The Election in Northern Ireland

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Are there any fifth parties in Northern Ireland that try to sidestep the nationalist/republican angst?

Alliance: a small liberal party that (IIRC) grew out of the old NI Liberals.

Er...

That's it...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Do they manage to get their deposits back or are they out £9,000 (18 NI seats * £500) each election in Northern Ireland?

It varies a hell of a lot... a good seat to try for NI elections is: www.ark.ac.uk/elections

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Nice to see Whyte do that again... I'll enter when I've had a close look at last year's locals...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What effect will the Conservative Party have on the three NI seats it’s running for?

Put it like this: that's £1,500 gone down the drain. The Tories NI experiment did fairly well at first (winning a load of council seats in North Down and doing fairly well there in the 92 General election) but they collapsed following the North Down by-election in the mid-90's.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Very interesting Kevin