Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)
54°27′25″N6°22′48″W/ 54.457°N 6.380°W
Upper Bann | |
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Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentaryconstituency | |
![]() Upper Bann shown withinNorthern Ireland | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1996 |
Seats | 6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–) |
MLAs | |
Districts | Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council |
Boundaries | ![]() |
Upper Bann(Irish:An Bhanna Uachtarach,Ulster Scots:Ower Bann) is a constituency in theNorthern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for aNorthern Ireland-only election for theNorthern Ireland Forumin 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.
For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of theArmaghandSouth Downconstituencies with a small section around Aghagallon joining fromSouth Antrim.Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with theUpper Bann UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, seeUpper Bann (UK Parliament constituency).
Members[edit]
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) |
Sam Gardiner (UUP) |
David Trimble (UUP) |
Mervyn Carrick (DUP) |
5 seats 1996–1998 | ||||||
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) |
Jonathan Buckley (DUP) |
5 seats 2017–present | |||||||||
January 2020 co-option |
Diane Dodds (DUP) | |||||||||||
2022 | Eóin Tennyson (Alliance) |
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[edit]
Northern Ireland Assembly[edit]
2022[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 16.47% | 9,242 | 9,318 | 9,332 | 10,146 | |||||
DUP | Jonathan Buckley | 15.81% | 8,869 | 8,959 | 9,190 | 9,232 | 11,500 | ||||
DUP | Diane Dodds | 11.67% | 6,548 | 6,593 | 6,924 | 6,973 | 8,274 | 10,182 | |||
UUP | Doug Beattie | 9.27% | 5,199 | 5,236 | 7,711 | 7,893 | 8,572 | 8,764 | 9,572 | ||
Alliance | Eóin Tennyson | 11.48% | 6,440 | 6,762 | 6,869 | 8,591 | 8,676 | 8,685 | 8,698 | 8,965 | |
Sinn Féin | Liam Mackle | 12.94% | 7,260 | 7,351 | 7,354 | 8,112 | 8,123 | 8,124 | 8,125 | 8,589 | |
TUV | Darrin Foster | 7.80% | 4,373 | 4,445 | 4,607 | 4,626 | |||||
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 6.50% | 3,645 | 3,843 | 3,875 | ||||||
UUP | Glenn Barr | 6.00% | 3,367 | 3,400 | |||||||
Aontú | Aidan Gribbin | 1.02% | 571 | ||||||||
Green (NI) | Lauren Kendall | 0.82% | 459 | ||||||||
Heritage | Glenn Beattie | 0.23% | 128 | ||||||||
Electorate:91,149Valid:56,101 (61.55%)Spoilt:853Quota:9,351Turnout:56,954 (62.48%) |
2017[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Carla Lockhart | 17.73% | 9,140 | ||||||
DUP | Jonathan Buckley | 15.02% | 7,745 | 8,238 | 8,314 | 8,764.84 | |||
UUP | Doug Beattie | 10.61% | 5,467 | 5,755 | 6,174 | 6,202.86 | 10,728.86 | ||
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 15.95% | 8,220 | 8,298 | 8,560 | 8,560 | 8,593.6 | ||
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 9.95% | 5,127 | 5,248 | 6,509 | 6,511.76 | 7,189.92 | 9,053.92 | |
Sinn Féin | Nuala Toman | 11.85% | 6,108 | 6,169 | 6,294 | 6,294.3 | 6,316.6 | 6,341.6 | |
