Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)

Mid Ulster (Irish: Lár Uladh, Ulster Scots: Mid Ulstèr) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Mid Ulster
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary Constituency
Mid Ulster shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1973
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Keith Buchanan (DUP)
  •   Linda Dillon (SF)
  •   Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
  •   Michelle O'Neill (SF)
  •   Emma Sheerin (SF)
DistrictsMid-Ulster District Council

It was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected the then Northern Ireland Assembly. It usually shares boundaries with the Mid Ulster UK Parliament constituency. However, the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 (because the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes) and from 1996 to 1997, when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983-95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

Mid Ulster is the only constituency in Northern Ireland to have returned the same number of Assembly members from the same parties at each election before that of 2017 - 3 Sinn Féin, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 DUP.

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

Members
Election MLA
(Party)		 MLA
(Party)		 MLA
(Party)		 MLA
(Party)		 MLA
(Party)		 MLA
(Party)
1973 Paddy Duffy
(SDLP)		 Ivan Cooper
(SDLP)		 Aidan Larkin
(SDLP)		 William Thompson
(UUP)		 Duncan Pollock
(UUP)		 John Dunlop
(Vanguard)
1975 Francis Thompson
(UUP)		 Richard Reid
(DUP)		 Robert Overend
(Vanguard)
1982 Danny Morrison
(Sinn Féin)		 Mary McSorley
(SDLP)		 Denis Haughey
(SDLP)		 Alan Kane
(DUP)		 William McCrea
(DUP)
1996 Patrick Groogan
(Sinn Féin)		 Francie Molloy
(Sinn Féin)		 Patsy McGlone
(SDLP)		 5 seats
1996-1998		 John Junkin
(UUP)
1998 John Kelly
(Sinn Féin)		 Martin McGuinness
(Sinn Féin)		 Denis Haughey
(SDLP)		 Billy Armstrong
(UUP)
2003 Geraldine Dougan
(Sinn Féin)		 Patsy McGlone
(SDLP)
2007 Michelle O'Neill
(Sinn Féin)		 Ian McCrea
(DUP)
2011 Sandra Overend
(UUP)
April 2013
co-option		 Ian Milne
(Sinn Féin)
2016 Linda Dillon
(Sinn Féin)		 Keith Buchanan
(DUP)
2017 5 seats
2017–present
December 2018
co-option		 Emma Sheerin
(Sinn Féin)

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

2017
2017 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 5 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 20.65% 10,258      
DUP Keith Buchanan 19.26% 9,568      
Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 15.71% 7,806 9,032.64    
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 16.39% 8,143 8,553.21    
SDLP Patsy McGlone 12.92% 6,419 6,683.67 6,699.01 7,732.97
UUP Sandra Overend 9.09% 4,516 4,519.42 5,260.03 7,052.41
TUV Hannah Loughrin 2.50% 1,244 1,245.9 1,692.84  
Alliance Fay Watson 2.05% 1,017 1,030.11 1,036.61  
Independent Hugh McCloy 0.50% 247 253.84 256.96  
Green (NI) Stefan Taylor 0.49% 243 246.04 247.73  
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 0.44% 217 221.37 222.15  
Electorate: 69,396   Valid: 49,678 (71.59%)   Spoilt: 550   Quota: 8,280   Turnout: 50,853 (73.28%)

    2016
    2016 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Sinn Féin Ian Milne 17.26% 7,035                  
    SDLP Patsy McGlone 15.24% 6,209                  
    Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 15.09% 6,147                  
    Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 14.31% 5,833                  
    UUP Sandra Overend 11.93% 4,862 4,896 4,925.88 4,959.12 4,966.14 4,989.36 5,161.28 5,328.48 6,155.48  
    DUP Keith Buchanan 8.90% 3,628 3,634 3,639.88 3,683.36 3,686.6 3,691.65 3,705.05 3,752.24 4,353.94 4,566.61
    DUP Ian McCrea 9.24% 3,765 3,772 3,778 3,808.12 3,811.9 3,817.17 3,822.95 3,845.4 4,288.69 4,405.99
    TUV Hannah Loughrin 4.61% 1,877 1,883 1,888.04 1,981.04 1,982.66 1,990.38 2,006.21 2,046.68    
    Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 0.78% 316 918 1,043.64 1,052.84 1,197.83 1,414.75 1,778.95      
    Alliance Néidín Hendron 1.16% 471 718 861.88 875.96 959.39 1,162.57        
    Green (NI) Stefan Taylor 0.86% 349 581 639.92 650.52 727.47          
    UKIP Alan Day 0.63% 256 270 276.96              
    Electorate: 70,430   Valid: 40,748 (57.86%)   Spoilt: 633   Quota: 5,822   Turnout: 41,381 (58.75%)

