Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)
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| Mid Ulster Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency |
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| Mid Ulster shown within Northern Ireland | |
| First Used: | 1973 |
| Assembly Members: | Billy Armstrong Ian McCrea Patsy McGlone Martin McGuinness Francie Molloy Michelle O'Neill |
| Districts: | Cookstown, Magherafelt, Dungannon and South Tyrone |
Mid Ulster is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. 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 as 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.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency).
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[edit] Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:
- Billy Armstrong — Ulster Unionist Party
- Ian McCrea — Democratic Unionist Party
- Patsy McGlone — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Martin McGuinness — Sinn Fein
- Francie Molloy — Sinn Fein
- Michelle O'Neill — Sinn Fein
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
- Billy Armstrong — Ulster Unionist Party
- Geraldine Dougan — Sinn Fein
- William McCrea — Democratic Unionist Party
- Patsy McGlone — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Martin McGuinness — Sinn Fein
- Francie Molloy — Sinn Fein
- Changes Francis Molloy was suspended from Sinn Féin on November 23, 2005 following disagreements about reforms of local government. [1]
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
- Billy Armstrong — Ulster Unionist Party
- Denis Haughey — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- John Kelly — Sinn Fein
- William McCrea — Democratic Unionist Party
- Martin McGuinness — Sinn Fein
- Francie Molloy — Sinn Fein
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Mid Ulster. They were as follows:
- John Junkin — Ulster Unionist Party
- Patsy McGlone — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- William McCrea — Democratic Unionist Party
- Patrick Groogan — Sinn Fein
- Francie Molloy — Sinn Fein
In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. Mid Ulster elected 6 members as follows:
- Denis Haughey — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Alan Kane — Democratic Unionist Party
- William McCrea — Democratic Unionist Party
- Mary McSorley — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Danny Morrison — Sinn Fein
- William Thompson — Ulster Unionist Party
In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from Mid Ulster were:
- Ivan Cooper — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Paddy Duffy — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Robert Overend — Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
- Richard Reid — Democratic Unionist Party
- Francis Thompson — Ulster Unionist Party
- William Thompson — Ulster Unionist Party
In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from Mid Ulster were:
- Ivan Cooper — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Paddy Duffy — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- John Dunlop — Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
- Aidan Larkan — Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Thomas Pollock — Ulster Unionist Party (pro Sunningdale)
- William Thompson — Ulster Unionist Party (anti Sunningdale)
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2007
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 8,065 | Elected | 1 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Ian McCrea | 7,608 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy | 6,597 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michelle O'Neill | 6,432 | Elected | 1 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Patsy McGlone | 4,976 | Elected | 5 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Armstrong | 4,781 | Elected | 7 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Kate Lagan | 2,759 | Not elected | 7 | |
| UK Unionist | Walter Millar | 1,210 | Not elected | 5 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Anne Forde | 1,021 | Not elected | 4 | |
| (Republican Sinn Féin) | Brendan McLoughlin | 437 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Alliance (NI) | Margaret Marshall | 221 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Independent | Harry Hutchinson | 170 | Not elected | 4 | |
[edit] 2003
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Democratic Unionist | William McCrea | 8,211 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 8,128 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine Dougan | 5,827 | Elected | 4 | |
| Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy | 5,255 | Elected | 3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Armstrong | 4,323 | Elected | 7 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Patsy McGlone | 4,295 | Elected | 8 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Denis Haughey | 3,843 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Trevor Wilson | 2,071 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Alan Millar | 1,029 | Not elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Cora Groogan | 984 | Not elected | ||
| Workers Party | Frances Donnelly | 230 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance (NI) | James Holmes | 166 | Not elected | ||
[edit] 1998
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
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| Democratic Unionist | William McCrea | 10,339 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 8,703 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Denis Haughey | 6,410 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy | 6,008 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | John Kelly | 5,594 | Elected | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Patsy McGlone | 4,666 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Armstrong | 4,498 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Junkin | 2,440 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance (NI) | Yvonne Boyle | 497 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Paul McLean | 307 | Not elected | ||
| Workers Party | Frances Donnelly | 207 | Not elected | ||
| Socialist Party | Harry Hutchinson | 91 | Not elected | ||
| Natural Law | Mary Daly | 38 | Not elected | ||
