South Down (Assembly constituency)

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South Down Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency

South Down shown within Northern Ireland
First Used:	1973
Assembly Members:	P. J. Bradley Willie Clarke John McCallister Margaret Ritchie Caitriona Ruane Jim Wells
Districts:	Down, Banbridge, Newry and Mourne

South Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the South Down UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as 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.

The most high-profile MLA's for the constituency are Catriona Ruane the Minister for Education and Margaret Ritchie, the SDLP leader.

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

[edit] Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:

P. J. Bradley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Willie Clarke – Sinn Féin
John McCallister – Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Ritchie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Caitriona Ruane – Sinn Féin
Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist Party

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

P. J. Bradley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Willie Clarke – Sinn Féin
Dermot Nesbitt – Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Ritchie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Caitriona Ruane – Sinn Féin
Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist Party

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from South Down. They were as follows:

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. South Down elected seven members as follows:

Raymond McCullough died in 1985 and the resulting by-election, on 17 October 1985, was won by Jeffrey Donaldson, also Ulster Unionist Party.

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from South Down were:

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The seven members elected from South Down were:

Ronald Broadhurst Ulster Unionist Party (pro-White Paper)
Brian Faulkner Ulster Unionist Party (pro-White Paper)
Frank Feely Social Democratic and Labour Party
Cecil Harvey Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
Herbert Heslip Ulster Unionist Party (anti-White Paper)
Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour Party

[edit] Elections

[edit] Northern Ireland Assembly

2011 Assembly Election:South Down^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2		Count 3		Count 4		Count 5		Count 6		Count 7		Count 8		Count 9
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	20.4	8,506	-2545.00
	Sinn Féin	Caitriona Ruane	14.3	5,955	237.15	6,192.15		6,192.15		6,192.15		6,192.15		6,192.15		6,192.15		6,192.15		6,192.15
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	12.5	5,200	81.84	5,284.84	72.72	5,354.56	49.72	5,404.28	1139.00	6,543.28	-582.28
	Ulster Unionist	John McCallister	10.6	4,409	71.92	4,480.92	143.96	4,624.88	88.89	4,714.77	968.13	5,679.90	559.70	6,329.60		6,329.60		6,329.60	-278.80
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	9.3	3,882	76.95	3,957.95	34.55	3,992.50	101.65	4,094.15	7.31	4,101.46	1.74	4,103.20	2,674.00	6,777.20	-816.20
	SDLP	Karen McKevitt	9.0	3,758	580.79	4,318.79	113.92	4,432.71	242.62	4,675.33	27.10	4,702.43	4.64	4,707.27	135.86	4,842.93	434.35	5,277.28	70.18	5,347.46
	Sinn Féin	Naomi Bailie	7.3	3,050	100.44	3,150.44	10.62	3,161.06	144.40	3,305.46	1.31	3,306.77	1.74	3,308.51	-3,308.51
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	6.4	2,633	1,181.72	3,844.72	113.47	3959.19	264.58	4,222.77	28.58	4,251.35	8.12	4,259.47	189.99	4,449.46	376.68	4,826.14	56.84	4,882.98
	UKIP	Henry Reilly	5.6	2,332	21.39	2,353.29	20.31	2,373.70	25.24	2,398.94	-2,398.94
	Green (NI)	Cadogan Enright	2.7	1,107	120.28	1,227.28	11.47	1,238.75	-1,238.75
	Alliance	David Griffin	2.1	864	51.15	915.15	-915.15

The Quota was 5961 in 2011.

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Sinn Féin	Caitriona Ruane	6,334	Elected	7
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	5,838	Elected	8
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	5,652	Elected	9
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	5,542	Elected	10
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	5,138	Elected	8
	Ulster Unionist	John McCallister	4,447	Elected	11
	SDLP	Michael Carr	2,972	Not elected	11
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McConvey	2,662	Not elected	7
	Democratic Unionist	William Burns	2,611	Not elected	9
	Green (NI)	Ciaran Mussen	1,622	Not elected	6
	UKIP	Henry Reilly	1,229	Not elected	5
	Alliance	David Griffin	691	Not elected	4
	Independent (Republican)	Martin Cunningham	434	Not elected	4
	UK Unionist	Frederick Wharton	424	Not elected	4
	Conservative	Peter Bowles	391	Not elected	3
	Labour Party NI	Malachi Curran	123	Not elected	2

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	6,789	Elected	1
	Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt	5,368	Elected	8
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	5,337	Elected	4
	Sinn Féin	Caitriona Ruane	5,118	Elected	9
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	4,261	Elected	9
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	4,083	Elected	9
	SDLP	Eamonn O'Neill	3,942	Not elected
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Donaldson	2,885	Not elected
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McConvey	2,806	Not elected
	SDLP	Marion Fitzpatrick	2,382	Not elected
	Green (NI)	Raymond Blaney	799	Not elected
	NI Women's Coalition	Trudy Miller	565	Not elected
	Alliance	Neil Powell	489	Not elected
	UK Unionist	Nelson Wharton	245	Not elected
	Independent	Malachi Curran	162	Not elected
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	115	Not elected

