I feel that the 2011 Assembly election will be one of consolidation, not change.

Boundary changes are both a curse and a blessing for the psephologist. 

The structure of the Assembly has been designed to take into account the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland; the much more fundamental divide of gender is barely addressed. But it is a matter of huge importance for the sort of society we want to be.

One of the joys of the PR-STV system for us analysts is the wealth of detail revealed about voter preferences when one looks at transfers.