Londonderry (Assembly constituency)
Constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly
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Londonderry was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly. After the Assembly dissolved in 1986, the constituency was not used again, its area being represented by parts of East Londonderry, Foyle and Mid Ulster.
It usually shared boundaries with the Londonderry UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975) and Northern Ireland Assembly (1973, 1982)
In 1982, elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. The seven members elected from the Londonderry constituency were:
| Election | MLA (Party) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Michael Canavan (SDLP) |
John Hume (SDLP) |
Hugh Logue (SDLP) |
William Douglas (UUP) |
Sheena Conn (UUP) |
Leslie Morrell (UUP) |
Glenn Barr (Vanguard) | |||||||
| 1975 | James McClure (DUP) | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) |
Jack Allen (UUP) |
Gregory Campbell (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
1982 Assembly Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| SDLP | John Hume | 19.05% | 12,282 | |||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 12.73% | 8,207 | |||||||||||||
| UUP | Jack Allen | 9.47% | 6,107 | 6,110.15 | 6,111.15 | 6,113.15 | 6,148.5 | 6,148.82 | 6,350.82 | 6,408.82 | 6,979.82 | 9,356.82 | ||||
| DUP | James McClure | 10.64% | 6,857 | 6,860.85 | 6,863.85 | 6,871.2 | 6,875.2 | 6,875.84 | 7,060.84 | 7,876.84 | 7,991.97 | 8,826.97 | ||||
| UUP | William Douglas | 7.80% | 5,031 | 5,032.75 | 5,034.75 | 5,039.1 | 5,046.1 | 5,046.58 | 5,754.58 | 6,299.58 | 6,487.66 | 8,051.01 | 9,243.99 | |||
| SDLP | Hugh Logue | 7.49% | 4,828 | 6,960.9 | 7,076.45 | 7,349.85 | 7,414.2 | 7,490.28 | 7,496.36 | 7,500.44 | 7,986.45 | 8,005.45 | 8,008.4 | 8,013.71 | ||
| DUP | Gregory Campbell | 8.23% | 5,305 | 5,306.05 | 5,306.05 | 5,311.05 | 5,327.05 | 5,328.01 | 5,337.01 | 5,763.36 | 5,801.36 | 5,889.36 | 5,980.81 | 6,540.13 | 6,945.13 | |
| SDLP | Pat Devine | 4.92% | 3,169 | 5,028.2 | 5,114.55 | 5,413.2 | 5,528.1 | 5,583.94 | 5,588.94 | 5,589.72 | 5,967.65 | 5,977.35 | 5,977.94 | 5,985.02 | 5,986.02 | |
| UUP | Paul Baxter | 5.84% | 3,766 | 3,768.8 | 3,769.15 | 3,772.15 | 3,787.15 | 3,787.63 | 4,482.63 | 4,501.63 | 5,149.98 | |||||
| Alliance | Bill Matthews | 3.58% | 2,309 | 2,348.2 | 2,352.9 | 2,450.7 | 3,620.15 | 3,623.51 | 3,641.51 | 3,650.51 | ||||||
| DUP | William Norris | 2.91% | 1,876 | 1,877.05 | 1,880.05 | 1,883.05 | 1,885.05 | 1,886.17 | 1,896.17 | |||||||
| UUP | Thomas Fleming | 2.86% | 1,841 | 1,841 | 1,841.7 | 1,843.7 | 1,848.7 | 1,848.94 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Ita Breen | 2.10% | 1,354 | 1,396.35 | 1,402.05 | 1,532.35 | ||||||||||
| Workers' Party | Eamon Melaugh | 1.51% | 974 | 1,046.1 | 1,121.55 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Crumley | 0.86% | 556 | 606.4 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 100,198 Valid: 64,462 (64.33%) Spoilt: 1,663 Quota: 8,058 Turnout: 66,125 (65.99%) | ||||||||||||||||
1975 Constitutional Convention
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| SDLP | John Hume | 19.14% | 11,941 | ||||||||||||
| UUP | Sheena Conn | 14.08% | 8,789 | ||||||||||||
| Vanguard | Glenn Barr | 12.63% | 7,883 | ||||||||||||
| SDLP | Hugh Logue | 10.67% | 6,661 | 8,445.3 | |||||||||||
