Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)
Lagan Valley (Irish: Gleann an Lagáin, Ulster Scots: Glen Lagan) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
| Lagan Valley | |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Seats | 6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–) |
| MLAs | |
| Districts | Lisburn and Castlereagh |
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.
Members
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 seats 1996–1998 |
David Campbell (UUP) |
Ivan Davis (UUP) |
Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP) |
Edwin Poots (DUP) |
Cecil Calvert (DUP) | ||||||
| 1998 | Seamus Close (Alliance Party) |
Billy Bell (UUP) |
Patrick Roche (UKUP) |
Patricia Lewsley (SDLP) | ||||||||
| 2003 | Norah Beare (UUP / DUP) |
Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP) | ||||||||||
| January 2007 co-option |
Marietta Farrell (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/Independent) |
Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21) |
Jonathan Craig (DUP) |
Paul Butler (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||
| June 2010 co-option |
Paul Givan (DUP) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Brenda Hale (DUP) | |||||||||||
| June 2013 defection |
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| 2016 | Robbie Butler (UUP) |
Jennifer Palmer (UUP) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 5 seats 2017–present |
Pat Catney (SDLP) | ||||||||||
| March 2020 defection |
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| March 2022 co-option |
Paul Rankin (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.
Elections
Assembly Elections Lagan Valley - First Preference Votes (Percentage), 1998-2022
2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| UUP | Robbie Butler | |||
| SDLP | Pat Catney | |||
| People Before Profit | Amanda Doherty | |||
| DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | |||
| Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | |||
| DUP | Paul Givan | |||
| Alliance | David Honeyford | |||
| Ind U | Gary Hynds | |||
| Green (NI) | Simon Lee | |||
| Sinn Féin | Gary McCleave | |||
| TUV | Lorna Smyth | |||
| UUP | Laura Turner | |||
2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Paul Givan | 17.83% | 8,035 | ||||||||
| UUP | Robbie Butler | 15.19% | 6,846 | 6,880 | 6,909.58 | 7,030.64 | 7,130.7 | 7,462.42 | 11,037.42 | ||
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 13.55% | 6,105 | 6,131 | 6,135.74 | 6,340.80 | 7,018.86 | 7,392.86 | 7,656.86 | ||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 13.34% | 6,013 | 6,028 | 6,146.92 | 6,167.04 | 6,185.04 | 6,472.48 | 6,820.82 | 7,401.82 | |
| SDLP | Pat Catney | 8.42% | 3,795 | 3,800 | 3,801.32 | 3,859.38 | 4,021.38 | 5,383.50 | 5,692.92 | 6,848.92 | |
| DUP | Brenda Hale | 10.13% | 4,566 | 4,584 | 4,890.9 | 4,908.02 | 4,927.14 | 5,260.84 | 5,561.7 | 6,415.7 | |
| UUP | Jenny Palmer | 9.97% | 4,492 | 4,542 | 4,553.46 | 4,672.58 | 4,736.7 | 5,094.72 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Peter Doran | 4.00% | 1,801 | 1,803 | 1,803.06 | 1,829.12 | 1,877.12 | ||||
| TUV | Samuel Morrison | 3.08% | 1,389 | 1,406 | 1,411.88 | 1,434 | 1,448 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Dan Barrios-O'Neill | 2.02% | 912 | 933 | 933.36 | 1,217.36 | |||||
| Independent | Jonny Orr | 1.90% | 856 | 909 | 909.72 | ||||||
| NI Conservatives | Matthew Robinson | 0.41% | 183 | ||||||||
| Independent | Keith Gray | 0.17% | 76 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 72,621 Valid: 45,069 (62.06%) Spoilt: 371 Quota: 7,512 Turnout: 45,440 (62.57%) | |||||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Paul Givan | 13.81% | 5,364 | 5,383 | 5,467 | 5,480 | 5,484 | 5,635 | |||
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 9.54% | 3,707 | 3,851 | 3,900 | 4,051 | 4,183 | 4,994 | 6,886 | ||
