Foyle (Assembly constituency)
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| Foyle Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency |
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| Foyle shown within Northern Ireland | |
| First Used: | 1996 |
| Assembly Members: | Martin Anderson Mary Bradley Mark Durkan William Hay Raymond McCartney Pat Ramsey |
| Districts: | Derry |
Foyle is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.
For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Londonderry constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Foyle UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Foyle (UK Parliament constituency).
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[edit] Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:
- Martin Anderson - Sinn Féin
- Mary Bradley - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party
- Raymond McCartney - Sinn Féin
- Pat Ramsey - Social Democratic and Labour Party
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
- Mary Bradley - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party
- Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Féin
- Mary Nelis - Sinn Féin
- Pat Ramsey - Social Democratic and Labour Party
Changes
- Mary Nelis resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Raymond McCartney (also Sinn Féin) with effect from July 15, 2004 [1]
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
- Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party
- John Hume - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Féin
- Mary Nelis - Sinn Féin
- John Tierney - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- On December 1, 2000, John Hume resigned from the assembly and his seat was filled by Annie Courtney, also Social Democratic and Labour Party.
- Annie Coutney failed to be selected by the Social Democratic and Labour Party in the 2003 election and so stood unsuccessfully as an independent.
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Foyle. They were as follows:
- Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- John Hume - Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Martin McGuinness - Sinn Féin
- Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Féin
- John Tierney - Social Democratic and Labour Party
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2007
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Democratic Unionist | William Hay | 6,960 | Elected | 1 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Mark Durkan | 6,401 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Martina Anderson | 5,414 | Elected | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney | 4,321 | Elected | 8 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Ramsey | 3,242 | Elected | 10 | |
| Sinn Féin | Lynn Fleming | 2,914 | Not elected | 7 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Mary Bradley | 2,891 | Elected | 10 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Helen Quigley | 2,648 | Not elected | 10 | |
| Socialist Environmental | Eamonn McCann | 2,045 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Independent Republican | Peggy O'Hara | 1,789 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Peter Munce | 1,755 | Not elected | 7 | |
| Green (NI) | Adele Corry | 359 | Not elected | 2 | |
| Alliance (NI) | Yvonne Boyle | 224 | Not elected | 2 | |
| Independent (Unionist) | Willie Frazer | 73 | Not elected | 2 | |
[edit] 2003
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Social Democratic and Labour | Mark Durkan | 6,806 | Elected | 1 | |
| Democratic Unionist | William Hay | 6,101 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin | 6,036 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney | 3,679 | Not elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis | 3,499 | Elected | 9 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Mary Bradley | 3,345 | Elected | 8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Hamilton | 3,322 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Ramsey | 2,826 | Elected | 9 | |
| Socialist Environmental | Eamonn McCann | 2,257 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Gerard Diver | 1,769 | Not elected | ||
| Independent | Annie Courtney | 802 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance (NI) | Alan Castle | 227 | Not elected | ||
| Independent | Danny McBrearty | 137 | Not elected | ||
[edit] 1998
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 12,581 | Elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist | William Hay | 6,112 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin | 5,341 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Jack Allen | 4,669 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Mark Durkan | 4,423 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Tierney | 3,778 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis | 3,464 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Annie Courtney | 2,560 | Not elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Gearóid Ó hEára | 2,531 | Not elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Lynn Fleming | 1,360 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance (NI) | Colm Cavanagh | 1,058 | Not elected | ||
| Labour (NI) | Ken Adams | 345 | Not elected | ||
| Progressive Unionist | Brian Gurney | 287 | Not elected | ||
| Green (NI) | Peter MacKenzie | 253 | Not elected | ||
| Natural Law | Donn Brennan | 32 | Not elected | ||
