Strangford (Assembly constituency)

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Strangford
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary constituency
StrangfordConstituency.svg
Strangford shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created 1996
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
Districts Ards and North Down Borough Council
Boundaries Strangford (Assembly constituency)

Strangford 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 before 1996, the constituency was largely part of the North Down constituency with smaller sections being added from Belfast East constituency and Belfast South constituency. From 1997 until 2024, it shared boundaries with the Strangford UK Parliament constituency until the Parliamentary constituency's boundaries changed for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

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

Members

ElectionMLA
(party)		MLA
(party)		MLA
(party)		MLA
(party)		MLA
(party)		MLA
(party)
1996 Kieran McCarthy
(Alliance Party)		 Tom Benson
(UUP)		 Jim Shannon
(DUP)		 John Taylor
(UUP)		 Iris Robinson
(DUP)		5 seats
1996–1998
1998 Cedric Wilson
(UKUP)
January 2001
co-option 		Tom Hamilton
(UUP)
2003 David McNarry
(UUP/UKIP)		 George Ennis
(DUP)
2007 Simon Hamilton
(DUP)		 Michelle McIlveen
(DUP)
January 2010
co-option 		Jonathan Bell
(DUP)
August 2010
co-option 		Simpson Gibson
(DUP)
2011 Mike Nesbitt
(UUP)
October 2012
defection
2016 Kellie Armstrong
(Alliance Party)		 Philip Smith
(UUP)
2017 5 seats
2017–present		 Peter Weir
(DUP)
September 2019
co-option 		Harry Harvey
(DUP)
2022 Nick Mathison
(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: Strangford – 5 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Alliance Kellie Armstrong 17.17%7,015        
DUP Michelle McIlveen 16.15%6,6016,643 6,645 6,779 8,344    
DUP Harry Harvey 11.51%4,7044,728 4,737 4,788 6,140 7,488   
UUP Mike Nesbitt 9.04%3,6933,763 3,775 5,822 6,034 6,124 6,471 6,478 6,707
Alliance Nick Mathison 6.91%2,8223,279 3,568 3,670 3,697 3,707 3,735 3,842 6,174
TUV Stephen Cooper12.69%5,1865,233 5,240 5,327 5,502 5,570 5,866 5,868 5,924
SDLP Conor Houston5.97%2,4402,563 3,715 3,759 3,772 3,778 3,781 3,802  
DUP Peter Weir 8.12%3,3133,330 3,335 3,392      
UUP Philip Smith 6.20%2,5352,556 2,567       
Sinn Féin Róisé McGivern3.93%1,6071,644        
Green (NI) Maurice Macartney2.03%831        
Ind. Unionist Ben King0.29%118        
Electorate: 70,775  Valid: 40,865 (57.74%)  Spoilt: 480  Quota: 6,811  Turnout: 41,345 (58.42%)  

    2017

    2017 Assembly election: Strangford – 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    Alliance Kellie Armstrong 14.99%5,8135,845 6,372 6,610       
    DUP Simon Hamilton 16.04%6,2216,234 6,259 6,262 6,531      
    DUP Michelle McIlveen 14.77%5,7285,737 5,746 5,747 5,963 5,963.75 6,013.25 6,330 6,762  
    UUP Mike Nesbitt 13.72%5,3235,362 5,419 5,432 5,644 5,653 5,657 6,112 6,540  
    DUP Peter Weir 9.13%3,5433,552 3,556 3,556 3,636 3,636 3,639.5 3,877.75 4,191.25 5,101.5 5,392.38
    SDLP Joe Boyle7.85%3,0453,049 3,120 3,878 3,900 4,020.75 4,021 4,115 4,229.25 5,163.25 5,167.09
    UUP Philip Smith 6.32%2,4532,480 2,507 2,507 2,648 2,648 2,651 2,800 3,079.25   
    Independent Jimmy Menagh4.19%1,6271,634 1,683 1,689 1,842 1,845 1,846.5 2,189.75    
    Independent Jonathan Bell 3.81%1,4791,489 1,549 1,578 1,782 1,791.75 1,794     
    TUV Stephen Cooper3.43%1,3301,350 1,370 1,373        
    Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy2.86%1,1101,110 1,129         
    Green (NI) Ricky Bamford2.37%918930          
    NI Conservatives Scott Benton 0.50%195          
    Electorate: 64,393  Valid: 38,785 (60.23%)  Spoilt: 454  Quota: 6,465  Turnout: 39,239 (60.94%)  

