Foyle 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 Londonderry constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Foyle UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Foyle (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
Election MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) 1996 Martin McGuinness(Sinn Féin)Mitchel McLaughlin(Sinn Féin)John Tierney(SDLP)Mark Durkan(SDLP)John Hume(SDLP) 5 seats1996–1998 1998Mary Nelis(Sinn Féin)William Hay(DUP) December 2000 co-option Annie Courtney(SDLP) 2003Pat Ramsey(SDLP)Mary Bradley(SDLP) July 2004 co-optionRaymond McCartney(Sinn Féin) 2007Martina Anderson(Sinn Féin) November 2010 co-option Pól Callaghan(SDLP) 2011Mark H. Durkan(SDLP)Colum Eastwood(SDLP) June 2012 co-optionMaeve McLaughlin(Sinn Féin) October 2014 co-option Maurice Devenney(DUP) April 2015 co-option Gary Middleton (DUP) December 2015 co-option Gerard Diver (SDLP) 2016 Martin McGuinness(Sinn Féin) Eamonn McCann(PBP) 2017 Elisha McCallion(Sinn Féin) 5 seats2017–present June 2017 co-optionKaren Mullan(Sinn Féin) January 2020 co-optionSinead McLaughlin(SDLP) February 2020 co-option Martina Anderson(Sinn Féin) September 2021 co-optionCiara Ferguson(Sinn Féin)Pádraig Delargy(Sinn Féin) 2022 April 2026 co-option Julie Middleton (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
2027
2022
2017
2016
2011
2007
2003
1998
1996 forum Successful candidates are shown in bold.1996 Candidates – Foyle , Northern Ireland Elections
Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage John HumeMark DurkanJohn TierneyPat DevineMary Bradley19,99744.3 Martin McGuinnessMitchel McLaughlinMary NelisMoira McCloskeyGary Fleming11,61825.7 Gregory CampbellWilliam Hay5,50411.2 Jack AllenRichard DallasAndrew Davidson4,55310.1 Aaron McCormackGerry Lynch7901.7 Margaret LogueDiane GreerTeresa Kelly6951.5 Brian GurneyPaul Whitlock5801.3 Margaret LawrenceJim GannonGeraldine QuigleyTony MartinPatrick Muldowney5441.2 David NichollThomas Stone4971.1 David TaylorRichard Jordan3240.7 Peter DoranMichael O'KaneChloe Wilson1940.4 Derek SloanElizabeth Sloan920.2 Noel LynchAlexander Doherty810.2 Donal CaseyKen Kerr650.1 Donn BrennanDavid Cooke410.1 James DoodyBrian Cullen400.1 ChambersSydney WaddellJason Angus220.1
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