Lagan Valley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Lagan Valley in Northern Ireland | |
Major settlements | Lisburn |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance) |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | South Antrim, Belfast South, North Down and South Down [1] |
Lagan Valley is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
The constituency had always returned unionist MPs from its creation until 2019, However it returned Sorcha Eastwood of the Alliance Party in the 2024 election. [2]
1983–1997: The District of Lisburn, and the District of Castlereagh ward of Carryduff.
1997–2010: The District of Lisburn wards of Ballinderry, Ballymacash, Ballymacbrennan, Ballymacoss, Blaris, Derryaghy, Dromara, Drumbo, Dunmurry, Glenavy, Harmony Hill, Hilden, Hillhall, Hillsborough, Knockmore, Lagan Valley, Lambeg, Lisnagarvey, Maghaberry, Magheralave, Maze, Moira, Old Warren, Seymour Hill, Tonagh, and Wallace Park, and the District of Banbridge wards of Dromore North, Dromore South, Gransha, and Quilly.
2010–present: The City of Lisburn wards of Ballinderry, Ballymacash, Ballymacbrennan, Ballymacoss, Blaris, Dromara, Drumbo, Harmony Hill, Hilden, Hillhall, Hillsborough, Knockmore, Lagan Valley, Lambeg, Lisnagarvey, Maghaberry, Magheralave, Maze, Moira, Old Warren, Seymour Hill, Tonagh, Wallace Park, and part of Derryaghy; the District of Banbridge wards of Dromore North, Dromore South, Gransha, and Quilly and the Ballynahatty and Edenderry parts of the Belvoir ward of the City of Belfast.
The seat was created in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of South Antrim and North Down. In their original proposals, in January 1980, the boundary commission proposed calling it 'Lagan'. In further revisions in 1995 it lost some areas to both Belfast West and Strangford. Currently the constituency contains most of Lisburn district and part of Banbridge district.
Following their review of all parliamentary seats in Northern Ireland prior to the 2010 United Kingdom general election the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland made alterations to Lagan Valley. In an unprecedented decision, passed by Parliament through the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order, [3] one electoral ward was split between two constituencies. This followed concerns in Derriaghy about being moved into the neighbouring but republican West Belfast seat.
In time for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland has recommended minor alterations to Lagan Valley, including splitting the wards of Donaghcloney, and Gransha [4]
For the history of the equivalent constituencies prior to 1950 please see Antrim (UK Parliament constituency) and Down (UK Parliament constituency) and from 1950 until 1983, please see South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency) and North Down.
The Member of Parliament since 1997 was Sir Jeffrey Donaldson who was elected as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party but switched to the Democratic Unionist Party in 2004. He succeeded James Molyneaux who had represented the seat for the UUP since the 1983 general election and previously sat for the old South Antrim constituency which covered much of the same area. Donaldson was elected Leader of the DUP in June 2021, but resigned the leadership in March 2024.
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir James Molyneaux | Ulster Unionist | |
1997 | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson | ||
2004 | Democratic Unionist | ||
2024 | Independent Unionist [6] | ||
2024 | Sorcha Eastwood | Alliance |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | 18,618 | 37.9 | +10.8 | |
DUP | Jonathan Buckley | 15,659 | 31.9 | -11.5 | |
UUP | Robbie Butler | 11,157 | 22.7 | +4.2 | |
TUV | Lorna Smyth | 2,186 | 4.5 | New | |
SDLP | Simon Lee | 1,028 | 2.1 | -2.0 | |
Green (NI) | Patricia Denvir | 433 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,959 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 49,081 | 60.0 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 82,201 | ||||
Alliance gain from DUP | Swing | +11.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 19,586 | 43.1 | ―16.5 | |
Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | 13,087 | 28.8 | +17.7 | |
UUP | Robbie Butler | 8,606 | 19.0 | +2.2 | |
SDLP | Ally Haydock | 1,758 | 3.9 | ―3.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Gary McCleave | 1,098 | 2.4 | ―1.1 | |
NI Conservatives | Gary Hynds | 955 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Alan Love | 315 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,499 | 14.3 | ―28.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,405 | 60.0 | ―2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 75,675 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―17.1 | |||
This seat saw a swing towards the Alliance Party of over 17%, and the largest decrease in vote share for the DUP at the 2019 general election. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 26,762 | 59.6 | +11.7 | |
UUP | Robbie Butler | 7,533 | 16.8 | +1.6 | |
Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 4,996 | 11.1 | ―2.8 | |
SDLP | Pat Catney | 3,384 | 7.5 | +1.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Jacqui Russell | 1,567 | 3.5 | +0.6 | |
