North Down (Assembly constituency)

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North Down
Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency
North Down shown within Northern Ireland
First Used: 1973
Assembly Members: Leslie Cree
Alex Easton
Stephen Farry
Alan McFarland
Peter Weir

Brian Wilson
Districts: North Down, Ards

North Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the North Down UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983-95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see North Down (UK Parliament constituency).

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[edit] Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

Changes 1998-2003

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from North Down. They were as follows:

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. North Down elected 8 members as follows:

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from North Down were:

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The seven members elected from North Down were:

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2007

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Democratic Unionist Alex Easton 4,946 Elected 1
Democratic Unionist Peter Weir 3,376 Elected 10
Alliance (NI) Stephen Farry 3,131 Elected 7
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree 2,937 Elected 10
Green (NI) Brian Wilson 2,839 Elected 10
Ulster Unionist Alan McFarland 2,245 Elected 10
Democratic Unionist Alan Graham 2,147 Not elected 10
Ulster Unionist Marion Smith 2,098 Not elected 10
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 1,806 Not elected 7
Independent Brian Rowan 1,194 Not elected 7
Independent Alan Chambers 1,129 Not elected 8
Social Democratic and Labour Liam Logan 1,105 Not elected 9
Conservative James Leslie 864 Not elected 4
Sinn Féin Deaglan Page 390 Not elected 3
Progressive Unionist Elaine Martin 367 Not elected 3
Independent Christopher Carter 123 Not elected 2

[edit] 2003

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree 3,900 Elected 13
Democratic Unionist Peter Weir 3,675 Elected 14
Democratic Unionist Alex Easton 3,570 Elected 14
Ulster Unionist Alan McFarland 3,421 Elected 14
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 3,374 Elected 14
Ulster Unionist Diana Peacocke 2,566 Not elected
Alliance (NI) Eileen Bell 1,951 Elected 13
Social Democratic and Labour Liam Logan 1,519 Not elected
Independent Brian Wilson 1,350 Not elected
NI Women's Coalition Jane Morrice 1,181 Not elected
Independent Alan Chambers 1,077 Not elected
Green (NI) John Barry 730 Not elected
Alliance (NI) Stephen Farry 704 Not elected
Conservative Julian Robertson 491 Not elected
Independent Alan Field 428 Not elected
Progressive Unionist David Rose 316 Not elected
Sinn Féin Maria George 264 Not elected
UK Unionist Tom Sheridan 209 Not elected
Independent Christopher Carter 109 Not elected

[edit] 1998

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 8,188 Elected 1
Ulster Unionist John Gorman 4,719 Elected 6
Ulster Unionist Alan McFarland 4,653 Elected 6
Alliance (NI) Eileen Bell 3,669 Elected 9
Ulster Unionist Peter Weir 2,775 Elected 12
Social Democratic and Labour Marietta Farrell 2,048 Not elected
NI Women's Coalition Jane Morrice 1,808 Elected 12
Alliance (NI) Gavin Walker 1,699 Not elected
Democratic Unionist Alan Graham 1,558 Not elected
Independent Alan Chambers 1,382 Not elected
Progressive Unionist Stewart Currie 1,376 Not elected
Independent Brian Wilson 1,327 Not elected
Democratic Unionist St Clair McAlister 1,013 Not elected
Conservative Leonard Fee 337 Not elected
Ulster Democratic Tom Lindsay 265 Not elected
Labour (NI) Vanessa Baird-Gunning 212 Not elected
UK Unionist Elizabeth Roche 173 Not elected
Ulster's Independent Voice Christopher Carter 72 Not elected
Natural Law Andrea Gribben 39 Not elected

[edit] References

    Assembly constituencies in Northern Ireland
    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
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