Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)

54°30′22″N 6°02′38″W/54.506°N 6.044°W/ 54.506; -6.044

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.

Members

Election	MLA (Party)	MLA (Party)	MLA (Party)	MLA (Party)	MLA (Party)
1996	5 seats 1996–1998		David Campbell (UUP)		Ivan Davis (UUP)	Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP)	Edwin Poots (DUP)	Cecil Calvert (DUP)
1998		Seamus Close (Alliance Party)	Billy Bell (UUP)		Patrick Roche (UKUP)	Patricia Lewsley (SDLP)
2003	Norah Beare (UUP / DUP)		Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP)
January 2007 co-option	Marietta Farrell (SDLP)
2007	Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent)	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)
2017	Seat abolished (5 seats 2017–present)		Pat Catney (SDLP)
March 2020 defection
March 2022 co-option	Paul Rankin (DUP)
2022		Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance Party)	Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP)		David Honeyford (Alliance Party)
May 2022 co-option	Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP)
July 2024 co-option	Michelle Guy (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

2022

2022 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 5 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	24.74%	12,626
	UUP	Robbie Butler	16.15%	8,242	8,632
	Alliance	Sorcha Eastwood	16.09%	8,211	8,247	8,327	8,654
	DUP	Paul Givan	9.92%	5,062	8,377	8,385	8,569
	Alliance	David Honeyford	8.20%	4,183	4,199	4,215	4,408	4,991	5,605	6,340
	SDLP	Pat Catney	6.34%	3,235	3,243	3,286	3,426	3,566	5,400	5,696
	TUV	Lorna Smyth	6.83%	3,488	3,659	3,665	3,865	4,563	4,576
	Sinn Féin	Gary McCleave	5.34%	2,725	2,727	2,750	2,798	2,806
	UUP	Laura Turner	3.15%	1,607	1,659	1,663	1,863
	Ind. Unionist	Gary Hynds	1.44%	735	757	769
	Green (NI)	Simon Lee	1.27%	648	652	720
	People Before Profit	Amanda Doherty	0.53%	271	272
Electorate: 81,562 Valid: 51,033 (62.57%) Spoilt: 510 Quota: 8,506 Turnout: 51,543 (63.19%)

2017

2017 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 5 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Paul Givan	17.83%	8,035
	UUP	Robbie Butler	15.19%	6,846	6,880	6,909.58	7,030.64	7,130.7	7,462.42	11,037.42
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	13.55%	6,105	6,131	6,135.74	6,340.80	7,018.86	7,392.86	7,656.86
	DUP	Edwin Poots	13.34%	6,013	6,028	6,146.92	6,167.04	6,185.04	6,472.48	6,820.82	7,401.82
	SDLP	Pat Catney	8.42%	3,795	3,800	3,801.32	3,859.38	4,021.38	5,383.50	5,692.92	6,848.92
	DUP	Brenda Hale	10.13%	4,566	4,584	4,890.9	4,908.02	4,927.14	5,260.84	5,561.7	6,415.7
	UUP	Jenny Palmer	9.97%	4,492	4,542	4,553.46	4,672.58	4,736.7	5,094.72
	Sinn Féin	Peter Doran	4.00%	1,801	1,803	1,803.06	1,829.12	1,877.12
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	3.08%	1,389	1,406	1,411.88	1,434	1,448
	Green (NI)	Dan Barrios-O'Neill	2.02%	912	933	933.36	1,217.36
	Independent	Jonny Orr	1.90%	856	909	909.72
	NI Conservatives	Matthew Robinson	0.41%	183
	Independent	Keith Gray	0.17%	76
Electorate: 72,621 Valid: 45,069 (62.06%) Spoilt: 371 Quota: 7,512 Turnout: 45,440 (62.57%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Paul Givan	13.81%	5,364	5,383	5,467	5,480	5,484	5,635
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	9.54%	3,707	3,851	3,900	4,051	4,183	4,994	6,886
	UUP	Robbie Butler	11.26%	4,376	4,450	4,549	4,614	4,618	5,004	5,167	5,291
	UUP	Jenny Palmer	9.96%	3,871	3,956	4,048	4,214	4,216	4,737	4,971	5,212
	DUP	Edwin Poots	11.94%	4,638	4,662	4,713	4,729	4,729	4,986	5,039	5,064
	DUP	Brenda Hale	10.90%	4,236	4,283	4,316	4,326	4,330	4,518	4,556	4,577
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	10.52%	4,087	4,103	4,159	4,169	4,173	4,309	4,387	4,409
	SDLP	Pat Catney	7.46%	2,899	2,935	2,954	2,993	3,704	4,012
	Green (NI)	Dan Barrios-O'Neill	2.88%	1,118	1,205	1,245	1,547	1,661
	TUV	Lyle Rea	3.32%	1,291	1,303	1,506	1,516	1,518
	Sinn Féin	Jacqui McGeough	2.69%	1,045	1,054	1,061	1,082
	Independent	Jonny Orr	2.10%	817	840	857
	UKIP	Brian Higginson	1.98%	768	792
	NI Conservatives	Jack Irwin	0.88%	341
	NI Labour	Peter Dynes	0.44%	171
	Democracy First	Frazer McCammond	0.32%	124
Electorate: 73,746 Valid: 38,853 (52.86%) Spoilt: 374 Quota: 5,551 Turnout: 39,227 (53.19%)

