East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)
Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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| East Londonderry | |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary constituency | |
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Seats | 6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–) |
| MLAs | |
| Districts | Causeway Coast and Glens District Council |
| Boundaries |  |
East Londonderry 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 Londonderry constituency with a small part around Portrush coming from North Antrim constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
| Election | MLA (party) |
MLA (party) |
MLA (party) |
MLA (party) |
MLA (party) |
MLA (party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arthur Doherty (SDLP) |
5 seats 1996–1998 |
David Brewster (UUP) |
John White (UUP) |
Robert Bolton (DUP) |
Robert Stewart (DUP) | ||||||
| 1998 | John Dallat (SDLP) |
David McClarty (UUP/ Independent Unionist) |
Pauline Armitage (UUP) |
Boyd Douglas (Independent Unionist) |
Gregory Campbell (DUP) | |||||||
| September 2002 co-option |
Michael Coyle (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Francis Brolly (Sinn Féin) |
Norman Hillis (UUP) |
George Robinson (DUP) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Adrian McQuillan (DUP) | |||||||||||
| January 2010 co-option |
Billy Leonard (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| January 2011 resignation[1] | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Cathal Ó hOisín (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| May 2014 co-option |
Claire Sugden (Independent Unionist) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Caoimhe Archibald (Sinn Féin) |
Gerry Mullan (SDLP) |
Maurice Bradley (DUP) | |||||||||
| 2017 | John Dallat (SDLP) |
5 seats 2017–present | ||||||||||
| May 2020 co-option |
Cara Hunter (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Alan Robinson (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
Northern Ireland Assembly
2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | Maurice Bradley | 15.30% | 6,786 | 6,791 | 6,807 | 7,221 | 7,249 | 7,401 | |||||
| DUP | Alan Robinson | 11.61% | 5,151 | 5,160 | 5,166 | 5,223 | 5,248 | 5,323 | 6,120 | 8,218 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Claire Sugden | 8.97% | 3,981 | 4,006 | 4,084 | 4,169 | 4,202 | 4,951 | 5,854 | 6,632 | 7,329 | 8,476 | |
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Archibald | 15.48% | 6,868 | 6,886 | 6,945 | 6,945 | 7,163 | 7,244 | 7,248 | 7,253 | 7,253 | 7,453 | |
| SDLP | Cara Hunter | 8.26% | 3,664 | 3,696 | 3,837 | 3,843 | 4,075 | 4,270 | 4,391 | 4,478 | 4,513 | 6,484 | |
| Sinn Féin | Kathleen McGurk | 10.14% | 4,500 | 4,528 | 4,558 | 4,558 | 4,690 | 4,713 | 4,713 | 4,715 | 4,715 | 4,818 | |
| Alliance | Chris McCaw | 7.52% | 3,338 | 3,350 | 3,594 | 3,605 | 3,683 | 3,862 | 4,269 | 4,408 | 4,499 | ||
| TUV | Jordan Armstrong | 6.67% | 2,959 | 2,964 | 2,973 | 3,210 | 3,224 | 3,285 | 3,737 | ||||
