Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)

54.211°N 6.499°W / 54.211; -6.499

Newry and Armagh
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary constituency
Newry and Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Cathal Boylan (SF)   Aoife Finnegan (SF)   William Irwin (DUP)   Liz Kimmins (SF)   Justin McNulty (SDLP)
Districts	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Boundaries

Newry and Armagh 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 prior to 1996, the constituency was part of the Armagh and South Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Newry and Armagh UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Election	MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)
1996		Maria Caraher (Sinn Féin)		Patrick McNamee (Sinn Féin)		Frank Feely (SDLP)		Seamus Mallon (SDLP)		Jim Speers (UUP)	5 seats 1996–1998
1998		Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin)				John Fee (SDLP)				Danny Kennedy (UUP)		Paul Berry (DUP)
2003				Davy Hyland (Sinn Féin)		Pat O'Rawe (Sinn Féin)		Dominic Bradley (SDLP)
2007				Cathal Boylan (Sinn Féin)		Mickey Brady (Sinn Féin)						William Irwin (DUP)
2011
July 2012 co-option		Megan Fearon (Sinn Féin)
June 2015 co-option						Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin)
2016								Justin McNulty (SDLP)
2017									5 seats 2017–present
January 2020 co-option		Liz Kimmins (Sinn Féin)
2022
February 2025 co-option						Aoife Finnegan (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

2022

2022 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	16.72%	9,847
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	16.72%	9,843
	SDLP	Justin McNulty	10.56%	6,217	6,585	7,483	7,686	10,231
	Sinn Féin	Liz Kimmins	13.52%	7,964	8,192	9,464	9,472	9,969
	DUP	William Irwin	12.87%	7,577	7,668	7,720	9,414	9,784
	TUV	Keith Ratcliffe	9.18%	5,407	5,436	5,461	6,706	6,892
	Alliance	Jackie Coade	5.68%	3,345	3,637	4,088	4,741
	UUP	David Taylor	6.56%	3,864	3,895	3,956
	Independent	Gavin Malone	5.36%	3,157	3,380
	Aontú	Daniel Connolly	2.02%	1,189
	Green (NI)	Ciara Henry	0.53%	314
	Workers' Party	Nicola Grant	0.27%	160
Electorate: 87,156   Valid: 58,884 (67.56%)   Spoilt: 809   Quota: 9,815   Turnout: 59,693 (68.49%)

2017

2017 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	William Irwin	17.77%	9,760
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	16.75%	9,197
	SDLP	Justin McNulty	16.36%	8,983	10,085
	Sinn Féin	Megan Fearon	16.17%	8,881	9,175
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	15.39%	8,454	8,681	9,018
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	13.21%	7,256	7,675	7,939
	Alliance	Jackie Coade	2.58%	1,418
	CISTA	Emmet Crossan	1.28%	704
	Green (NI)	Rowan Tunnicliffe	0.48%	265
Electorate: 80,140   Valid: 54,918 (68.53%)   Spoilt: 707   Quota: 9,154   Turnout: 55,625 (69.41%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	William Irwin	16.72%	7,980
	Sinn Féin	Megan Fearon	14.33%	6,838
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	14.30%	6,822
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	10.28%	4,904	5,602.25	5,602.25	5,616.7	5,804,4	5,817.4	5,905.05	9,595.3
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	12.27%	5,854	5,855.05	5,855.05	5,883.05	5,922.05	6,125.05	6,421.35	6,435.35	6,442.35
	SDLP	Justin McNulty	10.01%	4,775	4,779.05	4,779.05	4,806.05	4,936.2	5,128.35	5,325.5	5,369.2	5,701.2
	SDLP	Karen McKevitt	8.22%	3,923	3,929.45	3,929.45	3,963.6	4,086.2	4,356.35	4,515.65	4,564.2	5,042.2
	UUP	Sam Nicholson	3.86%	1,841	2,045.75	2,045.75	2,049.2	2,159.85	2,166.85	2,220.45
	Independent	Paul Berry	3.49%	1,663	1,861.6	1,861.6	1,865.6	1,940.45	1,957.05	1,998.95
	CISTA	Emmet Crossan	2.16%	1,032	1,036.5	1,036.5	1,112.1	1,228.6	1,308.6
	Independent	Martin McAllister	1.97%	940	941.2	941.2	957.2	1,003.5
	Alliance	Craig Weir	1.03%	493	498.75	498.75	597.05
	UKIP	Alan Love	0.66%	315	346.05	346.05	349.2
	Green (NI)	Michael Watters	0.70%	335	337.4	337.4
Electorate: 81,756   Valid: 47,715 (58.36%)   Spoilt: 783   Quota: 6,817   Turnout: 48,498 (59.32%)

2011

2011 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	19.62%	9,127
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	18.74%	8,718
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley	15.31%	7,123
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	14.22%	6,614	8,092.40
	DUP	William Irwin	13.12%	6,101	6,105.48	7,502.46
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Brady	7.00%	3,254	4,049.48	4,058.58	5,376.54	5,615.30	5,624.92
	SDLP	Thomas O'Hanlon	8.22%	3,825	3,934.48	4,011.70	4,063.50	4,640.70	5,014.06
	TUV	Barrie Halliday	1.78%	830	831.40	1,238.30	1,239.70
	Alliance	David Murphy	1.58%	734	748.28	838.76	840.44
	UKIP	Robert Woods	0.21%	98	99.40	125.66	126.22
	Independent	James Malone	0.19%	90	93.92	99.12	99.68
Electorate: 77,544   Valid: 46,514 (59.98%)   Spoilt: 1,048   Quota: 6,645   Turnout: 47,562 (61.34%)

