Foyle (Assembly constituency)

Foyle (Irish: An Feabhal, Ulster Scots: Foyle) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Foyle
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency
Foyle shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Martina Anderson (SF)      Mark H. Durkan (SDLP)      Sinead McLaughlin (SDLP)      Karen Mullan (SF)      Gary Middleton (DUP)
Districts	Derry and Strabane District Council
EP constituency	Northern Ireland

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 Londonderry constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Foyle UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1996		Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin)		Mitchel McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)		John Tierney (SDLP)		Mark Durkan (SDLP)		John Hume (SDLP)	5 seats 1996-1998
1998		Mary Nelis (Sinn Féin)										William Hay (DUP)
December 2000 co-option										Annie Courtney (SDLP)
2003						Pat Ramsey (SDLP)				Mary Bradley (SDLP)
July 2004 co-option		Raymond McCartney (Sinn Féin)
2007				Martina Anderson (Sinn Féin)
November 2010 co-option								Pól Callaghan (SDLP)
2011								Mark H. Durkan (SDLP)		Colum Eastwood (SDLP)
June 2012 co-option				Maeve McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)
October 2014 co-option												Maurice Devenney (DUP)
April 2015 co-option												Gary Middleton (DUP)
December 2015 co-option						Gerard Diver (SDLP)
2016				Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin)		Eamonn McCann (PBP)
2017				Elisha McCallion (Sinn Féin)	5 seats 2017-present
June 2017 co-option				Karen Mullan (Sinn Féin)
January 2020 co-option										Sinead McLaughlin (SDLP)
February 2020 co-option		Martina Anderson (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

Northern Ireland Assembly

2017

2017 Assembly election: Foyle - 5 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Sinn Féin	Elisha McCallion	20.6	9,205
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney	16.0	7,145	8,608.76
	SDLP	Colum Eastwood	16.2	7,240	7,332.53	7,595.30
	SDLP	Mark H. Durkan	15.6	6,948	7,023.05	7,275.56	7,380.68	8,413.68
	DUP	Gary Middleton	13.4	5,975	5,975	5,976.71	6,008.09	6,902.37	7,036.37
	People Before Profit	Eamonn McCann	10.7	4,760	4,850.63	5,086.80	5,291.63	5,922.16	6,373.16
	UUP	Julia Kee	3.7	1,660	1,661.52	1,668.93	1,704.50
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	2.5	1,124	1,132.93	1,179.67	1,295.22
	Green (NI)	Shannon Downey	0.5	242	244.09	264.42
	CISTA	John Lindsay	0.4	196	199.61	225.45
	NI Conservatives	Stuart Canning	0.2	77	77.19	78.90
	Independent	Arthur McGuinness	0.1	44	44.57	56.35
Electorate: 69,718   Valid: 44,616   Spoilt: 701 (1.55%)   Quota: 7,437   Turnout: 65.00% (45,317)

2016

2016 Assembly election: Foyle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	DUP	Gary Middleton	11.9	4,737	4,770	4,772	6,641
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney	8.1	3,198	3,220	3,270	3,271	3,274	5,676
	SDLP	Mark H. Durkan	10.6	4,197	4,268	4,395	4,527	4,744	4,801	6,905
	SDLP	Colum Eastwood	12.6	5,000	5,069	5,111	5,217	5,376	5,401	5,804
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	12.7	5,037	5,070	5,168	5,175	5,176	5,656	5,712
	People Before Profit	Eamonn McCann	10.5	4,176	4,354	4,551	4,635	4,720	4,779	4,927	5,394
	Independent	Dr. Anne McCloskey	8.6	3,410	3,484	3,683	3,754	3,832	3,886	3,974	4,227
	SDLP	Gerard Diver	6.8	2,700	2,743	2,797	2,974	3,239	3,249
	Sinn Féin	Maeve McLaughlin	7.7	3,062	3,072	3,114	3,114	3,114
	UUP	Julia Kee	3.6	1,420	1,477	1,484
	Independent	Maurice Devenney	3.0	1,173	1,190	1,213
	Independent	Kathleen Bradley	2.3	902	928
	CISTA	John Lindsay	0.7	259
	Alliance	Chris McCaw	0.6	238
	Green (NI)	Mary Hassan	0.4	157
	NI Conservatives	Alan Dunlop	0.1	36
Electorate: 71,759   Valid: 39,702   Spoilt: 485 (1.21%)   Quota: 5,672   Turnout: 58.00%