NI Conservatives | Ian Nickels | 462 | 1.0 | ―0.6 | |
Independent | Jonny Orr | 222 | 0.5 | ―1.4 | |
Majority | 19,229 | 42.8 | +10.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,044 | 62.2 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 72,380 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 19,055 | 47.9 | ―1.9 | |
UUP | Alexander Redpath | 6,055 | 15.2 | ―5.9 | |
Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 5,544 | 13.9 | +2.5 | |
SDLP | Pat Catney | 2,500 | 6.3 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Love | 2,200 | 5.5 | New | |
TUV | Samuel Morrison | 1,887 | 4.7 | ―3.9 | |
Sinn Féin | Jacqui McGeough | 1,144 | 2.9 | ―1.1 | |
Independent | Jonny Orr | 756 | 1.9 | New | |
NI Conservatives | Helen Osborne | 654 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,000 | 32.7 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,795 | 55.9 | ―0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 71,152 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 18,199 | 49.8 | ―8.5 | |
UCU-NF | Daphne Trimble | 7,713 | 21.1 | ―1.8 | |
Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 4,174 | 11.4 | +0.5 | |
TUV | Keith Harbinson | 3,154 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
SDLP | Brian Heading | 1,835 | 5.0 | ―1.1 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 1,465 | 4.0 | ―3.5 | |
Majority | 10,486 | 28.7 | ―4.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,540 | 56.0 | ―4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 65,257 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 23,289 | 54.7 | +41.3 | |
UUP | Basil McCrea | 9,172 | 21.5 | ―35.0 | |
Alliance | Seamus Close | 4,316 | 10.1 | ―6.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 3,197 | 7.5 | +1.6 | |
SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 2,598 | 6.1 | ―1.4 | |
Majority | 14,117 | 33.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,572 | 60.2 | ―3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 70,238 | ||||
DUP gain from UUP | Swing | +38.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 25,966 | 56.5 | +1.1 | |
Alliance | Seamus Close | 7,624 | 16.6 | ―0.6 | |
DUP | Edwin Poots | 6,164 | 13.4 | ―0.2 | |
SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 3,462 | 7.5 | ―0.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 2,725 | 5.9 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 18,342 | 39.9 | ―1.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,941 | 63.2 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 72,671 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 24,560 | 55.4 | −5.4 | |
Alliance | Seamus Close | 7,635 | 17.2 | +4.5 | |
DUP | Edwin Poots | 6,005 | 13.6 | New | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 3,436 | 7.8 | −1.7 | |
NI Conservatives | Stuart E. Sexton | 1,212 | 2.7 | −6.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 1,110 | 2.5 | +0.4 | |
Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 203 | 0.5 | −0.7 | |
Natural Law | Hugh Finlay | 149 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 16,925 | 38.2 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,310 | 62.1 | -5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 71,341 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | −8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 29,772 | 60.8 | −9.2 | |
Alliance | Seamus Close | 6,207 | 12.7 | −1.1 | |
SDLP | Hugh Lewsley | 4,626 | 9.5 | +2.6 | |
NI Conservatives | Timothy R. Coleridge | 4,423 | 9.0 | New | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Joseph Rice | 3,346 | 6.8 | +0.4 | |
Workers' Party | Ann Marie Lowry | 582 | 1.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 23,565 | 48.1 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,956 | 67.3 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 72,645 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 29,101 | 70.0 | +10.8 | |
Alliance | Seamus Close | 5,728 | 13.8 | +2.5 | |
SDLP | Billy McDonnell | 2,888 | 6.9 | +0.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Joseph Rice | 2,656 | 6.4 | +2.1 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 1,215 | 2.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 23,373 | 56.2 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,588 | 64.4 | ―3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 64,873 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 32,514 | 90.7 | +31.5 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 3,328 | 9.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 29,186 | 81.4 | +39.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,842 | 57.8 | ―9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 63,244 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 24,017 | 59.2 | ||
DUP | William John Beattie | 6,801 | 16.8 | ||
Alliance | Seamus Close | 4,593 | 11.3 | ||
SDLP | Cormac Joseph Boomer | 2,603 | 6.4 | ||
Sinn Féin | Richard McAuley | 1,751 | 4.3 | ||
Workers' Party | Gerard Loughlin | 809 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 17,216 | 42.4 | |||
Turnout | 40,574 | 67.6 | |||
Registered electors | 60,051 | ||||
UUP win (new seat) |
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