      2011
      2011 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 20.96% 8,957            
      DUP Ian McCrea 16.68% 7,127            
      SDLP Patsy McGlone 11.85% 5,065 5,482.28 5,511.23 5,727.77 6,109.77    
      UUP Sandra Overend 10.32% 4,409 4,412.52 5,106.72 5,229.32 5,336.14 7,130.14  
      Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 12.12% 5,178 5,514.96 5,515.41 5,542.05 5,591.36 5,710.25 5,735.25
      Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 9.97% 4,263 4,812.76 4,813.66 4,842.86 4,928.82 5,179.5 5,190.5
      Sinn Féin Ian Milne 6.17% 2,635 3,962.04 3,962.34 4,005.42 4,133.42 4,412.21 4,457.21
      TUV Walter Millar 4.86% 2,075 2,087.48 2,330.33 2,382.63 2,431.1    
      SDLP Austin Kelly 2.84% 1,214 1,262 1,266.05 1,331.62 1,429.36    
      Independent Hugh McCloy 2.18% 933 988.68 1,003.23 1,206.83      
      Alliance Michael McDonald 0.93% 398 405.36 416.61        
      People Before Profit Harry Hutchinson 0.57% 243 249.4 261.55        
      Independent Gary McCann 0.56% 241 252.84 255.39        
      Electorate: 66,602   Valid: 42,738 (64.17%)   Spoilt: 784   Quota: 6,106   Turnout: 43,522 (65.35%)

        2007
        2007 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 18.21% 8,065            
        DUP Ian McCrea 17.18% 7,608            
        Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 14.90% 6,597            
        Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 14.53% 6,432            
        SDLP Patsy McGlone 11.24% 4,976 6,176.04 6,183.08 6,264.48 6,430.48    
        UUP Billy Armstrong 10.80% 4,781 4,788.22 4,939.9 4,940.45 5,036.53 5,572.54 6,354.54
        SDLP Kathleen Lagan 6.23% 2,759 3,118.1 3,119.86 3,266.93 3,469.14 3,497 3,531
        DUP Elizabeth Forde 2.31% 1,021 1,022.52 2,026.04 2,026.04 2,068.03 2,625.23  
        UK Unionist Walter Millar 2.73% 1,210 1,215.7 1,256.98 1,257.64 1,299.02    
        RSF Brendan McLaughlin 0.99% 437 527.06 527.22 543.61      
        Alliance Margaret Marshall 0.50% 221 228.98 230.26 233.12      
        Independent Harry Hutchinson 0.38% 170 197.36 204.56 208.08      
        Electorate: 61,223   Valid: 44,277 (72.32%)   Spoilt: 451   Quota: 6,326   Turnout: 44,728 (73.06%)

          2003
          2003 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[5]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          DUP William McCrea 18.51% 8,211              
          Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 18.32% 8,128              
          Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 11.85% 5,255 5,255.44 6,377.22          
          Sinn Féin Geraldine Dougan 13.14% 5,827 5,827.22 5,998.38 6,916.38        
          UUP Billy Armstrong 9.74% 4,323 4,461.6 4,461.82 4,509.24 4,514.24 6,165.32 7,048.32  
          SDLP Patsy McGlone 9.68% 4,295 4,300.06 4,505.32 4,693.64 4,950.64 4,984.84 5,140.22 5,246.22
          SDLP Denis Haughey 8.66% 3,843 3,844.32 3,940.46 4,111.34 4,212.34 4,250.44 4,458.68 4,611.68
          DUP Alan Millar 2.32% 1,029 2,565.7 2,571.64 2,580.52 2,581.52 3,035.32    
          UUP Trevor Wilson 4.67% 2,071 2,182.54 2,183.64 2,228.52 2,233.52      
          Sinn Féin Cora Groogan 2.22% 984 984 1,144.16          
          Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 0.52% 230 230.22 237.48          
          Alliance James Holmes 0.37% 166 167.1 168.86          
          Electorate: 60,095   Valid: 44,362 (73.82%)   Spoilt: 661   Quota: 6,338   Turnout: 45,023 (74.92%)

            1998
            1998 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            DUP William McCrea 20.76% 10,339          
            Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 17.48% 8,703          
            UUP Billy Armstrong 9.03% 4,498 4,694.54 4,915.5 4,916.22 6,881.06 7,467.06
            Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 12.06% 6,008 6,009.55 6,040.55 7,074.11 7,075.73 7,083.18
            SDLP Denis Haughey 12.87% 6,410 6,413.72 6,652.03 6,736.81 6,768.74 7,050.98
            Sinn Féin John Kelly 11.23% 5,594 5,595.86 5,657.86 5,899.42 5,901.42 5,913.63
            SDLP Patsy McGlone 9.37% 4,666 4,676.85 4,781.85 4,956.63 4,969.63 5,075.79
            DUP Paul McLean 0.62% 307 3,008.34 3,034.54 3,041.56 3,727.84  
            UUP John Junkin 4.90% 2,440 2,680.87 2,758.66 2,758.84    
            Alliance Yvonne Boyle 1.00% 497 499.48        
            Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 0.42% 207 207.62        
            Socialist Party Harry Hutchinson 0.18% 91 105.57        
            Natural Law Mary Daly 0.08% 38 38        
            Electorate: 59,991   Valid: 49,798 (83.01%)   Spoilt: 824   Quota: 7,115   Turnout: 50,622 (84.38%)

