North Down (Assembly constituency)

North Down
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); Stephen Dunne (DUP); Connie Egan (APNI); Peter Martin (DUP); Andrew Muir (APNI);
Districts	Ards and North Down Borough Council
Boundaries

North Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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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).

Election		MLA (party)			MLA (party)			MLA (party)			MLA (party)
1973	Lord Dunleath (Alliance Party)		Bertie McConnell (Alliance Party)	John Brooke (UUP/UPNI)		William Brownlow (UUP)	James Kilfedder (UUP/UPUP)		Robert Campbell (UUP)	Charles Poots (DUP)	7 seats 1973–1982
1975			Bertie McConnell (Alliance Party)	John Brooke (UUP/UPNI)		George Green (Vanguard)			John Taylor (UUP)	Charles Poots (DUP)	7 seats 1973–1982
1982			John Cushnahan (Alliance Party)	Robert McCartney (UUP/UKUP)		William Bleakes (UUP)			John Taylor (UUP)	Simpson Gibson (DUP)		Wesley Pentland (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)	5 seats 1996–1998
1998	Eileen Bell (Alliance Party)	6 seats 1998–2017				John Gorman (UUP)				Jane Morrice (NI Women's Coalition)	6 seats 1998–2017
2003	Eileen Bell (Alliance Party)					Leslie Cree (UUP)				Alex Easton (DUP / Independent Unionist)
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
2019 co-option				Rachel Woods (Green (NI))
2020 co-option	Andrew Muir (Alliance Party)
2021 co-option							Stephen Dunne (DUP)
2022				Connie Egan (Alliance Party)
2024 co-option				Connie Egan (Alliance Party)						Peter Martin (DUP)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ind. Unionist	Alex Easton	22.92%	9,568
	Alliance	Andrew Muir	16.38%	6,838	6,938	6,970
	DUP	Stephen Dunne	14.92%	6,226	6,875	6,903	6,904	6,935	6,945	6,993
	UUP	Alan Chambers	9.16%	3,825	4,328	4,434	4,447	4,538	4,564	5,734	6,352	7,771
	Alliance	Connie Egan	12.51%	5,224	5,336	5,363	5,530	5,743	6,294	6,405	6,429	6,558
	Green (NI)	Rachel Woods	6.55%	2,734	2,857	2,900	3,029	3,274	3,637	3,736	3,802	4,058
	DUP	Jennifer Gilmour	4.95%	2,068	2,332	2,348	2,349	2,359	2,364	2,419	3,451
	TUV	John Gordon	3.77%	1,574	2,004	2,023	2,026	2,048	2,051	2,098
	UUP	Naomi McBurney	3.21%	1,342	1,518	1,567	1,570	1,594	1,619
	SDLP	Déirdre Vaughan	1.74%	727	742	747	1,081	1,109
	Independent	Ray McKimm	1.45%	604	717	768	783
	Sinn Féin	Thérèse McCartney	1.65%	687	695	697
	NI Conservatives	Matthew Robinson	0.61%	254	280
	Independent	Chris Carter	0.17%	72	136
Electorate: 70,176 Valid: 41,743 (59.48%) Spoilt: 455 Quota: 6,958 Turnout: 42,198 (60.13%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Alex Easton	21.29%	8,034
	UUP	Alan Chambers	18.95%	7,151
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	18.59%	7,014
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	16.21%	6,118	7,678.68
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	13.72%	5,178	5,220.24	5,320.78	5,388.22	5,782.32	5,979.96	6,160.5
	UUP	William Cudworth	2.55%	964	1,029.12	1,881.62	2,585.3	2,690.5	2,726.22	3,058.06
	Independent	Melanie Kennedy	3.30%	1,246	1,285.82	1,371.62	1,389.86	1,429.86	1,503.96	1,596.88
	SDLP	Caoímhe McNeill	1.80%	679	681.86	686.26	707.14	800.54	1,178	1,202.88
	NI Conservatives	Frank Shivers	1.70%	641	654.2	740.66	756.14	777.24	801.88
	Sinn Féin	Kieran Maxwell	1.57%	591	591.22	591.88	592.6	604.5
	Independent	Chris Carter	0.24%	92	94.2	115.98	119.1	126.7
	Independent	Gavan Reynolds	0.08%	31	32.54	37.38	38.34	40.44
Electorate: 64,461 Valid: 37,739 (58.55%) Spoilt: 435 Quota: 6,290 Turnout: 38,174 (59.22%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Alex Easton	19.72%	6,357
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	12.42%	4,004	4,610.48
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	12.75%	4,109	4,142.32	4,229.44	4,239.56	4,310.56	4,490.12	4,523.2	4,607.2
	UUP	Alan Chambers	10.16%	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	9.57%	3,085	3,890.28	3,892.56	3,904.04	3,906.04	3,910.32	4,032.6	4,112.96	4,385.72	4,588.76	4,712.76
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	9.35%	3,012	3,036.92	3,051.2	3,063.2	3,090.2	3,289.04	3,298.04	3,372.6	3,410.72	3,834.96	4,049.36
	Alliance	Andrew Muir	7.41%	2,387	2,395.96	2,407.24	2,415.8	2,437.8	2,521.8	2,526.8	2,583.8	2,613.8	2,920.64	3,076.2
	UUP	Carl McClean	4.64%	1,495	1,545.68	1,549.68	1,640.72	1,642	1,652	1,719.08	1,818.76	1,902.88	2,054.4
	Independent	Brian Wilson	4.39%	1,415	1,430.12	1,449.4	1,451.24	1,467.24	1,512.24	1,519.8	1,580.36	1,678.48
	UKIP	Bill Piper	2.11%	681	706.48	706.76	716.6	722.6	730.6	902.6	955.72
	NI Conservatives	Frank Shivers	2.09%	672	683.76	686.76	693.4	694.04	696.04	713.04
	TUV	John Brennan	1.89%	610	641.92	641.92	646.76	646.76	650.76
	SDLP	Conal Browne	1.32%	426	428.24	441.24	441.52	589.52
	Sinn Féin	Therese McCartney	0.95%	307	307.56	314.84	314.84
	UUP	Chris Eisenstadt	0.67%	217	234.92	235.92
	NI Labour	Maria Lourenco	0.55%	177	180.08
Electorate: 65,760 Valid: 32,229 (49.01%) Spoilt: 368 Quota: 4,605 Turnout: 32,597 (49.57%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Alex Easton	18.42%	5,175
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	13.31%	3,741	4,120.96
	DUP	Peter Weir	12.44%	3,496	4,101.36
	UUP	Leslie Cree	5.64%	1,585	1,609.38	1,610.38	1,678.3	1,691.53	2,795.81	2,853.34	3,310.34	3,361.02	4,410.02
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	11.44%	3,131	3,152.62	3,173.31	3,218.31	3,486	3,514.92	3,521.52	3,738.59	3,744.89	4,077.89
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	7.85%	2,207	2,220.34	2,261.57	2,314.57	2,552.8	2,605.18	2,614.64	2,811.82	2,819.8	3,193.37	3,229.37
	Alliance	Anne Wilson	7.47%	2,100	2,115.18	2,134.41	2,171.64	2,447.64	2,482.79	2,492.36	2,658.65	2,664.32	3,078.03	3,130.03
	Independent	Alan McFarland	6.69%	1,879	1,905.45	1,910.68	2,012.29	2,048.29	2,083.44	2,094.88	2,604.39	2,619.16
	Independent	Alan Chambers	6.28%	1,765	1,795.13	1,796.13	1,862.36	1,893.59	1,980.05	1,989.29
	UUP	Colin Breen	4.78%	1,343	1,358.64	1,359.64	1,443.25	1,449.17
	SDLP	Liam Logan	2.73%	768	771.91	952.91	960.91
	UKIP	Fred McGlade	2.19%	615	623.97	623.97
	Sinn Féin	Conor Kennan	1.04%	293	294.61
Electorate: 62,170 Valid: 28,098 (45.20%) Spoilt: 430 Quota: 4,015 Turnout: 28,528 (45.89%)

