Middleton and Eastwood at shorter odds than McGuinness with Paddy Power
Judging from the odds listed, Paddy Power also believes the SDLP will hold on to the sixth seat in the constituency.
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Hide AdMark H. Durkan is available at 1/18; Raymond McCartney at 1/6; and Gerard Diver at 4/11.
The bookmaker has also calculated that if the SDLP’s seat is at risk it is marginally more at risk from Independent Dr Anne McCloskey (8/11) than from Sinn Féin’s Maeve McLaughlin (4/5).
The odds start to lengthen with Eamonn McCann of People Before Profit (PBP) who is priced at 9/2.
They then drop off considerably for the remaining candidates.
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Hide AdGreen Party candidate Mary Hassan is listed at 20/1 despite the fact the party hasn’t run a candidate here in a decade.
The odds for the rest of the candidates are as follows: Independent Maurice Devenney (25/1); Independent Kathleen Bradley (33/1); Ulster Unionist Julia Kee (40/1); Conservative Alan Dunlop (66/1); Alliance Chris McCaw (66/1); and CISTA John Lindsay (100/1).
The bookmaker hasn’t opened a book for East Londonderry or West Tyrone, however, other interesting markets include West Belfast, where Paddy Power believes People Before Profit candidate Gerry Carroll at 1/40 will take a seat from Sinn Féin or the SDLP.
In Fermanagh and West Tyrone, Maurice Morrow and Arlene Foster (1/100) are nailed on certainties, according to the bookmaker.
Meanwhile, rival bookmaker Sean Graham is giving 4/5 if you pick all six successful candidates in the Foyle constituency.