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Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Summary

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

FieldValue
nameLagan Valley
typeNorthern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary
year1996
map1LaganValley
map_size250px
map_entityNorthern Ireland
captionLagan Valley shown within Northern Ireland
members_labelMLAs
members{{unbulleted list
borderdarkgray}} Robbie Butler (UUP)
borderdarkgray}} Paul Givan (DUP)
borderdarkgray}} Michelle Guy (APNI)
borderdarkgray}} David Honeyford (APNI)
borderdarkgray}} Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP)
seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
local_council_labelDistricts
local_councilLisburn and Castlereagh
blank1_nameBoundaries
blank1_info

Parliamentary | Robbie Butler (UUP) | Paul Givan (DUP) | Michelle Guy (APNI) | David Honeyford (APNI) | Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP) 5 (2017–) 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.

Members

ElectionMLA
(Party)MLA
(Party)MLA
(Party)MLA
(Party)MLA
(Party)MLA
(Party)Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=7Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=4Ulster Unionist Party}}"Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=15Democratic Unionist Party}}Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=9UK Unionist Party}}"Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=3Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=4Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=11Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=2Paul Givan
(DUP)NI21}}"Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=7Robbie Butler
(UUP)Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=3Independent}}" rowspan=2Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=3Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=3David Honeyford
(Alliance Party)Emma Little-Pengelly
(DUP)Michelle Guy
(Alliance Party)
1996*5 seats
1996–1998*David Campbell
(UUP)Ivan Davis
(UUP)Jeffrey Donaldson
(UUP)Edwin Poots
(DUP)Cecil Calvert
(DUP)
1998Seamus Close
(Alliance Party)Billy Bell
(UUP)Patrick Roche
(UKUP)Patricia Lewsley
(SDLP)
2003Norah Beare
(UUP /
DUP)Jeffrey Donaldson
(UUP /
DUP)
**January 2007
co-option**Marietta Farrell
(SDLP)
2007Trevor Lunn
(Alliance Party/
Independent)Basil McCrea
(UUP/NI21)Jonathan Craig
(DUP)Paul Butler
(Sinn Féin)
**June 2010
co-option**
2011Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3Brenda Hale
(DUP)
**June 2013
defection**
2016Ulster Unionist Party}}"Jennifer Palmer
(UUP)
2017Seat abolished *(5 seats
2017–present)*Pat Catney
(SDLP)
**March 2020
defection**
**March 2022
co-option**Paul Rankin (DUP)
2022Sorcha Eastwood
(Alliance Party)Jeffrey Donaldson
(DUP)
**May 2022
co-option**
**July 2024
co-option**

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.

PartyCandidate(s)VotesPercentage
Jeffrey Donaldson
David Campbell
Ivan Davis
William Dillon
Billy Bell16,36737.7
Cecil Calvert
Edwin Poots9,59222.1
Seamus Close
Frazer McCammond
Mary Clark-Glass
Bill Whitley
Betty Campbell4,50810.4
Peter O'Hagan
Hugh Lewsley4,0019.2
Gary McMichael
Philip Dean3,0877.1
Ronnie Crawford
Graeme Jardin2,1725.0
Patrick Rice
Michael Ferguson
Sue Ramsey1,1322.6
David Kirk
Wilfred Cummings1,0722.5
Jane Wilde
Fidelma Carolan
Sandra Craig
Bronya Bonar
Margaret Darcy5201.2
William Baird
Mary Love3860.8
Malachy McAnespie
George Thompson
Penny Kemp1750.4
Carolyne Chance
Allan Thompson
James Kelley1640.4
Ciaran Mulholland
William McAvoy1430.3
Frances McCarthy
John Magee720.2
Liam Napier
Oliver Frawley430.1
Duncan Paterson
Susanna Thompson180.0
ChambersEric Brown
Gary Strain30.0

References

References

  1. "Statement of Persons Nominated – Lagan Valley".
  2. "NI Assembly Election 2017".
  3. "NI Assembly Election 2016".
  4. "NI Assembly Election 2011".
  5. "NI Assembly Election 2007".
  6. "NI Assembly Election 2003".
  7. "NI Assembly Election 1998".
  8. [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96lv.htm 1996 Candidates – Lagan Valley] {{Webarchive. link. (23 June 2018 , Northern Ireland Elections)
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