North Down (Assembly constituency)

North Down (Irish: An Dún Thuaidh, Ulster Scots: North Doon) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

North Down
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency
North Down shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Alan Chambers (UUP)      Gordon Dunne (DUP)      Alex Easton (DUP)      Andrew Muir (APNI)      Rachel Woods (GP)
Districts	Ards and North Down Borough Council
EP constituency	Northern Ireland

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the North Down 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 North Down (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1973		Lord Dunleath (Alliance Party)		Bertie McConnell (Alliance Party)	7 seats 1973-1975			Robert Campbell (UUP)		William Brownlow (UUP)		James Kilfedder (UUP/UPUP)		John Brooke (UUP)		Charles Poots (DUP)
1975					6 seats 1975-1982					John Taylor (UUP)				George Green (Vanguard)
1982				John Cushnahan (Alliance Party)		Robert McCartney (UUP/UKUP)		William Bleakes (UUP)						Wesley Pentland (DUP)		Simpson Gibson (DUP)
1996		Oliver Napier (Alliance Party)	5 seats 1996-1998				5 seats 1996-1998					Alan McFarland (UUP)		Peter Weir (UUP / DUP)		St Clair McAlister (DUP)
1998		Eileen Bell (Alliance Party)	6 seats 1998-2017				6 seats 1998-2017			John Gorman (UUP)						Jane Morrice (NI Women's Coalition)
2003										Leslie Cree (UUP)						Alex Easton (DUP)
2007		Stephen Farry (Alliance Party)				Brian Wilson (Green (NI))
2011						Steven Agnew (Green (NI))						Gordon Dunne (DUP)
2016										Alan Chambers (UUP)
2017			5 seats 2017-present				5 seats 2017-present						5 seats 2017-present
October 2019 co-option						Rachel Woods (Green (NI))
January 2020 co-option		Andrew Muir (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

2017

2017 Assembly election: North Down - 5 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	DUP	Alex Easton	21.3	8,034
	UUP	Alan Chambers	18.9	7,151
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	18.6	7,014
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	16.2	6,118	7,678.68
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	13.7	5,178	5,220.24	5,320.78	5,388.22	5,782.32	5,979.96	6,160.50
	UUP	William Cudworth	2.6	964	1,029.12	1,881.62	2,585.30	2,690.50	2,726.22	3,058.06
	Independent	Melanie Kennedy	3.3	1,246	1,285.82	1,371.62	1,389.86	1,429.86	1,503.96	1,596.88
	SDLP	Caoímhe McNeill	1.8	679	681.86	686.26	707.14	800.54	1,178	1,202.88
	NI Conservatives	Frank Shivers	1.7	641	654.20	740.66	756.14	777.24	801.88
	Sinn Féin	Kieran Maxwell	1.6	591	591.22	591.88	592.60	604.50
	Independent	Chris Carter	0.2	92	94.20	115.98	119.10	126.70
	Independent	Gavan Reynolds	0.1	31	32.54	37.38	38.34	40.44
Electorate: 64,461   Valid: 37,739   Spoilt: 435 (1.14%)   Quota: 6,290   Turnout: 59.22%

2016

2016 Assembly election: North Down - 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	Count 11
	DUP	Alex Easton	19.7	6,357
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	12.4	4,004	4,610.48
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	12.7	4,109	4,142.32	4,229.44	4,239.56	4,310.56	4,490.12	4,523.20	4,607.20
	UUP	Alan Chambers	10.2	3,275	3,379.16	3,387.16	3,465.24	3,467.24	3,482.24	3,644.08	3,757.76	3,931.28	4,174.92	5,264.92
	DUP	Peter Weir	9.6	3,085	3,890.28	3,892.56	3,904.04	3,906.04	3,910.32	4,032.60	4,112.96	4,385.72	4,588.76	4,712.76
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	9.3	3,012	3,036.92	3,051.20	3,063.20	3,090.20	3,289.04	3,298.04	3,372.60	3,410.72	3,834.96	4,049.36
	Alliance	Andrew Muir	7.4	2,387	2,395.96	2,407.24	2,415.80	2,437.80	2,521.80	2,526.80	2,583.80	2,613.80	2,920.64	3,076.20
	UUP	Carl McClean	4.6	1,495	1,545.68	1,549.68	1,640.72	1,642	1,652	1,719.08	1,818.76	1,902.88	2,054.40
	Independent	Brian Wilson	4.4	1,415	1,430.12	1,449.40	1,451.24	1,467.24	1,512.24	1,519.80	1,580.36	1,678.48
	UKIP	Bill Piper	2.1	681	706.48	706.76	716.60	722.60	730.60	902.60	955.72
	NI Conservatives	Frank Shivers	2.1	672	683.76	686.76	693.40	694.04	696.04	713.04
	TUV	John Brennan	1.9	610	641.92	641.92	646.76	646.76	650.76
	SDLP	Conal Browne	1.3	426	428.24	441.24	441.52	589.52
	Sinn Féin	Therese McCartney	1.0	307	307.56	314.84	314.84
	UUP	Chris Eisenstadt	0.7	217	234.92	235.92
	NI Labour	Maria Lourenco	0.5	177	180.08
Electorate: 65,760   Valid: 32,229   Spoilt: 368 (1.13%)   Quota: 4,605   Turnout: 49.57

