East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°58′26″N 6°56′13″W / 54.974°N 6.937°W / 54.974; -6.937

East Londonderry
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
East Londonderry shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Coleraine, Derry, Limavady
Current constituency
Created	1996
Assembly Members	Gregory Campbell John Dallat Adrian McQuillan Cathal Ó hOisín George Robinson Claire Sugden

East Londonderry, also referred to as East Derry, 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 with a small part around Portrush coming from North Antrim constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from East Londonderry. They were as follows:

Election	Name (Party)		Name (Party)		Name (Party)		Name (Party)		Name (Party)
1996		David Brewster (UUP)		John White (UUP)		Robert Bolton (DUP)		Robert Stewart (DUP)		Arthur Doherty (SDLP)

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.

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election
1998	Gregory Campbell (DUP)	David McClarty (UUP/ Independent Unionist)	Pauline Armitage (UUP)	John Dallat (SDLP)	Arthur Doherty (SDLP)	Boyd Douglas (Independent Unionist)
September 2002 co-option			Pauline Armitage (UUP)		Michael Coyle (SDLP)	Boyd Douglas (Independent Unionist)
2003			George Robinson (DUP)		Francis Brolly (Sinn Féin)	Norman Hillis (UUP)
2007					Francis Brolly (Sinn Féin)	Adrian McQuillan (DUP)
January 2010 co-option					Billy Leonard (Sinn Féin)
2011					Cathal Ó hOisín (Sinn Féin)
May 2014 co-option		Claire Sugden (Independent Unionist)			Cathal Ó hOisín (Sinn Féin)

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly Election: East Londonderry^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Archibald
	TUV	Jordan Armstrong
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle
	DUP	Maurice Bradley
	UUP	Aaron Callan
	NI Conservatives	Stuart Canning
	Independent	Victor Christie
	Green (NI)	Amber Hamill^[2]
	NI Conservatives	David Harding
	UUP	William McCandless
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín
	UKIP	Steven Parkhill^[3]
	DUP	George Robinson
	Independent Unionist	Claire Sugden
	PUP	Russell Watton

2011

2011 Assembly Election:East Londonderry^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	18.2	6,319
	SDLP	John Dallat	8.5	2,967	2,978.44	2,994.54	3,003.20	3,515.08	5,207.08
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	13.5	4,681	4,682.54	4,682.54	4,683.76	4,712.20	4,962.20
	DUP	George Robinson	11.1	3,855	4,167.62	4,235.08	4,695.62	4,764.02	4,784.88	4,823.10
	Independent Unionist	David McClarty	8.6	3,003	3,119.16	3,275.50	3,511.62	4,112.86	4,154.08	4,405.08
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	7.6	2,633	3,298.72	3,368.36	3,609.84	3,701.78	3,718.44	3,781.66
	UUP	David Harding	4.2	1,458	1,531.92	2,580.42	3,131.10	3,399.84	3,427.38	3,460.60
	Sinn Féin	Bernadette Archibald	7.6	2,639	2,640.96	2,643.98	2,646.98	2,673.98	2,771.20
	SDLP	Thomas Conway	6.4	2,222	2,228.16	2,231.38	2,243.98	2,362.58
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick	5.5	1,905	1,932.28	2,005.70	2,040.46
	TUV	Boyd Douglas	4.5	1,568	1,647.42	1,703.18
	UUP	Lesley Macaulay	4.2	1,472	1,530.30
Electorate: 65,226 Valid: 34,722 Spoilt: 581 Quota: 4,961 Turnout: 35,303 (54.12)

Note: David McClarty appeared on the ballot paper with no description, however had previously made clear that he was fighting the election as an Independent Unionist.^[5]

2007

2007 Assembly Election:East Londonderry
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	20.2	6,845
	DUP	George Robinson	11.8	3,991	4,437.31	4,448.21	4,631.65	4,869.65
	Sinn Féin	Francis Brolly	13.2	4,476	4,476.58	4,691.58	4,709.87	4,709.87	4,727.87	5,002.87
	SDLP	John Dallat	7.8	2,638	2,647.57	2,690.57	2,749.73	2,755.73	3,143.89	4,733.34	6,380.34
	UUP	David McClarty	8.5	2,875	3,037.11	3,048.27	3,156.39	3,763.61	4,205.99	4,238.28	4,279.28	4,409.28
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	7.8	2,650	3,779.84	3,787	3,931.60	3,974.85	4,042.39	4,046.68	4,053.97	4,073.97
	UUP	Norman Hillis	6.1	2,054	2,172.61	2,177.19	2,299.11	2,797.62	3,101.97	3,118.84	3,140.13	3,195.13
	Sinn Féin	Billy Leonard	6.8	2,321	2,322.74	2,338.74	2,364.03	2,366.03	2,402.32	2,457.32
	SDLP	Orla Beattie	5.3	1,797	1,800.77	1,836.77	1,898.06	1,916.35	2,097.64
	Alliance	Bernard Fitzpatrick	4.1	1,401	1,422.17	1,430.17	1,651.65	1,670.94
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson	3.9	1,338	1,357.14	1,361.14	1,456.49
	UK Unionist	Leslie Cubitt	1.6	549	594.82	601.11
	Green (NI)	Phillippe Moison	1.5	521	529.70	563.70
	Republican Sinn Féin	Michael McGonigle	1.2	393	395.03
	Independent	Victor Christie	0.2	73	77.35
Electorate: 56,104 Valid: 33,922 Spoilt: 258 Quota: 4,847 Turnout: 34,180 (60.9)