              1996 Forum

              Successful candidates are shown in bold.[7]

              Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
              Sinn Féin Francie Molloy
              Patsy Groogan
              Sean Begley
              Margaret McKenna
              Owen Carron              		 13,001 29.6
              SDLP Patsy McGlone
              Denis Haughey
              Kathleen Lagan
              Pat McErlean
              Joe McBride              		 12,492 28.5
              UUP John Junkin
              Norman Badger
              Trevor Wilson              		 7,935 18.1
              DUP William McCrea
              William Larmour
              Paul McLean              		 7,243 16.5
              Alliance Aidan Lagan
              Keith Jacques              		 549 1.2
              UK Unionist Daniel Huston
              Hugh Moore              		 435 1.0
              PUP John Coyle
              Kenneth Rutherford              		 380 0.9
              Ulster Democratic John Haveron
              James English              		 375 0.9
              Labour coalition Harry Hutchinson
              Anne Gribbon
              John McLaughlin
              Paddy McGrath
              Joanne Kane              		 271 0.6
              Ulster Independence Walter Millar
              Dierdre Speer-White              		 263 0.6
              NI Women's Coalition Cherry Dickson
              Ann McCrystal
              Sheila Murphy
              Mary Hogg
              Mary Doyle              		 259 0.6
              Workers' Party Francie Donnelly
              Gerard Brennan              		 210 0.5
              Green (NI) David Lyttle
              Lucille O'Shea              		 132 0.3
              NI Conservatives Elspeth Irvine
              Eileen Elizabeth McKee              		 119 0.3
              Democratic Partnership Charles McKee
              Patrick Pearse Kelly              		 93 0.2
              Democratic Left Patricia Cullen
              Frank McElroy              		 41 0.1
              Natural Law Stewart Luck
              Richard Mulholland              		 24 0.1
              Independent Chambers Angela Moore
              Linda Chambers              		 20 0.1

              1982 Assembly Election
              1982 Assembly election: Mid Ulster - 6 seats[8]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789101112
              DUP William McCrea 16.86% 10,445                      
              SDLP Denis Haughey 13.58% 8,413 8,413.6 8,474.6 8,805.6 8,827.6 10,236.6            
              UUP William Thompson 8.95% 5,546 5,594 5,594.45 5,597.45 5,772.3 5,773.3 5,773.3 6,108.75 7,343.4 11,830.4    
              DUP Alan Kane 6.42% 3,981 5,300.7 5,306.7 5,321 5,566.75 5,572.9 5,572.9 5,628.8 7,075.1 8,238.35 11,167.63  
              SDLP Mary McSorley 6.73% 4,169 4,169.6 4,196.6 4,366.75 4,371.9 5,535.35 6,787.79 7,979.33 7,982.48 8,018.63 8,034.27 8,184.23
              Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 11.18% 6,927 6,927.75 7,022.75 7,117.75 7,120.75 7,211.75 7,222.53 7,379.35 7,387.65 7,400.8 7,402.64 7,414.6
              Sinn Féin Francis McElwee 9.30% 5,763 5,764.05 5,867.65 6,075.65 6,083.65 6,150.95 6,161.73 6,333.65 6,334.8 6,334.8 6,335.72 6,343.08
              UUP Samuel Glasgow 6.69% 4,143 4,157.85 4,157.85 4,174.85 4,715.05 4,717.05 4,717.05 4,954.2 6,002.3      
              UUUP Robert Overend 4.93% 3,056 3,188.45 3,188.45 3,191.75 3,792.9 3,794.9 3,794.9 3,923.95        
              Alliance Aidan Lagan 4.63% 2,872 2,874.7 2,919.7 3,184.7 3,236.7 3,415.7 3,478.42          
              SDLP Liam McQuaid 4.62% 2,862 2,863.2 2,911.35 3,006.35 3,015.35              
              UUUP John Dunlop 2.80% 1,732 1,768.75 1,770.75 1,816.75                
              Workers' Party Francie Donnelly 2.12% 1,311 1,311.9 1,622.9                  
              Workers' Party Francie McElroy 1.20% 746 747.8                    
              Electorate: 84,699   Valid: 61,966 (73.16%)   Spoilt: 1,977   Quota: 8,853   Turnout: 63,943 (75.49%)