2011

2011 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Edwin Poots	20.65%	7,329
	UUP	Basil McCrea	16.26%	5,771
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	12.01%	4,263	4,887.65	4,931.09	4,949.95	5,080.95
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	12.37%	4,389	4,471.46	4,550.42	4,877.17	4,947.45	5,120
	DUP	Paul Givan	12.26%	4,352	4,821.96	4,858.32	4,872.23	4,978.08	4,991.7	5,517.7
	DUP	Brenda Hale	8.20%	2,910	3,816.44	3,856.04	3,874.33	4,055.82	4,067.13	4,791.23
	SDLP	Pat Catney	6.10%	2,165	2,176.47	2,185.95	2,286.53	2,295.25	3,195.21	3,405.92
	UUP	Mark Hill	4.18%	1,482	1,562.6	1,985.12	2,014.35	2,425.62	2,433.86
	Sinn Féin	Mary Kate Quinn	3.39%	1,203	1,207.03	1,208.59	1,237.21	1,241.21
	TUV	Lyle Rea	2.91%	1,031	1,066.65	1,095.57	1,110.24
	Green (NI)	Conor Quinn	1.67%	592	599.44	605.8
Electorate: 67,532 Valid: 35,487 (52.55%) Spoilt: 355 Quota: 5,070 Turnout: 35,842 (53.07%)

2007

2007 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	23.42%	9,793
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	12.19%	5,098	5,101.9	5,113.9	5,116.29	5,174.07	6,387.07
	UUP	Basil McCrea	9.64%	4,031	4,228.73	4,290.63	4,441.38	4,846.54	4,937.32	6,712.32
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	9.00%	3,765	3,832.08	3,961.47	4,027.81	4,582.07	5,959.75	6,263.75
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	8.30%	3,471	4,894.5	4,921.79	5,081.56	5,182.27	5,200.78	5,783.71	6,147.9
	DUP	Edwin Poots	8.27%	3,457	4,460.08	4,491.76	4,667.4	4,768.22	4,786.73	5,068.48	5,323.65	5,385.65
	DUP	Paul Givan	8.07%	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	6.21%	2,599	2,749.54	2,787.1	2,880.24	3,653.93	3,739.93
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	6.79%	2,839	2,854.6	2,886.38	2,898.38	3,062.16
	UUP	Ronnie Crawford	2.74%	1,147	1,250.35	1,275.69	1,336.37
	Green (NI)	Michael Rogan	2.20%	922	938.77	989.11	1,023.45
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	2.04%	853	948.55	987.84
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	0.93%	387	418.98
	Workers' Party	John Magee	0.20%	83	84.95
Electorate: 70,101 Valid: 41,822 (59.66%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 5,975 Turnout: 42,058 (60.00%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	34.19%	14,104
	DUP	Edwin Poots	12.54%	5,175	6,714.32
	UUP	Billy Bell	6.74%	2,782	4,739.5	4,856.8	4,962.72	5,839.48	6,933.48
	Alliance	Seamus Close	10.69%	4,408	4,667.84	4,847.18	4,880.78	4,955.14	5,825.4	6,295.4
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	7.59%	3,133	3,153.88	3,232.62	3,236.46	3,251.10	3,342.74	3,381.74	3,535.74	6,256.74
	UUP	Norah Beare	3.66%	1,508	3,321.66	3,437.70	3,534.66	4,375.56	4,767.36	5,195.36	5,300.36	5,328.8	5,657.44
	DUP	Andrew Hunter	8.00%	3,300	4,085.32	4,187.16	4,666.52	4,804.94	4,929.7	4,977.7	5,000.7	5,013.76	5,044.57
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	7.86%	3,242	3,251.28	3,261.86	3,263.14	3,266.2	3,276.26	3,277.26	3,278.26
	Independent	Ivan Davis	5.39%	2,223	2,539.1	2,637.48	2,662.44	2,735
	UUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	1.64%	675	1,957.96	2,023.36	2,094.08
	NI Conservatives	Joanne Johnston	0.96%	395	462.86
	PUP	Andrew Park	0.51%	212	256.66
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	0.24%	97	103.38
Electorate: 67,910 Valid: 41,254 (60.75%) Spoilt: 470 Quota: 5,894 Turnout: 41,724 (61.44%)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Lagan Valley – 6 seats
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Alliance	Seamus Close	14.59%	6,788
	UUP	Billy Bell	12.83%	5,965	5,984	6,163	6,309	6,679
	DUP	Edwin Poots	11.26%	5,239	5,266	5,319	5,333	5,370	5,371	7,642
	UUP	Ivan Davis	8.44%	3,927	3,945	4,042	4,130	4,593	4,604	4,793	4,869	7,322
	UK Unionist	Patrick Roche	11.53%	5,361	5,398	5,493	5,507	5,542	5,543	5,879	6,622	6,859
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	8.68%	4,039	4,066	4,069	4,414	4,431	6,191	6,192	6,194	6,282
	Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael	8.01%	3,725	3,765	3,805	3,955	4,045	4,075	4,240	4,319	4,970
	UUP	David Campbell	6.79%	3,158	3,165	3,240	3,286	3,619	3,620	3,809	3,903
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	6.69%	3,111	3,120	3,191	3,199	3,210	3,216
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	4.30%	2,000	2,005	2,007	2,062	2,064
	UUP	Ken Hull	2.77%	1,289	1,295	1,327	1,381
	NI Women's Coalition	Annie Campbell	2.05%	955	988	1,013
	NI Conservatives	William Bleakes	1.51%	702	713
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	0.45%	208
	Natural Law	John Collins	0.09%	43
Electorate: 71,661 Valid: 46,510 (64.90%) Spoilt: 564 Quota: 6,645 Turnout: 47,074 (65.69%)

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

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