2011

2011 Assembly election: North Down - 6 seats[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	DUP	Alex Easton	18.4%	5,175
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	13.3%	3,741	4,121
	DUP	Peter Weir	12.4%	3,496	4,101
	UUP	Leslie Cree	5.6%	1,585	1,609	1,610	1,678	1,692	2,796	2,853	3,310	3,361	4,410
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	11.1%	3,131	3,153	3,173	3,218	3,486	3,515	3,522	3,739	3,745	4,078
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	7.9%	2,207	2,220	2,262	2,315	2,553	2,605	2,615	2,812	2,820	3,193	3,229
	Alliance	Anne Wilson	7.5%	2,100	2,115	2,134	2,172	2,448	2,483	2,492	2,659	2,664	3,078	3,130
	Independent	Alan McFarland	6.7%	1,879	1,905	1,911	2,012	2,048	2,083	2,095	2,604	2,619
	Independent	Alan Chambers	6.3%	1,765	1,795	1,796	1,862	1,894	1,980	1,989
	UUP	Colin Breen	4.8%	1,343	1,359	1,360	1,443	1,449
	SDLP	Liam Logan	2.7%	768	772	953	961
	UKIP	Fred McGlade	2.2%	615	624	624
	Sinn Féin	Conor Kennan	1.0%	293	295
Electorate: 62,170   Valid: 28,098   Spoilt: 430 (1.51%)   Quota: 4,015   Turnout: 45.89%

2007

2007 Assembly election: North Down – 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	Alex Easton	16.1%	4,946
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	10.2%	3,131	3,135	3,144	3,202	3,337	3,511	3,875	4,466
	UUP	Leslie Cree	9.6%	2,937	2,953	2,966	3,017	3,112	3,393	3,466	3,531	3,789	4,687
	Green (NI)	Brian Wilson	9.2%	2,839	2,843	2,855	2,928	3,059	3,209	3,472	4,113	4,334	4,572
	DUP	Peter Weir	11.0%	3,376	3,507	3,513	3,566	3,615	3,688	3,749	3,755	4,231	4,380
	UUP	Alan McFarland	7.3%	2,245	2,251	2,253	2,283	2,402	2,481	2,579	2,641	2,941	3,986
	DUP	Alan Graham	7.0%	2,147	2,501	2,509	2,560	2,595	2,701	2,737	2,746	3,185	3,255
	UUP	Marion Smith	6.8%	2,098	2,103	2,107	2,163	2,234	2,331	2,398	2,457	2,641
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	5.9%	1,806	1,816	1,824	1,862	1,950	2,044	2,099	2,119
	SDLP	Liam Logan	3.6%	1,115	1,116	1,118	1,382	1,399	1,427	1,674
	Independent	Brian Rowan	3.9%	1,194	1,195	1,202	1,241	1,290	1,376
	Independent	Alan Chambers	3.7%	1,129	1,133	1,172	1,190	1,257
	NI Conservatives	James Leslie	2.8%	864	866	872	888
	Sinn Féin	Deaglan Page	1.3%	390	390	391
	PUP	Elaine Martin	1.2%	367	371	376
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.4%	123	124
Electorate: 57,525   Valid: 30,707   Spoilt: 223 (0.72%)   Quota: 4,387   Turnout: 53.77%