| UUP | William Douglas | 7.91% | 4,939 | 4,940.05 | 5,680.02 | 5,680.15 | 5,694.37 | 5,714.66 | 5,727.42 | 5,762.72 | 6,342.39 | 7,048.74 | 10,301.74 | ||
| SDLP | Michael Canavan | 7.37% | 4,600 | 6,661.5 | 6,661.72 | 7,229.56 | 7,239.26 | 7,622.12 | 7,622.29 | 7,715.16 | 7,718.65 | 7,760.68 | 7,767.25 | 7,779.25 | |
| DUP | James McClure | 5.51% | 3,436 | 3,437.75 | 3,462.94 | 3,463.33 | 3,468.33 | 3,483.68 | 3,493.64 | 3,523.3 | 4,589.3 | 4,766.22 | 5,305.67 | 7,509.67 | |
| Alliance | Ivor Canavan | 4.63% | 2,889 | 3,026.2 | 3,030.05 | 3,057.22 | 3,060.09 | 3,235.79 | 3,236.98 | 4,775.28 | 4,808.06 | 5,780.59 | 5,883.57 | 6,079.57 | |
| UUP | John Williamson | 4.98% | 3,105 | 3,105 | 3,240.85 | 3,240.98 | 3,241.33 | 3,257.44 | 3,259.93 | 3,297.9 | 3,510.84 | 4,186.89 | |||
| Unionist Party NI | Leslie Morrell | 4.05% | 2,529 | 2,532.5 | 2,549.77 | 2,551.46 | 2,553.57 | 2,579.38 | 2,580.37 | 2,786.57 | 2,921.1 | ||||
| Vanguard | Randall Crawford | 3.24% | 2,021 | 2,022.05 | 2,056.15 | 2,056.15 | 2,057.37 | 2,099.7 | 2,149.47 | 2,183.99 | |||||
| Alliance | Bill Matthews | 3.03% | 1,889 | 1,914.2 | 1,919.15 | 1,936.7 | 1,942.75 | 2,059.33 | 2,059.89 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Liam Gallagher | 1.24% | 773 | 809.75 | 809.75 | 818.2 | 845.68 | ||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Patrick Kealey | 0.76% | 473 | 511.5 | 511.61 | 523.05 | 523.05 | ||||||||
| NI Labour | Alan Carr | 0.53% | 328 | 334.3 | 335.51 | 338.37 | 339.5 | ||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Cahal Newcombe | 0.23% | 146 | 151.25 | 152.13 | 157.72 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 92,003 Valid: 62,402 (67.83%) Spoilt: 1,784 Quota: 7,801 Turnout: 64,186 (69.77%) | |||||||||||||||
1973 Assembly Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| SDLP | John Hume | 18.95% | 12,596 | |||||||||||
| UUP | Leslie Morrell | 14.57% | 9,685 | |||||||||||
| SDLP | Hugh Logue | 10.88% | 7,230 | 8,767.82 | ||||||||||
| UUP | William Douglas | 12.41% | 8,245 | 8,245.68 | 8,865.8 | |||||||||
| Vanguard | Glenn Barr | 9.80% | 6,511 | 6,512.46 | 6,540.5 | 6,552.02 | 6,562.3 | 6,562.4 | 6,930.6 | 6,951.9 | 8,567.9 | |||
| SDLP | Michael Canavan | 5.49% | 3,647 | 5,964.1 | 5,965.08 | 5,965.2 | 6,031.6 | 6,415.5 | 6,416.54 | 6,450.46 | 6,457.72 | 6,612.98 | 8,647.98 | |
| UUP | Sheena Conn | 9.86% | 6,550 | 6,552.38 | 7,080.54 | 7,560.5 | 7,603.96 | 7,604.16 | 7,677.28 | 7,736.26 | 8,027.08 | 8,078.06 | 8,096.24 | |
| Alliance | Brian Brown | 3.69% | 2,454 | 2,483.58 | 2,515.92 | 2,519.52 | 2,615.08 | 2,619.48 | 2,626.14 | 3,285.44 | 3.302.54 | 5,457.62 | 5,711.66 | |
| Nationalist | Eddie McAteer | 5.59% | 3,712 | 3,988.08 | 3,989.06 | 3,989.42 | 4,018.38 | 4.061.18 | 4,061.52 | 4,080.46 | 4,083.56 | 4,157.54 | ||
| Alliance | Edward McIvor | 3.01% | 2,001 | 2,062.88 | 2,076.46 | 2,077.06 | 2,148.78 | 2,160.58 | 2,163.14 | 2,523.74 | 2,538.44 | |||
| Vanguard | Thomas Hagan | 2.06% | 1,371 | 1,373.04 | 1,401.6 | 1,410.36 | 1,416.5 | 1,416.8 | 1,992.28 | 2,009.18 | ||||
| Alliance | John Hamill | 1.64% | 1,093 | 1,113.4 | 1,150.92 | 1,154.4 | 1,205.12 | 1,207.02 | 1,213.82 | |||||
| Vanguard | Jackson Taggart | 1.52% | 1,008 | 1,008.34 | 1,039.56 | 1,047.12 | 1,049.4 | 1,049.4 | ||||||
| NI Labour | Grace Stevenson | 0.54% | 360 | 367.14 | 375.54 | 376.14 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 89,849 Valid: 66,463 (73.97%) Spoilt: 1,698 Quota: 8,308 Turnout: 68,161 (75.86%) | ||||||||||||||