East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°56′46″N 6°57′11″W / 54.946°N 6.953°W
East Londonderry | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of East Londonderry in Northern Ireland 1995–2008. | |
Districts of Northern Ireland | Coleraine, Limavady |
Electorate | 65,233 (March 2011) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Gregory Campbell (DUP) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Londonderry, Mid Ulster and North Antrim[1] |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Northern Ireland |
East Londonderry is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Boundaries
The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency. From further revisions in 1995 (when it lost parts of the district of Magherafelt to the Mid Ulster constituency), and until the 2008 revision, it covered exactly the same area as the districts of Coleraine and Limavady. The inclusion of all of Coleraine Borough means that part of the East Londonderry constituency is actually in County Antrim.
For the 2010 general election the East Londonderry constituency was formed by the following local government areas, as confirmed by the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.[2]
- The entire local government districts of Limavady and Coleraine.
- Banagher, and Claudy, from the Derry district.
History
The constituency has a unionist majority, though in many elections nationalists have polled close to 35% of the vote. The main interest in elections has been the contest between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. The UUP were normally ahead of the DUP until the 2001 general election when the DUP finally overtook them.
The 2001 election was seen at a province wide level as a battle over the Belfast Agreement with the DUP opposed to it and most of the UUP in favour, however ironically this situation was seemingly reversed in East Londonderry, where the sitting Ulster Unionist MP, William Ross, was completely opposed to all involvement with the Agreement and its institutions, whilst the DUP candidate, Gregory Campbell, was a minister in the Executive set up by the Agreement. Many commentators joked that the DUP's gain meant that East Londonderry now had a more pro-Agreement MP than before.
For the history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1983, please see Londonderry.
In 2016 21,098 people in the constituency voted to Remain in the European Union, 19,455 voted to Leave and 10 votes were rejected.
Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Gregory Campbell of the Democratic Unionist Party. In that election he defeated William Ross of the Ulster Unionist Party who had represented East Londonderry since 1983 and its predecessor seat of Londonderry between 1974 and 1983.
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1983 | William Ross | Ulster Unionist | |
2001 | Gregory Lloyd Campbell | Democratic Unionist |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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DUP | Gregory Campbell | 19,723 | 48.1 | +5.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Dermot Nicholl | 10,881 | 26.5 | +6.8 | |
SDLP | Stephanie Quigley | 4,423 | 10.8 | -1.5 | |
UUP | Richard Holmes | 3,135 | 7.6 | -7.7 | |
Alliance | Chris McCaw | 2,538 | 6.2 | -1.4 | |
NI Conservatives | Liz St Clair-Legge | 330 | 0.8 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 8,842 | 21.6 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,580 | 61.2 | +9.3 | ||
DUP hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Gregory Campbell | 14,663 | 42.2 | +7.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Archibald | 6,859 | 19.8 | +0.5 | |
UUP | William McCandless[8] | 5,333 | 15.4 | −2.4 | |
SDLP | Gerry Mullan | 4,268 | 12.3 | −3.2 | |
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 2,642 | 7.6 | +2.1 | |
CISTA | Neil Paine | 527 | 1.5 | N/A | |
NI Conservatives | Liz St Clair-Legge | 422 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,804 | 22.5 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,714 | 51.9 | −3.4 | ||
DUP hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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DUP | Gregory Campbell | 12,097 | 34.6 | −6.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó hOisín | 6,742 | 19.3 | +1.9 | |
UCU-NF | Lesley Macaulay | 6,218 | 17.8 | −1.9 | |
SDLP | Thomas Conway | 5,399 | 15.4 | −3.9 | |
TUV | William Ross | 2,572 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | Barney Fitzpatrick | 1,922 | 5.5 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 5,355 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 34,950 | 55.3 | −8.4 | ||
DUP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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DUP | Gregory Campbell | 15,225 | 42.9 | +10.8 | |
UUP | David McClarty | 7,498 | 21.1 | −6.3 | |
SDLP | John Dallat | 6,077 | 17.1 | −3.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Billy Leonard | 5,709 | 16.1 | +0.5 | |
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 924 | 2.6 | −1.5 | |
Independent | Malcolm Harry Samuel | 71 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,727 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 35,504 | 60.3 | −5.9 | ||
DUP hold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Gregory Campbell | 12,813 | 32.1 | +6.5 | |
UUP | William Ross | 10,912 | 27.4 | −8.2 | |
SDLP | John Dallat | 8,298 | 20.8 | −0.9 | |
Sinn Féin | Francie Brolly | 6,221 | 15.6 | +6.5 | |
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 1,625 | 4.1 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 1,901 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 39,869 | 66.2 | +1.4 | ||
DUP gain from UUP | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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UUP | William Ross | 13,558 | 36.0 | −29.3 | |
DUP | Gregory Campbell | 9,767 | 26.0 | +25.6 | |
SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 8,273 | 22.0 | +1.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Malachy O'Kane | 3,463 | 9.0 | +5.6 | |
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 2,427 | 6.0 | −0.9 | |
NI Conservatives | James Holmes | 436 | 1.0 | −2.4 | |
Natural Law | Clare Gallen | 100 | 0.26 | N/A | |
National Democrats | Ian Anderson | 81 | 0.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,794 | 10.0 | −25.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,102 | 64.8 | −5.0 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | −23.8 | |||
1997 changes are compared to the notional figures from 1992.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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UUP | N/A | 23,287 | 64.9 | N/A | |
SDLP | N/A | 7,134 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Alliance | N/A | 2,634 | 7.3 | N/A | |
NI Conservatives | N/A | 1,589 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | N/A | 1,261 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,153 | 45.0 | N/A | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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UUP | William Ross | 30,370 | 57.6 | −2.9 | |
SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 11,843 | 22.4 | +3.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Pauline Davey-Kennedy | 5,320 | 10.1 | −1.1 | |
Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 3,613 | 6.8 | +0.2 | |
NI Conservatives | Allan Elder | 1,589 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,527 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 52,735 | 69.8 | +0.7 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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UUP | William Ross | 29,532 | 60.5 | +22.6 | |
SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 9,375 | 19.2 | +0.9 | |
Sinn Féin | John Davey | 5,464 | 11.2 | −2.6 | |
Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 3,237 | 6.6 | +1.9 | |
Workers' Party | Francie Donnelly | 935 | 1.9 | +0.3 | |
Ecology | Malcolm Samuel | 281 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,157 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 48,824 | 68.7 | |||
UUP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | William Ross | 30,922 | 93.9 | +56.0 | |
"For the Anglo-Irish Agreement" | "Peter Barry" (Wesley Robert Williamson)[16] | 2,001 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 28,921 | 87.8 | +73.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,923 | 46.8 | −29.5 | ||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | William Ross | 19,469 | 37.9 | N/A | |
DUP | James McClure | 12,207 | 23.8 | N/A | |
SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 9,397 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | John Davey | 7,073 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Alliance | Martha McGrath | 2,401 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Workers' Party | Francie Donnelly | 819 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,262 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,366 | 76.3 | N/A | ||
UUP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ "'Londonderry East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ↑ OPSI SI
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
- ↑ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the EAST LONDONDERRY Constituency - Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ↑ "UK Parliamentary Election Result 2017 - East Londonderry". Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2015/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Results/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Result-Belfast-East-(5)
- ↑ "Cllr William McCandless selected as Ulster Unionist Westminster candidate for East Londonderry". Ulster Unionist Party. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "BBC Election '97". bbc.co.uk. 1997. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ Nicholas Whyte (13 May 2003). "Westminster by-elections, 23 January 1986". Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.