Sentences with word «abstentionist»

The median MP is thus the 325th in the ideological ranking (I ignore here Sinn Fein's abstentionist policy towards the Westminster parliament).

The election of abstentionist MPs in the border areas represents a quite staggering withdrawal from the national political discourse by those most desperately in need of political representation in the coming months, a situation further exacerbated by the ongoing suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The centre - left Irish nationalists and sister party to Labour were wiped out at last year's Westminster election, leaving just DUP and abstentionist Sinn Féin MPs representing Northern Ireland.

Over the years, he changed his view on alcohol, moving from an abstentionist position to a more moderationist one.