Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)

Lagan Valley
Lagan Valley
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016); 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Robbie Butler (UUP); Pat Catney (SDLP); Paul Givan (DUP); Trevor Lunn (Independent); Edwin Poots (DUP);
Districts	Lisburn and Castlereagh

54°30′22″N 6°02′38″W / 54.506°N 6.044°W / 54.506; -6.044

Lagan Valley (Irish: Cluain an Lagáin, Ulster Scots: Glen Lagan) 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 South Antrim and North Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Lagan Valley UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1996	5 seats 1996–1998		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=7\|	David Campbell (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=4\|	Ivan Davis (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=11\|	Edwin Poots (DUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Cecil Calvert (DUP)
1998	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" rowspan=9\|	Seamus Close (Alliance Party)	Billy Bell (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:UK Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Patrick Roche (UKUP)	Ivan Davis (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=3\|	Patricia Lewsley (SDLP)
2003	Norah Beare (UUP / DUP)			style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP)			Patricia Lewsley (SDLP)
January 2007 co-option	Norah Beare (UUP / DUP)			Marietta Farrell (SDLP)
2007	Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/Independent)	Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=4\|	Jonathan Craig (DUP)		style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=8\|	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Paul Butler (Sinn Féin)
June 2010 co-option			Paul Givan (DUP)					Paul Butler (Sinn Féin)
2011					style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=3\|	Brenda Hale (DUP)
June 2013 defection					style="background-color: Template:NI21/meta/color" \|
2016		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=3\|		Robbie Butler (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|		Jennifer Palmer (UUP)
2017		5 seats 2017–present			style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=3\|	Pat Catney (SDLP)
March 2020 defection		5 seats 2017–present			style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" \|	Pat Catney (SDLP)

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: Lagan Valley - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Paul Givan	17.8	8,035
	Ulster Unionist	Robbie Butler	15.2	6,846	6,880	6,909.58	7,030.64	7,130.70	7,462.42	11,037.42
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	13.5	6,105	6,131	6,135.74	6,340.80	7,018.86	7,392.86	7,656.86
	DUP	Edwin Poots	13.3	6,013	6,028	6,146.92	6,167.04	6,185.04	6,472.48	6,820.82	7,401.82
	SDLP	Pat Catney	8.4	3,795	3,800	3,801.32	3,859.38	4,021.38	5,383.50	5,692.92	6,848.92
	DUP	Brenda Hale	10.1	4,566	4,584	4,890.90	4,908.02	4,927.14	5,260.84	5,561.70	6,415.70
	Ulster Unionist	Jennifer Palmer	10.0	4,492	4,542	4,553.46	4,672.58	4,736.70	5,094.72
	Sinn Féin	Peter Doran	4.0	1,801	1,803	1,803.06	1,829.12	1,877.12
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	3.1	1,389	1,406	1,411.88	1,434	1,448
	Green (NI)	Dan Barrios-O'Neill	2.0	912	933	933.36	1,217.36
	Independent	Jonny Orr	1.9	856	909	909.72
	NI Conservatives	Matthew Robinson	0.4	183
	Independent	Keith Gray	0.2	76
Electorate: 72,621 Valid: 45,069 Spoilt: 371 (0.82%) Quota: 7,512 Turnout: 62.57%

2016

2016 Assembly election: Lagan Valley - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Paul Givan	13.8	5,364	5,383	5,467	5,480	5,484	5,635
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	9.5	3,707	3,851	3,900	4,051	4,183	4,994	6,886
	Ulster Unionist	Robbie Butler	11.9	4,376	4,450	4,549	4,614	4,618	5,004	5,167	5,291
	Ulster Unionist	Jennifer Palmer	10.0	3,871	3,956	4,048	4,214	4,216	4,737	4,971	5,212
	DUP	Edwin Poots	11.9	4,638	4,662	4,713	4,729	4,729	4,986	5,039	5,064
	DUP	Brenda Hale	10.9	4,236	4,283	4,316	4,326	4,330	4,518	4,556	4,577
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	10.5	4,087	4,103	4,159	4,169	4,173	4,309	4,387	4,409
	SDLP	Pat Catney	7.5	2,899	2,935	2,954	2,993	3,704	4,012
	Green (NI)	Dan Barrios-O'Neill	2.9	1,118	1,205	1,245	1,547	1,661
	TUV	Lyle Rea	3.3	1,291	1,303	1,506	1,516	1,518
	Sinn Féin	Jacqui McGeough	2.7	1,045	1,054	1,061	1,082
	Independent	Jonny Orr	2.1	817	840	857
	UKIP	Brian Higginson	2.0	768
	NI Conservatives	Jack Irwin	0.9	341
	NI Labour	Peter Dynes	0.4	171
	Democracy First	Frazer McCammond	0.3	124
Electorate: 73,746 Valid: 38,853 Spoilt: 374 (0.95%) Quota: 5,551 Turnout: 53.19%

