Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)
Upper Bann (Irish: An Bhanna Uachtarach, Ulster Scots: Ower Bann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Upper Bann | |
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Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency | |
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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) | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Carla Lockhart | 17.7 | 9,140 | 9,140 | 9,140 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 15.9 | 8,220 | 8,298 | 8,560 | 8,560 | 8,593.60 | ||
DUP | Jonathan Buckley | 15.0 | 7,745 | 8,238 | 8,314 | 8,764 | |||
Sinn Féin | Nuala Toman | 11.8 | 6,108 | 6,169 | 6,294 | 6,294 | 6,316.60 | 6,341.60 | |
UUP | Doug Beattie | 10.6 | 5,467 | 5,755 | 6,174 | 6,202 | 10,728.86 | ||
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 10.0 | 5,132 | 5,404 | 5,910 | 5,969 | |||
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 9.9 | 5,127 | 5,248 | 6,509 | 6,511 | 7,189.92 | 9,053.92 | |
Alliance | Tara Doyle | 5.3 | 2,720 | 3,097 | |||||
TUV | Roy Ferguson | 2.0 | 1,035 | ||||||
Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 1.1 | 555 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Colin Craig | 0.4 | 218 | ||||||
NI Conservatives | Ian Nichols | 0.2 | 81 | ||||||
Electorate: 83,431 Valid: 52,174 Spoilt: 626 (1.20%) Quota: 8,592 Turnout: 62.54% |
2016
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
DUP | Carla Lockhart | 17.5 | 7,993 | |||||||||||
DUP | Sydney Anderson | 13.6 | 6,195 | 7,215 | ||||||||||
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 11.3 | 5,155 | 5,319 | 5,598 | 5,637 | 5,660 | 5,863.96 | 5,901 | 6,136 | 6,548 | |||
UUP | Doug Beattie | 6.5 | 2,969 | 2,990 | 3,085 | 3,108 | 3,121 | 3,295.09 | 3,333 | 3,658 | 4,118 | 4,454 | 6,569 | |
Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley | 13.5 | 6,164 | 6,164 | 6,165 | 6,178 | 6,222 | 6,225.47 | 6,344 | 6,358 | 6,359 | 6,439 | 6,448 | |
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 11.4 | 5,209 | 5,209 | 5,210 | 5,219 | 5,245 | 5,245.68 | 5,363 | 5,381 | 5,392 | 5,468 | 5,477 | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 9.5 | 4,335 | 4,339 | 4,342 | 4,390 | 4,461 | 4,472.16 | 4,559 | 4,580 | 4,597 | 5,237 | 5,309 | |
UUP | Kyle Savage | 3.9 | 1,760 | 1,877 | 2,023 | 2,039 | 2,048 | 2,123.26 | 2,144 | 2,232 | 2,634 | 2,760 | ||
Alliance | Harry Hamilton | 3.1 | 1,424 | 1,433 | 1,439 | 1,524 | 1,712 | 1,736.90 | 1,876 | 1,943 | 1,973 | |||
TUV | Roy Ferguson | 2.6 | 1,177 | 1,207 | 1,275 | 1,281 | 1,282 | 1,376.76 | 1,387 | 1,707 | ||||
UKIP | David Jones | 2.3 | 1,072 | 1,089 | 1,121 | 1,130 | 1,142 | 1,262.68 | 1,333 | |||||
CISTA | Martin Kelly | 1.5 | 672 | 675 | 678 | 702 | 807 | 828.64 | ||||||
PUP | Sophie Long | 1.5 | 704 | 730 | 756 | 760 | 769 | |||||||
Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 1.1 | 495 | 496 | 498 | 555 | ||||||||
NI Labour | Emma Hutchinson | 0.5 | 250 | 250 | 251 | |||||||||
NI Conservatives | Ian Nickels | 0.2 | 79 | 80 | 83 | |||||||||
Independent | Steven McCarroll | 0.1 | 33 | 34 | 37 | |||||||||
Electorate: 85,204 Valid: 45,686 Spoilt: 697 (1.50%) Quota: 6,527 Turnout: 54.44% |
2011
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 15.7 | 6,649 | |||||||
