were both ratified by
4346-567: The 14 members who retired early from the Northern Ireland Assembly did so either after being elected or re-elected to the British House of Commons on 6 May 2010 (as MPs), or else in anticipation of being elected to the Dáil Éireann (lower house of the Irish parliament) on 25 February 2011 (as a TD). [Three retired or retiring members are Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom (PC).] These are
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4452-685: The 2007 election, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin (SF) remained the two largest parties in the Assembly, with the DUP winning 38 and Sinn Féin winning 29 of the Assembly's 108 seats. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) won 16 seats, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 14 and the Alliance 8, while one seat each was won by the Green Party , Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) and an independent candidate. Following
4558-476: The 2011 Assembly election concerns were raised by politicians and others about the time it took for ballots to be verified and counted. The first result came in at 7:00 p.m. on Friday 6 May, nine hours after counting began and 21 hours after polls closed. The announcement of the final results for some constituencies came two days after the polls closed. In contrast, the first result for elections held in Scotland on
4664-416: The 2011 Assembly first met; in the event, following inter-party negotiations, Hay was re-elected and Molloy was nominated by his party for, and elected to, a newly created position of Principal Deputy Speaker with a presumed right of succession. European Union (EU) and Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline for voters to register to vote in 5 May elections
4770-421: The 2020 Irish general election. People Before Profit supported Debenhams Ireland workers in their 2020 industrial dispute. On 28 February 2021, RISE , a democratic socialist party that had previously split from Solidarity in 2019, merged with People Before Profit. Paul Murphy became the party's 4th TD in the process. It maintains its media and functions as an internal organisation. On 10 May 2021,
4876-428: The 22 candidates from the seven parties which won no seats in 2011, the four candidates who won more than 1,000 first-preference votes (and more than 4% of the total first preferences) in their respective constituencies were: Three-fifths, or 8,606 (60%), of the 14,338 first preferences cast for the seven minor parties went to these four candidates. Of the 15 independent candidates, running in 9 separate constituencies,
4982-451: The 25 changes in membership that occurred between the third Assembly's dissolution in March 2011 and the fourth Assembly's election in May. Seventeen sitting members did not present themselves for re-election and another eight were defeated at the polls. One re-elected member had been elected with a different affiliation in 2007. The numbers indicate the percentage of votes each member received in
5088-568: The 8 who won more than 1,000 first-preference votes (and over 2.5% of the first-preference total) were: A majority (8,395 or 54%) of the 15,535 first-preference votes cast for independents went to the first four of these candidates, three of whom had been elected by other parties in 2007. David McClarty was the only successful independent candidate. Thirty-one members of the previous Assembly during all of part of its term (2007–2011) did not offer themselves for re-election in May 2011. Another eight who did seek re-election were unsuccessful. Several of
5194-495: The Conservatives , UKIP , the Democratic Unionist Party and Traditional Unionist Voice and regardless of People Before Profit's intentions, this would serve the pro-Brexit agenda. In response, Richard Boyd-Barrett tried to distance PBP's position from those parties, and noted that People Before Profit opposed a hard border, and would encourage "a movement of civil disobedience to remove border posts if they are imposed by either
5300-543: The DUP's Save Ulster from Sodomy campaign to prevent the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland. On 30 October 2008, in his first extensive interview as First Minister (for Hearts and Minds on BBC Northern Ireland ), Peter Robinson stated that homosexuality was against Christian theology . Robinson's wife, Iris, had quoted the Bible which said that homosexuality was an abomination and that with help, gay people could be "turned around". A police investigation
5406-451: The DUP's 120-member executive committee. He formally became leader on 31 May 2008. As he was nominated by the largest party, Robinson was ratified by the Northern Ireland Assembly as First Minister with Sinn Féin 's Martin McGuinness as deputy First Minister on 5 June 2008. On 11 January 2010 Robinson announced that he was temporarily stepping down from the position of First Minister to clear his name over BBC allegations arising from