2003

2003 Assembly election: North Down – 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	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	UUP	Leslie Cree	12.6%	3,900	3,908	3,919	3,920	3,950	3,989	4,019	4,032	4,073	4,305	4,402	4,482
	Alliance	Eileen Bell	6.3%	1,951	1,957	1,962	1,970	1,983	1,992	2,008	2,595	2,820	2,946	3,602	4,137	5,237
	UUP	Alan McFarland	11.1%	3,421	3,429	3,437	3,439	3,467	3,514	3,557	3,570	3,606	3,730	3,833	4,083	4,292	4,502
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	10.9%	3,374	3,387	3,485	3,488	3,513	3,590	3,639	3,648	3,675	3,847	3,912	4,046	4,072	4,102
	DUP	Peter Weir	11.9%	3,675	3,681	3,704	3,704	3,761	3,802	3,822	3,826	3,839	3,906	3,922	4,018	4,026	4,031
	DUP	Alex Easton	11.6%	3,570	3,579	3,589	3,589	3,611	3,650	3,663	3,667	3,689	3,770	3,783	3,821	3,827	3,839
	UUP	Diana Peacocke	8.3%	2,566	2,568	2,587	2,589	2,623	2,636	2,677	2,688	2,729	2,795	2,934	3,065	3,258	3,418
	SDLP	Liam Logan	4.9%	1,519	1,522	1,523	1,732	1,734	1,738	1,741	1,785	1,851	1,870	2,077	2,158
	Independent	Brian Wilson	4.4%	1,350	1,355	1,357	1,359	1,371	1,415	1,429	1,437	1,489	1,598	1,718
	NI Women's Coalition	Jane Morrice	3.8%	1,181	1,188	1,192	1,201	1,219	1,242	1,259	1,287	1,478	1,587
	Independent	Alan Chambers	3.5%	1,077	1,099	1,102	1,102	1,119	1,185	1,206	1,214	1,242
	Green (NI)	John Barry	2.4%	730	733	734	748	762	768	786	800
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	2.3%	704	708	711	722	728	740	751
	NI Conservatives	Julian Robertson	1.6%	491	492	497	497	501	508
	Independent	Alan Field	1.4%	428	430	432	432	448
	PUP	David Rose	1.0%	316	317	327	327
	Sinn Féin	Maria George	0.9%	264	265	265
	UKIP	Tom Sheridan	0.7%	209	210
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.4%	109
Electorate: 57,422   Valid: 30,835   Spoilt: 481 (1.54%)   Quota: 4,406   Turnout: 54.54%

1998

1998 Assembly election: North Down – 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	Count 11	Count 12
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	21.9%	8,188
	UUP	Alan McFarland	12.5%	4,653	4,856	4,984	5,108	5,274	5,466
	UUP	John Gorman	12.6%	4,719	4,798	4,922	4,954	5,049	5,346
	Alliance	Eileen Bell	9.8%	3,669	3,686	3,795	3,801	4,269	4,374	4,579	4,588	5,985
	NI Women's Coalition	Jane Morrice	4.8%	1,808	1,836	1,918	1,932	2,056	2,232	2,460	2,478	2,720	3,028	3,086	4,898
	UUP	Peter Weir	7.4%	2,775	2,851	2,890	2,930	3,050	3,180	3,664	3,748	3,920	4,122	4,593	4,751
	DUP	Alan Graham	4.2%	1,558	1,829	1,880	2,748	2,778	2,929	3,137	3,147	3,168	3,171	4,424	4,443
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	5.5%	2,048	2,051	2,085	2,086	2,134	2,194	2,237	2,239	2,327	2,450	2,458
	UK Unionist	Elizabeth Roche	0.5%	173	1,798	1,847	1,993	2,019	2,063	2,225	2,230	2,256	2,265
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	4.6%	1,699	1,710	1,753	1,758	1,910	1,966	2,089	2,095
	Independent	Alan Chambers	3.7%	1,382	1,455	1,532	1,554	1,645	1,751
	PUP	Stewart Currie	3.7%	1,376	1,416	1,522	1,556	1,583
	Independent	Brian Wilson	3.6%	1,327	1,361	1,389	1,396
	DUP	St Clair McAlister	2.7%	1,013	1,291	1,354
	NI Conservatives	Leonard Fee	0.9%	337	365
	Ulster Democratic	Tom Lindsay	0.7%	265	295
	Labour Party NI	Vanessa Baird-Gunning	0.6%	212	218
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.2%	72	77
	Natural Law	Andrea Gribben	0.1%	39	42
Electorate: 62,942   Valid: 37,313   Spoilt: 561 (1.48%)   Quota: 5,331   Turnout: 60.17%