| UUP | Darryl Wilson | 5.92% | 2,625 | 2,628 | 2,644 | 2,737 | 2,740 | 2,818 | |||||
| Independent | Stephanie Quigley | 3.39% | 1,503 | 1,562 | 1,613 | 1,630 | 1,805 | ||||||
| Aontú | Gemma Brolly | 2.47% | 1,095 | 1,136 | 1,159 | 1,160 | |||||||
| PUP | Russell Watton | 2.10% | 933 | 935 | 939 | ||||||||
| Green (NI) | Mark Coulson | 0.78% | 347 | 352 | |||||||||
| People Before Profit | Amy Merron | 0.78% | 347 | 353 | |||||||||
| Independent | Niall Murphy | 0.41% | 181 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Billy Stewart | 0.18% | 82 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 72,959 Valid: 44,360 (60.80%) Spoilt: 436 Quota: 7,394 Turnout: 44,796 (61.40%) | |||||||||||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Claire Sugden | 11.75% | 4,918 | 4,990 | 5,102 | 5,278 | 5,437 | 5,707 | 6,561 | 7,555 | |||||
| DUP | Maurice Bradley | 13.00% | 5,444 | 5,462 | 5,473 | 5,832 | 6,127 | 6,132 | 6,171 | 6,739 | 8,056 | ||||
| DUP | George Robinson | 11.26% | 4,715 | 4,721 | 4,730 | 4,781 | 4,906 | 4,962 | 4,993 | 5,335 | 7,801 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Archibald | 13.97% | 5,851 | 5,854 | 5,934 | 5,937 | 5,940 | 6,166 | 6,299 | 6,311 | 6,320 | 6,320 | 6,328 | 6,330 | |
| SDLP | John Dallat | 7.93% | 3,319 | 3,325 | 3,440 | 3,443 | 3,459 | 3,725 | 4,366 | 5,143 | 5,298 | 5,443 | 5,709 | 6,091 | |
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó hOisín | 11.83% | 4,953 | 4,954 | 4,979 | 4,979 | 4,980 | 5,155 | 5,196 | 5,202 | 5,211 | 5,221 | 5,236 | 5,238 | |
| DUP | Adrian McQuillan | 9.27% | 3,881 | 3,887 | 3,890 | 3,994 | 4,135 | 4,142 | 4,170 | 4,566 | |||||
| UUP | William McCandless | 6.72% | 2,814 | 2,866 | 2,899 | 2,960 | 3,268 | 3,288 | 3,581 | ||||||
| Alliance | Chris McCaw | 4.40% | 1,841 | 1,872 | 2,150 | 2,163 | 2,190 | 2,327 | |||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Gerry Mullan | 2.88% | 1,204 | 1,206 | 1,290 | 1,297 | 1,314 | ||||||||
| TUV | Jordan Armstrong | 2.48% | 1,038 | 1,048 | 1,056 | 1,147 | |||||||||
| PUP | Russell Watton | 2.10% | 879 | 882 | 889 | ||||||||||
| People Before Profit | Gavin Campbell | 1.17% | 492 | 494 | |||||||||||
| Green (NI) | Anthony Flynn | 0.73% | 305 | 310 | |||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | David Harding | 0.52% | 219 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 67,392 Valid: 41,873 (62.13%) Spoilt: 375 Quota: 6,979 Turnout: 42,248 (62.69%) | |||||||||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Maurice Bradley | 13.46% | 4,630 | 4,689 | 4,767 | 5,061 | ||||||
| DUP | George Robinson | 13.28% | 4,567 | 4,616 | 4,711 | 4,931 | ||||||
| DUP | Adrian McQuillan | 10.11% | 3,477 | 3,523 | 3,551 | 3,703 | 3,789 | 3,794 | 3,865 | 4,608 | 5,385 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Claire Sugden | 9.51% | 3,270 | 3,488 | 3,521 | 3,615 | 3,619 | 3,620 | 4,106 | 4,459 | 5,003 | |
| SDLP | Gerry Mullan | 9.49% | 3,265 | 3,341 | 3,352 | 3,364 | 3,366 | 3,366 | 3,801 | 3,809 | 4,172 | |