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#17330935551225512-537: The DUP. Although he had recently suffered a heart attack, he stated his health was not the main reason behind his decision to stand down. He did not contest the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election . The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) , a Loyalist paramilitary group, were a decisive factor in Robinson being elected to the Belfast East constituency during the 1979 general election . Robinson had an association with
5618-583: The IRA in December 1987. He also was a pallbearer with DUP politician Sammy Wilson at the funeral of UDA leader Ray Smallwoods , who served half of a 15-year sentence for the attempted murder of Bernadette McAliskey in 1981. On 7 August 1986, in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement , Robinson led a group of loyalists into the village of Clontibret in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland to demonstrate
5724-505: The Russian imperialist invasion", but said sanctions "are hurting ordinary Russians and are only bolstering the Putin regime". Simon Coveney and Neale Richmond of Fine Gael have suggested it is contradictory for PBP to support sanctions against Israel but not against Russia. Murphy responded "You have a call for [sanctions] coming from ordinary Palestinians, including Palestinians who live within
5830-467: The SDLP. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in 1983 , 1986 (along with other unionist MPs, he resigned his seat in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement on 17 December 1985 and was re-elected in the by-election the next year), 1987 , 1992 , 2001 and 2005 . In the 2010 UK general election he lost Belfast East to Naomi Long of the Alliance Party. Robinson served on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee from 1997 to July 2005. In
5936-408: The SWP, Joan Collins and Pat Dunne of the CWAG ran in Dublin, and Donnie Fell (a former Waterford Crystal worker and trade union representative) in Waterford. In the Republic's 2011 general election , both Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins were elected to Dáil Éireann as TDs (deputies), running under a joint People Before Profit and United Left Alliance banner. PBP ran four candidates in
6042-457: The UDA that predated the 1979 election by several years. The UDA canvassed for Robinson's election campaign, displayed his posters at their headquarters and did "sterling service" at polling booths. In 1984 Robinson and UUP politician John Carson negotiated on behalf of loyalist paramilitary prisoners held at Magilligan Prison on hunger strike in protest at not being segregated from republican prisoners. The pair and Ian Paisley both spoke at
6148-402: The UK government or the EU". The party supports free public transport . People Before Profit supports nationalising the "major Agri-corporations" and using them to finance a “ just transition ” for farmers and rural Ireland. People Before Profit also seeks to cut the national cow herd by 50% and pay farmers a green payment to offset this, provided a farmer doesn't earn more than €100,000
6254-405: The UUP's strength from 2007, while keeping independent strength in the Assembly at one (as Kieran Deeny , the retiring independent member, was not succeeded in West Tyrone by another independent). McClarty decided not to re-join the UUP after his re-election. The presiding officer of the Northern Ireland's Assembly (like those for Scotland and Wales , but unlike those for the United Kingdom or
6360-464: The alliance in 2007 and brought along the party's first elected representative, Joan Collins , an anti–bin tax campaigner and former member of the Socialist Party . In February 2018, the SWP renamed itself the Socialist Workers Network (SWN) to reflect "a decision to focus on building People Before Profit, and within that to win and educate as many members as possible in revolutionary socialist politics." The Socialist Environmental Alliance (SEA)
6466-464: The assembly was rejected. His action was a response to a murder for which a member of Sinn Féin , a party in the Northern Ireland Executive, had been questioned. He resumed his duties on 20 October 2015. On 19 November 2015, he announced that he would be stepping down as First Minister and as leader of the DUP. Robinson subsequently stepped down as First Minister on 11 January 2016 and has now fully retired from frontline politics. Peter David Robinson
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#17330935551226572-407: The event, saying, "We recognise that this will be a difficult ask for Her Majesty The Queen and a significant step for republicans. The process has required us all to reach out and take decisions outside our comfort zone. It is the right decision and a step forward for Northern Ireland." On 19 November 2015, Robinson announced he would be stepping down as Northern Ireland First Minister and leader of
