East Londonderry

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This constituency takes in the west and centre of Causeway Coast and Glens District Council, and a small part of Derry and Strabane District Council. In 2001 the DUP's Gregory Campbell defeated William Ross (UUP), who had represented East Londonderry since it was formed in 1983. The DUP hold two Assembly seats here, and the SDLP and Sinn Fein one each with the last held successively by independent Claire Sugden. See the 1983-92 East Londonderry results.

Under the new boundaries, East Londonderry gains a ward from Foyle. Small numbers make for small differences.

2024 Westminster election

Gregory Campbell (DUP) 11,506 (27.9%, -12.2%)
Kathleen McGurk (SF) 11,327 (27.4%, +12.0%)
Cara Hunter (SDLP) 5,260 (12.7%, -3.7%)
Allister Kyle (TUV) 4,363 (10.6%)
Richard Stewart (Alliance) 3,734 (9.1%, -5.5%)
Glen Miller (UUP) 3,412 (8.3%, -0.9%)
Gemma Brolly (Aontú) 1,043 (2.5%)
Jen McCahon (Green) 445 (1.1%)
Claire Scull (Con) 187 (0.5%)

Electorate 75,707; total vote 41,430 (54.7%); valid vote 41,277; invalid 153 (0.3%)

An unexpected squeaker for the DUP, who held their seat by 179 votes, the tightest majority in Northern Ireland.

If cast in a five-seat Assembly election, these votes would get the DUP two seats and probably SF two and the SDLP one, though there might be a third Unionist seat in there somewhere.

2019 Westminster notional result on new boundaries:

DUP 16,456 (40.0%)
SDLP 6,749 (16.4%)
SF 6,343 (15.4%)
Alliance 5,970 (14.5%)
UUP 3,756 (9.1%)
Aontu 1,776 (4.3%)
PBP 51 (0.1%)



See spreadsheets from the 2011 Assembly election, the 2010 Westminster election, the 2007 Assembly election, the 2005 Westminster election, the 2003 Assembly election, the 2001 Westminster election, the 1998 Assembly election, the 1997 Westminster election and the 1996 Forum/talks election. See also the detailed guide from 2007 by "Sammy Morse".



DUP UUP Alliance PBP SDLP SF Aontu
2019 actual

15,765 3,599 5,921
6,158 6,128 1,731


40.1% 9.2% 15.1%
15.7% 15.6% 4.4%
From East Londonderry
To East Londonderry 15,765 3,599 5,921
6,158 6,128 1,731
From Foyle
To East Londonderry 691 157 49 51 591 215 45
2019 notional

16,456 3,756 5,970 51 6,749 6,343 1,776


40.0% 9.1% 14.5% 0.1% 16.4% 15.4% 4.3%


-0.1% -
-0.5% +0.1% +0.8% -0.2% -0.1%

Recent election results


DUP UUP Oth U Alliance Oth SDLP SF
2024w
27.9%
8.3%
11.1%
9.1%
3.6%
12.7%
27.4%
2022a
26.9% 5.9% 17.7% 7.5% 8.0% 8.3% 25.6%
2019w 40.1% 9.2%
15.1% 4.4% 15.7% 15.6%
2019lg
31.4% 13.3% 8.3% 7.7% 7.2% 12.0% 20.2%
2017w 48.1% 7.6% 0.8% 6.2%
10.8% 26.5%
2017a
34.0% 7.0% 17.6% 4.4% 4.9% 7.9% 26.0%
2016a
36.8% 8.3% 18.5% 3.7% 1.5% 9.5% 21.8%
2015w
42.2% 15.4% 1.2% 7.6% 1.5% 12.3% 19.8%
2014lg
28.2% 16.8% 12.8% 3.8% 4.2% 14.6% 19.6%
2011a 36.9% 8.4% 13.1% 5.5%   14.9% 21.1%
2011lg
31.2% 15.6% 3.1% 6.0% 9.2% 14.2% 20.7%
2010w 34.6% 17.8% 7.4% 5.5%   15.5% 19.3%
2007a
38.4% 17.5% 1.5% 3.8% 3.2% 14.8% 20.8%
2005w 41.0% 19.7%
2.4% 0.2% 19.3% 17.4%
2005lg 31.3% 23.2% 3.5% 2.7% 3.7% 18.4% 17.1%

NB that the figures for elections before 2010 are projections.

2022 Assembly election (five seats)

@Caoimhe Archibald (SF) 6,868 (15.5%)
@Maurice Bradley (DUP) 6,786 (15.3%)
Alan Robinson (DUP) 5,151 (11.6%)

Kathleen McGurk (SF) 4,500 (10.1%)
@Claire Sugden (Ind U) 3,981 (9.0%)
@Cara Hunter (SDLP) 3,664 (8.3%)

Chris McCaw (Alliance) 3,338 (7.5%)
Jordan Armstrong (TUV) 2,959 (6.7%)
Darryl Wilson (UUP) 2,625 (5.9%)
Stephanie Quigley (Ind) 1,503 (3.4%)
Gemma Brolly (Aontú) 1,095 (2.5%)
Russell Watton (PUP) 933 (2.1%)
Mark Coulson (Green) 347 (0.8%)
Amy Merron (PBP) 347 (0.8%)
Niall Murphy (Ind) 181 (0.4%)
Billy Stewart (Ind) 82 (0.2%)

@ member of the Assembly when it was dissolved.

