Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)

Mid Ulster (Irish: Lár Uladh, Ulster Scots: Mid Ulstèr) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Mid Ulster
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary Constituency
Mid Ulster shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1973
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Keith Buchanan (DUP)
  •   Linda Dillon (SF)
  •   Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
  •   Michelle O'Neill (SF)
  •   Emma Sheerin (SF)
DistrictsMid-Ulster District Council

It was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected the then Northern Ireland Assembly. 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 (because 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 to have returned the same number of Assembly members from the same parties at each election before that of 2017 - 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

Election MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
1973 Paddy Duffy
(SDLP)
Ivan Cooper
(SDLP)
Aidan Larkin
(SDLP)
William Thompson
(UUP)
Duncan Pollock
(UUP)
John Dunlop
(Vanguard)
1975 Francis Thompson
(UUP)
Richard Reid
(DUP)
Robert Overend
(Vanguard)
1982 Danny Morrison
(Sinn Féin)
Mary McSorley
(SDLP)
Denis Haughey
(SDLP)
Alan Kane
(DUP)
William McCrea
(DUP)
1996 Patrick Groogan
(Sinn Féin)
Francie Molloy
(Sinn Féin)
Patsy McGlone
(SDLP)
5 seats
1996-1998
John Junkin
(UUP)
1998 John Kelly
(Sinn Féin)
Martin McGuinness
(Sinn Féin)
Denis Haughey
(SDLP)
Billy Armstrong
(UUP)
2003 Geraldine Dougan
(Sinn Féin)
Patsy McGlone
(SDLP)
2007 Michelle O'Neill
(Sinn Féin)
Ian McCrea
(DUP)
2011 Sandra Overend
(UUP)
April 2013
co-option
Ian Milne
(Sinn Féin)
2016 Linda Dillon
(Sinn Féin)
Keith Buchanan
(DUP)
2017 5 seats
2017–present
December 2018
co-option
Emma Sheerin
(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.

Elections

2017

2017 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 5 Seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 20.6 10,258
DUP Keith Buchanan 19.3 9,568
Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 15.7 7,806 9,032
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 16.4 8,143 8,553
SDLP Patsy McGlone 12.9 6,419 6,683 6,699 7,732 8,247
UUP Sandra Overend 9.1 4,516 4,519 5,260 7,052 7,058
TUV Hannah Loughrin 2.5 1,244 1,245 1,692
Alliance Fay Watson 2.0 1,017 1,030 1,036
Independent Hugh McCloy 0.5 247 253 256
Green (NI) Stefan Taylor 0.5 243 246 247
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 0.4 217 221 222
Electorate: 69,396   Valid: 49,678   Spoilt: 550 (1.10%)   Quota: 8,280   Turnout: 50,853 (73.28%)

    2016

    2016 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Sinn Féin Ian Milne 17.3 7,035
    SDLP Patsy McGlone 15.2 6,209
    Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 15.1 6,147
    Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 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 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 4,566.61
    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 4,405.99
    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 0.9 349 581 639.92 650.52 727.47
    UKIP Alan Day 0.6 256 270 276.96
    Electorate: 70,430   Valid: 40,748   Spoilt: 633 (1.53%)   Quota: 5,822   Turnout: 58.75%

      2011

      2011 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          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
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            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.[2]

              Party 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 Assembly Election

              1982 Assembly election: Mid Ulster - 6 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789101112
              DUP William McCrea 16.9 10,445
              SDLP Denis Haughey 13.6 8,413 8,413.60 8,474.60 8,806 8,827.60 10,236.60
              UUP William Thompson 9.0 5,546 5,594 5,594.45 5,597.45 5,772.30 5,773 5,773.30 6,108.75 7,343 11,830.40
              DUP Alan Kane 6.4 3,981 5,300.70 5,306.70 5,321 5,566.75 5,572.90 5,572.90 5,628.80 7,075.10 8,238.35 11,167.63
              SDLP Mary McSorley 6.7 4,169 4,169.60 4,196.60 4,366.75 4,372 5,535.35 6,787.79 7,979.33 7,982.48 8,018.63 8,034.27 8,184.23
              Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 11.2 6,927 6,927.75 7,022.75 7,117.75 7,120.75 7,211.75 7,222.53 7,379.35 7,387.65 7,400.80 7,402.64 7,414.60
              Sinn Féin Francis McElwee 9.3 5,763 5,764.05 5,867.65 6,075.65 6,083.65 6,150.95 6,161.73 6,333.65 6,334.80 6,334.80 6,335.72 6,343.08
              UUP Samuel Glasgow 6.7 4,143 4,157.85 4,157.85 4,174.85 4,715.05 4,717.05 4,717.05 4,954.20 6,002.30
              UUUP Robert Overend 4.9 3,056 3,188.45 3,188.45 3,191.75 3,792.90 3,794.90 3,795 3,924
              Alliance Aidan Lagan 4.6 2,872 2,874.70 2,919.70 3,184.70 3,236.70 3,415.70 3,478.42
              SDLP Liam McQuaid 4.6 2,862 2,863.20 2,911.35 3,006.35 3,015.35
              UUUP John Dunlop 2.8 1,732 1,768.75 1,770.75 1,816.75
              Workers' Party Francie Donnelly 2.1 1,311 1,311.90 1,622.90
              Workers' Party Francie McElroy 1.2 746 747.80
              Electorate: 84,699   Valid: 61,966   Spoilt: 1,977 (3.09%)   Quota: 8,853   Turnout: 63,943 (75.49%)

