Everything Ulster - Election 2005

NORTH Down has the 3rd lowest population of any constituency in Northern Ireland with just 85,992 and a 2001 electorate of 62,212. The outgoing MP is Lady Sylvia Hermon of the Ulster Unionists, who is again contesting the seat. North Down is traditionally a good seat for non-mainstream unionists, presumably because the chances of the seat going to a nationalist candidate are slim with a catholic population of just 9%.

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