Londonderry (Assembly constituency)

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Londonderry was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly. After the Assembly dissolved in 1986, the constituency was not used again, its area being represented by parts of East Londonderry, Foyle and Mid Ulster.

It usually shared boundaries with the Londonderry 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.

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

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[edit] Members

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. Londonderry elected 7 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 Londonderry were:

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

[edit] Elections

[edit] 1982

Assembly Election – 20th October, 1982
Party Candidate Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12
Social Democratic and Labour John Hume 12282
Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 8207 8207 8207 8207 8207
Democratic Unionist Party William McClure 6857 6861 6864 6871 6875 6875 7061 7877 7992 8827 8827 8827
Ulster Unionist Jack Allen 6107 6110 6111 6113 6148 6148 6351 6409 6980 9357
Democratic Unionist Party Gregory Campbell 5305 5306 5306 5311 5327 5328 5337 5763 5801 5889 5981 6540
Ulster Unionist William Douglas 5031 5033 5035 5039 5046 5046 5755 6299 6488 8051 9244
Social Democratic and Labour Hugh Logue 4828 6961 7076 7350 7414 7490 7496 7500 7986 8005 8008 8013
Ulster Unionist Paul Baxter 3766 3769 3769 3772 3787 3787 4483 4502 5150
Social Democratic and Labour Pat Devine 3169 5028 5115 5413 5528 5584 5589 5590 5968 5977 5978 5985
Alliance Bill Matthews 2309 2348 2353 2451 3620 3623 3641 3650
Democratic Unionist Party William Norris 1876 1877 1880 1883 1885 1886 1896
Ulster Unionist Thomas Fleming 1841 1841 1842 1844 1849 1849
Alliance Ita Breen 1354 1396 1402 1532
Workers' Party Eamon Melaugh 974 1046 1122
Sinn Féin Cathal Crumley 556 606
Electorate=100198, valid=64462, spoiled=1663, quota=8058

[edit] 1975

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Social Democratic and Labour John Hume 11,941 Elected
Ulster Unionist Sheena Conn 8,789 Elected
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Glenn Barr 7,883 Elected
Social Democratic and Labour Hugh Logue 6,661 Elected
Ulster Unionist William Douglas 4,939 Elected
Social Democratic and Labour Michael Canavan 4,600 Elected
Democratic Unionist Party James McClure 3,436 Elected
Ulster Unionist John Williamson 3,105 Not elected
Alliance Ivor Canavan 2,889 Not elected
Unionist Party NI Leslie Morrell 2,529 Not elected
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Randall Crawford 2,021 Not elected
Alliance Bill Matthews 1,889 Not elected
Republican Clubs Liam Gallagher 773 Not elected
Republican Clubs Patrick Kealey 473 Not elected
Labour (NI) Alan Carr 328 Not elected
Republican Clubs Cahal Newcombe 146 Not elected

[edit] 1973

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Social Democratic and Labour John Hume 12,596 Elected
Ulster Unionist Leslie Morrell 9,685 Elected
Ulster Unionist William Douglas 8,245 Elected
Social Democratic and Labour Hugh Logue 7,230 Elected
Ulster Unionist Sheena Conn 6,550 Elected
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Glenn Barr 6,511 Elected
Nationalist (NI) Eddie McAteer 3,712 Not elected
Social Democratic and Labour Michael Canavan 3,647 Elected
Alliance Brian Brown 2,454 Not elected
Alliance Edward McIvor 2,001 Not elected
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Thomas Hagan 1,371 Not elected
Alliance John Hamill 1,093 Not elected
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Jackson Taggart 1,008 Not elected
Labour (NI) Grace Stevenson 360 Not elected

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