North Down (Assembly constituency)

North 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 North 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.

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

Members

Election MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) 1973Lord Dunleath(Alliance Party)Bertie McConnell(Alliance Party)Charles Poots(DUP) Robert Campbell(UUP)James Kilfedder(UUP/UPUP)John Brooke(UUP/UPNI) William Brownlow(UUP) 7 seats1973–1982 1975John Taylor(UUP) George Green(Vanguard) 1982Robert McCartney(UUP/UKUP) Simpson Gibson(DUP) William Bleakes(UUP) Wesley Pentland(DUP) John Cushnahan(Alliance Party) 1996 Oliver Napier(Alliance Party) St Clair McAlister(DUP)Alan McFarland(UUP) 5 seats1996–1998Peter Weir(UUP /DUP) 5 seats1996–1998 1998Eileen Bell(Alliance Party) Jane Morrice(NI Women's Coalition) John Gorman(UUP) 6 seats1998–2017 2003Alex Easton(DUP / Independent Unionist)Leslie Cree(UUP) 2007Stephen Farry(Alliance Party) Brian Wilson(Green (NI)) 2011Steven Agnew(Green (NI))Gordon Dunne(DUP) 2016 Alan Chambers(UUP) 2017 5 seats2017–present 2019 co-option Rachel Woods(Green (NI)) 2020 co-option Andrew Muir(Alliance Party) 2021 co-option Stephen Dunne(DUP) 2022 Connie Egan(Alliance Party) 2024 co-option Peter Martin (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.

Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage Peter WeirAlan McFarlandRoy BradfordJohn ShieldsIrene Cree9,27025.6 Robert McCartneyValerie KinghanPatricia Watson7,57920.9 St Clair McAlisterRuby CoolingCecil Noble6,69918.5 Oliver NapierBrian WilsonEileen BellLarry ThompsonJane Copeland6,18617.1 Owen AdamsJohn Burke1,7985.0 Victor AshSamuel CurryNeil MehaffyKenneth Sterrit1,6944.7 James McCulloughThomas Lindsay6511.8 Emma McGuiganAnn Marie FosterJane Morrice4961.4 Ann ThompsonBruce Mulligan4441.2 ChambersAlan ChambersJames ArbuthnotRobert Irvine3340.9 Paddy McEvoyMary Ringland2830.8 Máirtín Ó MuilleoirJohn Smith2750.8 John MagennisSean McGouran1710.5 DUPThomas O'BrienWilliam Baxter970.3 Daryl ArmitageTim Davis950.3 Dessie O'HaganColum Mullan600.2 Geoffrey WatsonGlenn Pollock490.1 Christopher CarterFidelma Carter490.1 Peter McGowanThomas Mullins150.0

1982 Assembly election

1975 Constitutional Convention

1973 Assembly election

References