| UUP | Robbie Butler | 11.26% | 4,376 | 4,450 | 4,549 | 4,614 | 4,618 | 5,004 | 5,167 | 5,291 | |
| UUP | Jenny Palmer | 9.96% | 3,871 | 3,956 | 4,048 | 4,214 | 4,216 | 4,737 | 4,971 | 5,212 | |
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 11.94% | 4,638 | 4,662 | 4,713 | 4,729 | 4,729 | 4,986 | 5,039 | 5,064 | |
| DUP | Brenda Hale | 10.90% | 4,236 | 4,283 | 4,316 | 4,326 | 4,330 | 4,518 | 4,556 | 4,577 | |
| DUP | Jonathan Craig | 10.52% | 4,087 | 4,103 | 4,159 | 4,169 | 4,173 | 4,309 | 4,387 | 4,409 | |
| SDLP | Pat Catney | 7.46% | 2,899 | 2,935 | 2,954 | 2,993 | 3,704 | 4,012 | |||
| Green (NI) | Dan Barrios-O'Neill | 2.88% | 1,118 | 1,205 | 1,245 | 1,547 | 1,661 | ||||
| TUV | Lyle Rea | 3.32% | 1,291 | 1,303 | 1,506 | 1,516 | 1,518 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jacqui McGeough | 2.69% | 1,045 | 1,054 | 1,061 | 1,082 | |||||
| Independent | Jonny Orr | 2.10% | 817 | 840 | 857 | ||||||
| UKIP | Brian Higginson | 1.98% | 768 | ||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Jack Irwin | 0.88% | 341 | ||||||||
| NI Labour | Peter Dynes | 0.44% | 171 | ||||||||
| Democracy First | Frazer McCammond | 0.32% | 124 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 73,746 Valid: 38,853 (52.86%) Spoilt: 374 Quota: 5,551 Turnout: 39,227 (53.19%) | |||||||||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 20.65% | 7,329 | |||||||
| UUP | Basil McCrea | 16.26% | 5,771 | |||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Craig | 12.01% | 4,263 | 4,887.65 | 4,931.09 | 4,949.95 | 5,080.95 | |||
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 12.37% | 4,389 | 4,471.46 | 4,550.42 | 4,877.17 | 4,947.45 | 5,120 | ||
| DUP | Paul Givan | 12.26% | 4,352 | 4,821.96 | 4,858.32 | 4,872.23 | 4,978.08 | 4,991.7 | 5,517.7 | |
| DUP | Brenda Hale | 8.20% | 2,910 | 3,816.44 | 3,856.04 | 3,874.33 | 4,055.82 | 4,067.13 | 4,791.23 | |
| SDLP | Pat Catney | 6.10% | 2,165 | 2,176.47 | 2,185.95 | 2,286.53 | 2,295.25 | 3,195.21 | 3,405.92 | |
| UUP | Mark Hill | 4.18% | 1,482 | 1,562.6 | 1,985.12 | 2,014.35 | 2,425.62 | 2,433.86 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Kate Quinn | 3.39% | 1,203 | 1,207.03 | 1,208.59 | 1,237.21 | 1,241.21 | |||
| TUV | Lyle Rea | 2.91% | 1,031 | 1,066.65 | 1,095.57 | 1,110.24 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Conor Quinn | 1.67% | 592 | 599.44 | 605.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 67,532 Valid: 35,487 (52.55%) Spoilt: 355 Quota: 5,070 Turnout: 35,842 (53.07%) | ||||||||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 23.42% | 9,793 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 12.19% | 5,098 | 5,101.9 | 5,113.9 | 5,116.29 | 5,174.07 | 6,387.07 | ||||
| UUP | Basil McCrea | 9.64% | 4,031 | 4,228.73 | 4,290.63 | 4,441.38 | 4,846.54 | 4,937.32 | 6,712.32 | |||
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 9.00% | 3,765 | 3,832.08 | 3,961.47 | 4,027.81 | 4,582.07 | 5,959.75 | 6,263.75 | |||
| DUP | Jonathan Craig | 8.30% | 3,471 | 4,894.5 | 4,921.79 | 5,081.56 | 5,182.27 | 5,200.78 | 5,783.71 | 6,147.9 | ||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 8.27% | 3,457 | 4,460.08 | 4,491.76 | 4,667.4 | 4,768.22 | 4,786.73 | 5,068.48 | 5,323.65 | 5,385.65 | |
| DUP | Paul Givan | 8.07% | 3,377 | 4,079 | 4,108.07 | 4,231.82 | 4,310.25 | 4,327.59 | 4,566.13 | 4,681.47 | 4,728.47 | |
| UUP | Billy Bell | 6.21% | 2,599 | 2,749.54 | 2,787.1 | 2,880.24 | 3,653.93 | 3,739.93 | ||||
| SDLP | Marietta Farrell | 6.79% | 2,839 | 2,854.6 | 2,886.38 | 2,898.38 | 3,062.16 | |||||
| UUP | Ronnie Crawford | 2.74% | 1,147 | 1,250.35 | 1,275.69 | 1,336.37 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Michael Rogan | 2.20% | 922 | 938.77 | 989.11 | 1,023.45 | ||||||
| UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 2.04% | 853 | 948.55 | 987.84 | |||||||
