Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)

Mid Ulster
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
Mid Ulster shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Cookstown, Magherafelt, Dungannon and South Tyrone
Current constituency
Created	1973
Assembly Members	Sandra Overend Ian McCrea Patsy McGlone Martin McGuinness Ian Milne Michelle O'Neill

Mid Ulster 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 Mid Ulster 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.

Mid Ulster is the only constituency in Northern Ireland which has returned the same number of Assembly members from the same parties at each election - 3 Sinn Féin, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 DUP.

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

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election
1998	William McCrea (DUP)	Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin)	Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin)	John Kelly (Sinn Féin)	Denis Haughey (SDLP)	Billy Armstrong (UUP)
2003	William McCrea (DUP)			Geraldine Dougan (Sinn Féin)	Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
2007	Ian McCrea (DUP)			Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin)
2011						Sandra Overend (UUP)
April 2013 co-option			Ian Milne (Sinn Féin)
2016	Keith Buchanan (DUP)	Linda Dillon (Sinn Féin)	Ian Milne (Sinn Féin)

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.

Other (1973–1996)

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

John Junkin – Ulster Unionist Party
Patsy McGlone – Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McCrea – Democratic Unionist Party
Patrick Groogan – Sinn Féin
Francie Molloy – Sinn Féin

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. Mid Ulster elected 6 members as follows:

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from Mid Ulster were:

Ivan Cooper – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy Duffy – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Overend – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
Richard Reid – Democratic Unionist Party
Francis Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party
William Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from Mid Ulster were:

Ivan Cooper – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy Duffy – Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Dunlop – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
Aidan Larkin – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Duncan Pollock – Ulster Unionist Party (pro Sunningdale)
William Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party (anti Sunningdale)

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	Ian Milne^[1]	17.3	7,035
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	15.2	6,209
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill^[1]	15.1	6,147
	Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon^[1]	14.3	5,833
	UUP	Sandra Overend	11.9	4,862	4,896	4,925.88	4,959.12	4,966.14	4,989.36	5,161.28	5,328.48	6,155.48
	DUP	Ian McCrea	9.2	3,765	3,772	3,778	3,808.12	3,811.90	3,817.17	3,822.95	3,845.40	4,288.69	-
	DUP	Keith Buchanan	8.9	3,628	3,634	3,639.88	3,683.36	3,686.60	3,691.65	3,705.05	3,752.24	4,353.94	-
	TUV	Hanna Loughrin	4.6	1,877	1,883	1,888.04	1,981.04	1,982.66	1,990.38	2,006.21	2,046.68
	Workers' Party	Hugh Scullion	0.8	316	918	1,043.64	1,052.84	1,197.83	1,414.75	1,778.95
	Alliance	Néidín Hendron	1.2	471	718	861.88	875.96	959.39	1,162.57
	Green (NI)	Stefan Taylor^[2]	0.9	349	581	639.92	650.52	727.47
	UKIP	Alan Day^[3]	0.6	256	270	276.96
Electorate: - Valid: - Spoilt: - Quota: 5,822 Turnout: -

2011

2011 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	20.6%	8,957
	DUP	Ian McCrea	16.4%	7,127
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	11.6%	5,065	5,482	5,511	5,727	6,110
	UUP	Sandra Overend	10.1%	4,409	4,412	5,107	5,229	5,336	7,130
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	11.9%	5,178	5,515	5,515	5,542	5,591	5,710	5,735
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	9.8%	4,263	4,813	4,814	4,843	4,929	5,180	5,191
	Sinn Féin	Ian Milne	6.1%	2,635	3,962	3,962	4,005	4,133	4,412	4,457
	TUV	Walter Millar	4.8%	2,075	2,087	2,330	2,383	2,431
	SDLP	Austin Kelly	2.8%	1,214	1,262	1,266	1,332	1,429
	Independent	Hugh McCloy	2.1%	933	989	1,003	1,207
	Alliance	Michael McDonald	0.9%	398	405	417
	People Before Profit	Harry Hutchinson	0.6%	243	249	262
	Independent	Gary McCann	0.6%	241	253	256
Electorate: 66,602 Valid: 42,738 Spoilt: 784 (1.80%) Quota: 6,106 Turnout: 65.35%

2007

2007 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	18.2%	8,065
	DUP	Ian McCrea	17.2%	7,608
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	14.9%	6,597
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	14.5%	6,432
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	11.2%	4,976	6,176	6,183	6,264	6,430
	UUP	Billy Armstrong	10.8%	4,781	4,788	4,940	4,940	5,037	5,573	6,355
	SDLP	Kathleen Lagan	6.2%	2,759	3,118	3,120	3,267	3,469	3,497	3,531
	DUP	Elizabeth Forde	2.3%	1,021	1,023	2,026	2,026	2,068	2,625
	UK Unionist	Walter Millar	2.7%	1,210	1,216	1,257	1,258	1,299
	Republican Sinn Féin	Brendan McLaughlin	1.0%	437	527	527	544
	Alliance	Margaret Marshall	0.5%	221	229	230	233
	Independent	Harry Hutchinson	0.4%	170	197	205	208
Electorate: 61,223 Valid: 44,277 Spoilt: 451 (1.01%) Quota: 6,326 Turnout: 73.06%