      2016

      2016 Assembly election: Strangford – 6 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      UUP Mike Nesbitt 14.32%4,673         
      DUP Michelle McIlveen 14.29%4,663         
      DUP Jonathan Bell 10.40%3,3933,411 3,416 3,517 3,540 3,774 5,164   
      DUP Simon Hamilton 12.14%3,9643,994 3,996 4,099 4,129 4,468 4,983   
      Alliance Kellie Armstrong 10.72%3,4993,563 3,656 3,720 4,313 4,368 4,393 4,412.84 4,643.46 4,662.46
      UUP Philip Smith 5.19%1,6941,805 1,805 1,905 1,963 2,335 2,475 2,904.04 3,676.88 3,957.88
      SDLP Joe Boyle8.35%2,7242,738 3,152 3,176 3,276 3,293 3,311 3,320.3 3,367.92 3,387.92
      Independent Jimmy Menagh5.64%1,8401,898 1,905 1,972 2,048 2,249 2,276 2,312.58   
      DUP Harry Harvey 6.18%2,0172,031 2,033 2,067 2,072 2,226     
      TUV Stephen Cooper4.31%1,4071,418 1,419 1,590 1,606      
      Green (NI) Georgia Grainger2.83%924946 993 1,043       
      UKIP Stephen Crosby2.33%759796 807        
      Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy2.03%661662         
      NI Conservatives Bill McKendry0.96%314         
      Independent Rab McCartney0.33%107         
      Electorate: 65,695  Valid: 32,639 (49.68%)  Spoilt: 375  Quota: 4,663  Turnout: 33,014 (50.25%)  

        2011

        2011 Assembly election: Strangford – 6 seats [4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        DUP Michelle McIlveen 15.41%4,573     
        Alliance Kieran McCarthy 14.44%4,284     
        DUP Jonathan Bell 14.38%4,265     
        DUP Simon Hamilton 11.65%3,4563,672.58 3,778.93 3,960.4 5,745.4 
        UUP Mike Nesbitt 11.03%3,2733,286.93 3,371.93 3,595.28 3,780.92 4,069.92
        UUP David McNarry 9.35%2,7732,790.01 2,875.29 3,076.43 3,259.88 3,766.88
        SDLP Joe Boyle8.51%2,5252,527.03 2,579.03 3,245.24 3,281.36 3,308.36
        DUP Billy Walker7.33%2,1752,231.49 2,282.84 2,449.33   
        TUV Terry Williams2.83%841844.01 963.01    
        Sinn Féin Mickey Coogan3.04%902902.28 913.28    
        UKIP Cecil Andrews2.03%601     
        Electorate: 62,178  Valid: 29,668 (47.71%)  Spoilt: 518  Quota: 4,239  Turnout: 30,186 (48.55%)  

          2007

          2007 Assembly election: Strangford – 6 seats [5]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910111213
          DUP Iris Robinson 16.43%5,917            
          DUP Jim Shannon 13.29%4,7885,013.68 5,085.46 5,119.59 5,138.02 5,178.02       
          Alliance Kieran McCarthy 11.34%4,0854,095.92 4,110.31 4,206.57 4,255.09 4,418.48 4,540.74 4,689.74 5,206.74    
          UUP David McNarry 10.30%3,7093,737.08 3,754.08 3,842.08 4,110.6 4,204.12 4,356.51 4,360.51 4,469.29 6,036.29   
          DUP Simon Hamilton 10.80%3,8893,959.85 3,975.85 4,002.37 4,026.32 4,059.36 4,284.79 4,286.79 4,359.83 4,663.73 4,982.73 4,986.73 4,997.73
          DUP Michelle McIlveen 9.63%3,4683,858.91 3,887.69 3,903.95 3,932.99 4,002.37 4,148.06 4,149.06 4,215.23 4,377.39 4,560.39 4,568.39 4,579.39
          SDLP Joe Boyle8.52%3,0683,068.78 3,071.78 3,082.78 3,096.04 3,122.3 3,132.3 3,937.43 4,088.56 4,294.34 4,512.34 4,547.34 4,548.34
          UUP Angus Carson5.91%2,1282,138.27 2,157.66 2,207.79 2,487.22 2,571.74 2,723.26 2,733.26 2,818.65     
          Green (NI) Stephanie Sim2.41%868871.64 887.77 942.16 951.16 1,092.55 1,166.81 1,251.81      
          Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy3.02%1,0891,089.13 1,089.13 1,090.13 1,095.13 1,099.13 1,099.13       
          UK Unionist George Ennis 2.42%872876.16 953.68 987.94 998.2 1,039.33        
          Independent Martin Gregg1.80%650657.15 676.28 724.28 733.28         
          UUP Michael Henderson1.87%675682.67 686.67 719.67          
          NI Conservatives Robert Little1.41%508509.95 518.08           
          Ind. Unionist Cedric Wilson 0.85%305308.77            
          Electorate: 66,648  Valid: 36,019 (54.04%)  Spoilt: 321  Quota: 5,146  Turnout: 36,340 (54.53%)  

