Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)
Upper Bann (Irish: An Bhanna Uachtarach, Ulster Scots: Ower Bann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
| Upper Bann | |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency | |
 Upper Bann shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Seats | 6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–) |
| MLAs | |
| Districts | Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District 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 prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Armagh and South Down constituencies with a small section around Aghagallon joining from South Antrim. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Upper Bann UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Upper Bann (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Michelle O'Connor (Sinn Féin) |
Bríd Rodgers (SDLP) |
David Trimble (UUP) |
Sam Gardiner (UUP) |
5 seats 1996–1998 |
Mervyn Carrick (DUP) | ||||||
| 1998 | Dara O'Hagan (Sinn Féin) |
George Savage (UUP) |
Denis Watson (Independent Unionist) | |||||||||
| 2003 | John O'Dowd (Sinn Féin) |
Dolores Kelly (SDLP) |
Sam Gardiner (UUP) |
Stephen Moutray (DUP) |
David Simpson (DUP) | |||||||
| 2007 | George Savage (UUP) | |||||||||||
| July 2010 co-option |
Sydney Anderson (DUP) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Jo-Anne Dobson (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Catherine Seeley (Sinn Féin) |
Doug Beattie (UUP) |
Carla Lockhart (DUP) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Dolores Kelly (SDLP) |
5 seats 2017–present |
Jonathan Buckley (DUP) | |||||||||
| January 2020 co-option |
Diane Dodds (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 | ||||
| DUP | Carla Lockhart | 17.73% | 9,140 | ||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Buckley | 15.02% | 7,745 | 8,238 | 8,314 | 8,764.84 | |||
| Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 15.95% | 8,220 | 8,298 | 8,560 | 8,560 | 8,593.6 | ||
| UUP | Doug Beattie | 10.61% | 5,467 | 5,755 | 6,174 | 6,202.86 | 10,728.86 | ||
| SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 9.95% | 5,127 | 5,248 | 6,509 | 6,511.76 | 7,189.92 | 9,053.92 | |
| Sinn Féin | Nuala Toman | 11.85% | 6,108 | 6,169 | 6,294 | 6,294.3 | 6,316.6 | 6,341.6 | |
| UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 9.96% | 5,132 | 5,404 | 5,910 | 5,969.58 | |||
| Alliance | Tara Doyle | 5.28% | 2,720 | 3,097 | |||||
| TUV | Roy Ferguson | 2.01% | 1,035 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 1.08% | 555 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Colin Craig | 0.42% | 218 | ||||||
| NI Conservatives | Ian Nichols | 0.16% | 81 | ||||||
| Electorate: 83,431 Valid: 51,548 (61.79%) Spoilt: 626 Quota: 8,592 Turnout: 52,174 (62.54%) | |||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| DUP | Carla Lockhart | 17.50% | 7,993 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Sydney Anderson | 13.56% | 6,195 | 7,215.78 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 11.28% | 5,155 | 5,319.52 | 5,598.76 | 5,637.21 | 5,660.83 | 5,863.96 | 5,901.84 | 6,136.86 | 6,548.86 | |||
| UUP | Doug Beattie | 6.50% | 2,969 | 2,990.42 | 3,085.58 | 3,108.38 | 3,121.77 | 3,295.09 | 3,333.66 | 3,658.56 | 4,118.79 | 4,454.57 | 6,569.79 | |
| Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley | 13.49% | 6,164 | 6,164.9 | 6,165.29 | 6,178.47 | 6,222.47 | 6,225.47 | 6,344.47 | 6,358.78 | 6,359.78 | 6,439.96 | 6,448.96 | |
| Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 11.40% | 5,209 | 5,209.9 | 5,210.42 | 5,219.55 | 5,245.55 | 5,245.68 | 5,363.68 | 5,381.68 | 5,392.86 | 5,468.22 | 5,477.35 | |
| SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 9.49% | 4,335 | 4,339.86 | 4,342.72 | 4,390.85 | 4,461.85 | 4,472.16 | 4,559.47 | 4,580.12 | 4,597.1 | 5,237.88 | 5,309.79 | |
| UUP | Kyle Savage | 3.85% | 1,760 | 1,877 | 2,023.25 | 2,039.75 | 2,048.75 | 2,123.26 | 2,144.06 | 2,232.18 | 2,634.6 | 2,760.86 | ||
| Alliance | Harry Hamilton | 3.12% | 1,424 | 1,433.18 | 1,439.94 | 1,524.38 | 1,712.1 | 1,736.9 | 1,876.03 | 1,943.07 | 1,973.76 | |||
| TUV | Roy Ferguson | 2.58% | 1,177 | 1,207.6 | 1,275.33 | 1,281.24 | 1,282.24 | 1,376.76 | 1,387.89 | 1,707.82 | ||||
| UKIP | David Jones | 2.35% | 1,072 | 1,089.64 | 1,121.23 | 1,130.23 | 1,142.23 | 1,262.68 | 1,333.4 | |||||
| CISTA | Martin Kelly | 1.47% | 672 | 675.42 | 678.02 | 702.2 | 807.46 | 828.64 | ||||||
| PUP | Sophie Long | 1.54% | 704 | 730.46 | 756.07 | 760.25 | 769.43 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 1.08% | 495 | 496.8 | 498.23 | 555.36 | ||||||||
| NI Labour | Emma Hutchinson | 0.55% | 250 | 250.9 | 251.94 | |||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Ian Nickels | 0.17% | 79 | 80.44 | 83.04 | |||||||||
| Independent | Steven McCarroll | 0.07% | 33 | 34.44 | 37.17 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 85,204 Valid: 45,686 (53.62%) Spoilt: 697 Quota: 6,527 Turnout: 46,383 (54.44%) | ||||||||||||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 15.70% | 6,649 | |||||||
| DUP | Sydney Anderson | 13.82% | 5,854 | 5,855.08 | 5,878.08 | 6,035.08 | 6,163.08 | |||
| DUP | Stephen Moutray | 13.33% | 5,645 | 5,645.63 | 5,686.63 | 5,935.9 | 6,085.9 | |||
| UUP | Sam Gardiner | 8.68% | 3,676 | 3,676.27 | 3,702.27 | 3,917.27 | 4,231.27 | 4,245.27 | 6,012.36 | |
| UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 7.90% | 3,348 | 3,348.72 | 3,373.72 | 3,554.81 | 4,007.99 | 4,042.99 | 5,826.99 | |
| SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 11.44% | 4,846 | 4,942.3 | 4,949.3 | 5,105.09 | 5,733.71 | 5,744.71 | 5,787.07 | |
| Sinn Féin | Johnny McGibbon | 11.52% | 4,879 | 5,347.27 | 5,347.36 | 5,365.34 | 5,427.23 | 5,429.23 | 5,347.5 | |
| UUP | Colin McCusker | 8.03% | 3,402 | 3,402.99 | 3,420.99 | 3,625.17 | 3,865.26 | 3,885.26 | ||
| Alliance | Harry Hamilton | 4.67% | 1,979 | 1,982.69 | 2,013.69 | 2,544.77 | ||||
| TUV | David Vance | 2.42% | 1,026 | 1,026.18 | 1,092.18 | |||||
| Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 1.86% | 786 | 792.93 | 801.93 | |||||
| UKIP | Barbara Trotter | 0.64% | 272 | 272.18 | ||||||
| Electorate: 77,905 Valid: 42,362 (54.38%) Spoilt: 751 Quota: 6,052 Turnout: 43,113 (55.34%) | ||||||||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 18.03% | 7,733 | ||||||||||||
| DUP | David Simpson | 15.92% | 6,828 | ||||||||||||
| SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 10.93% | 4,689 | 4,939.2 | 4,940.3 | 5,007.1 | 5,559.4 | 5,789.2 | 5,804.2 | 6,191.2 | |||||
| UUP | Sam Gardiner | 11.97% | 5,135 | 5,137.2 | 5,161.4 | 5,220.9 | 5,230 | 5,342.2 | 5,751.2 | 6,030 | 7,265 | ||||
| DUP | Stephen Moutray | 8.54% | 3,663 | 3,663 | 4,137 | 4,170.6 | 4,170.7 | 4,184.2 | 4,556 | 4,620.7 | 4,692 | 4,732.32 | 7,550.32 | ||
| UUP | George Savage | 5.05% | 2,167 | 2,168 | 2,193.9 | 2,218 | 2,224 | 2,302.3 | 2,383.5 | 2,499.9 | 3,142.7 | 4,207.34 | 4,584.4 | 5,997.52 | |
| Sinn Féin | Dessie Ward | 7.27% | 3,118 | 4,313 | 4,313.2 | 4,451.6 | 4,526.6 | 4,556 | 4,559 | 4,708.7 | 4,716.7 | 4,717.66 | 4,723.56 | 4,731.84 | |