DUP | Sydney Anderson | 13.8 | 5,854 | 5,855 | 5,878 | 6,035 | 6,163 | |||
DUP | Stephen Moutray | 13.3 | 5,645 | 5,646 | 5,687 | 5,936 | 6,086 | |||
UUP | Sam Gardiner | 8.7 | 3,676 | 3,676 | 3,702 | 3,917 | 4,231 | 4,245 | 6,012 | |
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 7.9 | 3,348 | 3,349 | 3,374 | 3,555 | 4,008 | 4,043 | 5,827 | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 11.4 | 4,846 | 4,942 | 4,949 | 5,105 | 5,734 | 5,745 | 5,787 | |
Sinn Féin | Johnny McGibbon | 11.5 | 4,879 | 5,347 | 5,347 | 5,365 | 5,427 | 5,429 | 5,348 | |
UUP | Colin McCusker | 8.0 | 3,402 | 3,403 | 3,421 | 3,625 | 3,865 | 3,885 | ||
Alliance | Harry Hamilton | 4.7 | 1,979 | 1,983 | 2,014 | 2,545 | ||||
TUV | David Vance | 2.4 | 1,026 | 1,026 | 1,092 | |||||
Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 1.9 | 786 | 793 | 802 | |||||
UKIP | Barbara Trotter | 0.6 | 272 | 272 | ||||||
Electorate: 77,905 Valid: 42,362 Spoilt: 751 (1.74%) Quota: 6,052 Turnout: 55.34% |
2007
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 18.0 | 7,733 | ||||||||||||
DUP | David Simpson | 15.9 | 6,828 | ||||||||||||
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 10.9 | 4,689 | 4,939.20 | 4,940.30 | 5,007.10 | 5,559.40 | 5,789.20 | 5,804.20 | 6,191.20 | |||||
UUP | Sam Gardiner | 12.0 | 5,135 | 5,137.20 | 5,161.40 | 5,220.90 | 5,230 | 5,342.20 | 5,751.20 | 6,030 | 7,265 | ||||
DUP | Stephen Moutray | 8.5 | 3,663 | 3,663 | 4,137 | 4,170.60 | 4,170.70 | 4,184.20 | 4,556 | 4,620.70 | 4,692 | 4,732.32 | 7,550.32 | ||
UUP | George Savage | 5.1 | 2,167 | 2,168 | 2,193.90 | 2,218 | 2,224 | 2,302.30 | 2,383.50 | 2,499.90 | 3,142.70 | 4,207.34 | 4,584.40 | 5,997.52 | |
Sinn Féin | Dessie Ward | 7.3 | 3,118 | 4,313 | 4,313.20 | 4,451.60 | 4,526.60 | 4,556 | 4,559 | 4,708.70 | 4,716.70 | 4,717.66 | 4,723.56 | 4,731.84 | |
DUP | John McCrum | 6.9 | 2,975 | 2,975.40 | 3,086.20 | 3,104.50 | 3,113.20 | 3,127.40 | 3,300.60 | 3,375.30 | 3,437.50 | 3,469.18 | |||
UUP | Arnold Hatch | 4.2 | 1,815 | 1,815.60 | 1,837.20 | 1,858.50 | 1,863.70 | 1,916.80 | 2,014.80 | 2,142.70 | |||||
Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 2.7 | 1,156 | 1,176.40 | 1,179.10 | 1,289.30 | 1,321.90 | 1,682.30 | 1,757.70 | ||||||
Independent Unionist | Davy Calvert | 3.1 | 1,332 | 1,332 | 1,347.20 | 1,394.70 | 1,395.90 | 1,408.90 | |||||||
Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 1.9 | 798 | 802 | 804.10 | 841.30 | 946.90 | ||||||||
SDLP | Patrick McAleenan | 1.8 | 761 | 787 | 787.70 | 805 | |||||||||
Republican Sinn Féin | Barry Toman | 0.9 | 386 | 418.60 | 418.90 | ||||||||||
NI Conservatives | David Fry | 0.6 | 248 | 248 | 249 | ||||||||||
Independent Unionist | Suzanne Peeples | 0.2 | 78 | 80.40 | 81.80 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 70,716 Valid: 42,882 Spoilt: 353 Quota: 6,127 Turnout: 43,235 (61.1) |
2003
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
UUP | David Trimble | 21.1 | 9,158 | |||||||||||
DUP | David Simpson | 13.6 | 5,933 | 6,032.52 | 6,034.16 | 6,103.32 | 6,303.32 | |||||||
DUP | Stephen Moutray | 10.8 | 4,697 | 4,727.08 | 4,734.08 | 4,752.72 | 4,942.60 | 6,458.60 | ||||||
UUP | Sam Gardiner | 5.4 | 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 | 8.4 | 3,661 | 3,711.56 | 3,786.08 | 3,787.08 | 3,973.40 | 3,976.36 | 3,978.97 | 3,981.43 | 4,059.18 | 4,330.54 | 6,978.54 | |