2011

2011 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Edwin Poots	20.7%	7,329
	Ulster Unionist	Basil McCrea	16.3%	5,771
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	12.0%	4,263	4,888	4,931	4,950	5,081
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	12.4%	4,389	4,471	4,550	4,877	4,947	5,120
	DUP	Paul Givan	12.3%	4,352	4,822	4,858	4,872	4,978	4,992	5,518
	DUP	Brenda Hale	8.2%	2,910	3,816	3,856	3,874	4,056	4,067	4,791
	SDLP	Pat Catney	6.1%	2,165	2,176	2,186	2,287	2,295	3,195	3,406
	Ulster Unionist	Mark Hill	4.2%	1,482	1,563	1,985	2,014	2,426	2,434
	Sinn Féin	Mary Kate Quinn	3.4%	1,203	1,207	1,209	1,237	1,241
	TUV	Lyle Rea	2.9%	1,031	1,067	1,096	1,110
	Green (NI)	Conor Quinn	1.7%	592	599	606
Electorate: 67,532 Valid: 35,487 Spoilt: 355 (0.99%) Quota: 5,070 Turnout: 53.07%

2007

2007 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	23.4	9,793
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	12.2	5,098	5,101.90	5,113.90	5,116.29	5,174.07	6,387.07
	Ulster Unionist	Basil McCrea	9.6	4,031	4,228.73	4,290.63	4,441.38	4,846.54	4,937.32	6,712.32
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	9.0	3,765	3,832.08	3,961.47	4,027.81	4,582.07	5,959.75	6,263.75
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	8.3	3,471	4,894.50	4,921.79	5,081.56	5,182.27	5,200.78	5,783.71	6,147.90
	DUP	Edwin Poots	8.3	3,457	4,460.08	4,491.76	4,667.40	4,768.22	4,786.73	5,068.48	5,323.65	5,385.65
	DUP	Paul Givan	8.1	3,377	4,079	4,108.07	4,231.82	4,310.25	4,327.59	4,566.13	4,681.47	4,728.47
	Ulster Unionist	Billy Bell	6.2	2,599	2,749.54	2,787.10	2,880.24	3,653.93	3,739.93
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	6.8	2,839	2,854.60	2,886.38	2,898.38	3,062.16
	Ulster Unionist	Ronnie Crawford	2.7	1,147	1,250.35	1,275.69	1,336.37
	Green (NI)	Michael Rogan	2.2	922	938.77	989.11	1,023.45
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	2.0	853	948.55	987.84
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	0.9	387	418.98
	Workers' Party of Ireland	John Magee	0.2	83	84.95
Electorate: 70,101 Valid: 41,822 Spoilt: 236 Quota: 5,975 Turnout: 42,058 (60.0)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Donaldson	34.2	14,104
	DUP	Edwin Poots	12.5	5,175	6,714.32
	Ulster Unionist	Billy Bell	6.7	2,782	4,739.50	4,856.80	4,962.72	5,839.48	6,933.48
	Alliance	Seamus Close	10.7	4,408	4,667.84	4,847.18	4,880.78	4,955.14	5,825.40	6,295.40
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	7.6	3,133	3,153.88	3,232.62	3,236.46	3,251.10	3,342.74	3,381.74	3,535.74	6256.74
	Ulster Unionist	Norah Beare	3.7	1,508	3,321.66	3,437.70	3,534.66	4,375.56	4,767.36	5,195.36	5,300.36	5,328.80	5,657.44
	DUP	Andrew Hunter	8.0	3,300	4,085.32	4,187.16	4,666.52	4,804.94	4,929.70	4,977.70	5,000.70	5,013.76	5,044.57
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	7.9	3,242	3,251.28	3,261.86	3,263.14	3,266.20	3,276.26	3,277.26	3,278.26
	Independent	Ivan Davis	5.4	2,223	2,539.10	2,637.48	2,662.44	2,735
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Kirkpatrick	1.6	675	1,957.96	2,023.36	2,094.08
	NI Conservatives	Joanne Johnston	1.0	395	462.86
