Strangford 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 before 1996, the constituency was largely part of the North Down constituency with smaller sections being added from Belfast East constituency and Belfast South constituency. From 1997 until 2024, it shared boundaries with the Strangford UK Parliament constituency until the Parliamentary constituency's boundaries changed for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the Parliamentary constituency, see Strangford (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
Election MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) 1996Kieran McCarthy(Alliance Party)Tom Benson(UUP)Jim Shannon(DUP)John Taylor(UUP)Iris Robinson(DUP) 5 seats1996–1998 1998Cedric Wilson(UKUP) January 2001co-option Tom Hamilton(UUP) 2003David McNarry(UUP/UKIP) George Ennis(DUP) 2007Simon Hamilton(DUP)Michelle McIlveen(DUP) January 2010co-optionJonathan Bell(DUP) August 2010co-option Simpson Gibson(DUP) 2011Mike Nesbitt(UUP) October 2012defection 2016 Kellie Armstrong(Alliance Party)Philip Smith(UUP) 2017 5 seats2017–present Peter Weir(DUP) September 2019co-option Harry Harvey(DUP) 2022 Nick Mathison(Alliance Party) 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 – Strangford , Northern Ireland Elections
Party Candidates Votes Percentage John TaylorTom BensonWilliam BiggerstaffJack Beattie12,54731.3 Iris RobinsonJim ShannonSandy GeddisWilliam Morrison11,58428.9 Kieran McCarthyGeraldine RiceKathleen CoulterJim McBriarAlan McDowell4,61411.6 Cedric WilsonElizabeth Roche3,1127.8 John MoffatJoanne Murphy2,9277.3 Georgina McCroryAlfred McCrory2,0175.0 James McCurrieBlakely McNally1,0802.7 Garret O'FachtnaPatrick McGreevy7091.8 Donna DavisVictoria MooreGerry GribbenMiriam Titterton4101.0 Thomas BeattieDuncan Shipley-Dalton3800.9 David LangleyRobert HueySue Miles2130.5 Andrew SnoddyStephen Baker2020.5 Tom DevlinColum Feenan730.2 Edward PhilipsTrevor Richards660.2 Joyce CowdenFrancis Hynds570.1 Deidre DunphyImelda Hynds530.1 ChambersPearl BrownHeather Magowan130.0 Christine BowenLewis Walch130.0
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