Socialist Outlook

Socialist Viewpoint, International, Socialist Outlook and their supplements, 1984–2002

Loyalist votes defeat Gerry Adams

Socialist Outlook no. 20, April 17 1992 · 158 words

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By comparison miserable scores were recorded by small for Keith Thompson of the RCP in Oxford East, and 56 by Brian Grogan of the Communist League in SouthUnionists towards the SDLP. Unionist vote. Road area are in Adams constituency. and vote tactically. THE NEW intake of 40-odd Lathe hands of the SDLP was the result almost entirely of a tactical shift by loyalist voters away from the official In fact Gerry Adams' share of the vote actually went up from 41.2 per cent to 42.1 per cent. The 7.8 per cent increase in the SDL vote was accounted for by the nearly 7 per cent drop in the While the name West Belfast' conjures up an image of a republican stronghold, in fact sections of the loyalist Shankill dams was the victim of a big media campaign suggesting the housands of loyalists were 'expected' to shift voting allegianc the Liberal Democrat vote.

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