North Down (Assembly constituency)

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2007 Assembly election: North Down – 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Alex Easton	16.11%	4,946
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	10.20%	3,131	3,134.96	3,143.96	3,202.07	3,337.07	3,511.07	3,875.29	4,466.29
	UUP	Leslie Cree	9.56%	2,937	2,952.73	2,965.84	3,016.95	3,112.06	3,393.39	3,466.39	3,530.5	3,788.72	4,686.72
	Green (NI)	Brian Wilson	9.25%	2,839	2,843.07	2,855.07	2,928.18	3,059.4	3,208.62	3,471.95	4,113.06	4,333.72	4,571.72
	DUP	Peter Weir	10.99%	3,376	3,507.23	3,513.45	3,566.33	3,614.77	3,688.32	3,748.65	3,754.87	4,231.49	4,380.47
	UUP	Alan McFarland	7.31%	2,245	2,250.5	2,252.5	2,282.61	2,401.72	2,481.49	2,579.49	2,641.49	2,941.03	3,986.13
	DUP	Alan Graham	6.99%	2,147	2,501.31	2,509.42	2,559.52	2,595.18	2,700.5	2,736.83	2,746.49	3,185.47	3,255.23
	UUP	Marion Smith	6.83%	2,098	2,102.62	2,106.62	2,162.95	2,234.39	2,330.72	2,397.94	2,457.05	2,641.49
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	5.88%	1,806	1,815.57	1,823.68	1,861.67	1,949.67	2,043.89	2,098.89	2,118.89
	SDLP	Liam Logan	3.63%	1,115	1,116.1	1,118.1	1,382.1	1,399.1	1,427.43	1,674.43
	Independent	Brian Rowan	3.89%	1,194	1,195.32	1,202.32	1,241.43	1,290.43	1,376.43
	Independent	Alan Chambers	3.68%	1,129	1,133.07	1,172.07	1,190.18	1,257.29
	NI Conservatives	James Leslie	2.81%	864	866	872	888
	Sinn Féin	Deaglan Page	1.27%	390	390	391
	PUP	Elaine Martin	1.20%	367	371	376
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.40%	123	124
Electorate: 57,525 Valid: 30,707 (53.38%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 4,387 Turnout: 30,930 (53.77%)