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Archibald | 11.63% | 4,002 | 4,043 | 4,044 | 4,045 | 4,045 | 4,046 | 4,121 | 4,127 | 4,139 | |
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó hOisín | 10.15% | 3,493 | 3,514 | 3,514 | 3,514 | 3,514 | 3,514 | 3,522 | 3,524 | 3,533 | |
| UUP | William McCandless | 5.20% | 1,789 | 1,867 | 2,629 | 2,921 | 2,964 | 2,965 | 3,167 | 3,407 | ||
| PUP | Russell Watton | 3.94% | 1,356 | 1,399 | 1,403 | 1,535 | 1,544 | 1,546 | 1,553 | |||
| Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 3.65% | 1,257 | 1,492 | 1,516 | 1,539 | 1,540 | 1,541 | ||||
| TUV | Jordan Armstrong | 3.46% | 1,191 | 1,240 | 1,291 | |||||||
| UUP | Aaron Callan | 3.10% | 1,067 | 1,096 | ||||||||
| Green (NI) | Amber Hamill | 1.26% | 434 | |||||||||
| UKIP | Steven Parkhill | 0.80% | 274 | |||||||||
| NI Conservatives | David Harding | 0.63% | 216 | |||||||||
| Independent | Victor Christie | 0.18% | 61 | |||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Stuart Canning | 0.15% | 50 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 68,600 Valid: 34,399 (50.14%) Spoilt: 449 Quota: 4,915 Turnout: 34,848 (50.80%) | ||||||||||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Gregory Campbell | 18.20% | 6,319 | |||||||
| SDLP | John Dallat | 8.55% | 2,967 | 2,978.44 | 2,994.54 | 3,003.2 | 3,515.08 | 5,207.08 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó hOisín | 13.48% | 4,681 | 4,682.54 | 4,682.54 | 4,683.76 | 4,712.2 | 4,962.2 | ||
| DUP | George Robinson | 11.10% | 3,855 | 4,167.62 | 4,235.08 | 4,695.62 | 4,764.02 | 4,784.88 | 4,823.1 | |
| Ind. Unionist | David McClarty | 8.65% | 3,003 | 3,119.16 | 3,275.5 | 3,511.62 | 4,112.86 | 4,154.08 | 4,405.08 | |
| DUP | Adrian McQuillan | 7.58% | 2,633 | 3,298.72 | 3,368.36 | 3,609.84 | 3,701.78 | 3,718.44 | 3,781.66 | |
| UUP | David Harding | 4.20% | 1,458 | 1,531.92 | 2,580.42 | 3,131.1 | 3,399.84 | 3,427.38 | 3,460.6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Bernadette Archibald | 7.60% | 2,639 | 2,640.96 | 2,643.98 | 2,646.98 | 2,673.98 | 2,771.2 | ||
| SDLP | Thomas Conway | 6.40% | 2,222 | 2,228.16 | 2,231.38 | 2,243.98 | 2,362.58 | |||
| Alliance | Barney Fitzpatrick | 5.49% | 1,905 | 1,932.28 | 2,005.7 | 2,040.46 | ||||
| TUV | Boyd Douglas | 4.52% | 1,568 | 1,647.42 | 1,703.18 | |||||
| UUP | Lesley Macaulay | 4.24% | 1,472 | 1,530.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 65,226 Valid: 34,722 (53.23%) Spoilt: 581 Quota: 4,961 Turnout: 35,303 (54.12%) | ||||||||||
Note: David McClarty appeared on the ballot paper with no description, however had previously made clear that he was fighting the election as an Independent Unionist.[6]
2007
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Gregory Campbell | 20.18% | 6,845 | |||||||||
| DUP | George Robinson | 11.77% | 3,991 | 4,437.31 | 4,448.21 | 4,631.65 | 4,869.65 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Francis Brolly | 13.19% | 4,476 | 4,476.58 | 4,691.58 | 4,709.87 | 4,709.87 | 4,727.87 | 5,002.87 | |||
| SDLP | John Dallat | 7.78% | 2,638 | 2,647.57 | 2,690.57 | 2,749.73 | 2,755.73 | 3,143.89 | 4,733.34 | 6,380.34 | ||
