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 |
| EP constituency | Northern Ireland |
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
Northern Ireland Assembly
2017
| 2017 Assembly election: Strangford - 5 seats[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | ||
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 15.0 | 5,813 | 5,845 | 6,372 | 6,610 | |||||||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 16.0 | 6,221 | 6,234 | 6,259 | 6,262 | 6,531 | ||||||||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 14.8 | 5,728 | 5,737 | 5,746 | 5,747 | 5,963 | 5,963.75 | 6,013.25 | 6,330 | 6,762 | ||||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 13.7 | 5,323 | 5,362 | 5,419 | 5,432 | 5,644 | 5,653 | 5,657 | 6,112 | 6,540 | ||||
| DUP | Peter Weir | 9.1 | 3,543 | 3,552 | 3,556 | 3,556 | 3,636 | 3,636 | 3,639.50 | 3,877.75 | 4,191.25 | 5,101.50 | 5,392.38 | ||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 7.9 | 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 | 6.3 | 2,453 | 2,480 | 2,507 | 2,507 | 2,648 | 2,648 | 2,651 | 2,800 | 3,079.25 | ||||
| Independent | Jimmy Menagh | 4.2 | 1,627 | 1,634 | 1,683 | 1,689 | 1,842 | 1,845 | 1,846.50 | 2,189.75 | |||||
| Independent | Jonathan Bell | 3.8 | 1,479 | 1,489 | 1,549 | 1,578 | 1,782 | 1,791.75 | 1,794 | ||||||
| TUV | Stephen Cooper | 3.4 | 1,330 | 1,350 | 1,370 | 1,373 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 2.9 | 1,110 | 1,110 | 1,129 | ||||||||||
| Green (NI) | Ricky Bamford | 2.4 | 918 | 930 | |||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Scott Benton | 0.5 | 195 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 64,393 Valid: 38,785 Spoilt: 454 (1.16%) Quota: 6,465 Turnout: 60.94% (39,239) | |||||||||||||||
2016
| 2016 Assembly election: Strangford - 6 seats | ||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | ||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 14.3 | 4,673 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 14.3 | 4,663 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Bell | 10.4 | 3,393 | 3,411 | 3,416 | 3,517 | 3,540 | 3,774 | 5,164 | |||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 12.1 | 3,964 | 3,994 | 3,996 | 4,099 | 4,129 | 4,468 | 4,983 | |||||
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 10.7 | 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 | 5.2 | 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 | 8.3 | 2,724 | 2,738 | 3,152 | 3,176 | 3,276 | 3,293 | 3,311 | 3,320.30 | 3,367.92 | 3,387.92 | ||
| Independent | Jimmy Menagh | 5.6 | 1,840 | 1,898 | 1,905 | 1,972 | 2,048 | 2,249 | 2,276 | 2,312.58 | ||||
| DUP | Harry Harvey | 6.2 | 2,017 | 2,031 | 2,033 | 2,067 | 2,072 | 2,226 | ||||||
| TUV | Stephen Cooper | 4.3 | 1,407 | 1,418 | 1,419 | 1,590 | 1,606 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Georgia Grainger | 2.8 | 924 | 946 | 993 | 1,043 | ||||||||
| UKIP | Stephen Crosby | 2.3 | 759 | 796 | 807 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 2.0 | 661 | 662 | ||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Bill McKendry | 1.0 | 314 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Rab McCartney | 0.3 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 65,695 Valid: 32,639 Spoilt: 375 (1.14%) Quota: 4,663 Turnout: 50.25 | ||||||||||||||
2011
| 2011 Assembly Election: Strangford - 6 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | ||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 15.4 | 4,573 | |||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 14.4 | 4,284 | |||||||