	PUP	Andrew Park	0.5	212	256.66
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Frances McCarthy	0.2	97	103.38
Electorate: 70,101 Valid: 41,822 Spoilt: 236 Quota: 5,975 Turnout: 42,058 (60.0)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Alliance	Seamus Close	14.6	6,788
	Ulster Unionist	Billy Bell	12.8	5,965	5,984	6,163	6,309	6,679
	DUP	Edwin Poots	11.3	5,239	5,266	5,319	5,333	5,370	5,371	7,642
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Davis	8.4	3,927	3,945	4,042	4,130	4,593	4,604	4,793	4,869.44	7,322.44
	UK Unionist	Patrick Roche	11.5	5,361	5,398	5,493	5,507	5,542	5,543	5,879	6,622.33	6,859.33
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	8.7	4,039	4,066	4,069	4,414	4,431	6,191	6,192	6,193.96	6,282.41
	Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael	8.0	3,725	3,765	3,805	3,955	4,045	4,075	4,240	4,318.89	4,970.40
	Ulster Unionist	David Campbell	6.8	3,158	3,165	3,240	3,286	3,619	3,620	3,809	3,902.59
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	6.7	3,111	3,120	3,191	3,199	3,210	3,216
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	4.3	2,000	2,005	2,007	2,062	2,064
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Hull	2.8	1,289	1,295	1,327	1,381
	NI Women's Coalition	Annie Campbell	2.1	955	988	1,013
	NI Conservatives	William Bleakes	1.5	702	713
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Frances McCarthy	0.5	208
	Natural Law	John Collins	0.1	43
Electorate: 71,661 Valid: 46,510 Spoilt: 564 (1.20%) Quota: 6,645 Turnout: 47,074 (65.7)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[2]

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Party		Candidate(s)	Votes
Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Donaldson David Campbell Ivan Davis William Dillon Billy Bell	16,367	37.7
DUP	Cecil Calvert Edwin Poots	9,592	22.1
Alliance	Seamus Close Frazer McCammond Mary Clark-Glass Bill Whitley Betty Campbell	4,508	10.4
SDLP	Peter O'Hagan Hugh Lewsley	4,001	9.2
Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael Philip Dean	3,087	7.1
UK Unionist	Ronnie Crawford Graeme Jardin	2,172	5.0
Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice Michael Ferguson Sue Ramsey	1,132	2.6
PUP	David Kirk Wilfred Cummings	1,072	2.5
NI Women's Coalition	Jane Wilde Fidelma Carolan Sandra Craig Bronya Bonar Margaret Darcy	520	1.2
NI Conservatives	William Baird Mary Love	386	0.8
Green (NI)	Malachy McAnespie George Thompson Penny Kemp	175	0.4
Ulster Independence	Carolyne Chance Allan Thompson James Kelley	164	0.4
Labour coalition	Ciaran Mulholland William McAvoy	143	0.3
Workers' Party of Ireland	Frances McCarthy John Magee	72	0.2
Democratic Left	Liam Napier Oliver Frawley	43	0.1
Natural Law	Duncan Paterson Susanna Thompson	18	0.0
Independent Chambers	Eric Brown Gary Strain	3	0.0

References

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ 1996 Candidates – Lagan Valley, Northern Ireland Elections

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

[2] 1996 Candidates – Lagan Valley, Northern Ireland Elections

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