| UUP | David McClarty | 8.48% | 2,875 | 3,037.11 | 3,048.27 | 3,156.39 | 3,763.61 | 4,205.99 | 4,238.28 | 4,279.28 | 4,409.28 | |
| DUP | Adrian McQuillan | 7.81% | 2,650 | 3,779.84 | 3,787 | 3,931.6 | 3,974.85 | 4,042.39 | 4,046.68 | 4,053.97 | 4,073.97 | |
| UUP | Norman Hillis | 6.06% | 2,054 | 2,172.61 | 2,177.19 | 2,299.11 | 2,797.62 | 3,101.97 | 3,118.84 | 3,140.13 | 3,195.13 | |
| Sinn Féin | Billy Leonard | 6.84% | 2,321 | 2,322.74 | 2,338.74 | 2,364.03 | 2,366.03 | 2,402.32 | 2,457.32 | |||
| SDLP | Orla Beattie | 5.30% | 1,797 | 1,800.77 | 1,836.77 | 1,898.06 | 1,916.35 | 2,097.64 | ||||
| Alliance | Bernard Fitzpatrick | 4.13% | 1,401 | 1,422.17 | 1,430.17 | 1,651.65 | 1,670.94 | |||||
| UUP | Edwin Stevenson | 3.94% | 1,338 | 1,357.14 | 1,361.14 | 1,456.49 | ||||||
| UK Unionist | Leslie Cubitt | 1.62% | 549 | 594.82 | 601.11 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Phillippe Moison | 1.54% | 521 | 529.7 | 563.7 | |||||||
| Republican Sinn Féin | Michael McGonigle | 1.16% | 393 | 395.03 | ||||||||
| Independent | Victor Christie | 0.22% | 73 | 77.35 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 56,104 Valid: 33,922 (60.46%) Spoilt: 258 Quota: 4,847 Turnout: 34,180 (60.92%) | ||||||||||||
2003
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| DUP | Gregory Campbell | 13.97% | 4,789 | 4,803 | 5,023 | ||||||||||
| UUP | David McClarty | 11.87% | 4,069 | 4,288 | 4,414 | 5,176 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Francis Brolly | 11.73% | 4,019 | 4,051 | 4,056 | 4,056 | 4,056.37 | 4,056.99 | 5,895.99 | ||||||
| DUP | George Robinson | 10.11% | 3,466 | 3,474 | 3,514 | 3,613 | 3,617.07 | 3,641.87 | 3,643.87 | 3,644.7 | 4,741.99 | 7,346.99 | |||
| UUP | Norman Hillis | 6.69% | 2,292 | 2,377 | 2,527 | 2,959 | 3,199.87 | 3,220.95 | 3,222.95 | 3,223.78 | 3,883.84 | 4,319.92 | 5,346.92 | ||
| SDLP | John Dallat | 9.31% | 3,190 | 3,430 | 3,455 | 3,468 | 3,472.81 | 3,474.05 | 3,565.05 | 3,734.37 | 3,759.99 | 3,778.23 | 3,794.23 | 3,870.23 | |
| SDLP | Michael Coyle | 6.99% | 2,394 | 2,525 | 2,532 | 2,546 | 2,548.59 | 2,548.59 | 2,700.59 | 3,514.82 | 3,526.82 | 3,534.47 | 3,545.47 | 3,652.47 | |
| DUP | Maurice Bradley | 8.27% | 2,836 | 2,848 | 3,035 | 3,040 | 3,043.33 | 3,091.07 | 3,095.07 | 3,096.73 | 3,373.52 | ||||
| Independent | Boyd Douglas | 5.55% | 1,903 | 1,923 | 2,049 | 2,171 | 2,190.61 | 2,219.75 | 2,220.75 | 2,221.58 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Cliona O'Kane | 6.13% | 2,102 | 2,110 | 2,111 | 2,114 | 2,114 | 2,114 | |||||||
| UUP | Edwin Stevenson | 4.11% | 1,408 | 1,443 | 1,466 | ||||||||||
| UK Unionist | Pauline Armitage | 2.64% | 906 | 937 | |||||||||||
| Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 2.22% | 762 | ||||||||||||
| Socialist Environmental | Marion Baur | 0.40% | 137 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 56,203 Valid: 34,273 (60.98%) Spoilt: 430 Quota: 4,897 Turnout: 34,703 (61.75%) | |||||||||||||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Gregory Campbell | 15.42% | 6,099 | |||||||||
