Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)

Lagan Valley
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
Lagan Valley shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Lisburn, Banbridge
Current constituency
Created	1996
Assembly Members	Jennifer Palmer (UUP) Paul Givan (DUP) Brenda Hale (DUP) Trevor Lunn (Alliance) Robbie Butler (UUP) Edwin Poots (DUP)

Lagan Valley 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 South Antrim and North Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Lagan Valley UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

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

Election	Name (Party)		Name (Party)		Name (Party)		Name (Party)		Name (Party)
1996		David Campbell (UUP)		Ivan Davis (UUP)		Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP)		Edwin Poots (DUP)		Cecil Calvert (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.

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1998		Seamus Close (Alliance Party)		Billy Bell (UUP)		Ivan Davis (UUP)		Patrick Roche (UK Unionist)		Edwin Poots (DUP)		Patricia Lewsley (SDLP)
2003						Norah Beare (UUP / DUP)		Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP)
January 2007 co-option												Marietta Farrell (SDLP)
2007		Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party)		Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21)		Jonathan Craig (DUP)						Paul Butler (Sinn Féin)
June 2010 co-option								Paul Givan (DUP)
2011												Brenda Hale (DUP)
June 2013 Defection
2016				Robbie Butler (UUP)		Jennifer Palmer (UUP)

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

2016

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016: Lagan Valley - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	DUP	Paul Givan	13.8	5,364	5,383	5,467	5,480	5,484	5,635
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	9.5	3,707	3,851	3,900	4,051	4,183	4,994	6,886
	UUP	Robbie Butler	11.9	4,376	4,450	4,549	4,614	4,618	5,004	5,167	5,291
	UUP	Jennifer Palmer	10.0	3,871	3,956	4,048	4,214	4,216	4,737	4,971	5,212
	DUP	Edwin Poots	11.9	4,638	4,662	4,713	4,729	4,729	4,986	5,039	5,064
	DUP	Brenda Hale	10.9	4,236	4,283	4,316	4,326	4,330	4,518	4,556	4,577
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	10.5	4,087	4,103	4,159	4,169	4,173	4,309	4,387	4,409
	SDLP	Pat Catney	7.5	2,899	2,935	2,954	2,993	3,704	4,012
	Green (NI)	Dan Barrios-O'Neill	2.9	1,118	1,205	1,245	1,547	1,661
	TUV	Lyle Rea	3.3	1,291	1,303	1,506	1,516	1,518
	Sinn Féin	Jacqui McGeough	2.7	1,045	1,054	1,061	1,082
	Independent	Jonny Orr	2.1	817	840	857
	UKIP	Brian Higginson	2.0	768
	NI Conservatives	Jack Irwin	0.9	341
	NI Labour	Peter Dynes	0.4	171
	Democracy First	Frazer McCammond	0.3	124
Electorate: 73,746   Valid: 38,853   Spoilt: 374 (0.95%)   Quota: 5,551   Turnout: 53.19%

2011

2011 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	DUP	Edwin Poots	20.7%	7,329
	UUP	Basil McCrea	16.3%	5,771
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	12.0%	4,263	4,888	4,931	4,950	5,081
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	12.4%	4,389	4,471	4,550	4,877	4,947	5,120
	DUP	Paul Givan	12.3%	4,352	4,822	4,858	4,872	4,978	4,992	5,518
	DUP	Brenda Hale	8.2%	2,910	3,816	3,856	3,874	4,056	4,067	4,791
	SDLP	Pat Catney	6.1%	2,165	2,176	2,186	2,287	2,295	3,195	3,406
	UUP	Mark Hill	4.2%	1,482	1,563	1,985	2,014	2,426	2,434
	Sinn Féin	Mary Kate Quinn	3.4%	1,203	1,207	1,209	1,237	1,241
	TUV	Lyle Rea	2.9%	1,031	1,067	1,096	1,110
	Green (NI)	Conor Quinn	1.7%	592	599	606
Electorate: 67,532   Valid: 35,487   Spoilt: 355 (0.99%)   Quota: 5,070   Turnout: 53.07%