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 9.96% | 5,132 | 5,404 | 5,910 | 5,969.58 | |||
Alliance | Tara Doyle | 5.28% | 2,720 | 3,097 | |||||
TUV | Roy Ferguson | 2.01% | 1,035 | ||||||
Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 1.08% | 555 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Colin Craig | 0.42% | 218 | ||||||
NI Conservatives | Ian Nichols | 0.16% | 81 | ||||||
Electorate:83,431Valid:51,548 (61.79%)Spoilt:626Quota:8,592Turnout:52,174 (62.54%) |
2016[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
DUP | Carla Lockhart | 17.50% | 7,993 | |||||||||||
DUP | Sydney Anderson | 13.56% | 6,195 | 7,215.78 | ||||||||||
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 11.28% | 5,155 | 5,319.52 | 5,598.76 | 5,637.21 | 5,660.83 | 5,863.96 | 5,901.84 | 6,136.86 | 6,548.86 | |||
UUP | Doug Beattie | 6.50% | 2,969 | 2,990.42 | 3,085.58 | 3,108.38 | 3,121.77 | 3,295.09 | 3,333.66 | 3,658.56 | 4,118.79 | 4,454.57 | 6,569.79 | |
Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley | 13.49% | 6,164 | 6,164.9 | 6,165.29 | 6,178.47 | 6,222.47 | 6,225.47 | 6,344.47 | 6,358.78 | 6,359.78 | 6,439.96 | 6,448.96 | |
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 11.40% | 5,209 | 5,209.9 | 5,210.42 | 5,219.55 | 5,245.55 | 5,245.68 | 5,363.68 | 5,381.68 | 5,392.86 | 5,468.22 | 5,477.35 | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 9.49% | 4,335 | 4,339.86 | 4,342.72 | 4,390.85 | 4,461.85 | 4,472.16 | 4,559.47 | 4,580.12 | 4,597.1 | 5,237.88 | 5,309.79 | |
UUP | Kyle Savage | 3.85% | 1,760 | 1,877 | 2,023.25 | 2,039.75 | 2,048.75 | 2,123.26 | 2,144.06 | 2,232.18 | 2,634.6 | 2,760.86 | ||
Alliance | Harry Hamilton | 3.12% | 1,424 | 1,433.18 | 1,439.94 | 1,524.38 | 1,712.1 | 1,736.9 | 1,876.03 | 1,943.07 | 1,973.76 | |||
TUV | Roy Ferguson | 2.58% | 1,177 | 1,207.6 | 1,275.33 | 1,281.24 | 1,282.24 | 1,376.76 | 1,387.89 | 1,707.82 | ||||
UKIP | David Jones | 2.35% | 1,072 | 1,089.64 | 1,121.23 | 1,130.23 | 1,142.23 | 1,262.68 | 1,333.4 | |||||
CISTA | Martin Kelly | 1.47% | 672 | 675.42 | 678.02 | 702.2 | 807.46 | 828.64 | ||||||
PUP | Sophie Long | 1.54% | 704 | 730.46 | 756.07 | 760.25 | 769.43 | |||||||
Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 1.08% | 495 | 496.8 | 498.23 | 555.36 | ||||||||
NI Labour | Emma Hutchinson | 0.55% | 250 | 250.9 | 251.94 | |||||||||
NI Conservatives | Ian Nickels | 0.17% | 79 | 80.44 | 83.04 | |||||||||
Independent | Steven McCarroll | 0.07% | 33 | 34.44 | 37.17 | |||||||||
Electorate:85,204Valid:45,686 (53.62%)Spoilt:697Quota:6,527Turnout:46,383 (54.44%) |
2011[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 15.70% | 6,649 | |||||||
DUP | Sydney Anderson | 13.82% | 5,854 | 5,855.08 | 5,878.08 | 6,035.08 | 6,163.08 | |||
DUP | Stephen Moutray | 13.33% | 5,645 | 5,645.63 | 5,686.63 | 5,935.9 | 6,085.9 | |||
UUP | Sam Gardiner | 8.68% | 3,676 | 3,676.27 | 3,702.27 | 3,917.27 | 4,231.27 | 4,245.27 | 6,012.36 | |
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson | 7.90% | 3,348 | 3,348.72 | 3,373.72 | 3,554.81 | 4,007.99 | 4,042.99 | 5,826.99 | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 11.44% | 4,846 | 4,942.3 | 4,949.3 | 5,105.09 | 5,733.71 | 5,744.71 | 5,787.07 | |