| DUP | John McCrum | 6.94% | 2,975 | 2,975.4 | 3,086.2 | 3,104.5 | 3,113.2 | 3,127.4 | 3,300.6 | 3,375.3 | 3,437.5 | 3,469.18 | |||
| UUP | Arnold Hatch | 4.23% | 1,815 | 1,815.6 | 1,837.2 | 1,858.5 | 1,863.7 | 1,916.8 | 2,014.8 | 2,142.7 | |||||
| Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 2.70% | 1,156 | 1,176.4 | 1,179.1 | 1,289.3 | 1,321.9 | 1,682.3 | 1,757.7 | ||||||
| Ind U | Davy Calvert | 3.11% | 1,332 | 1,332 | 1,347.2 | 1,394.7 | 1,395.9 | 1,408.9 | |||||||
| Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 1.86% | 798 | 802 | 804.1 | 841.3 | 946.9 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Patrick McAleenan | 1.77% | 761 | 787 | 787.7 | 805 | |||||||||
| RSF | Barry Toman | 0.90% | 386 | 418.6 | 418.9 | ||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | David Fry | 0.58% | 248 | 248 | 249 | ||||||||||
| Ind U | Suzanne Peeples | 0.18% | 78 | 80.4 | 81.8 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 70,716 Valid: 42,882 (60.64%) Spoilt: 353 Quota: 6,127 Turnout: 43,235 (61.14%) | |||||||||||||||
2003
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| UUP | David Trimble | 21.06% | 9,158 | |||||||||||
| DUP | David Simpson | 13.64% | 5,933 | 6,032.52 | 6,034.16 | 6,103.32 | 6,303.32 | |||||||
| DUP | Stephen Moutray | 10.80% | 4,697 | 4,727.08 | 4,734.08 | 4,752.72 | 4,942.6 | 6,458.6 | ||||||
| UUP | Sam Gardiner | 5.43% | 2,359 | 3,419.48 | 3,435.72 | 3,480.44 | 3,730.68 | 3,888.92 | 3,990.71 | 4,032.53 | 6,872.59 | |||
| SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 8.42% | 3,661 | 3,711.56 | 3,786.08 | 3,787.08 | 3,973.4 | 3,976.36 | 3,978.97 | 3,981.43 | 4,059.18 | 4,330.54 | 6,978.54 | |
| Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 12.70% | 5,524 | 5,530.4 | 5,557.4 | 5,559.4 | 5,578.4 | 5,580.72 | 5,581.59 | 5,581.59 | 5,584.73 | 5,586.33 | 5,912.6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | 9.13% | 3,970 | 3,983.44 | 4,004.44 | 4,004.44 | 4,026.08 | 4,027.08 | 4,027.08 | 4,027.08 | 4,029.04 | 4,030.96 | 4,301.12 | |
| SDLP | Kieran Corr | 7.26% | 3,157 | 3,195.72 | 3,251.64 | 3,260.64 | 3,411.96 | 3,415.28 | 3,417.89 | 3,419.53 | 3,462.19 | 3,668.91 | ||
| UUP | George Savage | 2.92% | 1,269 | 2,692.36 | 2,697.28 | 2,726.48 | 2,991.6 | 3,241.84 | 3,374.08 | 3,419.18 | ||||
| DUP | Denis Watson | 4.07% | 1,770 | 1,832.08 | 1,834.08 | 1,852.72 | 2,113.16 | |||||||
| Independent | David Jones | 1.35% | 585 | 611.56 | 612.56 | 1,016.12 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Francis McQuaid | 1.31% | 571 | 633.08 | 670.32 | 670.64 | ||||||||
| Independent | Sydney Anderson | 1.34% | 581 | 607.24 | 607.88 | |||||||||
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 0.57% | 247 | 260.12 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 68,814 Valid: 43,482 (63.19%) Spoilt: 663 Quota: 6,212 Turnout: 44,145 (64.15%) | ||||||||||||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| UUP | David Trimble | 24.48% | 12,338 | ||||||||||||||
| SDLP | Bríd Rodgers | 18.37% | 9,260 | ||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | 8.53% | 4,301 | 4,306.46 | 4,578.16 | 4,584.26 | 4,584.26 | 4,709.44 | 4,713.88 | 4,713.88 | 4,772.86 | 7,412.86 | |||||
| DUP | Mervyn Carrick | 8.29% | 4,177 | 4,310.14 | 4,310.8 | 4,315.22 | 4,388.32 | 4,398.84 | 4,443.06 | 4,726.52 | 4,739.8 | 4,742.02 | 4,743.67 | 4,872.05 | 8,034.05 | ||
| Ind U | Denis Watson | 9.63% | 4,855 | 5,365.3 | 5,365.3 | 5,378.86 | 5,431.8 | 5,447.74 | 5,546.78 | 6,267.98 | 6,351.38 | 6,353.02 | 6,353.32 | 6,636.18 | 7,149.5 | 7,791.82 | |
| UUP | George Savage | 1.33% | 669 | 2,380.92 | 2,383.12 | 2,403.46 | 2,410.72 | 2,431.78 | 2,972.08 | 3,051.46 | 3,447.98 | 3,456.56 | 3,457.31 | 6,022.53 | 6,353.53 | 6,527.13 | |