            2003

            2003 Assembly election: Strangford – 6 seats [6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567891011
            DUP Iris Robinson 22.95%8,548          
            UUP John Taylor 15.19%5,658          
            DUP George Ennis 12.37%4,6066,138.54         
            DUP Jim Shannon 12.63%4,7036,105.67         
            UUP David McNarry 8.05%3,0003,055.5 3,169.46 3,304.1 3,394.34 3,413.81 3,449.14 3,589.01 3,884.5 5,610.5 
            Alliance Kieran McCarthy 7.36%2,7412,763.57 2,791.32 2,835.87 2,847.03 2,968.36 3,146.42 3,211.03 3,612.93 4,232.62 4,451.48
            SDLP Joe Boyle7.80%2,9062,909.33 2,910.07 2,916.01 2,920.69 2,990.39 3,047.13 3,072.1 3,950.67 4,093.71 4,160.05
            UUP Bob Little5.70%2,1232,172.21 2,372.01 2,594.76 2,813.28 2,834.38 2,893.98 3,063.46 3,377.83   
            Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy2.97%1,1051,106.11 1,107.59 1,110.89 1,111.61 1,172.61 1,186.35 1,189.05    
            NI Unionist Cedric Wilson 1.55%576618.55 983.74 1,265.89 1,269.67 1,277.54 1,314.82 1,425.63    
            PUP Colin Neill1.45%540558.87 620.29 668.8 672.16 676.01 697.1     
            Green (NI) Philip Orr1.14%425437.58 461.63 482.75 483.77 501.97      
            Independent Danny McCarthy0.86%319320.48 335.65 349.51 351.61       
            Electorate: 66,308  Valid: 37,250 (56.18%)  Spoilt: 588  Quota: 5,322  Turnout: 37,838 (57.06%)  

