Sinn Féin MP for North Belfast a real possibility

North Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has been selected by the party as the candidate for the Westminster election next year.
At a packed Glenpark on Wednesday night the former POW told republican activists that the election is a great chance for the people of North Belfast to return, for the first time, a republican representative.
The Junior Minister in the Northern Assembly stressed the need for republicans and nationalists to come out and vote Sinn Féin as it was the only party capable of unseating the current DUP MP Nigel Dodds.
“In the European election earlier this year we beat the DUP by 38,000. We beat the UUP by 43,000 and the SDLP by 48,000,” said the Sinn Féin MLA.
"This is the first time in our history we could have a republican as an MP in the north of the city."
Gerry Kelly, who has represented this part of the city for the past 14 years, said there was a huge amount of volunteers that included activists, canvassers, councillors and party members that would be out attempting to convince people to vote Sinn Féin.
"To paraphrase Barack Obama, we can do it. This is a battle between Sinn Féin and the DUP, and I think the SDLP know this.
“We already have Gerry Adams, Michelle Gildernew, Conor Murphy, Pat Doherty and Martin McGuinness, now it's our turn in North Belfast.
"Our strategy is simple. The stronger we are, the more political representatives we have, the more ability we have to change things."