                1975 Constitutional Convention

                1975 Constitutional Convention: Mid Ulster - 6 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234567891011
                UUP William Thompson 16.5 9,342
                SDLP Ivan Cooper 16.1 9,073
                DUP Richard Reid 14.6 8,250
                SDLP Paddy Duffy 7.3 4,130 4,130 4,809.14 4,848.31 4,934.07 5,129.95 5,141.39 6,418.60 7,003.32 8,119.32
                UUP Francis Thompson 7.6 4,292 5,426.90 5,427.34 5,430.34 5,430.34 5,456.99 6,655.14 6,658.27 6,667.38 7,221.77 7,275.79
                Vanguard Robert Overend 9.9 5,573 5,624.74 5,624.85 5,626.85 5,626.85 5,645.09 5,968.25 5,980.36 6,003.36 6,206.41 6,315.65
                SDLP Aidan Larkin 6.8 3,868 3,868 3,959.63 3,967.51 3,987.75 4,031.28 4,054.28 4,994 5,304.58 6,190.51 6,190.53
                Alliance Aidan Lagan 3.3 1,842 1,844.47 1,865.70 1,870.25 1,910.24 3,018.53 3,624.31 4,105.70 4,425.43
                Republican Clubs Francie Donnelly 2.5 1,387 1,387 1,415.05 2,152.55 3,193.88 3,276.16 3,278.27 3,357.92
                SDLP Stephen McKenna 4.8 2,705 2,705.13 2,787.30 2,797.40 2,862.61 2,888.15 2,892.37
                Unionist Party NI Duncan Pollock 4.0 2,264 2,284.04 2,285.12 2,286.12 2,288.12 2,355.97
                Alliance Douglas Cooper 2.7 1,526 1,528.34 1,568.60 1,628.91 1,641.02
                Republican Clubs Francie McElroy 2.2 1,270 1,270 1,275.17 1,338.50
                Republican Clubs Ivan Barr 1.7 947 947 963.39
                Electorate: 80,806   Valid: 56,469   Spoilt: 2,080 (3.55%)   Quota: 8,068   Turnout: 58,549 (72.46%)

                  1973 Assembly Election

                  1973 Assembly election: Mid Ulster - 6 seats
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345678910111213
                  SDLP Ivan Cooper 19.7 12,614
                  UUP Duncan Pollock 14.9 9,557
                  SDLP Paddy Duffy 6.9 4,437 6,594.03 6,600.84 6,600.96 6,610.97 6,936.21 7,446.02 7,450.10 8,014 9,491
                  Vanguard John Dunlop 11.1 7,082 7,089.83 7,096.10 7,103.46 7,117.58 7,125.66 7,132.20 7,538.04 7,596.71 7,622.06 11,276.06
                  UUP William Thompson 8.4 5,352 5,353.08 5,358.08 5,490.28 5,517.72 5,520.72 5,521.99 8,048.66 8,604.58 8,613.70 9,550.70
                  SDLP Aidan Larkin 6.3 4,045 4,606.06 4,629.22 4,629.22 4,636.19 4,693.88 4,918.18 4,920.22 5,306.51 5,986.56 5,991.87 6,006.87 6,017.87
                  SDLP Stephen McKenna 3.8 2,444 2,719.67 2,726.29 2,726.37 2,763.80 2,794.55 4,127.67 4,127.94 4,753.70 5,360.13 5,376.91 5,392.91 5,401.91
                  DUP Eddie Sayers 7.0 4,454 4,455.89 4,459.16 4,459.16 4,485.32 4,503.02 4,507.29 4,671 4,755.40 4,782.67
                  Republican Clubs Desmond Gourley 4.5 2,899 2,929.24 2,935.24 2,935.48 2,952.29 4,148.76 4,460.63 4,463.71 4,663.16
                  Alliance Tom Gormley 3.2 2,055 2,147.88 2,289.15 2,290.75 3,580.92 3,665.86 3,914.77 4,029
                  UUP Verdun Wright 4.7 3,034 3,035.35 3,043.35 3,254.35 3,332.91 3,334.91 3,340.18
                  Nationalist Patrick Francis McGill 4.0 2,558 2,692.19 2,696.27 2,696.31 2,706.47 2,794.24
                  Republican Clubs Ivan Barr 2.7 1,755 1,857.06 1,859.33 1,859.45 1,866.72
                  Alliance Robin Glendinning 2.2 1,389 1,410.60 1,541.87 1,543.99
                  Alliance George Logue 0.5 339 347.10
                  Electorate: 79,331   Valid: 64,014   Spoilt: 1,372 (2.10%)   Quota: 9,145   Turnout: 65,386 (82.42%)

                    References

                    1. "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
                    2. 1996 Candidates - Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland Elections

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