Strangford (Assembly constituency)
Strangford (Irish: Loch Cuan, Ulster Scots: Strangfurd) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
| Strangford | |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency | |
 Strangford shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Seats | 6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–) |
| MLAs | |
| Districts | Ards and North Down Borough Council |
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. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Strangford UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Strangford (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (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) |
Michelle McIlveen (DUP) | ||||||||||
| January 2010 co-option |
Jonathan Bell (DUP) | |||||||||||
| August 2010 co-option |
Simpson Gibson (DUP) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Mike Nesbitt (UUP) | |||||||||||
| October 2012 defection |
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| 2016 | Kellie Armstrong (Alliance Party) |
Philip Smith (UUP) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 5 seats 2017–present |
Peter Weir (DUP) | ||||||||||
| September 2019 co-option |
Harry Harvey (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
2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 14.99% | 5,813 | 5,845 | 6,372 | 6,610 | ||||||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 16.04% | 6,221 | 6,234 | 6,259 | 6,262 | 6,531 | |||||||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 14.77% | 5,728 | 5,737 | 5,746 | 5,747 | 5,963 | 5,963.75 | 6,013.25 | 6,330 | 6,762 | |||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 13.72% | 5,323 | 5,362 | 5,419 | 5,432 | 5,644 | 5,653 | 5,657 | 6,112 | 6,540 | |||
| DUP | Peter Weir | 9.13% | 3,543 | 3,552 | 3,556 | 3,556 | 3,636 | 3,636 | 3,639.5 | 3,877.75 | 4,191.25 | 5,101.5 | 5,392.38 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 7.85% | 3,045 | 3,049 | 3,120 | 3,878 | 3,900 | 4,020.75 | 4,021 | 4,115 | 4,229.25 | 5,163.25 | 5,167.09 | |
| UUP | Philip Smith | 6.32% | 2,453 | 2,480 | 2,507 | 2,507 | 2,648 | 2,648 | 2,651 | 2,800 | 3,079.25 | |||
| Independent | Jimmy Menagh | 4.19% | 1,627 | 1,634 | 1,683 | 1,689 | 1,842 | 1,845 | 1,846.5 | 2,189.75 | ||||
| Independent | Jonathan Bell | 3.81% | 1,479 | 1,489 | 1,549 | 1,578 | 1,782 | 1,791.75 | 1,794 | |||||
| TUV | Stephen Cooper | 3.43% | 1,330 | 1,350 | 1,370 | 1,373 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 2.86% | 1,110 | 1,110 | 1,129 | |||||||||
| Green (NI) | Ricky Bamford | 2.37% | 918 | 930 | ||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Scott Benton | 0.50% | 195 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 64,393 Valid: 38,785 (60.23%) Spoilt: 454 Quota: 6,465 Turnout: 39,239 (60.94%) | ||||||||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 14.32% | 4,673 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 14.29% | 4,663 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Bell | 10.40% | 3,393 | 3,411 | 3,416 | 3,517 | 3,540 | 3,774 | 5,164 | ||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 12.14% | 3,964 | 3,994 | 3,996 | 4,099 | 4,129 | 4,468 | 4,983 | ||||
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 10.72% | 3,499 | 3,563 | 3,656 | 3,720 | 4,313 | 4,368 | 4,393 | 4,412.84 | 4,643.46 | 4,662.46 | |
| UUP | Philip Smith | 5.19% | 1,694 | 1,805 | 1,805 | 1,905 | 1,963 | 2,335 | 2,475 | 2,904.04 | 3,676.88 | 3,957.88 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 8.35% | 2,724 | 2,738 | 3,152 | 3,176 | 3,276 | 3,293 | 3,311 | 3,320.3 | 3,367.92 | 3,387.92 | |