6678-445: The first round of counting under the Single Transferable Vote in the 2011 election, and the round which decided his or her election or defeat. In some constituencies (Foyle, West Tyrone and Fermanagh & South Tyrone), it is not possible to couple a single outgoing member by party with a single successor. The pairs of outgoing and incoming members in those seats are presented in arbitrary order. Most of these changes occurred due to
6784-650: The first time some alleged aspects of my wife's affair and her financial arrangements" and that he would be "resolutely defending attacks on my character and contesting any allegations of wrongdoing". A series of investigations cleared Robinson. According to a report on the website of the Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) non-governmental organisation, in 2007 Peter Robinson wrote to its director Willie Frazer , telling him he "might find it much easier to get co-operation with political representatives if you were genuinely involved in Victim Support rather than opposition politics". Robinson's principal private secretary
6890-409: The group to form United Left , a political party with former Socialist Party TD Clare Daly . In the May 2014 local elections, People Before Profit won 14 seats including two seats outside Dublin on Sligo and Wexford County Councils. People Before Profit supported the successful Right2Water Ireland campaign against the introduction of water charges in Ireland, which was launched in 2014. By 2017
6996-450: The inaccurate report was evidence that the BBC were leading a smear campaign against him. On 8 January 2010 the BBC Northern Ireland programme Spotlight reported on how his wife, Iris, had obtained £50,000 for Kirk McCambley, 19 at the time, while in a sexual relationship with him. On the day before the Spotlight programme, Peter Robinson had made an emotional statement to the Press Association , BBC, UTV and RTÉ in regard to
7102-462: The interests of working people anywhere, and the strongest example of that is Greece. What we need is a Brexit that is not shaped by Theresa May , we need one that is shaped by working-class people in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. And one that is shaped by the trade union movement." Members of Sinn Féin criticised this stance, saying that supporting Brexit, tactically or otherwise, aligned People Before Profit with British parties such as
7208-561: The invasion as " barbaric " and have supported taking in Ukrainian refugees . People Before Profit call for sanctions against Israel and support the Palestinian -led movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). They have called for "a comprehensive package of economic, political and cultural sanctions against Israel for war crimes, ethnic cleansing and the crime of apartheid ". People Before Profit oppose sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Paul Murphy said they stand with Ukrainians "in their struggle against
7314-424: The lack of security along the Irish border. The loyalists attacked the unmanned Garda station in the village and daubed loyalist slogans on the walls. They then held a parade along the main street and attacked two Gardaí . More Gardaí arrived shortly after and fired shots in the air, scattering the loyalist crowd. Robinson was arrested and held at Monaghan Garda station. He pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly and
7420-461: The longest-serving Belfast MP since the 1800 Act of Union . In 1980, Robinson was elected as the deputy leader of the DUP. Following the re-establishment of devolved government in Northern Ireland as a result of the Good Friday Agreement , Robinson was elected in 1998 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East . Robinson subsequently served as Minister for Regional Development and Minister of Finance and Personnel in
7526-485: The loyalist hunger strike, asked if he regarded the UDA as terrorists, he insisted that they were "counter-terrorists" and refused to condemn the UDA and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) by name. Following the signing of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement Robinson tried to enlist the paramilitary group to join demonstrations including taking over towns at night. UDA sources claimed UDA members met Robinson at DUP headquarters, who would instruct his police bodyguard to sit outside
7632-455: The new Assembly (after three independents first elected on other tickets had retired or lost re-election), compared to five at the end of the previous one. As in the previous Assembly, the DUP's voting strength was reduced by one with the re-election on 12 May of Willie Hay (DUP, Foyle) to the non-partisan office of Speaker. Ten seats on the Northern Ireland Executive were filled by the new Assembly on 16 May according to party strength under