                1975 Constitutional Convention
                1975 Constitutional Convention: Mid Ulster - 6 seats[9]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234567891011
                UUP William Thompson 16.54% 9,342                    
                SDLP Ivan Cooper 16.07% 9,073                    
                DUP Richard Reid 14.61% 8,250                    
                SDLP Paddy Duffy 7.31% 4,130 4,130 4,809.14 4,848.31 4,934.07 5,129.95 5,141.39 6,418.6 7,003.32 8,119.32  
                UUP Francis Thompson 7.60% 4,292 5,426.9 5,427.34 5,430.34 5,430.34 5,456.99 6,655.14 6,658.27 6,667.38 7,221.77 7,275.79
                Vanguard Robert Overend 9.87% 5,573 5,624.74 5,624.85 5,626.85 5,626.85 5,645.09 5,968.25 5,980.36 6,003.36 6,206.41 6,315.65
                SDLP Aidan Larkin 6.85% 3,868 3,868 3,959.63 3,967.51 3,987.75 4,031.28 4,054.28 4,994 5,304.58 6,190.51 6,190.53
                Alliance Aidan Lagan 3.26% 1,842 1,844.47 1,865.7 1,870.25 1,910.24 3,018.53 3,624.31 4,105.7 4,425.43    
                Republican Clubs Francie Donnelly 2.46% 1,387 1,387 1,415.05 2,152.55 3,193.88 3,276.16 3,278.27 3,357.92      
                SDLP Stephen McKenna 4.79% 2,705 2,705.13 2,787.3 2,797.4 2,862.61 2,888.15 2,892.37        
                Unionist Party NI Duncan Pollock 4.01% 2,264 2,284.04 2,285.12 2,286.12 2,288.12 2,355.97          
                Alliance Douglas Cooper 2.70% 1,526 1,528.34 1,568.6 1,628.91 1,641.02            
                Republican Clubs Francie McElroy 2.25% 1,270 1,270 1,275.17 1,338.5              
                Republican Clubs Ivan Barr 1.68% 947 947 963.39                
                Electorate: 80,806   Valid: 56,469 (69.88%)   Spoilt: 2,080   Quota: 8,068   Turnout: 58,549 (72.46%)

                  1973 Assembly Election
                  1973 Assembly election: Mid Ulster - 6 seats[10]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345678910111213
                  SDLP Ivan Cooper 19.71% 12,614                        
                  UUP Duncan Pollock 14.93% 9,557                        
                  SDLP Paddy Duffy 6.93% 4,437 6,594.03 6,600.84 6,600.96 6,610.97 6,936.21 7,446.02 7,450.1 8,014 9,491      
                  Vanguard John Dunlop 11.06% 7,082 7,089.83 7,096.1 7,103.46 7,117.58 7,125.66 7,132.2 7,538.04 7,596.71 7,622.06 11,276.06    
                  UUP William Thompson 8.36% 5,352 5,353.08 5,358.08 5,490.28 5,517.72 5,520.72 5,521.99 8,048.66 8,604.58 8,613.7 9,550.7    
                  SDLP Aidan Larkin 6.32% 4,045 4,606.06 4,629.22 4,629.22 4,636.19 4,693.88 4,918.18 4,920.22 5,306.51 5,986.56 5,991.87 6,006.87 6,017.87
                  SDLP Stephen McKenna 3.82% 2,444 2,719.67 2,726.29 2,726.37 2,763.8 2,794.55 4,127.67 4,127.94 4,753.7 5,360.13 5,376.91 5,392.91 5,401.91
                  DUP Eddie Sayers 6.96% 4,454 4,455.89 4,459.16 4,459.16 4,485.32 4,503.02 4,507.29 4,671 4,755.4 4,782.67      
                  Republican Clubs Desmond Gourley 4.53% 2,899 2,929.24 2,935.24 2,935.48 2,952.29 4,148.76 4,460.63 4,463.71 4,663.16        
                  Alliance Tom Gormley 3.21% 2,055 2,147.88 2,289.15 2,290.75 3,580.92 3,665.86 3,914.77 4,029          
                  UUP Verdun Wright 4.74% 3,034 3,035.35 3,043.35 3,254.35 3,332.91 3,334.91 3,340.18            
                  Nationalist Patrick Francis McGill 4.00% 2,558 2,692.19 2,696.27 2,696.31 2,706.47 2,794.24              
                  Republican Clubs Ivan Barr 2.74% 1,755 1,857.06 1,859.33 1,859.45 1,866.72                
                  Alliance Robin Glendinning 2.17% 1,389 1,410.6 1,541.87 1,543.99                  
                  Alliance George Logue 0.53% 339 347.1                      
                  Electorate: 79,331   Valid: 64,014 (80.69%)   Spoilt: 1,372   Quota: 9,145   Turnout: 65,386 (82.42%)

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