| Independent | Jimmy Menagh | 5.64% | 1,840 | 1,898 | 1,905 | 1,972 | 2,048 | 2,249 | 2,276 | 2,312.58 | |||
| DUP | Harry Harvey | 6.18% | 2,017 | 2,031 | 2,033 | 2,067 | 2,072 | 2,226 | |||||
| TUV | Stephen Cooper | 4.31% | 1,407 | 1,418 | 1,419 | 1,590 | 1,606 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Georgia Grainger | 2.83% | 924 | 946 | 993 | 1,043 | |||||||
| UKIP | Stephen Crosby | 2.33% | 759 | 796 | 807 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 2.03% | 661 | 662 | |||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Bill McKendry | 0.96% | 314 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Rab McCartney | 0.33% | 107 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 65,695 Valid: 32,639 (49.68%) Spoilt: 375 Quota: 4,663 Turnout: 33,014 (50.25%) | |||||||||||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 15.41% | 4,573 | ||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 14.44% | 4,284 | ||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Bell | 14.38% | 4,265 | ||||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 11.65% | 3,456 | 3,672.58 | 3,778.93 | 3,960.4 | 5,745.4 | ||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 11.03% | 3,273 | 3,286.93 | 3,371.93 | 3,595.28 | 3,780.92 | 4,069.92 | |
| UUP | David McNarry | 9.35% | 2,773 | 2,790.01 | 2,875.29 | 3,076.43 | 3,259.88 | 3,766.88 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 8.51% | 2,525 | 2,527.03 | 2,579.03 | 3,245.24 | 3,281.36 | 3,308.36 | |
| DUP | Billy Walker | 7.33% | 2,175 | 2,231.49 | 2,282.84 | 2,449.33 | |||
| TUV | Terry Williams | 2.83% | 841 | 844.01 | 963.01 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Mickey Coogan | 3.04% | 902 | 902.28 | 913.28 | ||||
| UKIP | Cecil Andrews | 2.03% | 601 | ||||||
| Electorate: 62,178 Valid: 29,668 (47.71%) Spoilt: 518 Quota: 4,239 Turnout: 30,186 (48.55%) | |||||||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 16.43% | 5,917 | |||||||||||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 13.29% | 4,788 | 5,013.68 | 5,085.46 | 5,119.59 | 5,138.02 | 5,178.02 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 11.34% | 4,085 | 4,095.92 | 4,110.31 | 4,206.57 | 4,255.09 | 4,418.48 | 4,540.74 | 4,689.74 | 5,206.74 | |||||
| UUP | David McNarry | 10.30% | 3,709 | 3,737.08 | 3,754.08 | 3,842.08 | 4,110.6 | 4,204.12 | 4,356.51 | 4,360.51 | 4,469.29 | 6,036.29 | ||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 10.80% | 3,889 | 3,959.85 | 3,975.85 | 4,002.37 | 4,026.32 | 4,059.36 | 4,284.79 | 4,286.79 | 4,359.83 | 4,663.73 | 4,982.73 | 4,986.73 | 4,997.73 | |
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 9.63% | 3,468 | 3,858.91 | 3,887.69 | 3,903.95 | 3,932.99 | 4,002.37 | 4,148.06 | 4,149.06 | 4,215.23 | 4,377.39 | 4,560.39 | 4,568.39 | 4,579.39 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 8.52% | 3,068 | 3,068.78 | 3,071.78 | 3,082.78 | 3,096.04 | 3,122.3 | 3,132.3 | 3,937.43 | 4,088.56 | 4,294.34 | 4,512.34 | 4,547.34 | 4,548.34 | |
| UUP | Angus Carson | 5.91% | 2,128 | 2,138.27 | 2,157.66 | 2,207.79 | 2,487.22 | 2,571.74 | 2,723.26 | 2,733.26 | 2,818.65 | |||||
| Green (NI) | Stephanie Sim | 2.41% | 868 | 871.64 | 887.77 | 942.16 | 951.16 | 1,092.55 | 1,166.81 | 1,251.81 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 3.02% | 1,089 | 1,089.13 | 1,089.13 | 1,090.13 | 1,095.13 | 1,099.13 | 1,099.13 | |||||||
| UK Unionist | George Ennis | 2.42% | 872 | 876.16 | 953.68 | 987.94 | 998.2 | 1,039.33 | ||||||||
| Independent | Martin Gregg | 1.80% | 650 | 657.15 | 676.28 | 724.28 | 733.28 | |||||||||
| UUP | Michael Henderson | 1.87% | 675 | 682.67 | 686.67 | 719.67 | ||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Robert Little | 1.41% | 508 | 509.95 | 518.08 | |||||||||||