| DUP | Jonathan Bell | 14.4 | 4,265 | |||||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 11.6 | 3,456 | 3,672.58 | 3,778.93 | 3,960.40 | 5,745.40 | |||
| UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 11.0 | 3,273 | 3,286.93 | 3,371.93 | 3,595.28 | 3,780.92 | 4,069.92 | ||
| UUP | David McNarry | 9.3 | 2,773 | 2,790.01 | 2,875.29 | 3,076.43 | 3,259.88 | 3,766.88 | ||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 8.5 | 2,525 | 2,527.03 | 2,579.03 | 3,245.24 | 3,281.36 | 3,308.36 | ||
| DUP | Billy Walker | 7.3 | 2,175 | 2,231.49 | 2,282.84 | 2,449.33 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Mickey Coogan | 3.0 | 902 | 902.28 | 913.28 | |||||
| TUV | Terry Williams | 2.8 | 841 | 844.01 | 963.01 | |||||
| UKIP | Cecil Andrews | 2.0 | 601 | |||||||
| Electorate: 62,178 Valid: 29,668 Spoilt: 518 (1.72%) Quota: 4,239 Turnout: 30,186 (48.5%) | ||||||||||
2007
| 2007 Assembly Election: Strangford - 6 seats | |||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | ||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 16.4 | 5,917 | ||||||||||||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 13.3 | 4,788 | 5,013.68 | 5,085.46 | 5,119.59 | 5,138.02 | 5,178.02 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 11.3 | 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 | 10.3 | 3,709 | 3,737.08 | 3,754.08 | 3,842.08 | 4,110.60 | 4,204.12 | 4,356.51 | 4,360.51 | 4,469.29 | 6,036.29 | |||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 10.8 | 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 | 9.6 | 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 | 8.5 | 3,068 | 3,068.78 | 3,071.78 | 3,082.78 | 3,096.04 | 3,122.30 | 3,132.30 | 3,937.43 | 4,088.56 | 4,294.34 | 4,512.34 | 4,547.34 | 4,548.34 | ||
| UUP | Angus Carson | 5.9 | 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 | 2.4 | 868 | 871.64 | 887.77 | 942.16 | 951.16 | 1,092.55 | 1,166.81 | 1,251.81 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 3.0 | 1,089 | 1,089.13 | 1,089.13 | 1,090.13 | 1,095.13 | 1,099.13 | 1,099.13 | ||||||||
| UK Unionist | George Ennis | 2.4 | 872 | 876.16 | 953.68 | 987.94 | 998.20 | 1,039.33 | |||||||||
| Independent | Martin Gregg | 1.8 | 650 | 657.15 | 676.28 | 724.28 | 733.28 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Michael Henderson | 1.9 | 675 | 682.67 | 686.67 | 719.67 | |||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Robert Little | 1.4 | 508 | 509.95 | 518.08 | ||||||||||||
| Independent Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 0.8 | 305 | 308.77 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 66,648 Valid: 36,019 Spoilt: 321 Quota: 5,146 Turnout: 36,340 (54.5) | |||||||||||||||||
2003
| 2003 Assembly Election: Strangford - 6 seats | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | ||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 22.9 | 8,548 | ||||||||||||
| UUP | John Taylor | 15.2 | 5,658 | ||||||||||||
| DUP | George Ennis | 12.4 | 4,606 | 6,138.54 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 12.6 | 4,703 | 6,105.67 | |||||||||||
| UUP | David McNarry | 8.1 | 3,000 | 3,055.50 | 3,169.46 | 3,304.10 | 3,394.34 | 3,413.81 | 3,449.14 | 3,589.01 | 3,884.50 | 5,610.50 | |||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 7.4 | 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 | 7.8 | 2,906 | 2,909.33 | 2,910.07 | 2,916.01 | 2,920.69 | 2,990.39 | 3,047.13 | 3,072.10 | 3,950.67 | 4,093.71 | 4,160.05 | ||
| UUP | Bob Little | 5.7 | 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 | 3.0 | 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 | 1.5 | 576 | 618.55 | 983.74 | 1,265.89 | 1,269.67 | 1,277.54 | 1,314.82 | 1,425.63 | |||||