| UUP | David McClarty | 12.91% | 5,108 | 5,324 | 5,347.8 | 5,351.8 | 6,268.8 | |||||
| SDLP | John Dallat | 12.03% | 4,760 | 4,782 | 4,783.33 | 4,858.33 | 4,869.54 | 5,708.54 | ||||
| SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 11.64% | 4,606 | 4,619 | 4,619.77 | 4,773.77 | 4,780.84 | 5,178.54 | 5,187.77 | 7,754.77 | ||
| UUP | Pauline Armitage | 8.38% | 3,315 | 3,432 | 3,452.79 | 3,452.79 | 3,865.7 | 4,703.12 | 5,227.1 | 5,229.1 | 5,379.1 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Boyd Douglas | 9.63% | 3,811 | 3,892 | 3,937.22 | 3,938.22 | 4,048.06 | 4,152.06 | 4,201.76 | 4,217.54 | 4,259.54 | |
| DUP | George Robinson | 8.29% | 3,280 | 3,390 | 3,709.06 | 3,709.2 | 3,774.7 | 3,805.19 | 3,834.3 | 3,842.3 | 3,867.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | Malachy O'Kane | 6.37% | 2,521 | 2,525 | 2,525.07 | 3,601.07 | 3,604.07 | 3,621.07 | 3,621.78 | |||
| Alliance | Barbara Dempsey | 6.05% | 2,395 | 2,476 | 2,477.96 | 2,480.96 | 2,520.03 | |||||
| UUP | Roger McPherson | 3.87% | 1,531 | 1,608 | 1,615.42 | 1,615.42 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | John McIlhenny | 3.38% | 1,339 | 1,347 | 1,347.14 | |||||||
| PUP | Dave Gilmour | 1.47% | 582 | |||||||||
| Ulster Democratic | David Nelson | 0.43% | 171 | |||||||||
| Natural Law | Maura McCann | 0.12% | 46 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 59,370 Valid: 39,564 (66.64%) Spoilt: 603 Quota: 5,653 Turnout: 40,167 (67.66%) | ||||||||||||
1996 forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[10]
| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | David Brewster John White Pauline Armitage Antony Alcock Elizabeth Black |
11,386 | 30.9 | |
| DUP | Robert Bolton Robert Stewart Victor Wilson |
8,768 | 23.8 | |
| SDLP | Arthur Doherty John Dallat Patricia Farren Gerald McLaughlin Michael Coyle |
7,451 | 20.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | Malachy O'Kane Thomas Donaghey Kevin Kelly John McCloskey Kathleen Kelly |
3,413 | 9.3 | |
| Alliance | Yvonne Boyle Bill Mathews Paddy McGowan |
2,107 | 5.7 | |
| UK Unionist | Kingsley Nutt Angela Nutt |
1,040 | 2.8 | |
| Ulster Democratic | Allister Crawford Robert Mitchell |
728 | 2.0 | |
| PUP | William Smith William Mitchell |
652 | 1.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Avril Watson Mary Mulholland Pauline Nellis |
375 | 1.0 | |
| Labour coalition | Fionnuala Harbinson Alan McKee Peter Scott John Quigley |
241 | 0.6 | |
| NI Conservatives | Hubert Mullan John McKeown |
208 | 0.6 | |
| Green (NI) | David Surplus Adeline Curry |
189 | 0.5 | |
| Ulster Independence | Bartholomew Hamilton Hugh Kerr John Walker |
100 | 0.3 | |
| Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly James McLaughlin |
75 | 0.2 | |
| Democratic Left | Odran Dunphy Colm Campbell |
45 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | Brian McEnery Lee Silvera |
14 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Chambers | Jonathan Chambers Maureen Holmes Neill Chambers |
5 | 0.0 | |