Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)
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| Lagan Valley Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency |
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| Lagan Valley shown within Northern Ireland | |
| First Used: | 1996 |
| Assembly Members: | Paul Butler Jonathan Craig Jeffrey Donaldson Trevor Lunn Basil McCrea Edwin Poots |
| Districts: | Lisburn, Banbridge |
Lagan Valley 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 South Antrim and North Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Lagan Valley UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency).
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[edit] Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:
- Paul Butler — Sinn Féin
- Jonathan Craig — Democratic Unionist Party
- Jeffrey Donaldson — Democratic Unionist Party
- Trevor Lunn — Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Basil McCrea — Ulster Unionist Party
- Edwin Poots — Democratic Unionist Party
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
- Norah Beare — Ulster Unionist Party
- Billy Bell — Ulster Unionist Party
- Seamus Close — Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Jeffrey Donaldson — Ulster Unionist Party
- Patricia Lewsley — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Edwin Poots — Democratic Unionist Party
Changes 2003 - 2007
- Jeffrey Donaldson and Norah Beare resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on December 18, 2003 and joined the Democratic Unionist Party on January 5, 2004.
- Marietta Farrell replaced Patricia Lewsley after Lewsley's resignation to take up a commissioner post
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
- Billy Bell — Ulster Unionist Party
- Ivan Davis — Ulster Unionist Party
- Seamus Close — Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Patricia Lewsley — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Edwin Poots — Democratic Unionist Party
- Patrick Roche — UK Unionist Party
- Patrick Roche resigned from the UK Unionist Party and, together with other UKUP Assembly Members, formed the Northern Ireland Unionist Party on January 5, 1999.
- Ivan Davis failed to be selected by the UUP to fight the 2003 election and so stood as an independent unionist.
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Lagan Valley. They were as follows:
- Robert Campbell — Democratic Unionist Party
- Samuel Gardiner — Ulster Unionist Party
- Ivan Davis — Ulster Unionist Party
- Jeffrey Donaldson — Ulster Unionist Party
- Edwin Poots — Democratic Unionist Party
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2007
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Democratic Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson | 9,793 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 5,098 | Elected | 6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Basil McCrea | 4,031 | Elected | 7 | |
| Alliance (NI) | Trevor Lunn | 3,765 | Elected | 7 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Jonathan Craig | 3,471 | Elected | 8 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Edwin Poots | 3,457 | Elected | 9 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Paul Girvan | 3,377 | Not elected | 9 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Marietta Farrell | 2,839 | Not elected | 5 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Bell | 2,599 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Ronnie Crawford | 1,147 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Green (NI) | Michael Rogan | 922 | Not elected | 4 | |
| UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 853 | Not elected | 3 | |
| Conservative | Neil Johnston | 387 | Not elected | 2 | |
| Workers Party | John Magee | 83 | Not elected | 2 | |
[edit] 2003
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Ulster Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson | 14,104 | Elected | 1 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Edwin Poots | 5,175 | Elected | 2 | |
| Alliance (NI) | Seamus Close | 4,408 | Elected | 7 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Paul Girvan | 3,300 | Not elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 3,242 | Not elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Patricia Lewsley | 3,133 | Elected | 9 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Bell | 2,782 | Elected | 6 | |
| Independent | Ivan Davis | 2,223 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Norah Beare | 1,508 | Elected | 10 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Kirkpatrick | 675 | Not elected | ||
| Conservative | Joanne Johnston | 395 | Not elected | ||
| Progressive Unionist | Andrew Park | 212 | Not elected | ||
| Workers Party | Frances McCarthy | 97 | Not elected | ||
[edit] 1998
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Alliance (NI) | Seamus Close | 6,788 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Bell | 5,965 | Elected | ||
| UK Unionist | Patrick Roche | 5,361 | Elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Edwin Poots | 5,239 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Patricia Lewsley | 4,039 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ivan Davis | 3,927 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael | 3,725 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | David Campbell | 3,158 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Cecil Calvert | 3,111 | Not elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 2,000 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ken Hull | 1,289 | Not elected | ||
| NI Women's Coalition | Annie Campbell | 955 | Not elected | ||
| Conservative | William Bleakes | 702 | Not elected | ||
| Workers Party | Frances McCarthy | 208 | Not elected | ||
| Natural Law | John Collins | 43 | Not elected | ||
[edit] References
| Assembly constituencies in Northern Ireland | |
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| Belfast East | Belfast North | Belfast South | Belfast West | East Antrim | East Londonderry | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | North Antrim | North Down | South Antrim | South Down | Strangford | Upper Bann | West Tyrone | |