2007

2007 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	23.4	9,793
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	12.2	5,098	5,101.90	5,113.90	5,116.29	5,174.07	6,387.07
	UUP	Basil McCrea	9.6	4,031	4,228.73	4,290.63	4,441.38	4,846.54	4,937.32	6,712.32
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	9.0	3,765	3,832.08	3,961.47	4,027.81	4,582.07	5,959.75	6,263.75
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	8.3	3,471	4,894.50	4,921.79	5,081.56	5,182.27	5,200.78	5,783.71	6,147.90
	DUP	Edwin Poots	8.3	3,457	4,460.08	4,491.76	4,667.40	4,768.22	4,786.73	5,068.48	5,323.65	5,385.65
	DUP	Paul Givan	8.1	3,377	4,079	4,108.07	4,231.82	4,310.25	4,327.59	4,566.13	4,681.47	4,728.47
	UUP	Billy Bell	6.2	2,599	2,749.54	2,787.10	2,880.24	3,653.93	3,739.93
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	6.8	2,839	2,854.60	2,886.38	2,898.38	3,062.16
	UUP	Ronnie Crawford	2.7	1,147	1,250.35	1,275.69	1,336.37
	Green (NI)	Michael Rogan	2.2	922	938.77	989.11	1,023.45
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	2.0	853	948.55	987.84
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	0.9	387	418.98
	Workers' Party	John Magee	0.2	83	84.95
Electorate: 70,101   Valid: 41,822   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 5,975   Turnout: 42,058 (60.0)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 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
	UUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	34.2	14,104
	DUP	Edwin Poots	12.5	5,175	6,714.32
	UUP	Billy Bell	6.7	2,782	4,739.50	4,856.80	4,962.72	5,839.48	6,933.48
	Alliance	Seamus Close	10.7	4,408	4,667.84	4,847.18	4,880.78	4,955.14	5,825.40	6,295.40
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	7.6	3,133	3,153.88	3,232.62	3,236.46	3,251.10	3,342.74	3,381.74	3,535.74	6256.74
	UUP	Norah Beare	3.7	1,508	3,321.66	3,437.70	3,534.66	4,375.56	4,767.36	5,195.36	5,300.36	5,328.80	5,657.44
	DUP	Andrew Hunter	8.0	3,300	4,085.32	4,187.16	4,666.52	4,804.94	4,929.70	4,977.70	5,000.70	5,013.76	5,044.57
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	7.9	3,242	3,251.28	3,261.86	3,263.14	3,266.20	3,276.26	3,277.26	3,278.26
	Independent	Ivan Davis	5.4	2,223	2,539.10	2,637.48	2,662.44	2,735
	UUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	1.6	675	1,957.96	2,023.36	2,094.08
	NI Conservatives	Joanne Johnston	1.0	395	462.86
	PUP	Andrew Park	0.5	212	256.66
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	0.2	97	103.38
Electorate: 70,101   Valid: 41,822   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 5,975   Turnout: 42,058 (60.0)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Alliance	Seamus Close	14.6	6,788
	UUP	Billy Bell	12.8	5,965	5,984	6,163	6,309	6,679
	DUP	Edwin Poots	11.3	5,239	5,266	5,319	5,333	5,370	5,371	7,642
	UUP	Ivan Davis	8.4	3,927	3,945	4,042	4,130	4,593	4,604	4,793	4,869.44	7,322.44
	UK Unionist	Patrick Roche	11.5	5,361	5,398	5,493	5,507	5,542	5,543	5,879	6,622.33	6,859.33
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	8.7	4,039	4,066	4,069	4,414	4,431	6,191	6,192	6,193.96	6,282.41
	Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael	8.0	3,725	3,765	3,805	3,955	4,045	4,075	4,240	4,318.89	4,970.40
	UUP	David Campbell	6.8	3,158	3,165	3,240	3,286	3,619	3,620	3,809	3,902.59
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	6.7	3,111	3,120	3,191	3,199	3,210	3,216
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	4.3	2,000	2,005	2,007	2,062	2,064
	UUP	Ken Hull	2.8	1,289	1,295	1,327	1,381
	NI Women's Coalition	Annie Campbell	2.1	955	988	1,013
	NI Conservatives	William Bleakes	1.5	702	713
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	0.5	208
	Natural Law	John Collins	0.1	43
Electorate: 71,661   Valid: 46,510   Spoilt: 564 (1.20%)   Quota: 6,645   Turnout: 47,074 (65.7)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	UUP	Jeffrey Donaldson David Campbell Ivan Davis William Dillon Billy Bell	16,367	37.7
	DUP	Cecil Calvert Edwin Poots	9,592	22.1
	Alliance	Seamus Close Frazer McCammond Mary Clark-Glass Bill Whitley Betty Campbell	4,508	10.4
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan Hugh Lewsley	4,001	9.2
	Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael Philip Dean	3,087	7.1
	UK Unionist	Ronnie Crawford Graeme Jardin	2,172	5.0
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice Michael Ferguson Sue Ramsey	1,132	2.6
	PUP	David Kirk Wilfred Cummings	1,072	2.5
	NI Women's Coalition	Jane Wilde Fidelma Carolan Sandra Craig Bronya Bonar Margaret Darcy	520	1.2
	NI Conservatives	William Baird Mary Love	386	0.8
	Green (NI)	Malachy McAnespie George Thompson Penny Kemp	175	0.4
	Ulster Independence	Carolyne Chance Allan Thompson James Kelley	164	0.4
	Labour coalition	Ciaran Mulholland William McAvoy	143	0.3
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy John Magee	72	0.2
	Democratic Left	Liam Napier Oliver Frawley	43	0.1
	Natural Law	Duncan Paterson Susanna Thompson	18	0.0
	Independent Chambers	Eric Brown Gary Strain	3	0.0