2011

2011 Assembly election: Foyle – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	DUP	William Hay	18.4	7,154
	Sinn Féin	Martina Anderson	17.9	6,950
	SDLP	Mark H. Durkan	12.8	4,970	5,832	5,484	5,794
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney	9.4	3,638	3,642	3,904	4,044	4,102	4,116	6,245
	SDLP	Colum Eastwood	7.6	2,967	3,069	3,101	3,403	5,377	5,501	5,563
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	8.1	3,138	3,683	3,717	4,089	4,554	4,626	4,876
	People Before Profit	Eamonn McCann	8.0	3,120	3,209	3,255	3,587	3,698	3,720	3,916
	Sinn Féin	Paul Fleming	6.7	2,612	2,616	3,434	3,503	3,607	3,615
	SDLP	Pól Callaghan	6.8	2,624	2,691	2,730	2,891
	Independent	Paul McFadden	3.3	1,280	1,336	1,353
	Alliance	Keith McGrellis	0.9	334	621	621
	Independent	Terry Doherty	0.2	60	79	82
Electorate: 68,663   Valid: 38,847   Spoilt: 839 (2.11)   Quota: 5,550   Turnout: 57.80

2007

2007 Assembly election: Foyle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	DUP	William Hay	17.0	6,960
	SDLP	Mark Durkan	15.6	6,401
	Sinn Féin	Martina Anderson	13.2	5,414	5,415.28	5,448.60	5,461.96	5,611.04	5,972.04
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney	10.5	4,321	4,325.48	4,341.48	4,358.92	4,565.08	4,871.36	4,883.40	7,275.40
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	7.9	3,242	3,279.44	3,356.04	3,458.44	3,617.24	4,018.84	4,826.28	5,049.64	5,367.64	5,395.99
	SDLP	Mary Bradley	7.0	2,891	2,900.92	2,984.08	3,101.68	3,223.08	3,582.88	3,920.92	4,088.64	4,375.64	4,418.57
	SDLP	Helen Quigley	6.5	2,648	2,660.80	2,752.12	2,963.32	3,154.36	3,520.20	3,949.08	4,072.60	4,277.60	4,314.05
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming	7.1	2,914	2,914.96	2,938.12	2,951.32	3,036.40	3,231.20	3,240.24
	UUP	Peter Munce	4.3	1,775	2,691.32	2,853.36	2,861.52	2,862.68	2,920.56
	Socialist Environmental	Eamonn McCann	5.0	2,045	2,053.32	2,167.80	2,187.40	2,775.04
	Independent Republican	Peggy O'Hara	4.4	1,789	1,789.48	1,808.48	1,811.68
	Green (NI)	Adele Corry	0.9	359	365.56
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	0.5	224	231.52
	Independent Unionist	Willie Frazer	0.2	73	99.72
Electorate: 64,889   Valid: 41,036   Spoilt: 419 (1.01%)   Quota: 5,863   Turnout: 41,455 (63.9)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Foyle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SDLP	Mark Durkan	16.7	6,806
	DUP	William Hay	15.0	6,101
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin	14.8	6,036
	SDLP	Mary Bradley	8.2	3,345	3,599.24	3,600.44	3,603.32	3,830.75	4,758.76	5,256.63	5,930.63
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	6.9	2,826	3,166.62	3,169.02	3,173.88	3,334.15	4,178.08	4,679.06	5,697.56	5,764.20
	Sinn Féin	Mary Nelis	8.6	3,499	3,534.70	3,534.94	3,642.61	3,726.27	3,784.01	4,338.24	4,350.99	4,351.27
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney	9.0	3,679	3,701.12	3,701.24	3,754.25	3,818.43	3,882.87	4,324.40	4,341.40	4,342.80
