Democracy and Government Archives

A photo showing the Chairperson (Kellie Armstrong MLA) and Deputy Chairperson (Megan Fearon MLA) of the Northern Ireland Assembly Women's Caucus (photo courtesy of Politics Plus)

Who runs Northern Ireland? Taking stock of gender and power in Northern Ireland

8th March 20196th March 2020 Michael Potter Women and Equalities

Reading Time: 4 minutes Please note that more up-to-date statistics on gender representation can be found in the RaISe research paper Who Runs Northern

A photograph of the Houses of Parliament

Brexit Democracy and Government

EU exit regulations and Northern Ireland

26th October 201827th November 2018 Tim Moore

Reading Time: 4 minutes A high profile consequence of the continuing failure to establish an Executive and fully functioning Assembly was the legislative passage

An image of the Northern Ireland Assembly Library

Democracy and Government

A brief overview of the Northern Ireland Assembly Library

10th October 201815th February 2019 Stephen Browne Libraries

Reading Time: 5 minutes This week is Libraries Week so we thought we would provide an insight into the Northern Ireland Assembly Library, its

An image showing the Chamber of the House of Commons

Brexit Democracy and Government

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Back in the Commons

13th November 201727th March 2018 Tim Moore Constitutional affairs

Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill returns to the House of Commons this week. MPs will consider the Bill in a Committee

The Houses of Parliament, London (http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/estatehistory/) (Image by Chensiyuan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_westminster_palace_panorama_2012_dusk.jpg under Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)

Democracy and Government

General election 2017: A detailed look at the result in Northern Ireland

20th June 201717th July 2017 Ray Russell elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Westminster general election of 8 June 2017 resulted in a ‘hung parliament’, with the Conservatives as the largest party

Reference volumes on political theory in the Assembly Library

Democracy and Government

Transferred votes in the March 2017 Assembly Election

16th March 20175th July 2017 Robert Barry elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 2 minutes Transferred votes are an extremely important part of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. In the 2017 Assembly Election, only

The plenary chamber of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Democracy and Government

The representation of women in public life: where does Northern Ireland stand (now)?

8th March 20176th March 2020 Michael Potter Women and Equalities

Reading Time: 4 minutes Please note that more up-to-date statistics on gender representation can be found in the RaISe research paper Who Runs Northern

Students from Shimna College visiting the Northern Ireland Assembly

Democracy and Government Education

The Northern Ireland Assembly and the School Curriculum

17th October 20166th July 2017 Marina McConville

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Assembly Education Service engaged with more than 80,000 young people during the last mandate. The aim of this work

An image of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Democracy and Government

Election 2016: An analysis of results and transfers

12th October 20166th July 2017 Ray Russell elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 5 minutes Yesterday, we published a post which examined the 2016 Assembly election results in terms of candidates and voter turnout. This

A polling station (Image: Paul Albertella under Creative Commons)

Democracy and Government

Election 2016: Candidates and voter turnout

11th October 20166th July 2017 Ray Russell elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 5 minutes The fifth Assembly election since the return of devolution in 1998 took place on 5 May 2016. The DUP consolidated

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