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Belfast West by-election, 2011

The Belfast West by-election, 2011 was a by-election for the United Kingdom constituency of Belfast West following the resignation of the constituency's Member of Parliament, Gerry Adams
in advance of his candidacy in the 2011 general election in the Republic of Ireland. A writ for a by-election was moved in the House of Commons on 16 May 2011, and the vote took place on 9 June 2011.
==Background==
Gerry Adams had held Belfast West for Sinn Féin from 1983 to 1992, and continuously since 1997.〔(Gerry Adams resigns as West Belfast MP ) BBC News〕 At the 1992 UK general election and in the 1974 and 1979 elections, the seat was won instead by the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), an Irish nationalist party, but by the 2010 general election, they were a long way behind Adams, the seat being the safest in Northern Ireland and the fourth safest anywhere in the UK. A constituency of the same name, with boundaries identical to the Westminster constituency which existed before the 2010 election, was contested at the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, using the single transferable vote method of election. Sinn Féin candidates won five of the six seats and the SDLP the other.〔(West Belfast 2007 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕
In 2010, the two main unionist parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), both stood candidates in the seat, but took only 10.7% of the vote between them. The DUP did hold one of the six Assembly seats until 2007.〔(West Belfast ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 Although the UUP have not held their deposit in recent years, they held the Parliamentary seat until 1966.〔(West Belfast 1950-1970 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕

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