2003 Assembly election: North Down – 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	UUP	Leslie Cree	12.65%	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	6.33%	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	11.09%	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	10.94%	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	11.92%	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	11.58%	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	8.32%	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	4.93%	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	4.38%	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	3.83%	1,181	1,188	1,192	1,201	1,219	1,242	1,259	1,287	1,478	1,587
	Independent	Alan Chambers	3.49%	1,077	1,099	1,102	1,102	1,119	1,185	1,206	1,214	1,242
	Green (NI)	John Barry	2.37%	730	733	734	748	762	768	786	800
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	2.28%	704	708	711	722	728	740	751
	NI Conservatives	Julian Robertson	1.59%	491	492	497	497	501	508
	Independent	Alan Field	1.39%	428	430	432	432	448
	PUP	David Rose	1.02%	316	317	327	327
	Sinn Féin	Maria George	0.86%	264	265	265
	UKIP	Tom Sheridan	0.68%	209	210
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.35%	109
Electorate: 57,422 Valid: 30,835 (53.70%) Spoilt: 481 Quota: 4,406 Turnout: 31,316 (54.54%)

1998 Assembly election: North Down – 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	21.94%	8,188
	UUP	Alan McFarland	12.47%	4,653	4,856	4,984.4	5,108.45	5,274.3	5,466.3
	UUP	John Gorman	12.65%	4,719	4,798.45	4,922.05	4,953.65	5,049.1	5,346.1
	Alliance	Eileen Bell	9.83%	3,669	3,685.8	3,795.25	3,800.6	4,268.75	4,374.15	4,579.35	4,588.05	5,985.05
	NI Women's Coalition	Jane Morrice	4.85%	1,808	1,836	1,918.45	1,932.25	2,056.3	2,232.35	2,460.2	2,478.47	2,719.82	3,027.62	3,085.82	4,897.71
	UUP	Peter Weir	7.44%	2,775	2,850.6	2,890.4	2,929.8	3,049.7	3,179.9	3,664.3	3,747.82	3,920.32	4,121.74	4,593.34	4,751.06
	DUP	Alan Graham	4.18%	1,558	1,829.25	1,879.65	2,747.65	2,778.1	2,929.45	3,136.85	3,147.29	3,167.69	3,171.47	4,423.67	4,443.45
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	5.49%	2,048	2,050.8	2,084.8	2,086.15	2,134.15	2,193.85	2,236.85	2,238.59	2,326.59	2,449.71	2,458.1
	UK Unionist	Elizabeth Roche	0.46%	173	1,798.05	1,846.5	1,992.9	2,018.9	2,062.95	2,225.2	2,230.42	2,255.57	2,264.75
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	4.55%	1,699	1,709.5	1,753.2	1,757.9	1,910.25	1,965.95	2,089.35	2,095.44
	Independent	Alan Chambers	3.71%	1,382	1,455.15	1,531.5	1,554.05	1,644.85	1,750.7
	PUP	Stewart Currie	3.69%	1,376	1,416.25	1,521.8	1,556.05	1,582.8
	Independent	Brian Wilson	3.56%	1,327	1,360.6	1,389.35	1,396.4
	DUP	St Clair McAlister	2.71%	1,013	1,291.25	1,354.1
	NI Conservatives	Leonard Fee	0.90%	337	365
	Ulster Democratic	Tom Lindsay	0.71%	265	294.75
	Labour Party NI	Vanessa Baird-Gunning	0.57%	212	217.95
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.19%	72	77
	Natural Law	Andrea Gribben	0.10%	39	42
Electorate: 62,942 Valid: 37,313 (59.28%) Spoilt: 561 Quota: 5,331 Turnout: 37,874 (60.17%)

	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