2003

2003 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	DUP	William McCrea	18.5%	8,211
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	18.3%	8,128
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	11.8%	5,255	5,255	6,377
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Dougan	13.1%	5,827	5,827	5,998	6,916
	UUP	Billy Armstrong	9.7%	4,323	4,462	4,462	4,509	4,514	6,165	7,048
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	9.7%	4,295	4,301	4,505	4,694	4,951	4,985	5,140	5,246
	SDLP	Denis Haughey	8.7%	3,843	3,844	3,940	4,111	4,212	4,250	4,459	4,612
	DUP	Alan Millar	2.3%	1,029	2,566	2,572	2,581	2,582	3,035
	UUP	Trevor Wilson	4.7%	2,071	2,183	2,184	2,229	2,234
	Sinn Féin	Cora Groogan	2.2%	984	984	1144
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	0.5%	230	230	237
	Alliance	James Holmes	0.4%	166	167	169
Electorate: 60,095 Valid: 44,362 Spoilt: 661 (1.47%) Quota: 6,338 Turnout: 64.92%

1998

1998 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	DUP	William McCrea	20.8%	10,339
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	17.5%	8,703
	UUP	Billy Armstrong	9.0%	4,498	4,695	4,916	4,916	6,881	7,467
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	12.0%	6,008	6,010	6,041	7,074	7,076	7,083
	SDLP	Denis Haughey	12.9%	6,410	6,414	6,652	6,737	6,769	7,051
	Sinn Féin	John Kelly	11.2%	5,594	5,596	5,658	5,899	5,901	5,914
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	9.4%	4,666	4,677	4,782	4,957	4,970	5,076
	DUP	Paul McLean	0.6%	307	3,008	3,035	3,042	3,728
	UUP	John Junkin	4.9%	2,440	2,681	2,759	2,759
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	1.0%	497	499
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	0.4%	207	208
	Socialist Party	Harry Hutchinson	0.2%	91	106
	Natural Law	Mary Daly	0.1%	38	38
Electorate: 59,991 Valid: 49,798 Spoilt: 824 (1.63%) Quota: 7,115 Turnout: 84.38%

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[4]

	Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy Patsy Groogan Sean Begley Margaret McKenna Owen Carron	13,001	29.6
SDLP	Patsy McGlone Denis Haughey Kathleen Lagan Pat McErlean Joe McBride	12,492	28.5
UUP	John Junkin Norman Badger Trevor Wilson	7,935	18.1
DUP	William McCrea William Larmour Paul McLean	7,243	16.5
Alliance	Aidan Lagan Keith Jacques	549	1.2
UK Unionist	Daniel Huston Hugh Moore	435	1.0
PUP	John Coyle Kenneth Rutherford	380	0.9
Ulster Democratic	John Haveron James English	375	0.9
Labour coalition	Harry Hutchinson Anne Gribbon John McLaughlin Paddy McGrath Joanne Kane	271	0.6
Ulster Independence	Walter Millar Dierdre Speer-White	263	0.6
NI Women's Coalition	Cherry Dickson Ann McCrystal Sheila Murphy Mary Hogg Mary Doyle	259	0.6
Workers' Party	Francie Donnelly Gerard Brennan	210	0.5
Green (NI)	David Lyttle Lucille O'Shea	132	0.3
NI Conservatives	Elspeth Irvine Eileen Elizabeth McKee	119	0.3
Democratic Partnership	Charles McKee Patrick Pearse Kelly	93	0.2
Democratic Left	Patricia Cullen Frank McElroy	41	0.1
Natural Law	Stewart Luck Richard Mulholland	24	0.1
Independent Chambers	Angela Moore Linda Chambers	20	0.1

1982

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
DUP	William McCrea	10,445	Elected
SDLP	Denis Haughey	8,413	Elected
Sinn Féin	Danny Morrison	6,927	Elected
Sinn Féin	Francis McElwee	5,763	Not elected
UUP	William Thompson	5,546	Elected
SDLP	Mary McSorley	4,169	Elected
UUP	Samuel Glasgow	4,143	Not elected
DUP	Alan Kane	3,981	Elected
UUUP	Robert Overend	3,056	Not elected
Alliance	Aidan Lagan	2,872	Not elected
SDLP	Liam McQuaid	2,862	Not elected
UUUP	John Dunlop	1,732	Not elected
Workers' Party	Francie Donnelly	1,311	Not elected
Workers' Party	Francie McElroy	746	Not elected

1975

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
UUP	William Thompson	9,342	Elected
SDLP	Ivan Cooper	9,073	Elected
DUP	Richard Reid	8,250	Elected
Vanguard	Robert Overend	5,573	Elected
UUP	Francis Thompson	4,292	Elected
SDLP	Paddy Duffy	4,130	Elected
SDLP	Aidan Larkin	3,868	Not elected
Unionist Party NI	Duncan Pollock	2,264	Not elected
Alliance	Aidan Lagan	1,842	Not elected
Alliance	Douglas Cooper	1,526	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Francie Donnelly	1,387	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Francie McElroy	1,270	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Ivan Barr	947	Not elected

1973

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
SDLP	Ivan Cooper	12,614	Elected
UUP	Duncan Pollock	9,557	Elected
Vanguard	John Dunlop	7,082	Elected
UUP	William Thompson	5,352	Elected
DUP	Eddie Sayers	4,454	Not elected
SDLP	Paddy Duffy	4,437	Elected
SDLP	Aidan Larkin	4,045	Elected
UUP	Verdun Wright	3,034	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Desmond Gourley	2,899	Not elected
Nationalist	Patrick Francis McGill	2,558	Not elected
SDLP	Stephen McKenna	2,444	Not elected
Alliance	Tom Gormley	2,055	Not elected
Republican Clubs	Ivan Barr	1,755	Not elected
Alliance	Robin Glendinning	1,389	Not elected
Alliance	George Logue	339	Not elected

References

1 2 3 http://www.irishnews.com/news/2016/02/13/news/linda-dillon-among-three-sinn-fe-in-mid-ulster-candidates-417018/
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↑ 1996 Candidates - Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland Elections

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