7738-422: The nominees of 14 separate political parties . 1,210,009 individuals were registered to vote in the 2011 Assembly election (representing an increase of 9.2% compared to the 2007 Assembly election). Turnout in the 2011 Assembly election was 55.7%, a decline of almost seven percentage points from the previous Assembly election and down over 14 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly in 1998. As in
7844-625: The ongoing investigations by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Assembly Commissioner for Standards and Privileges. While the police investigation into the conduct of the Peter and Iris Robinson concluded in a recommendation not to prosecute in 2011, the Standards and Privileges enquiry remained incomplete three years after it was ordered by the Assembly. It was delayed as Iris Robinson
7950-474: The organisation in Foyle in the 2007 Assembly election , receiving 2,045 votes (4.98% of the total). The group was dissolved in 2008 with most of it folding into the People Before Profit Alliance. People Before Profit contested several constituencies in the 2007 general election , polling around 9,000 first preferences , with Richard Boyd Barrett —the candidate in the Dún Laoghaire constituency —missing
8056-415: The organisation was intended to act as a protector for beleaguered unionists who were under attack from the IRA. The organisation subsequently imported arms from South Africa, resulting in Paisley and Robinson dissociating themselves from the organisation. He was photographed wearing the group's beret at an Ulster Resistance demonstration. In the late 1970s, Robinson became widely known as the organiser of
8162-454: The party announced that Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Councillor Hugh Lewis was no longer a member of People Before Profit, "following an internal disciplinary procedure. People Before Profit retained their single seat in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election . They lost three of the five council seats they had had in the May 2023 Northern Ireland local elections , with 1.1% of the vote, down by 0.4 percentage points . On 10 October 2024,
8268-458: The party announced that Richard Boyd Barrett had been selected to be the leader of the party, which before had been run as a collective leadership . The party said the reason behind selecting a leader was "offering a familiar face to identify the party with", "communicating the policies of the party in the media", and to be the spokesperson in the leaders' debates in the 2024 general election . Historical Historical People Before Profit are
8374-574: The past, is 13. Numbers as reported by Wednesday, 11 May 2011. Party affiliation of the six Assembly members returned by each constituency. The first column indicates the party of the Member of the House of Commons (MP) returned by the corresponding parliamentary constituency in the general election of 6 May 2010 (under the " first past the post " method). (The constituencies are arranged here in rough geographical order around Lough Neagh from Antrim to Londonderry. To see them in alphabetical order, click
8480-481: The poll in the Belfast West constituency at the 2016 Assembly Election with 8,299 votes (22.9%), almost 4,000 first-preference votes clear of his nearest challenger, Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann (Sinn Féin was running five candidates). This victory secured People Before Profit with their first elected MLA. Eamonn McCann also took a seat in the constituency of Foyle . In 2017 , Carroll retained his seat but with
8586-402: The relationship and stated that there had been no financial wrongdoing. The programme maintained that when Robinson found out about the financial aspects of his wife's relationship he insisted that the money she had lobbied two property developers for and which she subsequently lent and gave to her lover be returned in full. It claimed that he did not tell the proper authorities what he knew about
8692-446: The report. In May 2014, Robinson was widely criticized after he told The Irish News that he supported Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle Pastor James McConnell's right as a pastor to make remarks about Islam . In a sermon the pastor had stated "Islam is heathen, Islam is satanic, Islam is a doctrine spawned in hell." Robinson said that like the pastor he would not "trust them" for spiritual guidance, speaking of Muslims who follow
8798-495: The results of the election, Peter Robinson of the DUP and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin were nominated and subsequently re-elected as First Minister and deputy First Minister on 12 May 2011. The sole change to the Northern Ireland Executive was that the UUP lost a ministerial post to the Alliance. The election was the first since the devolution of policing and justice powers to the assembly. In contrast to previous elections, it
8904-609: The right to speak, the right to express their views." On 28 May 2009 the Planning Service of Northern Ireland granted a developer planning permission for six houses to be built on land, part of which, was Robinson's rear garden on the Gransha Road in the Dundonald area of East Belfast. On 30 March 2010, the BBC reported that Robinson had purchased a piece of land from a developer for £5, enabling him to sell part of his back garden for nearly £460,000. Robinson later claimed that