2007

2007 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	14.99%	7,437
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	14.32%	7,105
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Brady	12.77%	6,337	6,455	6,705.92	7,513.92
	DUP	William Irwin	12.93%	6,418	6,672	6,672.12	6,674.12	8,008.12
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	13.13%	6,517	6,813	6,813.28	6,833.36	7,653.36
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley	10.72%	5,318	5,530	5,551.64	5,974.48	6,025.6	6,169.6	6,310.6
	SDLP	Sharon Haughey	9.07%	4,500	4,709	4,722.32	5,001.48	5,068.48	5,229.48	5,368.48
	Independent	Paul Berry	4.67%	2,317	2,512	2,512.44	2,526.48
	Independent	Davy Hyland	4.41%	2,188	2,260	2,267.76
	Independent	Willie Frazer	1.22%	605
	Green (NI)	Brendan Morgan	1.21%	599
	Alliance	Máire Hendron	0.56%	278
Electorate: 70,823   Valid: 49,619 (70.06%)   Spoilt: 546   Quota: 7,089   Turnout: 50,165 (70.83%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Paul Berry	17.15%	8,125
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	16.04%	7,595
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	15.51%	7,347
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley	8.68%	4,111	4,119.8	4,135	4,400.14	6,783.14
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	12.20%	5,779	5,779.48	6,347.38	6,367	6,633.9
	Sinn Féin	Pat O'Rawe	11.56%	5,478	5,478.16	5,590.66	5,603.32	5,712
	SDLP	Jim Lennon	8.69%	4,116	4,118.88	4,125.98	4,390.98	5,112.5
	SDLP	John Fee	7.20%	3,410	3,411.28	3,459.38	3,656.96
	DUP	Freda Donnelly	1.00%	474	1,638.64	1,638.94
	Independent	Willie Frazer	1.33%	632	743	744
	Alliance	Pete Whitcroft	0.66%	311	314	315
Electorate: 68,731   Valid: 47,378 (68.93%)   Spoilt: 855   Quota: 6,769   Turnout: 48,233 (70.18%)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	25.09%	13,582
	DUP	Paul Berry	13.33%	7,214	7,217.44	7,231.87	7,899.87
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	10.15%	5,495	5,522.52	5,692.11	5,979.84	6,090	10,184
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	8.94%	4,839	5,017.45	5,026.46	5,294.25	5,294.25	5,305.54	5,311.54	7,741.25
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee	8.44%	4,570	5,078.26	5,087.41	5,320.81	5,320.81	5,332.53	5,334.53	7,176.79
	SDLP	John Fee	5.85%	3,166	5,419.63	5,485.67	6,429.02	6,430.38	6,514.11	6,949.11	7,169.01
	SDLP	Frank Feely	4.07%	2,205	4,238.47	4,317.4	4,852.86	4,853.54	4,957.65	5,492.65	5,874.55
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	8.58%	4,643	4,879.5	4,888.08	5,261.06	5,261.74	5,270.37	5,284.37
	UUP	Jim Speers	7.99%	4,324	4,353.24	4,558.26	4,747.56	4,799.24
	NI Women's Coalition	Kate Fearon	2.10%	1,138	1,391.7	1,635.5
	Independent	Mary Allen	2.27%	1,227	1,357.29	1,398.45
	Ulster Independence	Willie Frazer	1.72%	933	935.58	947.58
	Alliance	Peter Whitcroft	1.44%	777	860.85
	Natural Law	David Evans	0.04%	23	25.15
Electorate: 71,553   Valid: 54,136 (75.66%)   Spoilt: 1,157   Quota: 7,735   Turnout: 55,293 (77.28%)

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[8]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon Frank Feely Pat Brannigan Mary McLeown John Fee	16,775	34.1
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee Maria Caraher Noel Sheridan Brendan Curran Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	12,585	25.6
	UUP	Jim Speers Danny Kennedy Elaine McClure Sylvia McRoberts	11,047	22.5
	DUP	Meredith Patterson Margaret Black John McKew	4,774	9.8
	Alliance	Pete Whitcroft Anne-Marie Cunningham	1,037	2.1
	PUP	David Jamison Raymond Laverty	640	1.4
	UK Unionist	Robert St-Cyr Margaret Thomson	474	0.9
	NI Women's Coalition	Sheila Fairon Lynd Roper Kathleen Magee	356	0.7
	Labour coalition	Eimear Duffy Marian McKeown Eamon Duffy Eoin McGuinness	262	0.5
	Ulster Democratic	William Garrett Alan Hewitt	257	0.5
	Workers' Party	Dennis Carroll Vivian Hutchinson Mary Campbell James McConville Pat Smith	208	0.4
	Green (NI)	Vincent MacDowell Tara Foley	205	0.4
	Ulster Independence	Willie Frazer John Gray	173	0.3
	NI Conservatives	Sarah Humphreys Jennifer Cumming	131	0.3
	Democratic Partnership	Ronald Dawson Donal Kelly	114	0.2
	Independent DUP	Nigel Cummings John Whitten	55	0.1
	Democratic Left	Brendan Montague Orla McClean	46	0.1
	Natural Law	Eileen Leahy Miguel Martin-Ramos	31	0.1
	Independent Chambers	Stella Irvine Sharon Ralston	12	0.0