Alliance Party (Northern Ireland)
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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
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| Leader | Naomi Long MLA |
| Deputy Leader | Stephen Farry MLA |
| President | Anna Lo |
| Chairperson | Duncan Morrow |
| Founder |
Oliver Napier Bob Cooper |
| Founded | 21st April 1970 |
| Preceded by |
Ulster Liberal Party New Ulster Movement |
| Headquarters | 88 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1HE, Northern Ireland |
| Youth wing | Alliance Youth |
| LGBT wing | Alliance LGBT+ |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Nonsectarianism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| European affiliation | None (formerly Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colours |
Yellow Black Blue |
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House of Commons (NI Seats) |
0 / 18
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| House of Lords |
0 / 807
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European Parliament (NI seats) |
0 / 3
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| NI Assembly |
8 / 90
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| NI Local Councils |
30 / 462
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| Website | |
| www |
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Northern Ireland Council Seats
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| Antrim and Newtownabbey |
4 / 40
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| Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon |
0 / 40
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| Belfast City |
8 / 40
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| Causeway Coast and Glens |
1 / 40
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| Derry and Strabane |
0 / 40
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| Fermanagh and Omagh |
0 / 40
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| Lisburn and Castlereagh |
5 / 40
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| Mid and East Antrim |
3 / 40
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| Mid-Ulster |
0 / 40
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| Newry, Mourne and Down |
2 / 41
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| North Down and Ards |
7 / 40
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| Alliance Youth | |
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| Chairperson | Néidín Hendron |
| Vice-Chairperson | Michael Nicholl |
| Secretary | Fia Cowan |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | 88 University Street, Belfast BT7 1HE, Northern Ireland |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Internationalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Mother party | Alliance Party |
| European affiliation | European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) |
| Website | |
| allianceyouthni.org | |
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) (Irish: Páirtí Comhghuaillíochta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster Scots: Alliance Pairtie o Norlin Airlann) is a liberal and centristpolitical party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Founded in 1970 from the New Ulster Movement, the Alliance Party originally represented moderate and non-sectarian unionism. However, over time, particularly in the 1990s, it moved towards neutrality on the Union, and has come to represent wider liberal and non-sectarian concerns. It opposes the consociational power-sharing mandated by the Good Friday Agreement as deepening the sectarian divide, and, in the Northern Ireland Assembly, it is designated as neither unionist nor Irish nationalist, but 'Other'.
In general election in May 2010 the Alliance Party won their first House of Commons seat in a UK-wide general election, in the Belfast East constituency, unseating Peter Robinson, First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Naomi Long was the first MP from the Alliance Party since Stratton Mills, who joined the party from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in 1973. However, the DUP regained the seat at the 2015 general election following an electoral pact with the UUP, leaving the Alliance Party with no representation in the House of Commons.
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