2003

2003 Assembly Election:East Londonderry
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	14.0	4,789	4,803	5,023
	UUP	David McClarty	11.9	4,069	4,288	4,414	5,176
	Sinn Féin	Francis Brolly	11.7	4,019	4,051	4,056	4,056	4,056.37	4,056.99	5,895.99
	DUP	George Robinson	10.1	3,466	3,474	3,514	3,613	3,617.07	3,641.87	3,643.87	3,644.70	4,741.99	7,346.99
	UUP	Norman Hillis	6.7	2,292	2,377	2,527	2,959	3,199.87	3,220.95	3,222.95	3,223.78	3,883.84	4,319.92	5,346.92
	SDLP	John Dallat	9.3	3,190	3,430	3,455	3,468	3,472.81	3,474.05	3,565.05	3,734.37	3,759.99	3,778.23	3,794.23	3,870.23
	SDLP	Michael Coyle	7.0	2,394	2,525	2,532	2,546	2,548.59	2,548.59	2,700.59	3,514.82	3,526.82	3,534.47	3,545.47	3,652.47
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	8.3	2,836	2,848	3,035	3,040	3,043.33	3,091.07	3,095.07	3,096.73	3,373.52
	Independent	Boyd Douglas	5.6	1,903	1,923	2,049	2,171	2,190.61	2,219.75	2,220.75	2,221.58
	Sinn Féin	Cliona O'Kane	6.1	2,102	2,110	2,111	2,114	2,114	2,114
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson	4.1	1,408	1,443	1,466
	UK Unionist	Pauline Armitage	2.9	906	937
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	2.2	762
	Socialist Environmental	Marion Baur	0.4	137
Electorate: 56,203 Valid: 34,273 Spoilt: 430 Quota: 4,897 Turnout: 34,703 (61.7)

1998

2003 Assembly Election:East Londonderry
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	15.4	6,099
	UUP	David McClarty	12.9	5,108	5,324	5,347.80	5351.80	6,268.80
	SDLP	John Dallat	12.1	4,760	4,782	4,783.33	4,858.33	4,869.54	5,708.54
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	11.7	4,606	4,619	4,619.77	4,773.77	4,780.84	5,178.54	5,187.77	7,754.77
	UUP	Pauline Armitage	8.4	3,315	3,432	3,452.79	3,452.79	3,865.70	4,703.12	5,227.10	5,229.10	5,379.10
	Independent Unionist	Boyd Douglas	9.7	3,811	3,892	3,937.22	3,938.22	4,048.06	4,152.06	4,201.76	4,217.54	4,259.54
	DUP	George Robinson	8.3	3,280	3,390	3,709.06	3,709.20	3,774.70	3,805.19	3,834.30	3,842.30	3,867.30
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	6.4	2,521	2,525	2,525.07	3,601.07	3,604.07	3,621.07	3,621.78
	Alliance	Barbara Dempsey	6.1	2,395	2,476	2,477.96	2,480.96	2,520.03
	UUP	Roger McPherson	3.9	1,531	1,608	1,615.42	1,615.42
	Sinn Féin	John McIlhenny	3.4	1,339	1,347	1,347.14
	PUP	Dave Gilmour	1.5	582
	Ulster Democratic	David Nelson	0.4	171
	Natural Law	Maura McCann	0.1	46
Electorate: 59,370 Valid: 39,564 Spoilt: 603 Quota: 5,653 Turnout: 39,492 (66.5)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[6]

	Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
UUP	David Brewster John White Pauline Armitage Antony Alcock Elizabeth Black	11,386	30.9
DUP	Robert Bolton Robert Stewart Victor Wilson	8,768	23.8
SDLP	Arthur Doherty John Dallat Patricia Farren Gerald McLaughlin Michael Coyle	7,451	20.3
Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane Thomas Donaghey Kevin Kelly John McCloskey Kathleen Kelly	3,413	9.3
Alliance	Yvonne Boyle Bill Mathews Paddy McGowan	2,107	5.7
UK Unionist	Kingsley Nutt Angela Nutt	1,040	2.8
Ulster Democratic	Allister Crawford Robert Mitchell	728	2.0
PUP	William Smith William Mitchell	652	1.8
NI Women's Coalition	Avril Watson Mary Mulholland Pauline Nellis	375	1.0
Labour coalition	Fionnuala Harbinson Alan McKee Peter Scott John Quigley	241	0.6
NI Conservatives	Hubert Mullan John McKeown	208	0.6
Green (NI)	David Surplus Adeline Curry	189	0.5
Ulster Independence	Bartholomew Hamilton Hugh Kerr John Walker	100	0.3
Workers' Party	Marian Donnelly James McLaughlin	75	0.2
Democratic Left	Odran Dunphy Colm Campbell	45	0.1
Natural Law	Brian McEnery Lee Silvera	14	0.0
Independent Chambers	Jonathan Chambers Maureen Holmes Neill Chambers	5	0.0

References

↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/east_londonderry_result_sheet.pdf
↑ http://www.greenpartyni.org/amber-hammill/
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↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/east_londonderry_result_sheet.pdf
↑ "McClarty to run as Independent – Belfast Today". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
↑ 1996 Candidates – East Londonderry, Northern Ireland Elections

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