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 12.7 | 5,524 | 5,530.40 | 5,557.40 | 5,559.40 | 5,578.40 | 5,580.72 | 5,581.59 | 5,581.59 | 5,584.73 | 5,586.33 | 5,912.60 | |
Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | 9.1 | 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 | 7.3 | 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 | 2.9 | 1,269 | 2,692.36 | 2,697.28 | 2,726.48 | 2,991.60 | 3,241.84 | 3,374.08 | 3,419.18 | ||||
DUP | Denis Watson | 4.1 | 1,770 | 1,832.08 | 1,834.08 | 1,852.72 | 2,113.16 | |||||||
Independent | David Jones | 1.3 | 585 | 611.56 | 612.56 | 1,016.12 | ||||||||
Alliance | Francis McQuaid | 1.3 | 571 | 633.08 | 670.32 | 670.64 | ||||||||
Independent | Sidney Anderson | 1.3 | 581 | 607.24 | 607.88 | |||||||||
Workers' Party | Tom French | 0.6 | 247 | 260.12 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 68,814 Valid: 43,482 Spoilt: 663 Quota: 6,212 Turnout: 44,145 (64.2) |
1998
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
UUP | David Trimble | 24.5 | 12,338 | ||||||||||||||
SDLP | Bríd Rodgers | 18.4 | 9,260 | ||||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | 8.6 | 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 | 8.3 | 4,177 | 4,310.14 | 4,310.80 | 4,315.22 | 4,388.32 | 4,398.84 | 4,443.06 | 4,726.52 | 4,739.80 | 4,742.02 | 4,743.67 | 4,872.05 | 8,034.05 | ||
Independent Unionist | Denis Watson | 9.6 | 4,855 | 5,365.30 | 5,365.30 | 5,378.86 | 5,431.80 | 5,447.74 | 5,546.78 | 6,267.98 | 6,351.38 | 6,353.02 | 6,353.32 | 6,636.18 | 7,149.50 | 7,791.82 | |
UUP | George Savage | 1.3 | 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 | 5.3 | 2,687 | 2,731.52 | 4,166.58 | 4,185.20 | 4,185.20 | 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 | 7.2 | 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 | 2.2 | 1,097 | 2,449.40 | 2,451.16 | 2,470.94 | 2,481.04 | 2,515.46 | 2,985.26 | 3,032.60 | 3,414.38 | 3,419.66 | 3,420.86 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Francie Murray | 5.8 | 2,915 | 2,919.20 | 3,016.88 | 3,021.52 | 3,022.52 | 3,129.08 | 3,132.30 | 3,132.30 | 3,173.62 | ||||||
Alliance | Francis McQuaid | 3.1 | 1,556 | 1,795.40 | 1,865.14 | 1,898.42 | 1,902.10 | 2,058.84 | 2,113.78 | 2,133.30 | |||||||
UK Unionist | David Vance | 2.8 | 1,405 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,514.68 | 1,529.68 | 1,536.94 | 1,555.66 | ||||||||
UUP | Mark Neale | 0.9 | 455 | 1,250.48 | 1,252.24 | 1,261.02 | 1,272.44 | 1,294.46 | |||||||||
Labour Party NI | Alan Evans | 0.9 | 439 | 469.66 | 505.96 | 522.36 | 522.78 | ||||||||||
Workers' Party | Tom French | 0.5 | 270 | 296.04 | 374.14 | 383.64 | 384.64 | ||||||||||
Ulster Independence | Kenny McClinton | 0.4 | 207 | 220.02 | 220.46 | 224.30 | |||||||||||
Independent | Brian Silcock | 0.2 | 101 | 142.58 | 146.10 | ||||||||||||
Natural Law | Jack Lyons | 0.1 | 32 | 34.94 | 38.68 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 70,852 Valid: 50,399 Spoilt: 824 Quota: 7,200 Turnout: 51,223 (72.3) |
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]
Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
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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
- "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- 1996 Candidates – Upper Bann, Northern Ireland Elections