Sinn Féin | Johnny McGibbon | 11.52% | 4,879 | 5,347.27 | 5,347.36 | 5,365.34 | 5,427.23 | 5,429.23 | 5,347.5 | |
UUP | Colin McCusker | 8.03% | 3,402 | 3,402.99 | 3,420.99 | 3,625.17 | 3,865.26 | 3,885.26 | ||
Alliance | Harry Hamilton | 4.67% | 1,979 | 1,982.69 | 2,013.69 | 2,544.77 | ||||
TUV | David Vance | 2.42% | 1,026 | 1,026.18 | 1,092.18 | |||||
Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 1.86% | 786 | 792.93 | 801.93 | |||||
UKIP | Barbara Trotter | 0.64% | 272 | 272.18 | ||||||
Electorate:77,905Valid:42,362 (54.38%)Spoilt:751Quota:6,052Turnout:43,113 (55.34%) |
2007[edit]
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 | 18.03% | 7,733 | ||||||||||||
DUP | David Simpson | 15.92% | 6,828 | ||||||||||||
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 10.93% | 4,689 | 4,939.2 | 4,940.3 | 5,007.1 | 5,559.4 | 5,789.2 | 5,804.2 | 6,191.2 | |||||
UUP | Sam Gardiner | 11.97% | 5,135 | 5,137.2 | 5,161.4 | 5,220.9 | 5,230 | 5,342.2 | 5,751.2 | 6,030 | 7,265 | ||||
DUP | Stephen Moutray | 8.54% | 3,663 | 3,663 | 4,137 | 4,170.6 | 4,170.7 | 4,184.2 | 4,556 | 4,620.7 | 4,692 | 4,732.32 | 7,550.32 | ||
UUP | George Savage | 5.05% | 2,167 | 2,168 | 2,193.9 | 2,218 | 2,224 | 2,302.3 | 2,383.5 | 2,499.9 | 3,142.7 | 4,207.34 | 4,584.4 | 5,997.52 | |
Sinn Féin | Dessie Ward | 7.27% | 3,118 | 4,313 | 4,313.2 | 4,451.6 | 4,526.6 | 4,556 | 4,559 | 4,708.7 | 4,716.7 | 4,717.66 | 4,723.56 | 4,731.84 | |
DUP | John McCrum | 6.94% | 2,975 | 2,975.4 | 3,086.2 | 3,104.5 | 3,113.2 | 3,127.4 | 3,300.6 | 3,375.3 | 3,437.5 | 3,469.18 | |||
UUP | Arnold Hatch | 4.23% | 1,815 | 1,815.6 | 1,837.2 | 1,858.5 | 1,863.7 | 1,916.8 | 2,014.8 | 2,142.7 | |||||
Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 2.70% | 1,156 | 1,176.4 | 1,179.1 | 1,289.3 | 1,321.9 | 1,682.3 | 1,757.7 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Davy Calvert | 3.11% | 1,332 | 1,332 | 1,347.2 | 1,394.7 | 1,395.9 | 1,408.9 | |||||||
Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 1.86% | 798 | 802 | 804.1 | 841.3 | 946.9 | ||||||||
SDLP | Patrick McAleenan | 1.77% | 761 | 787 | 787.7 | 805 | |||||||||
Republican Sinn Féin | Barry Toman | 0.90% | 386 | 418.6 | 418.9 | ||||||||||
NI Conservatives | David Fry | 0.58% | 248 | 248 | 249 | ||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Suzanne Peeples | 0.18% | 78 | 80.4 | 81.8 | ||||||||||
Electorate:70,716Valid:42,882 (60.64%)Spoilt:353Quota:6,127Turnout:43,235 (61.14%) |
2003[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
UUP | David Trimble | 21.06% | 9,158 | |||||||||||
DUP | David Simpson | 13.64% | 5,933 | 6,032.52 | 6,034.16 | 6,103.32 | 6,303.32 | |||||||
DUP | Stephen Moutray | 10.80% | 4,697 | 4,727.08 | 4,734.08 | 4,752.72 | 4,942.6 | 6,458.6 | ||||||
UUP | Sam Gardiner | 5.43% | 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 | 8.42% | 3,661 | 3,711.56 | 3,786.08 | 3,787.08 | 3,973.4 | 3,976.36 | 3,978.97 | 3,981.43 | 4,059.18 | 4,330.54 | 6,978.54 | |
Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 12.70% | 5,524 | 5,530.4 | 5,557.4 | 5,559.4 | 5,578.4 | 5,580.72 | 5,581.59 | 5,581.59 | 5,584.73 | 5,586.33 | 5,912.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | 9.13% | 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 | 7.26% | 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 | 2.92% | 1,269 | 2,692.36 | 2,697.28 | 2,726.48 | 2,991.6 | 3,241.84 | 3,374.08 | 3,419.18 | ||||
DUP | Denis Watson | 4.07% | 1,770 | 1,832.08 | 1,834.08 | 1,852.72 | 2,113.16 | |||||||
Independent | David Jones | 1.35% | 585 | 611.56 | 612.56 | 1,016.12 | ||||||||
Alliance | Francis McQuaid | 1.31% | 571 | 633.08 | 670.32 | 670.64 | ||||||||
Independent | Sydney Anderson | 1.34% | 581 | 607.24 | 607.88 | |||||||||
Workers' Party | Tom French | 0.57% | 247 | 260.12 | ||||||||||
Electorate:68,814Valid:43,482 (63.19%)Spoilt:663Quota:6,212Turnout:44,145 (64.15%) |
1998[edit]
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 | 24.48% | 12,338 | ||||||||||||||
SDLP | Bríd Rodgers | 18.37% | 9,260 | ||||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | 8.53% | 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 | 8.29% | 4,177 | 4,310.14 | 4,310.8 | 4,315.22 | 4,388.32 | 4,398.84 | 4,443.06 | 4,726.52 | 4,739.8 | 4,742.02 | 4,743.67 | 4,872.05 | 8,034.05 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Denis Watson | 9.63% | 4,855 | 5,365.3 | 5,365.3 | 5,378.86 | 5,431.8 | 5,447.74 | 5,546.78 | 6,267.98 | 6,351.38 | 6,353.02 | 6,353.32 | 6,636.18 | 7,149.5 | 7,791.82 | |
UUP | George Savage | 1.33% | 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 | 5.33% | 2,687 | 2,731.52 | 4,166.58 | 4,185.2 | 4,185.2 | 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 | 7.21% | 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 | 2.18% | 1,097 | 2,449.4 | 2,451.16 | 2,470.94 | 2,481.04 | 2,515.46 | 2,985.26 | 3,032.6 | 3,414.38 | 3,419.66 | 3,420.86 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Francie Murray | 5.78% | 2,915 | 2,919.2 | 3,016.88 | 3,021.52 | 3,022.52 | 3,129.08 | 3,132.3 | 3,132.3 | 3,173.62 | ||||||
Alliance | Francis McQuaid | 3.09% | 1,556 | 1,795.4 | 1,865.14 | 1,898.42 | 1,902.1 | 2,058.84 | 2,113.78 | 2,133.3 | |||||||
UK Unionist | David Vance | 2.79% | 1,405 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,514.68 | 1,529.68 | 1,536.94 | 1,555.66 | ||||||||
UUP | Mark Neale | 0.90% | 455 | 1,250.48 | 1,252.24 | 1,261.02 | 1,272.44 | 1,294.46 | |||||||||
Labour Party NI | Alan Evans | 0.87% | 439 | 469.66 | 505.96 | 522.36 | 522.78 | ||||||||||
Workers' Party | Tom French | 0.54% | 270 | 296.04 | 374.14 | 383.64 | 384.64 | ||||||||||
Ulster Independence | Kenny McClinton | 0.41% | 207 | 220.02 | 220.46 | 224.3 | |||||||||||
Independent | Brian Silcock | 0.20% | 101 | 142.58 | 146.1 | ||||||||||||
Natural Law | Jack Lyons | 0.06% | 32 | 34.94 | 38.68 | ||||||||||||
Electorate:70,852Valid:50,399 (71.13%)Spoilt:824Quota:7,200Turnout:51,223 (72.30%) |
1996 forum[edit]
Successful candidates are shown inbold.[8]
Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
IndependentChambers | Keith Chambers William Larmour Jr |
4 | 0.0 |
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