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[3]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	UUP	Peter Weir Alan McFarland Roy Bradford John Shields Irene Cree	9,270	25.6
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney Valerie Kinghan Patricia Watson	7,579	20.9
	DUP	St Clair McAlister Ruby Cooling Cecil Noble	6,699	18.5
	Alliance	Oliver Napier Brian Wilson Eileen Bell Larry Thompson Jane Copeland	6,186	17.1
	SDLP	Owen Adams John Burke	1,798	5.0
	PUP	Victor Ash Samuel Curry Neil Mehaffy Kenneth Sterrit	1,694	4.7
	Ulster Democratic	James McCullough Thomas Lindsay	651	1.8
	NI Women's Coalition	Emma McGuigan Ann Marie Foster Jane Morrice	496	1.4
	NI Conservatives	Ann Thompson Bruce Mulligan	444	1.2
	Independent Chambers	Alan Chambers James Arbuthnot Robert Irvine	334	0.9
	Green (NI)	Paddy McEvoy Mary Ringland	283	0.8
	Sinn Féin	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir John Smith	275	0.8
	Labour coalition	John Magennis Sean McGouran	171	0.5
	Independent DUP	Thomas O'Brien William Baxter	97	0.3
	Democratic Left	Daryl Armitage Tim Davis	95	0.3
	Workers' Party	Dessie O'Hagan Colum Mullan	60	0.2
	Ulster Independence	Geoffrey Watson Glenn Pollock	49	0.1
	Independent Voice	Christopher Carter Fidelma Carter	49	0.1
	Natural Law	Peter McGowan Thomas Mullins	15	0.0

1982 Assembly Election

1982 Assembly Election: North Down - 8 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	UPUP	James Kilfedder	25.6%	13,958
	UUP	John Taylor	10.7%	5,852	7,258
	DUP	Simpson Gibson	8.2%	4,500	4,856	4,913	4,942	4,985	6,391
	Alliance	John Cushnahan	8.1%	4,416	4,492	4,501	4,502	4,936	4,943	6,068	6,069
	Alliance	Lord Dunleath	7.0%	3,841	4,210	4,284	4,293	4,881	4,919	5,960	5,961	6,161
	DUP	Wesley Pentland	6.1%	3,340	3,621	3,705	3,723	3,761	4,089	4,097	4,345	4,486	6,930
	UUP	Robert McCartney	6.9%	3,782	4,403	4,583	4,606	4,997	5,015	5,030	5,033	5,860	5,978	6,131
	UUP	William Bleakes	4.9%	2,692	2,930	3,028	3,049	3,202	3,241	3,244	3,246	4,401	4,778	5,278	5,336	5,383
	UPUP	George Green	1.8%	958	4,266	4,472	4,508	4,596	4,679	4,685	4,689	4,967	5,126	5,330	5,364	5,377
	DUP	Charles Poots	5.1%	2,811	3,024	3,083	3,100	3,124	3,315	3,318	3,362	3,436
	UUP	Hazel Bradford	3.6%	1,966	2,448	2,694	2,722	2,931	3,028	3,033	3,037
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty	4.6%	2,536	2,546	2,547	2,549	2,567	2,568
	DUP	Thomas Gourley	3.8%	2,060	2,277	2,315	2,333	2,392
	Alliance	Brian Wilson	1.9%	1,055	1,118	1,135	1,136
	UUP	David McNarry	1.2%	671	827	924	936
	UUUP	Robert Gabbey	0.3%	181	217	228
Electorate: 103,619   Valid: 54,619   Spoilt: 1,182 (2.12%)   Quota: 6,069   Turnout: 55,801 (53.85%)

