Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)

Upper Bann
Upper Bann
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
	Upper Bann shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016); 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Doug Beattie (UUP); Jonathan Buckley (DUP); Diane Dodds (DUP); Dolores Kelly (SDLP); John O'Dowd (SF);
Districts	Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council
EP constituency	Northern Ireland

54°27′25″N 6°22′48″W / 54.457°N 6.380°W / 54.457; -6.380

Upper Bann (Irish: An Bhanna Uachtarach, Ulster Scots: Ower Bann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=9\|	Michelle O'Connor (Sinn Féin)	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=6\|	Bríd Rodgers (SDLP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=7\|	David Trimble (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=9\|	Sam Gardiner (UUP)	5 seats 1996–1998	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=9\|	Mervyn Carrick (DUP)
1998	Dara O'Hagan (Sinn Féin)	George Savage (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	Bríd Rodgers (SDLP)	Denis Watson (Independent Unionist)						Mervyn Carrick (DUP)
2003	John O'Dowd (Sinn Féin)	Dolores Kelly (SDLP)	Sam Gardiner (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=7\|	Stephen Moutray (DUP)		David Simpson (DUP)
2007				George Savage (UUP)			David Simpson (DUP)
July 2010 co-option				George Savage (UUP)		Sydney Anderson (DUP)
2011				Jo-Anne Dobson (UUP)
2016		style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Catherine Seeley (Sinn Féin)	Jo-Anne Dobson (UUP)	Doug Beattie (UUP)		Carla Lockhart (DUP)
2017		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Dolores Kelly (SDLP)	5 seats 2017–present		Jonathan Buckley (DUP)	Carla Lockhart (DUP)
January 2020 co-option		Diane Dodds (DUP)	Dolores Kelly (SDLP)	5 seats 2017–present		Jonathan Buckley (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: Upper Bann – 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Carla Lockhart	17.7	9,140
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley	15.0	7,745	8,238	8,314	8,764
	UUP	Doug Beattie	10.6	5,467	5,755	6,174	6,202	10,728.86
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	15.9	8,220	8,298	8,560	8,560	8,593.60
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	9.9	5,127	5,248	6,509	6,511	7,189.92	9,053.92
	Sinn Féin	Nuala Toman	11.8	6,108	6,169	6,294	6,294	6,316.60	6,341.60
	UUP	Jo-Anne Dobson	10.0	5,132	5,404	5,910	5,969
	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 of Ireland	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

2016 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

2011 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

2007 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ind. 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
	Ind. 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

2003 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 of Ireland	Tom French	0.6	247	260.12
Electorate: 68,814 Valid: 43,482 Spoilt: 663 Quota: 6,212 Turnout: 44,145 (64.2)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ind. 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 of Ireland	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]

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Party		Candidate(s)	Votes
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 of Ireland	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

[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[2] 1996 Candidates – Upper Bann, Northern Ireland Elections

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