Upper 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 Michelle O'Connor(Sinn Féin)Bríd Rodgers(SDLP) Sam Gardiner(UUP)David Trimble(UUP)Mervyn Carrick(DUP) 5 seats1996–1998 1998 Dara O'Hagan(Sinn Féin) George Savage(UUP) Denis Watson(IndependentUnionist) 2003John O'Dowd(Sinn Féin)Dolores Kelly(SDLP)Sam Gardiner(UUP)Stephen Moutray(DUP)David Simpson(DUP) 2007George Savage(UUP) July 2010co-optionSydney Anderson(DUP) 2011Jo-Anne Dobson(UUP) 2016 Catherine Seeley(Sinn Féin)Doug Beattie(UUP / Independent Unionist)Carla Lockhart(DUP) 2017Dolores Kelly(SDLP)Jonathan Buckley(DUP) 5 seats2017–present January 2020co-optionDiane Dodds(DUP) 2022Eóin Tennyson(Alliance) May 2026defection 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 – Upper Bann , Northern Ireland Elections
Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage David TrimbleSam GardinerGeorge SavageJohn DobsonMark Neale16,59236.3 Bríd RodgersKieran McGeownPatricia MallonSean McKavanaghDolores Kelly9,84621.5 Mervyn CarrickFrederick BairdRuth Allen7,13415.6 Michelle O'ConnorRory HarbinsonJean FeganChristopher Burke5,62012.3 William RamseyFrank McQuaidSean Hagan2,1525.7 William LawrieEdward Kinner1,4043.1 Morrison WoodsDorothy Boyd8861.9 Hugh CaseyAlan EvansWilliam WhiteMary Sheen5121.0 David McCreaJohn Hammond4020.9 Kate CochraneChris MoffatLesley Doyle3900.9 Tom FrenchPeter Smith3110.7 Edward KiddGary Nelson1800.4 Gavin McDowellJameshid FendereskyMartha Brett1780.4 Adrian McKinneyPearl Snowden710.2 Ciaran McCleanMartin Cullen360.1 John DarbyRosalind Mulholland140.0 ChambersKeith ChambersWilliam Larmour Jr40.0
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