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Strangford (Assembly constituency)
Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Strangford | |
| type | Northern Ireland Assembly | |
| Parliamentary | ||
| year | 1996 | |
| image | [[File:StrangfordConstituency.svg | 250px]] |
| caption | Strangford shown within Northern Ireland | |
| members_label | MLAs | |
| members | {{unbulleted list | |
| border | darkgray}} Kellie Armstrong (APNI) | |
| border | darkgray}} Harry Harvey (DUP) | |
| border | darkgray}} Nick Mathison (APNI) | |
| border | darkgray}} Michelle McIlveen (DUP) | |
| border | darkgray}} Mike Nesbitt (UUP) | |
| seats | 6 (1996–2016) | |
| 5 (2017–) | ||
| local_council_label | Districts | |
| local_council | Ards and North Down Borough Council | |
| blank1_name | Boundaries | |
| blank1_info |
Parliamentary | Kellie Armstrong (APNI) | Harry Harvey (DUP) | Nick Mathison (APNI) | Michelle McIlveen (DUP) | Mike Nesbitt (UUP) 5 (2017–)
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. From 1997 until 2024, it shared boundaries with the Strangford UK Parliament constituency until the Parliamentary constituency's boundaries changed for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the Parliamentary constituency, see Strangford (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
| Election | MLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (party) | MLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (party) | MLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (party) | MLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (party) | MLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (party) | MLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (party) | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=13 | Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=8 | Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=7 | Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=4 | Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=12 | UK Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2 | Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=10 | Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=9 | Michelle McIlveen | ||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=6 | Mike Nesbitt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (UUP) | UK Independence Party}}" | Kellie Armstrong | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Alliance Party) | Ulster Unionist Party}}" | Harry Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | Nick Mathison | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Alliance Party) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Kieran McCarthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Alliance Party) | Tom Benson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (UUP) | Jim Shannon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | John Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (UUP) | Iris Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | *5 seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Cedric Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (UKUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **January 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| co-option** | Tom Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (UUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | David McNarry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (UUP/UKIP) | George Ennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Simon Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| co-option** | Jonathan Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **August 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| co-option** | Simpson Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **October 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| defection** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Philip Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (UUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | *5 seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present* | Peter Weir | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DUP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Candidates | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Taylor | |||
| Tom Benson | |||
| William Biggerstaff | |||
| Jack Beattie | 12,547 | 31.3 | |
| Iris Robinson | |||
| Jim Shannon | |||
| Sandy Geddis | |||
| William Morrison | 11,584 | 28.9 | |
| Kieran McCarthy | |||
| Geraldine Rice | |||
| Kathleen Coulter | |||
| Jim McBriar | |||
| Alan McDowell | 4,614 | 11.6 | |
| Cedric Wilson | |||
| Elizabeth Roche | 3,112 | 7.8 | |
| John Moffat | |||
| Joanne Murphy | 2,927 | 7.3 | |
| Georgina McCrory | |||
| Alfred McCrory | 2,017 | 5.0 | |
| James McCurrie | |||
| Blakely McNally | 1,080 | 2.7 | |
| Garret O'Fachtna | |||
| Patrick McGreevy | 709 | 1.8 | |
| Donna Davis | |||
| Victoria Moore | |||
| Gerry Gribben | |||
| Miriam Titterton | 410 | 1.0 | |
| Thomas Beattie | |||
| Duncan Shipley-Dalton | 380 | 0.9 | |
| David Langley | |||
| Robert Huey | |||
| Sue Miles | 213 | 0.5 | |
| Andrew Snoddy | |||
| Stephen Baker | 202 | 0.5 | |
| Tom Devlin | |||
| Colum Feenan | 73 | 0.2 | |
| Edward Philips | |||
| Trevor Richards | 66 | 0.2 | |
| Joyce Cowden | |||
| Francis Hynds | 57 | 0.1 | |
| Deidre Dunphy | |||
| Imelda Hynds | 53 | 0.1 | |
| Chambers | Pearl Brown | ||
| Heather Magowan | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Christine Bowen | |||
| Lewis Walch | 13 | 0.0 |
References
References
- "Statement of Persons Nominated – Strangford".
- "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/96str.htm 1996 Candidates – Strangford] {{Webarchive. link. (7 June 2007 , Northern Ireland Elections)
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