Strangford (Assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 54°27′22″N 5°32′35″W / 54.456°N 5.543°W
| Strangford | |
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County constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly | |
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Strangford shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Districts | Ards, Castlereagh, Down |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Assembly Members |
Jonathan Bell Simon Hamilton Kieran McCarthy Michelle McIlveen David McNarry Mike Nesbitt |
Strangford 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 before 1996, the constituency was largely part of the North Down constituency with smaller sections being added from Belfast East constituency and Belfast South constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Strangford UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Strangford (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from East Belfast. They were as follows:
| Election | Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Iris Robinson (DUP) |
Jim Shannon (DUP) |
John Taylor (UUP) |
Tom Benson (UUP) |
Kieran McCarthy (Alliance Party) | |||||
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 Assembly (1998–present)
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Iris Robinson (DUP) |
Jim Shannon (DUP) |
John Taylor (UUP) |
Tom Benson (UUP) |
Cedric Wilson (UK Unionist) |
Kieran McCarthy (Alliance Party) | ||||||
| January 2001 co-option |
Tom Hamilton (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | David McNarry (UUP) |
George Ennis (DUP) | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Michelle McIlveen (DUP) |
Simon Hamilton (DUP) | ||||||||||
| January 2010 co-option |
Jonathan Bell (DUP) | |||||||||||
| August 2010 co-option |
Simpson Gibson (DUP) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Mike Nesbitt (UUP) | |||||||||||
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.
Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly
| 2011 Assembly Election:Strangford[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | ||||||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 15.4 | 4,573 | -334 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 14.4 | 4,284 | 4,284 | 4,284 | 4,284 | 4,284 | 4,284 | ||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Bell | 14.4 | 4,265 | 4,265 | 4,265 | 4,265 | 4,265 | 4,265 | ||||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 11.6 | 3,456 | 218.58 | 3,672.58 | 106.35 | 3,778.93 | 181.47 | 3,960.40 | 1,785 | 5,745.40 | -1,506.40 | ||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 11.0 | 3,273 | 13.93 | 3,286.93 | 85.00 | 3,371.93 | 223.35 | 3,595.28 | 185.64 | 3,780.92 | 289.00 | 4,069.92 | |
| UUP | David McNarry | 9.3 | 2,773 | 17.01 | 2,790.01 | 85.28 | 2,875.29 | 201.14 | 3,076.43 | 183.45 | 3,259.88 | 507.00 | 3,766.88 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 8.5 | 2,525 | 2.03 | 2,527.03 | 52.00 | 2,579.03 | 666.21 | 3,245.24 | 36.12 | 3,281.36 | 27.00 | 3,308.36 | |
| DUP | Billy Walker | 7.3 | 2,175 | 56.49 | 2,231.49 | 51.35 | 2,282.84 | 166.49 | 2,449.33 | -2,449.33 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Mickey Coogan | 3.0 | 902 | 0.28 | 902.28 | 11.00 | 913.28 | |||||||
| TUV | Terry Williams | 2.8 | 841 | 3.01 | 844.01 | 119.00 | 963.01 | |||||||
| UKIP | Cecil Andrews | 2.0 | 601 | 1.40 | 602.40 | -602.40 | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st pref | Result | Count | ||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 5,917 | Elected | 1 | ||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 4,788 | Elected | 6 | ||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 4,085 | Elected | 10 | ||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 3,889 | Elected | 14 | ||
| UUP | David McNarry | 3,709 | Elected | 8 | ||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 3,468 | Elected | 14 | ||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 3,068 | Not elected | 14 | ||
| UUP | Angus Carson | 2,128 | Not elected | 9 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 1,089 | Not elected | 9 | ||
| UK Unionist | George Ennis | 872 | Not elected | 7 | ||
| Green (NI) | Stephanie Sim | 860 | Not elected | 9 | ||
| UUP | Michael Henderson | 675 | Not elected | 5 | ||
