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Foyle (Assembly constituency)

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Summary

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Field	Value
name	Foyle
type	Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary
year	1996
image	[[Image:FoyleConstituency.svg	250px]]
caption	Foyle shown within Northern Ireland
members_label	MLAs
members	{{unbulleted list
	border	darkgray}} Pádraig Delargy (SF)
	border	darkgray}} Mark H. Durkan (SDLP)
	border	darkgray}} Ciara Ferguson (SF)
	border	darkgray}} Sinead McLaughlin (SDLP)
	border	darkgray}} Gary Middleton (DUP)
seats	6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
local_council_label	Districts
local_council	Derry and Strabane District Council
blank1_name	Boundaries
blank1_info

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 Londonderry constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Foyle UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Election	MLA
(party)	MLA
(party)	MLA
(party)	MLA
(party)	MLA
(party)	MLA
(party)	Sinn Féin}}"	Sinn Féin}}"	Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=12	Social Democratic and Labour Party}}"	Social Democratic and Labour Party}}"	Democratic Unionist Party}}"	Mark H. Durkan
(SDLP)	Gary Middleton
(DUP)	Sinead McLaughlin
(SDLP)	Ciara Ferguson
(Sinn Féin)	Pádraig Delargy
(Sinn Féin)
1996	Martin McGuinness
(Sinn Féin)	Mitchel McLaughlin
(Sinn Féin)	John Tierney
(SDLP)	Mark Durkan
(SDLP)	John Hume
(SDLP)	*5 seats
1996–1998*
1998	Mary Nelis
(Sinn Féin)	William Hay
(DUP)
**December 2000
co-option**	Annie Courtney
(SDLP)
2003	Pat Ramsey
(SDLP)	Mary Bradley
(SDLP)
**July 2004
co-option**	Raymond McCartney
(Sinn Féin)
2007	Martina Anderson
(Sinn Féin)
**November 2010
co-option**	Pól Callaghan
(SDLP)
2011	Colum Eastwood
(SDLP)
**June 2012
co-option**	Maeve McLaughlin
(Sinn Féin)
**October 2014
co-option**	Maurice Devenney
(DUP)
**April 2015
co-option**
**December 2015
co-option**	Gerard Diver
(SDLP)
2016	Martin McGuinness
(Sinn Féin)	People Before Profit}}" rowspan="1"	Eamonn McCann
(PBP)
2017	Elisha McCallion
(Sinn Féin)	*5 seats
2017–present*
**June 2017
co-option**	Karen Mullan
(Sinn Féin)
**January 2020
co-option**
**February 2020
co-option**	Martina Anderson
(Sinn Féin)
**September 2021
co-option**
2022

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

2022

2017

2016

2011

2007

2003

1998

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

Party	Candidate(s)	Votes
	John Hume
Mark Durkan
John Tierney
Pat Devine
Mary Bradley	19,997	44.3
	Martin McGuinness
Mitchel McLaughlin
Mary Nelis
Moira McCloskey
Gary Fleming	11,618	25.7
	Gregory Campbell
William Hay	5,504	11.2
	Jack Allen
Richard Dallas
Andrew Davidson	4,553	10.1
	Aaron McCormack
Gerry Lynch	790	1.7
	Margaret Logue
Diane Greer
Teresa Kelly	695	1.5
	Brian Gurney
Paul Whitlock	580	1.3
	Margaret Lawrence
Jim Gannon
Geraldine Quigley
Tony Martin
Patrick Muldowney	544	1.2
	David Nicholl
Thomas Stone	497	1.1
	David Taylor
Richard Jordan	324	0.7
	Peter Doran
Michael O'Kane
Chloe Wilson	194	0.4
	Derek Sloan
Elizabeth Sloan	92	0.2
	Noel Lynch
Alexander Doherty	81	0.2
	Donal Casey
Ken Kerr	65	0.1
	Donn Brennan
David Cooke	41	0.1
	James Doody
Brian Cullen	40	0.1
Chambers	Sydney Waddell
Jason Angus	22	0.1

References

"Statement of Persons Nominated – Foyle".
"NI Assembly Election 2017".
"NI Assembly Election 2016".
"NI Assembly Election 2011".
"NI Assembly Election 2007".
"NI Assembly Election 2003".
"NI Assembly Election 1998".
[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96foy.htm 1996 Candidates – Foyle] {{Webarchive. link. (7 June 2007 , Northern Ireland Elections)

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