9010-644: The room and wait. Robinson also made contact with the UVF to coordinate strike action against the Anglo-Irish Agreement; following criticism Robinson insisted he was only fulfilling his responsibilities as Belfast co-ordinator for the protests. In this period Robinson attended rallies in Keady and Portadown where masked men paraded in military formation. In a profile by World in Action in 1986 Robinson acknowledged that he
9116-653: The same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 local councils , the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections, a number of local elections in England and the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum . As in the past, the 2011 election to the Assembly was conducted using the single transferable vote (STV) system of proportional representation . The 108 seats were contested in 18 constituencies by 218 candidates , including 15 independents and
9222-403: The same day as the Assembly election came in at 12:54 a.m., just under three hours after counting began, and the final result came in at 5:21 p.m. on the same day (Friday 6 May). In response to the criticisms about the speed of counting, Northern Ireland's Chief Electoral Officer, Graham Shields, defended the process, saying that it was "about accuracy, not about speed", adding that "This
9328-599: The scale of the campaign resulted in the suspension and ultimately the scrapping of the funding model. In the 2014 Belfast City Council election , Carroll became the first People Before Profit councillor elected in Northern Ireland, winning 3rd place in the Black Mountain DEA , with 1,691 1st Preference votes (12.1% of the vote). Discussions were held in August 2015 with the Anti-Austerity Alliance about forming
9434-577: The situation. He also accepted an invitation to the Belfast Islamic Centre. After meeting members of the Islamic community he said he would be visiting the Centre again, a place where he felt welcome and respected. Robinson married Iris Collins on 26 July 1970; they have three children, Jonathan, Gareth and Rebekah. His wife has joined him as a councillor , an MLA and an MP. Their son, Gareth Robinson
9540-440: The small square icon after "Constituency"; to restore this geographical order, click the icon after "No." at the left.) Percentage of each constituency's first-preference votes. Four highest percentages in each constituency shaded; absolute majorities underlined . The constituencies are arranged in the geographic order described for the table above; click the icon next to "Constituency" to see them in alphabetical order. Out of
9646-475: The total). Overall, SEA got 2,394 votes in the election, 0.35% of the total. It contested the 2004 elections to the European Parliament , with Eamonn McCann as their candidate. He received 9,172 first preference votes (1.6% of the total votes cast). McCann then stood in the 2005 general election in the Foyle constituency , receiving 1,649 votes and winning 3.6% of the vote. McCann again stood for
9752-450: The transactions between the four, despite being obliged by the Northern Ireland Executive ministerial code of conduct to act in the public interest at all times. Later that day Robinson's solicitors said he was thoroughly satisfied that he had at all times acted properly and fulfilled all requirements, and would robustly challenge any allegation to the contrary. On the following day, Robinson maintained that he had "learned from Spotlight for
9858-627: Was a political party which operated in Northern Ireland, based largely in the city of Derry . The SEA contested the Northern Ireland Assembly 2003 election in the East Londonderry and Foyle seats (reflecting the party's Derry base). It polled poorly in East Londonderry, with candidate Marion Baur gaining 137 first preference votes (0.4% of the total), although in Foyle Eamonn McCann gained 2,257 first preference votes (5.5% of
9964-691: Was a founding member of the DUP and was General Secretary of the DUP between 1975 and 1979. He had previously shared the post of honorary secretary of the party on an unpaid basis with Desmond Boal . Robinson was active in the 1974 Ulster Workers' Council strike against the Sunningdale Agreement , which had been signed in December 1973. A senior loyalist politician recalled walking into the Ulster Workers' Council HQ on Hawthornden Road to find Peter Robinson and Jim Allister "giggling", phoning SDLP headquarters claiming to be Catholics in distress in
10070-487: Was adjudged medically unfit to respond to the enquiry. The report was finally completed at the beginning of 2014, and finally made publicly available on 28 November 2014. Section 13 of the report stated that the three BBC allegations against Robinson "even if established after investigation", did not breach of the Code of Conduct. On 5 February 2010, Robinson and McGuinness oversaw the devolution of policing and justice powers from