| Ind U | Cedric Wilson | 0.85% | 305 | 308.77 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 66,648 Valid: 36,019 (54.04%) Spoilt: 321 Quota: 5,146 Turnout: 36,340 (54.53%) | ||||||||||||||||
2003
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 22.95% | 8,548 | |||||||||||
| UUP | John Taylor | 15.19% | 5,658 | |||||||||||
| DUP | George Ennis | 12.37% | 4,606 | 6,138.54 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 12.63% | 4,703 | 6,105.67 | ||||||||||
| UUP | David McNarry | 8.05% | 3,000 | 3,055.5 | 3,169.46 | 3,304.1 | 3,394.34 | 3,413.81 | 3,449.14 | 3,589.01 | 3,884.5 | 5,610.5 | ||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 7.36% | 2,741 | 2,763.57 | 2,791.32 | 2,835.87 | 2,847.03 | 2,968.36 | 3,146.42 | 3,211.03 | 3,612.93 | 4,232.62 | 4,451.48 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 7.80% | 2,906 | 2,909.33 | 2,910.07 | 2,916.01 | 2,920.69 | 2,990.39 | 3,047.13 | 3,072.1 | 3,950.67 | 4,093.71 | 4,160.05 | |
| UUP | Bob Little | 5.70% | 2,123 | 2,172.21 | 2,372.01 | 2,594.76 | 2,813.28 | 2,834.38 | 2,893.98 | 3,063.46 | 3,377.83 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 2.97% | 1,105 | 1,106.11 | 1,107.59 | 1,110.89 | 1,111.61 | 1,172.61 | 1,186.35 | 1,189.05 | ||||
| NI Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 1.55% | 576 | 618.55 | 983.74 | 1,265.89 | 1,269.67 | 1,277.54 | 1,314.82 | 1,425.63 | ||||
| PUP | Colin Neill | 1.45% | 540 | 558.87 | 620.29 | 668.8 | 672.16 | 676.01 | 697.1 | |||||
| Green (NI) | Philip Orr | 1.14% | 425 | 437.58 | 461.63 | 482.75 | 483.77 | 501.97 | ||||||
| Independent | Danny McCarthy | 0.86% | 319 | 320.48 | 335.65 | 349.51 | 351.61 | |||||||
| Electorate: 66,308 Valid: 37,250 (56.18%) Spoilt: 588 Quota: 5,322 Turnout: 37,838 (57.06%) | ||||||||||||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 22.08% | 9,479 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UUP | John Taylor | 21.44% | 9,203 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UUP | Tom Benson | 3.78% | 1,623 | 1,638.75 | 2,222.19 | 2,222.19 | 2,231.52 | 2,240.52 | 2,257.2 | 2,297.84 | 2,319.76 | 2,545.66 | 3,010 | 3,072.33 | 3,252.96 | 3,257.99 | 4,599.04 | 4,719.41 | 6,327.41 | ||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 6.87% | 2,947 | 2,953.65 | 3,043.41 | 3,043.41 | 3,076.41 | 3,131.76 | 3,159.76 | 3,184.09 | 3,259.79 | 3,307.09 | 3,353.93 | 3,366.71 | 3,546.30 | 3,661.29 | 3,796.85 | 6,095.15 | 6,202.15 | ||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 3.30% | 1,415 | 3,682.3 | 3,742.03 | 3,743.03 | 3,750.08 | 3,755.08 | 3,777.87 | 3,795.62 | 3,827.21 | 3,971.23 | 3,995.87 | 5,141.05 | 5,267.1 | 5,271.45 | 5,403.97 | 5,435.41 | 5,862.79 | 5,932.54 | |
| UK Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 7.17% | 3,078 | 3,350.65 | 3,502.78 | 3,506.44 | 3,513.12 | 3,521.47 | 3,540.49 | 3,573.14 | 3,593.55 | 3,699.24 | 3,740.23 | 3,871.12 | 3,978.89 | 3,981.59 | 4,141.92 | 4,178.61 | 4,720.04 | 4,804.04 | |
| SDLP | Danny McCarthy | 4.62% | 1,982 | 1,985.85 | 2,001.36 | 2,001.36 | 2,004.36 | 2,014.36 | 2,020.69 | 2,027.37 | 2,364.06 | 2,376.71 | 2,385.03 | 2,393.41 | 2,430.42 | 4,282.09 | 4,315.01 | 4,439.28 | 4,609.97 | 4,644.97 | |
| Ind U | John Beattie | 5.24% | 2,247 | 2,280.95 | 2,682.89 | 2,685.22 | 2,686.55 | 2,698.89 | 2,706.59 | 2,753.97 | 2,783.64 | 2,880.32 | 3,081.28 | 3,171.91 | 3,422.55 | 3,438.2 | 3,965.4 | 4,087.26 | |||
| Alliance | Peter Osborne | 5.29% | 2,269 | 2,276 | 2,391.5 | 2,394.5 | 2,434.82 | 2,465.82 | 2,480.82 | 2,495.8 | 2,513.81 | 2,556.11 | 2,604.2 | 2,615.69 | 2,783.24 | 2,850.88 | 2,982.86 | ||||
