Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 54°30′22″N 6°02′38″W / 54.506°N 6.044°W
| Lagan Valley | |
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County constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly | |
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Lagan Valley shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Districts | Lisburn, Banbridge |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Assembly Members |
Jonathan Craig Paul Givan Brenda Hale Trevor Lunn Basil McCrea Edwin Poots |
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).
Members
Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Seamus Close (Alliance Party) |
Billy Bell (UUP) |
Ivan Davis (UUP) |
Patrick Roche (UK Unionist) |
Edwin Poots (DUP) |
Patricia Lewsley (SDLP) | ||||||
| 2003 | Norah Beare (UUP) |
Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP) | ||||||||||
| January 2007 co-option |
Marietta Farrell (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party) |
Basil McCrea (UUP) |
Jonathan Craig (DUP) |
Paul Butler (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||
| June 2010 co-option |
Paul Givan (DUP) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Brenda Hale (DUP) | |||||||||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Lagan Valley. They were as follows:
- Cecil Calvert – Democratic Unionist Party
- David Campbell – Ulster Unionist Party
- Ivan Davis – Ulster Unionist Party
- Jeffrey Donaldson – Ulster Unionist Party
- Edwin Poots – Democratic Unionist Party
Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 20.7 | 7,329 | Elected | 1 | |
| UUP | Basil McCrea | 16.3 | 5,771 | Elected | 1 | |
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 12.4 | 4,389 | Elected | 5 | |
| DUP | Paul Givan | 12.3 | 4,352 | Elected | 6 | |
| DUP | Jonathan Craig | 12.0 | 4,263 | Elected | 5 | |
| DUP | Brenda Hale | 8.2 | 2,910 | Elected | 7 | |
| SDLP | Pat Catney | 6.1 | 2,165 | Not elected | 7 | |
| UUP | Mark Hill | 4.2 | 1,482 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Kate Quinn | 3.4 | 1,203 | Not elected | 5 | |
| TUV | Lyle Rea | 2.9 | 1,031 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Green (NI) | Conor Quinn | 1.7 | 592 | Not elected | 3 | |
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | ||
| DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 9,793 | Elected | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 5,098 | Elected | 6 | ||
| UUP | Basil McCrea | 4,031 | Elected | 7 | ||
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 3,765 | Elected | 7 | ||
| DUP | Jonathan Craig | 3,471 | Elected | 8 | ||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 3,457 | Elected | 9 | ||
| DUP | Paul Givan | 3,377 | Not elected | 9 | ||
| SDLP | Marietta Farrell | 2,839 | Not elected | 5 | ||
| UUP | Billy Bell | 2,599 | Not elected | 6 | ||
| UUP | 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 | ||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | ||
| UUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 14,104 | Elected | 1 | ||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 5,175 | Elected | 2 | ||
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 4,408 | Elected | 7 | ||
| DUP | Andrew Hunter | 3,300 | Not elected | |||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 3,242 | Not elected | |||
| SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 3,133 | Elected | 9 | ||
| UUP | Billy Bell | 2,782 | Elected | 6 | ||
| Independent | Ivan Davis | 2,223 | Not elected | |||
| UUP | Norah Beare | 1,508 | Elected | 10 | ||
| UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick | 675 | Not elected | |||
| Conservative | Joanne Johnston | 395 | Not elected | |||
| PUP | Andrew Park | 212 | Not elected | |||
| Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 97 | Not elected | |||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | ||
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 6,788 | Elected | |||
| UUP | Billy Bell | 5,965 | Elected | |||
| UK Unionist | Patrick Roche | 5,361 | Elected | |||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 5,239 | Elected | |||
| SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 4,039 | Elected | |||
| UUP | Ivan Davis | 3,927 | Elected | |||
| Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael | 3,725 | Not elected | |||
| UUP | David Campbell | 3,158 | Not elected | |||
| DUP | Cecil Calvert | 3,111 | Not elected | |||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 2,000 | Not elected | |||
| UUP | 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 | |||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]
| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Jeffrey Donaldson David Campbell Ivan Davis William Dillon Billy Bell |
16,367 | 37.7 | |
| DUP | Cecil Calvert Edwin Poots |
9,592 | 22.1 | |
| Alliance | Seamus Close Frazer McCammond Mary Clark-Glass Bill Whitley Betty Campbell |
4,508 | 10.4 | |
| SDLP | Peter O'Hagan Hugh Lewsley |
4,001 | 9.2 | |
| Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael Philip Dean |
3,087 | 7.1 | |
| UK Unionist | Ronnie Crawford Graeme Jardin |
2,172 | 5.0 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice Michael Ferguson Sue Ramsey |
1,132 | 2.6 | |
| PUP | David Kirk Wilfred Cummings |
1,072 | 2.5 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Jane Wilde Fidelma Carolan Sandra Craig Bronya Bonar Margaret Darcy |
520 | 1.2 | |
| Conservative | William Baird Mary Love |
386 | 0.8 | |
| Green (NI) | Malachy McAnespie George Thompson Penny Kemp |
175 | 0.4 | |
| Ulster Independence | Carolyne Chance Allan Thompson James Kelley |
164 | 0.4 | |
| Labour coalition | Ciaran Mulholland William McAvoy |
143 | 0.3 | |
| Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy John Magee |
72 | 0.2 | |
| Democratic Left | Liam Napier Oliver Frawley |
43 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | Duncan Paterson Susanna Thompson |
18 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Chambers | Eric Brown Gary Strain |
3 | 0.0 | |
References
- ↑ Lagan Valley, UTV
- ↑ 1996 Candidates – Lagan Valley, Northern Ireland Elections
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