10176-498: Was also member of Castlereagh (borough). They were the first husband and wife ever to represent Northern Ireland constituencies in Parliament . His daughter, Rebekah, served as his private secretary for his Advice Centre in the East Belfast constituency. Hazel Kerr serves as the office's main secretary. He is a supporter of Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur and has expressed admiration for former Spurs player Gareth Bale . Robinson
10282-549: Was born on 29 December 1948 in Belfast , Northern Ireland, the son of Sheila and David McCrea Robinson. Robinson was educated at Annadale Grammar School and Castlereagh College, now part of the Belfast Metropolitan College . In 1966 Robinson first heard Ian Paisley speak at a rally at Ulster Hall and shortly afterwards left school to devote himself to the Protestant fundamentalist cause. Robinson considered joining
10388-592: Was eclipsed by the Alliance Party 's, and in a number of other constituencies considered safe such as North Down. The election was also poor for the SDLP, which lost two seats. The Alliance Party performed well, gaining a second seat in East Belfast (which a former Progressive Unionist Party member lost and the PUP failed to regain), while increasing the Alliance vote share significantly. Traditional Unionist Voice secured
10494-570: Was fined IR£ 17,500 in a Drogheda court. There was also violence both before and after a court appearance in Dundalk , when both Robinson and Ian Paisley were attacked. Republicans also threw stones and petrol bombs at flag-waving Robinson supporters. At his trial one of the judges described him as "a senior extremist politician". In November 1986, Paisley and Robinson spoke at the Ulster Hall demonstration which launched Ulster Resistance (UR),
10600-565: Was found to have been involved, in February 2010, in trying to have criticism of the DUP's working relationship with Sinn Féin censored from FAIR's website. UUP leader Reg Empey asked whether this amounted to party political use of the office. Seven months later FAIR's funding by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) was stopped following allegations of financial irregularities in the group. Frazer stepped down as director after reading
10706-461: Was initiated amid claims "her comments breached hate crime laws. No charges were brought." Peter Robinson supported his wife's statements, saying: "It wasn't Iris Robinson who determined that homosexuality was an abomination, it was The Almighty . This is the Scriptures . It is a strange world indeed where somebody on the one hand talks about equality, but won't allow Christians to have the equality,
10812-557: Was involved, alongside other DUP leaders, in the launch of Ulster Resistance at the Ulster Hall, an event chaired by the DUP. Robinson was later photographed wearing a beret at an Ulster Resistance rally. The DUP later severed links with Ulster Resistance in 1987. Robinson resigned briefly as DUP Deputy Leader in 1987 when the Task Force Report , written jointly with UUP members Harold McCusker MP and Frank Millar and calling for
10918-411: Was midnight on 14 April 2011. All voters had to present one piece of photographic identification in order to cast a vote at the polling station: accepted forms of ID were an Electoral Identity Card , a photographic Northern Ireland or Great Britain driving licence , a European Union member state passport , a Translink 60+ SmartPass, a Translink Senior SmartPass, a Translink Blind Person's SmartPass or
11024-458: Was overtaken by his running mate Eileen Paisley . Robinson was elected as a councillor for Castlereagh Borough Council for the Castlereagh C area in the local government elections on 18 May 1977, a seat he held until his resignation from the council on 2 July 2007. Robinson was selected as DUP candidate for Belfast East during the 1979 general election , a seat which previously had
11130-534: Was relatively uncontroversial. The turnout was one of the lowest ever in a Northern Ireland election. Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party both continued to make gains, although the DUP vote share was slightly down. The election was a disaster for the Ulster Unionist Party , which came behind the Social Democratic and Labour Party in terms of first preference vote, although the UUP won more seats. The Ulster Unionist vote collapsed in Belfast, where it
11236-523: Was relying on the UDA for "muscle" in the unionist confrontation with the British government over the Agreement, but justified the strategy on the basis that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had ignored the elected representatives of unionism and "other means" were necessary. Robinson and UUP MP Harold McCusker were pallbearers at the funeral of UDA commander John McMichael , who was assassinated at his home by
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