By Jonathan Isaby
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Following the resignation of Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams from the Belfast West seat (which he did of course never take up in the House of Commons), a by-election will take place in the constituency on June 9th.
Six candidates are standing:
- Alex Attwood - SDLP
- Gerry Carroll - People Before Profit
- Brian Kingston - DUP
- Bill Manwaring - UUP
- Paul Maskey - Sinn Fein
- Aaron McIntyre - Alliance
Adams, who was elected to the Irish Parliament at its recent general election, held the seat at the 2010 general election with a majority of 17,579 after attracting more than 70% of the vote, making it Sinn Fein's safest seat.