| UUP | David McNarry | 2.50% | 1,073 | 1,103.8 | 1,947.61 | 1,948.94 | 1,962.3 | 1,969.3 | 1,978.28 | 1,994.93 | 2,042.56 | 2,138.23 | 2,431.45 | 2,477.3 | 2,771.54 | 2,782.21 | |||||
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey | 4.39% | 1,883 | 1,884.4 | 1,891.66 | 1,892.66 | 1,898.99 | 1,914.34 | 1,916.34 | 1,920.34 | 2,092 | 2,097.35 | 2,107.99 | 2,108.34 | 2,124.69 | ||||||
| PUP | Ricky Johnston | 3.13% | 1,342 | 1,362.3 | 1,428.63 | 1,429.63 | 1,446.64 | 1,458.64 | 1,468.63 | 1,477.33 | 1,593.42 | 1,662.44 | 1,715.34 | 1,778.87 | |||||||
| DUP | Tommy Jeffers | 2.35% | 1,007 | 1,544.95 | 1,564.75 | 1,564.75 | 1,568.5 | 1,570.85 | 1,580.26 | 1,593.62 | 1,624.06 | 1,677.28 | 1,713.68 | ||||||||
| UUP | Tom Hamilton | 1.43% | 615 | 628.3 | 1,094.26 | 1,095.59 | 1,101.24 | 1,109.24 | 1,119.91 | 1,146.92 | 1,184.78 | 1,316.63 | |||||||||
| Ind U | Wilbert McGill | 2.22% | 951 | 975.15 | 1,060.95 | 1,060.95 | 1,068.63 | 1,075.98 | 1,125.33 | 1,147 | 1,167.36 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McGreevy | 1.43% | 614 | 614 | 614.33 | 614.33 | 615.66 | 618.66 | 619.99 | 619.99 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Democratic | Blakely McNally | 0.75% | 322 | 348.25 | 391.81 | 391.81 | 393.14 | 394.14 | 400.19 | 410.52 | |||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Thomas Beattie | 0.61% | 263 | 270.7 | 292.15 | 292.15 | 298.15 | 302.15 | 312.48 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Nancy Orr | 0.47% | 201 | 210.1 | 223.63 | 223.63 | 235.96 | 255.31 | |||||||||||||
| Green (NI) | Andrew Frew | 0.47% | 200 | 203.15 | 204.14 | 217.14 | 233.14 | ||||||||||||||
| Labour Party NI | Jonathan Stewart | 0.42% | 181 | 186.95 | 195.86 | 196.86 | |||||||||||||||
| Natural Law | Sarah Mullins | 0.06% | 27 | 27 | 28.65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 70,868 Valid: 42,922 (60.57%) Spoilt: 729 Quota: 6,132 Turnout: 43,651 (61.59%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[7]
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | John Taylor Tom Benson William Biggerstaff Jack Beattie |
12,547 | 31.3 | |
| DUP | Iris Robinson Jim Shannon Sandy Geddis William Morrison |
11,584 | 28.9 | |
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy Geraldine Rice Kathleen Coulter Jim McBriar Alan McDowell |
4,614 | 11.6 | |
| UK Unionist | Cedric Wilson Elizabeth Roche |
3,112 | 7.8 | |
| SDLP | John Moffat Joanne Murphy |
2,927 | 7.3 | |
| PUP | Georgina McCrory Alfred McCrory |
2,017 | 5.0 | |
| Ulster Democratic | James McCurrie Blakely McNally |
1,080 | 2.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | Garret O'Fachtna Patrick McGreevy |
709 | 1.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Donna Davis Victoria Moore Gerry Gribben Miriam Titterton |
410 | 1.0 | |
| NI Conservatives | Thomas Beattie Duncan Shipley-Dalton |
380 | 0.9 | |
| Green (NI) | David Langley Robert Huey Sue Miles |
213 | 0.5 | |
| Labour coalition | Andrew Snoddy Stephen Baker |
202 | 0.5 | |
| Workers' Party | Tom Devlin Colum Feenan |
73 | 0.2 | |
| Independent Voice | Edward Philips Trevor Richards |
66 | 0.2 | |
| Ulster Independence | Joyce Cowden Francis Hynds |
57 | 0.1 | |
| Democratic Left | Deidre Dunphy Imelda Hynds |
53 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Chambers | Pearl Brown Heather Magowan |
13 | 0.0 | |
| Natural Law | Christine Bowen Lewis Walch |
13 | 0.0 | |
References
- "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2003". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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- 1996 Candidates – Strangford Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections
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