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	10,373	Elected
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy	6,251	Elected
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	5,571	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt	5,480	Elected
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	4,826	Elected
	SDLP	Hugh Carr	3,731	Not elected
	SDLP	Eamonn O'Neill	3,582	Elected
	UK Unionist	Frederick Wharton	2,576	Not elected
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Hanna	1,939	Not elected
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Carr	1,658	Not elected
	Independent Unionist	George Graham	1,562	Not elected
	Sinn Féin	Garret O'Fachtna	1,520	Not elected
	Alliance	Anne-Marie Cunningham	1,502	Not elected
	Labour Party NI	Malachi Curran	498	Not elected
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	130	Not elected
	Independent Labour	Patrick O'Connor	121	Not elected
	Natural Law	Thomas Mullins	33	Not elected

[edit] 1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[3]

	Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
SDLP	Eddie McGrady Hugh Carr Margaret Ritchie Marietta Farrell John Doris	20,220	43.2
Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt Frederick Wharton Gerry Douglas Albert Colmer William Martin	10,379	22.2
Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy Frank McDowell Martin Gough Deidre Clark	6,142	13.1
Democratic Unionist	William Alexander John Finlay William Burns	5,060	10.8
Alliance	Julian Crozier Michael Healy	1,685	3.6
Labour Coalition	Malachi Curran Patrick O'Connor Edna Furey James Masson Michael Kearney	927	2.0
Progressive Unionist	George Graham James McDonald	497	1.1
NI Women's Coalition	Bronagh Lawson Claire Hannah Lynn Carvill Ursula Leahy	464	1.0
Ulster Democratic	Norma Coulter Denis Paisley	404	0.9
Green (NI)	Maggie Burch Eugene O'Shea Christopher Busby	251	0.6
Conservative	Paul Megarity Michael Henderson	197	0.4
Workers' Party	Marie O'Hagan Eddie O'Hagan	162	0.4
Ulster Independence	Samuel Pollock Stanley Watson James McElrath	130	0.3
Democratic Partnership	William Leneghan Sean O'Baoill	117	0.2
Democratic Left	Veronica McEneaney Jim Ryan	65	0.1
Natural Law	Desmond Garrett William McCarthy	30	0.1
Independent Chambers	George Chambers Doreen Larmour	18	0.0

[edit] 1982

Assembly Election – 20 October 1982
Party		Candidate	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4&5^†	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	SDLP	Frank Feely	7391	7391	7391	7391
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	7313	7636
	SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	5916	6252	6440	6449	6455	8181
	Ulster Unionist	Raymond McCullough	5802	5808	5809	5903	6451	6458	6471	6497	9553
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown	5220	5227	5234	5441	7593	7593	7593	7593
	Democratic Unionist	George Graham	4075	4081	4082	5366	5533	5543	5548	5552	6518	7596
	Ulster Unionist	William Coulter	3787	3794	3795	3828	4490	4497	4508	4663
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	3779	3783	3783	5361	5474	5488	5503	5505	5663	5937
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	3646	3999	4027	4047	4148	4346	4707	4709	4879	5101
	Ulster Unionist	William Martin	3562	3567	3568	3798
	Democratic Unionist	Ethel Smyth	3495	3507	3508
	Sinn Féin	Cyril Toman	3393	3772	3795	3805	3806
	Workers' Party	Thomas Moore	1676
Electorate=93261, valid=59055, spoiled=2137, quota=7382

^†The fifth count involved the transfer of Feely's surplus of nine votes. After rounding up, the value of his ballot papers was zero so this count produced the same result as the fourth count.

[edit] 1975

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
SDLP	Frank Feely	9,730	Elected
Vanguard	Cecil Harvey	8,843	Elected
SDLP	Eddy McGrady	7,257	Elected
SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	6,657	Elected
Ulster Unionist	Herbert Heslip	6,380	Elected
Ulster Unionist	Peter Brush	6,293	Elected
Unionist Party NI	Brian Faulkner	6,035	Elected
Democratic Unionist	David Herron	3,752	Not elected
Alliance	Anthony Williamson	1,612	Not elected
Alliance	Denys Rowan-Hamilton	1,509	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Raymond Blaney	1,002	Not elected
Unionist Party NI	Ronald Broadhurst	994	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Gerard O'Hanlon	680	Not elected

[edit] 1973

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
Ulster Unionist	Brian Faulkner	16,287	Elected
SDLP	Eddy McGrady	7,870	Elected
SDLP	Frank Feely	6,857	Elected
Vanguard	Cecil Harvey	5,006	Elected
SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	4,322	Elected
Democratic Unionist	David Herron	4,016	Not elected
Ulster Unionist	Herbert Heslip	3,838	Elected
Independent	Rory McShane	2,785	Not elected
Independent Nationalist	James O'Reilly	2,000	Not elected
Ulster Unionist	William Martin	1,996	Not elected
Ulster Unionist	Ronald Broadhurst	1,515	Elected
Alliance	Anthony Williamson	1,489	Not elected
Alliance	Michael O'Shea	1,475	Not elected
Alliance	Denys Rowan-Hamilton	1,316	Not elected
Independent	Arthur Doran	653	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Noel Collins	648	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Edward O'Hagan	612	Not elected
National Front	William Annett	591	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Samuel Dowling	499	Not elected
Liberal	Berkley Farr	263	Not elected

[edit] References

^ South Down, UTV
^ http://www.eoni.org.uk/south_down_result_sheet.pdf
^ 1996 Candidates – South Down, Northern Ireland Elections

Coordinates: 54°14′39″N 5°57′03″W / 54.24417°N 5.95083°W / 54.24417; -5.95083

[0] South Down, UTV

[1] ttp://www.eoni.org.uk/south_down_result_sheet.pdf

[2] 1996 Candidates – South Down, Northern Ireland Elections

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South Down (Assembly constituency)

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