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention election: North Down - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	UUP	James Kilfedder	37.5%	21,693
	UUP	John Taylor	12.5%	7,238
	Vanguard	George Green	7.6%	4,408	8,063
	DUP	Charles Poots	5.1%	2,962	6,778	7,072	7,137	7,209	7,228
	Alliance	Lord Dunleath	8.0%	4,616	5,109	5,119	5,201	5,569	7,182	9,226
	Alliance	Bertie McConnell	5.4%	3,099	3,420	3,427	3,549	3,619	4,377	5,710	7,064
	Unionist Party NI	Viscount Brookeborough	6.1%	3,555	4,435	4,459	4,873	6,340	6,416	6,480	6,535
	UUP	Neil Oliver	2.2%	1,257	5,727	6,180	6,333	6,453	6,494	6,508	6,515
	SDLP	Sean Hollywood	6.9%	3,988	4,005	4,006	4,014	4,056	4,150
	Alliance	Keith Jones	4.2%	2,424	2,550	2,553	2,586	2,646
	Unionist Party NI	William Brownlow	2.8%	1,638	1,939	1,950	2,281
	Unionist Party NI	Robert Campbell	1.6%	901	1,263	1,288
Electorate: 93,884   Valid: 57,779   Spoilt: 989 (1.68%)   Quota: 7,223   Turnout: 62.60%

1973 Assembly Election

1973 Assembly Election: North Down - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	UUP	Jim Kilfedder	33.7%	20,684
	UUP	John Brooke	10.0%	6,160	9,168.25
	DUP	Charles Poots	7.1%	4,364	6,488.36	6,543.54	6,546.80	6,711.32	6,713.84	6,793.73	7,354.97	7,512.06	7,520.06	7,678.20	10,253.20
	Alliance	Lord Dunleath	7.3%	4,482	4,725.81	4,755.26	4,781.09	4,921.26	5,690.95	6,230.33	6,239.68	6,304.89	7,364.15	7,557.46	7,625.26	7,663.26
	UUP	Robert Campbell	6.1%	3,760	4,936.21	5,212.73	5,215.30	5,238.40	5,250.55	5,331.36	5,365.23	5,638.74	5,644.74	6,371.19	6,966.27	7,307.27
	UUP	William Brownlow	4.3%	2,620	3,776.05	4,424.88	4,426.88	4,445.39	4,455.85	4,642.62	4,698.18	5,100.23	5,168.17	6,097.92	6,524.05	6,630.05
	Alliance	Bertie McConnell	5.3%	3,271	3,374.32	3,382.38	3,443.64	3,707.77	4,556.89	5,051.98	5,059.87	5,097.74	6,126.74	6,257.92	6,311.28	6,331.28
	UUP	Andrew Donaldson	3.2%	1,950	3,320.25	3,517.72	3,525.66	3,544.99	3,556.88	3,621.11	3,660.44	4,542.17	4,551.43	5,390.10	5,903.72	6,097.72
	Vanguard	George Green	3.9%	2,425	3,304.48	3,336.10	3,340.67	3,535.82	3,541.71	3,579.32	4,933.91	5,053.06	5,061.06	5,172.69
	UUP	Kathleen McClure	2.9%	1,796	2,518.61	2,636.41	2,637.41	2,672.78	2,722.71	2,771.17	2,846.20	3,191.62	3,209.25
	SDLP	Patrick McHenry	4.6%	2,833	2,835.52	2,835.52	2,846.52	2,861.15	2,917.15	3,121.15	3,123.41	3,125.35
	UUP	Hans Jess	2.0%	1,227	2,175.78	2,244.91	2,247.80	2,258.41	2,270.82	2,307.11	2,358.40
	Vanguard	Kenneth Leckey	2.1%	1,290	1,981.11	1,991.65	1,992.91	2,224.31	2,225.57	2,245.61
	NI Labour	William Allen	2.2%	1,354	1,441.57	1,445.91	1,908.56	1,928.08	1,969.22
	Alliance	Cecilia Linehan	2.4%	1,493	1,547.18	1,549.04	1,565.56	1,839.49
	Alliance	John Marks	1.1%	699	731.76	735.79	754.05
	Vanguard	David Trimble	0.7%	446	731.76	735.79	754.05
	NI Labour	Kenneth Young	1.0%	601	658.94	669.48	672.48
Electorate: 89,682   Valid: 61,455   Spoilt: 755   Quota: 7,682   Turnout: 62,210 (69.4%)

References

1. "Statement of Persons Nominated". 8 February 2017.
2. "NI Assembly election results by stage - North Down Result Sheet" (PDF). Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
3. 1996 Candidates – North Down, Northern Ireland Elections