| NI Conservatives | Neil Johnston | 0.93% | 387 | 418.98 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party | John Magee | 0.20% | 83 | 84.95 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 70,101 Valid: 41,822 (59.66%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 5,975 Turnout: 42,058 (60.00%) | ||||||||||||
2003
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 34.19% | 14,104 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 12.54% | 5,175 | 6,714.32 | |||||||||
| UUP | Billy Bell | 6.74% | 2,782 | 4,739.5 | 4,856.8 | 4,962.72 | 5,839.48 | 6,933.48 | |||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 10.69% | 4,408 | 4,667.84 | 4,847.18 | 4,880.78 | 4,955.14 | 5,825.4 | 6,295.4 | ||||
| SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 7.59% | 3,133 | 3,153.88 | 3,232.62 | 3,236.46 | 3,251.10 | 3,342.74 | 3,381.74 | 3,535.74 | 6,256.74 | ||
| UUP | Norah Beare | 3.66% | 1,508 | 3,321.66 | 3,437.70 | 3,534.66 | 4,375.56 | 4,767.36 | 5,195.36 | 5,300.36 | 5,328.8 | 5,657.44 | |
| DUP | Andrew Hunter | 8.00% | 3,300 | 4,085.32 | 4,187.16 | 4,666.52 | 4,804.94 | 4,929.7 | 4,977.7 | 5,000.7 | 5,013.76 | 5,044.57 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 7.86% | 3,242 | 3,251.28 | 3,261.86 | 3,263.14 | 3,266.2 | 3,276.26 | 3,277.26 | 3,278.26 | |||
| Independent | Ivan Davis | 5.39% | 2,223 | 2,539.1 | 2,637.48 | 2,662.44 | 2,735 | ||||||
| UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick | 1.64% | 675 | 1,957.96 | 2,023.36 | 2,094.08 | |||||||
| NI Conservatives | Joanne Johnston | 0.96% | 395 | 462.86 | |||||||||
| PUP | Andrew Park | 0.51% | 212 | 256.66 | |||||||||
| Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 0.24% | 97 | 103.38 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 67,910 Valid: 41,254 (60.75%) Spoilt: 470 Quota: 5,894 Turnout: 41,724 (61.44%) | |||||||||||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 14.59% | 6,788 | |||||||||
| UUP | Billy Bell | 12.83% | 5,965 | 5,984 | 6,163 | 6,309 | 6,679 | |||||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 11.26% | 5,239 | 5,266 | 5,319 | 5,333 | 5,370 | 5,371 | 7,642 | |||
| UUP | Ivan Davis | 8.44% | 3,927 | 3,945 | 4,042 | 4,130 | 4,593 | 4,604 | 4,793 | 4,869.44 | 7,322.44 | |
| UK Unionist | Patrick Roche | 11.53% | 5,361 | 5,398 | 5,493 | 5,507 | 5,542 | 5,543 | 5,879 | 6,622.33 | 6,859.33 | |
| SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 8.68% | 4,039 | 4,066 | 4,069 | 4,414 | 4,431 | 6,191 | 6,192 | 6,193.96 | 6,282.41 | |
| Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael | 8.01% | 3,725 | 3,765 | 3,805 | 3,955 | 4,045 | 4,075 | 4,240 | 4,318.89 | 4,970.4 | |
| UUP | David Campbell | 6.79% | 3,158 | 3,165 | 3,240 | 3,286 | 3,619 | 3,620 | 3,809 | 3,902.59 | ||
| DUP | Cecil Calvert | 6.69% | 3,111 | 3,120 | 3,191 | 3,199 | 3,210 | 3,216 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 4.30% | 2,000 | 2,005 | 2,007 | 2,062 | 2,064 | |||||
| UUP | Ken Hull | 2.77% | 1,289 | 1,295 | 1,327 | 1,381 | ||||||
| NI Women's Coalition | Annie Campbell | 2.05% | 955 | 988 | 1,013 | |||||||
| NI Conservatives | William Bleakes | 1.51% | 702 | 713 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 0.45% | 208 | |||||||||
| Natural Law | John Collins | 0.09% | 43 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 71,661 Valid: 46,510 (64.90%) Spoilt: 564 Quota: 6,645 Turnout: 47,074 (65.69%) | ||||||||||||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[8]
| 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 | |
| NI Conservatives | 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
- "Statement of Persons Nominated - Lagan Valley". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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- "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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- 1996 Candidates – Lagan Valley Archived 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections
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