	UUP	Mary Hamilton	8.1	3,322	3,332.50	3,536.82	3,536.94	3,720.32	3,750.22	3,805.01
	Socialist Environmental	Eamonn McCann	5.5	2,257	2,288.64	2,289.68	2,294.51	2,488.09	2,586.03
	SDLP	Gerard Diver	4.3	1,769	1,978.30	1,979.94	1,982.43	2,152.55
	Independent	Annie Courtney	2.0	802	835.18	843.26	845.57
	Alliance	Alan Castle	0.6	227	231.62	233.14	233.26
	Independent	Danny McBrearty	0.3	137	140.64	141.16	141.55
Electorate: 65,303   Valid: 40,806   Spoilt: 630   Quota: 5,830   Turnout: 41,436 (63.5)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Foyle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SDLP	John Hume	25.4	12,581
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin	10.8	5,341	5,867.50	5,977	6,007.90	7,042.90
	SDLP	Mark Durkan	8.9	4,423	6,403	6,523.40	6,812.90	6,873.65	6,979.90
	SDLP	John Tierney	7.6	3,778	5,295.40	5,349.65	5,457.20	5,494.60	5,600.60	7,812.60
	Sinn Féin	Mary Nelis	7.0	3,464	3,592.25	3,643.20	3,659.35	3,838.30	6,210.20	6,593.85	7,171.85
	DUP	William Hay	12.3	6,112	6,128.20	6,240.45	6,293.80	6,295.80	6,296.80	6,315.25	6,322.25
	UUP	Jack Allen	9.4	4,669	4,714.90	4,920.05	5,353.70	5,354.60	5,355.60	5,501.25	5,698.25
	SDLP	Annie Courtney	5.1	2,560	3,442.00	3,517.55	3,760.95	3,813.30	3,843.05
	Sinn Féin	Gearóid Ó Heára	5.1	2,531	2,608.40	2,638.10	2,654.90	2,733.55
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming	2.7	1,360	1,460.80	1,518.55	1,530.80
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	2.1	1,058	1,200.65	1,347.35
	Labour Party NI	Ken Adams	0.7	345	403.95
	PUP	Brian Gurney	0.6	287	305
	Green (NI)	Peter MacKenzie	0.5	253	294.85
	Natural Law	Donn Brennan	0.1	32	36.50
Electorate: 68,888   Valid: 48,794   Spoilt: 810   Quota: 6,971   Turnout: 49,604 (72.0)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	SDLP	John Hume Mark Durkan John Tierney Pat Devine Mary Bradley	19,997	44.3
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness Mitchel McLaughlin Mary Nelis Moira McCloskey Gary Fleming	11,618	25.7
	DUP	Gregory Campbell William Hay	5,504	11.2
	UUP	Jack Allen Richard Dallas Andrew Davidson	4,553	10.1
	Alliance	Aaron McCormack Gerry Lynch	790	1.7
	NI Women's Coalition	Margaret Logue Diane Greer Teresa Kelly	695	1.5
	PUP	Brian Gurney Paul Whitlock	580	1.3
	Labour coalition	Margaret Lawrence Jim Gannon Geraldine Quigley Tony Martin Patrick Muldowney	544	1.2
	Ulster Democratic	David Nicholl Thomas Stone	497	1.1
	UK Unionist	David Taylor Richard Jordan	324	0.7
	Green (NI)	Peter Doran Michael O'Kane Chloe Wilson	194	0.4
	NI Conservatives	Derek Sloan Elizabeth Sloan	92	0.2
	Workers' Party	Noel Lynch Alexander Doherty	81	0.2
	Ulster Independence	Donal Casey Ken Kerr	65	0.1
	Natural Law	Donn Brennan David Cooke	41	0.1
	Democratic Left	James Doody Brian Cullen	40	0.1
	Independent Chambers	Sydney Waddell Jason Angus	22	0.1

References

1. "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
2. 1996 Candidates – Foyle, Northern Ireland Elections