| PUP | Colin Neill | 1.4 | 540 | 558.87 | 620.29 | 668.80 | 672.16 | 676.01 | 697.10 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Philip Orr | 1.1 | 425 | 437.58 | 461.63 | 482.75 | 483.77 | 501.97 | |||||||
| Independent | Danny McCarthy | 0.9 | 319 | 320.48 | 335.65 | 349.51 | 351.61 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 66,308 Valid: 37,250 Spoilt: 588 Quota: 5,322 Turnout: 37,838 (57.1) | |||||||||||||||
1998
| 1998 Assembly Election: Strangford - 6 seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | Count 16 | Count 17 | Count 18 | ||
| DUP | Iris Robinson | 22.1 | 9,479 | |||||||||||||||||||
| UUP | John Taylor | 21.4 | 9,203 | |||||||||||||||||||
| UUP | Tom Benson | 3.8 | 1,623 | 1,638.75 | 2,222.19 | 2,222.19 | 2,231.52 | 2,240.52 | 2,257.20 | 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 | 6.9 | 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 | 3.3 | 1,415 | 3,682.30 | 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 | 5,267.10 | 5,271.45 | 5,403.97 | 5,435.41 | 5,862.79 | 5,932.54 | ||
| UK Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 7.2 | 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 | 4.6 | 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 | ||
| Independent Unionist | John Beattie | 5.2 | 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 | 3,438.20 | 3,965.40 | 4,087.26 | ||||
| Alliance | Peter Osborne | 5.3 | 2,269 | 2,276 | 2,391.50 | 2,394.50 | 2,434.82 | 2,465.82 | 2,480.82 | 2,495.80 | 2,513.81 | 2,556.11 | 2,604.20 | 2,615.69 | 2,783.24 | 2,850.88 | 2,982.86 | |||||
| UUP | David McNarry | 2.5 | 1,073 | 1,103.80 | 1,947.61 | 1,948.94 | 1,962.30 | 1,969.30 | 1,978.28 | 1,994.93 | 2,042.56 | 2,138.23 | 2,431.45 | 2,477.30 | 2,771.54 | 2,782.21 | ||||||
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey | 4.4 | 1,883 | 1,884.40 | 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 | 3.1 | 1,342 | 1,362.30 | 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 | 2.3 | 1,007 | 1,544.95 | 1,564.75 | 1,564.75 | 1,568.50 | 1,570.85 | 1,580.26 | 1,593.62 | 1,624.06 | 1,677.28 | 1,713.68 | |||||||||
| UUP | Tom Hamilton | 1.4 | 615 | 628.30 | 1,094.26 | 1,095.59 | 1,101.24 | 1,109.24 | 1,119.91 | 1,146.92 | 1,184.78 | 1,316.63 | ||||||||||
| Independent Unionist | Wilbert McGill | 2.2 | 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 | 1.4 | 614 | 614 | 614.33 | 614.33 | 615.66 | 618.66 | 619.99 | 619.99 | ||||||||||||
| Ulster Democratic | Blakely McNally | 0.8 | 322 | 348.25 | 391.81 | 391.81 | 393.14 | 394.14 | 400.19 | 410.52 | ||||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Thomas Beattie | 0.6 | 263 | 270.70 | 292.15 | 292.15 | 298.15 | 302.15 | 312.48 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | Nancy Orr | 0.5 | 201 | 210.10 | 223.63 | 223.63 | 235.96 | 255.31 | ||||||||||||||
| Green (NI) | Andrew Frew | 0.5 | 200 | 203.15 | 204.14 | 217.14 | 233.14 | |||||||||||||||
| Labour Party NI | Jonathan Stewart | 0.4 | 181 | 186.95 | 195.86 | 196.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Natural Law | Sarah Mullins | 0.1 | 27 | 27 | 28.65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 70,868 Valid: 42,922 Spoilt: 729 Quota: 6,132 Turnout: 43,651 (61.6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]
| 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
- "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- 1996 Candidates – Strangford, Northern Ireland Elections
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