| Independent | Martin Gregg | 650 | Not elected | 11 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Little | 508 | Not elected | 4 | ||
| Independent (Unionist) | Cedric Wilson | 305 | Not elected | 2 | ||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st pref | Result | Count | ||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 8,548 | Elected | 1 | ||
| UUP | John Taylor | 5,658 | Elected | 1 | ||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 4,703 | Elected | 2 | ||
| DUP | George Ennis | 4,606 | Elected | 2 | ||
| UUP | David McNarry | 3,000 | Elected | 10 | ||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 2,906 | Not elected | |||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 2,741 | Elected | |||
| UUP | Bob Little | 2,123 | Not elected | |||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 1,105 | Not elected | |||
| NI Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 576 | Not elected | |||
| PUP | Colin Neill | 540 | Not elected | |||
| Green (NI) | Philip Orr | 425 | Not elected | |||
| Independent | Danny McCarthy | 319 | Not elected | |||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st pref | Result | Count | ||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 9,479 | Elected | |||
| UUP | John Taylor | 9,203 | Elected | |||
| UK Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 3,078 | Elected | |||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 2,947 | Elected | |||
| Alliance | Peter Osborne | 2,269 | Not elected | |||
| Independent Unionist | John Beattie | 2,247 | Not elected | |||
| SDLP | Danny McCarthy | 1,982 | Not elected | |||
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey | 1,883 | Not elected | |||
| UUP | Tom Benson | 1,623 | Elected | |||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 1,415 | Elected | |||
| PUP | Ricky Johnston | 1,342 | Not elected | |||
| UUP | David McNarry | 1,073 | Not elected | |||
| DUP | Tommy Jeffers | 1,007 | Not elected | |||
| Independent Unionist | Wilbert McGill | 957 | Not elected | |||
| UUP | Tom Hamilton | 615 | Not elected | |||
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McGreevy | 614 | Not elected | |||
| Ulster Democratic | Blakely McNally | 322 | Not elected | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Beattie | 263 | Not elected | |||
| Independent Community Candidate | Nancy Orr | 201 | Not elected | |||
| Green (NI) | Andrew Frew | 200 | Not elected | |||
| Labour Party NI | Jonathan Stewart | 181 | Not elected | |||
| Natural Law | Sarah Mullins | 27 | Not elected | |||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[3]
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | John Taylor Tom Benson William Biggerstaff Jack Beattie |
12,547 | 31.3 | |
| DUP | Iris Robinson Jim Shannon Sandy Geddis William Morrison |
11,584 | 28.9 | |
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy Geraldine Rice Kathleen Coulter Jim McBriar Alan McDowell |
4,614 | 11.6 | |
| UK Unionist | Cedric Wilson Elizabeth Roche |
3,112 | 7.8 | |
| SDLP | John Moffat Joanne Murphy |
2,927 | 7.3 | |
| PUP | Georgina McCrory Alfred McCrory |
2,017 | 5.0 | |
| Ulster Democratic | James McCurrie Blakely McNally |
1,080 | 2.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | Garret O'Fachtna Patrick McGreevy |
709 | 1.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Donna Davis Victoria Moore Gerry Gribben Miriam Titterton |
410 | 1.0 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Beattie Duncan Shipley-Dalton |
380 | 0.9 | |
| Green (NI) | David Langley Robert Huey Sue Miles |
213 | 0.5 | |
| Labour coalition | Andrew Snoddy Stephen Baker |
202 | 0.5 | |
| Workers' Party | Tom Devlin Colum Feenan |
73 | 0.2 | |
| Independent Voice | Edward Philips Trevor Richards |
66 | 0.2 | |
| Ulster Independence | Joyce Cowden Francis Hynds |
57 | 0.1 | |
| Democratic Left | Deidre Dunphy Imelda Hynds |
53 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Chambers | Pearl Brown Heather Magowan |
13 | 0.0 | |
| Natural Law | Christine Bowen Lewis Walch |
13 | 0.0 | |
References
- ↑ Strangford, UTV
- ↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/strangford_result_sheet.pdf
- ↑ 1996 Candidates – Strangford, Northern Ireland Elections
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