| SDLP | Mel Byrne | 5.33% | 2,687 | 2,731.52 | 4,166.58 | 4,185.2 | 4,185.2 | 4,447.06 | 4,457.06 | 4,460.06 | 5,218.84 | 5,484.38 | 5,688.83 | 5,786.27 | 5,872.81 | 5,877.77 | |
| DUP | Ruth Allen | 7.21% | 3,635 | 3,736.64 | 3,738.62 | 3,745.04 | 3,785.56 | 3,803.58 | 3,829.46 | 4,202.76 | 4,237.64 | 4,240.72 | 4,242.22 | 4,375.61 | |||
| UUP | Sam Gardiner | 2.18% | 1,097 | 2,449.4 | 2,451.16 | 2,470.94 | 2,481.04 | 2,515.46 | 2,985.26 | 3,032.6 | 3,414.38 | 3,419.66 | 3,420.86 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Francie Murray | 5.78% | 2,915 | 2,919.2 | 3,016.88 | 3,021.52 | 3,022.52 | 3,129.08 | 3,132.3 | 3,132.3 | 3,173.62 | ||||||
| Alliance | Francis McQuaid | 3.09% | 1,556 | 1,795.4 | 1,865.14 | 1,898.42 | 1,902.1 | 2,058.84 | 2,113.78 | 2,133.3 | |||||||
| UK Unionist | David Vance | 2.79% | 1,405 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,514.68 | 1,529.68 | 1,536.94 | 1,555.66 | ||||||||
| UUP | Mark Neale | 0.90% | 455 | 1,250.48 | 1,252.24 | 1,261.02 | 1,272.44 | 1,294.46 | |||||||||
| Labour Party NI | Alan Evans | 0.87% | 439 | 469.66 | 505.96 | 522.36 | 522.78 | ||||||||||
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 0.54% | 270 | 296.04 | 374.14 | 383.64 | 384.64 | ||||||||||
| Ulster Independence | Kenny McClinton | 0.41% | 207 | 220.02 | 220.46 | 224.3 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Brian Silcock | 0.20% | 101 | 142.58 | 146.1 | ||||||||||||
| Natural Law | Jack Lyons | 0.06% | 32 | 34.94 | 38.68 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 70,852 Valid: 50,399 (71.13%) Spoilt: 824 Quota: 7,200 Turnout: 51,223 (72.30%) | |||||||||||||||||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[7]
| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | David Trimble Sam Gardiner George Savage John Dobson Mark Neale |
16,592 | 36.3 | |
| SDLP | Bríd Rodgers Kieran McGeown Patricia Mallon Sean McKavanagh Dolores Kelly |
9,846 | 21.5 | |
| DUP | Mervyn Carrick Frederick Baird Ruth Allen |
7,134 | 15.6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michelle O'Connor Rory Harbinson Jean Fegan Christopher Burke |
5,620 | 12.3 | |
| Alliance | William Ramsey Frank McQuaid Sean Hagan |
2,152 | 5.7 | |
| PUP | William Lawrie Edward Kinner |
1,404 | 3.1 | |
| UK Unionist | Morrison Woods Dorothy Boyd |
886 | 1.9 | |
| Labour coalition | Hugh Casey Alan Evans William White Mary Sheen |
512 | 1.0 | |
| Ulster Democratic | David McCrea John Hammond |
402 | 0.9 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Kate Cochrane Chris Moffat Lesley Doyle |
390 | 0.9 | |
| Workers' Party | Tom French Peter Smith |
311 | 0.7 | |
| Ulster Independence | Edward Kidd Gary Nelson |
180 | 0.4 | |
| Green (NI) | Gavin McDowell Jameshid Fenderesky Martha Brett |
178 | 0.4 | |
| Democratic Partnership | Adrian McKinney Pearl Snowden |
71 | 0.2 | |
| Democratic Left | Ciaran McClean Martin Cullen |
36 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | John Darby Rosalind Mulholland |
14 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Chambers | Keith Chambers William Larmour Jr |
4 | 0.0 | |
References
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- "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "NI Assembly Election 2003". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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- 1996 Candidates – Upper Bann Archived 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections
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