              1998

              1998 Assembly election: Strangford – 6 seats [7]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789101112131415161718
              DUP Iris Robinson 22.08%9,479                 
              UUP John Taylor 21.44%9,203                 
              UUP Tom Benson 3.78%1,6231,638.75 2,222.19 2,222.19 2,231.52 2,240.52 2,257.2 2,297.84 2,319.76 2,545.66 3,010 3,072.33 3,252.96 3,257.99 4,599.04 4,719.41 6,327.41 
              Alliance Kieran McCarthy 6.87%2,9472,953.65 3,043.41 3,043.41 3,076.41 3,131.76 3,159.76 3,184.09 3,259.79 3,307.09 3,353.93 3,366.71 3,546.30 3,661.29 3,796.85 6,095.15 6,202.15 
              DUP Jim Shannon 3.30%1,4153,682.3 3,742.03 3,743.03 3,750.08 3,755.08 3,777.87 3,795.62 3,827.21 3,971.23 3,995.87 5,141.05 5,267.1 5,271.45 5,403.97 5,435.41 5,862.79 5,932.54
              UK Unionist Cedric Wilson 7.17%3,0783,350.65 3,502.78 3,506.44 3,513.12 3,521.47 3,540.49 3,573.14 3,593.55 3,699.24 3,740.23 3,871.12 3,978.89 3,981.59 4,141.92 4,178.61 4,720.04 4,804.04
              SDLP Danny McCarthy4.62%1,9821,985.85 2,001.36 2,001.36 2,004.36 2,014.36 2,020.69 2,027.37 2,364.06 2,376.71 2,385.03 2,393.41 2,430.42 4,282.09 4,315.01 4,439.28 4,609.97 4,644.97
              Ind. Unionist John Beattie5.24%2,2472,280.95 2,682.89 2,685.22 2,686.55 2,698.89 2,706.59 2,753.97 2,783.64 2,880.32 3,081.28 3,171.91 3,422.55 3,438.2 3,965.4 4,087.26   
              Alliance Peter Osborne5.29%2,2692,276 2,391.5 2,394.5 2,434.82 2,465.82 2,480.82 2,495.8 2,513.81 2,556.11 2,604.2 2,615.69 2,783.24 2,850.88 2,982.86    
              UUP David McNarry 2.50%1,0731,103.8 1,947.61 1,948.94 1,962.3 1,969.3 1,978.28 1,994.93 2,042.56 2,138.23 2,431.45 2,477.3 2,771.54 2,782.21     
              SDLP Brian Hanvey4.39%1,8831,884.4 1,891.66 1,892.66 1,898.99 1,914.34 1,916.34 1,920.34 2,092 2,097.35 2,107.99 2,108.34 2,124.69      
              PUP Ricky Johnston3.13%1,3421,362.3 1,428.63 1,429.63 1,446.64 1,458.64 1,468.63 1,477.33 1,593.42 1,662.44 1,715.34 1,778.87       
              DUP Tommy Jeffers2.35%1,0071,544.95 1,564.75 1,564.75 1,568.5 1,570.85 1,580.26 1,593.62 1,624.06 1,677.28 1,713.68        
              UUP Tom Hamilton 1.43%615628.3 1,094.26 1,095.59 1,101.24 1,109.24 1,119.91 1,146.92 1,184.78 1,316.63         
              Ind. Unionist Wilbert McGill2.22%951975.15 1,060.95 1,060.95 1,068.63 1,075.98 1,125.33 1,147 1,167.36          
              Sinn Féin Paddy McGreevy1.43%614614 614.33 614.33 615.66 618.66 619.99 619.99           
              Ulster Democratic Blakely McNally0.75%322348.25 391.81 391.81 393.14 394.14 400.19 410.52           
              NI Conservatives Thomas Beattie0.61%263270.7 292.15 292.15 298.15 302.15 312.48            
              Independent Nancy Orr0.47%201210.1 223.63 223.63 235.96 255.31             
              Green (NI) Andrew Frew0.47%200203.15 204.14 217.14 233.14              
              Labour Party NI Jonathan Stewart0.42%181186.95 195.86 196.86               
              Natural Law Sarah Mullins0.06%2727 28.65                
              Electorate: 70,868  Valid: 42,922 (60.57%)  Spoilt: 729  Quota: 6,132  Turnout: 43,651 (61.59%)  

                1996 forum

                Successful candidates are shown in bold. [8]

                PartyCandidatesVotesPercentage
                UUP John Taylor
                Tom Benson
                William Biggerstaff
                Jack Beattie                		12,54731.3
                DUP Iris Robinson
                Jim Shannon
                Sandy Geddis
                William Morrison                		11,58428.9
                Alliance Kieran McCarthy
                Geraldine Rice
                Kathleen Coulter
                Jim McBriar
                Alan McDowell                		4,61411.6
                UK Unionist Cedric Wilson
                Elizabeth Roche                		3,1127.8
                SDLP John Moffat
                Joanne Murphy                		2,9277.3
                PUP Georgina McCrory
                Alfred McCrory                		2,0175.0
                Ulster Democratic James McCurrie
                Blakely McNally                		1,0802.7
                Sinn Féin Garret O'Fachtna
                Patrick McGreevy                		7091.8
                NI Women's Coalition Donna Davis
                Victoria Moore
                Gerry Gribben
                Miriam Titterton                		4101.0
                NI Conservatives Thomas Beattie
                Duncan Shipley-Dalton                 		3800.9
                Green (NI) David Langley
                Robert Huey
                Sue Miles                		2130.5
                Labour coalition Andrew Snoddy
                Stephen Baker                		2020.5
                Workers' Party Tom Devlin
                Colum Feenan                		730.2
                Independent VoiceEdward Philips
                Trevor Richards                		660.2
                Ulster Independence Joyce Cowden
                Francis Hynds                		570.1
                Democratic Left Deidre Dunphy
                Imelda Hynds                		530.1
                Independent Chambers Pearl Brown
                Heather Magowan                		130.0
                Natural Law Christine Bowen
                Lewis Walch                		130.0

                References

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                2. ↑ "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
                3. ↑ "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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                5. ↑ "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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                8. ↑ 1996 Candidates – Strangford Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Northern Ireland Elections
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