DUP 11,937 (26.9%, -7.1%) 2 seats
SF 11,368 (25.6%, -0.4%) 1 seat
Ind U 3,981 (9.0%, -3.0%) 1 seat
SDLP 3,664 (8.3%, +0.4%) 1 seat
Alliance 3,338 (7.5%, +3.1%)
TUV 2,959 (6.7%, +3.7%)
UUP 2,625 (5.9%, -1.1%)
Ind 1,766 (4.0%)
Aontú 1,095 (2.5%)
PUP 933 (2.1%, ±0%)
Green 347 (0.8%, +0.1%)
PBP 347 (0.8%, -0.4%)

Electorate: 72,959
Votes cast: 44,796 (61.4%, -1.3%), spoilt votes 436 (1.0%)
Valid votes: 44,360, quota 7,394

A lot of people, myself included, had written the SDLP off here based on first preferences, but they kept their seat. The decisive stage was the penultimate count, when the Alliance candidate, Chris McCaw, was eliminated being just 14.56 votes behind the SDLP's Cara Hunter; his transfers then elected her comfortably by 1,666.56 votes ahead of SF's second candidate. Claire Sugden had an undistributed surplus of 1081.96, SF of 59 and the DUP of 7.

2019 Westminster election

*Gregory Campbell (DUP) 15,765 (40.1%, -8.0%)
Cara Hunter (SDLP) 6,158 (15.7%, +4.9%)
Dermot Nicholl (SF) 6,128 (15.6%, -10.9%)
Chris McCaw (Alliance) 5,921 (15.1%, +8.9%)
Richard Holmes (UUP) 3,599 (9.2%, +1.5%)
Sean McNicholl (Aontú) 1,731 (4.4%, +4.4%)

* outgoing MP.

Electorate: 69,246; Total Poll: 39,495 (57.0%); Invalid Votes: 193 (0.5%); Valid Votes: 39,302

Campbell successfully returned for the sixth time. A three-way jostling for second place, with SDLP, SF and Alliance within 240 votes of each other. DUP lost votes mostly to Alliance, with SF defectors splitting fairly evenly between SDLP and Aontu. This was Aontu's best result of the election. In a five-seat Assembly election, these votes would give the DUP two seats and one each for SF, SDLP and Alliance.

2019 local government election

From the 2011 census, East Londonderry includes:

The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Bann
The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Benbradagh
The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Coleraine
The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Limavady
72% of the Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Causeway
and
19% of the Derry and Strabane DEA of Faughan
15% of the Derry and Strabane DEA of Sperrin.

With some adjustment for voter community background, I project the 2019 results as:

DUP 11,045 (31.4%)
SF 7,115 (20.2%)
UUP 4,683 (13.3%)
SDLP 4,215 (12.0%)
Alliance 2,703 (7.7%)
PUP 1,325 (3.8%)
TUV 1,294 (3.7%)
Inds 1,041 (3.0%)
Aontú 992 (2.8%)
PBP 251 (0.7%)
Green 237 (0.7%)
UKIP 188 (0.5%)
Cons 112 (0.3%)

If cast in a five-seat STV election, those votes would give the DUP two seats, with one each for SF, the UUP and the SDLP.

2017 Westminster election

*Gregory Campbell (DUP) 19,723 (48.1%, +5.9%)
Dermot Nicholl (SF) 10,881 (26.5%, +6.7%)
Stephanie Quigley (SDLP) 4,423 (10.8%, -1.5%)
Richard Holmes (UUP) 3,135 (7.6%, -7.8%)
Chris McCaw (Alliance) 2,538 (6.2%, -1.4%)
Liz St Claire-Legge (Cons) 330 (0.8%, -0.4%)

* outgoing MP.
@ member of the Assembly

Electorate: 67,038; Total Poll: 41,278 (61.6%); Invalid Votes: 124 (0.3%); Valid Votes: 41,154

A good result for the DUP. In a five-seat Assembly election, this would deliver three DUP MLAs and probably two SF, though the second seat would require both good balancing and SDLP transfers, and a fourth Unionist (or if they were very lucky, Alliance) might also be possible.

2017 Assembly election (five seats)

@Caoimhe Archibald (SF) 5,851 (14%)
@Maurice Bradley (DUP) 5,444 (13%)
@Claire Sugden (Ind U) 4,918 (11.7%)
@George Robinson (DUP) 4,715 (11.3%)
Cathal Ó hOisín (SF) 4,953 (11.8%)
@Adrian McQuillan (DUP) 3,881 (9.3%)
John Dallat (SDLP) 3,319 (7.9%)
William McCandless (UUP) 2,814 (6.7%)
Chris McCaw (Alliance) 1,841 (4.4%)
@Gerry Mullan (Ind) 1,204 (2.9%)
Jordan Armstrong (TUV) 1,038 (2.5%)
Russell Watton (PUP) 879 (2.1%)
Gavin Campbell (PBP) 492 (1.2%)
Anthony Flynn (Green)305 (0.7%)
David Harding (Conservative)219 (0.5%)
DUP 14,040 (34.0%, -2.8%) 2 seats (-1)
Sinn Féin 10,804 (26.0%, +4.2%) 1 seat
Independent Unionist 4,918 (12.0%, +2.3%) 1 seat
SDLP 3319 (7.9%, -1.6%) 1 seat
UUP 2,814 (7.0%, -1.3%)
Alliance 1,841 (4.4%, +0.7%)
Independent Nationalist 1,204 (3.0%)
TUV 1,038 (3.0%, -0.5%)
PUP 879 (2.1%, -1.8%)
PBP 492 (1.2%)
Green 305 (0.7%, -0.6%)
Conservative 219 (0.5%, -0.3%)

Electorate: 67,392
Votes cast: 42,248 (62.7%). spoilt votes: 375 (0.9%)
Valid votes: 41,873, quota: 6,979

The rise in Nationalist vote share meant that two Nationalist seats were safe, and that a Unionist seat would be lost (the third DUP seat, as it turned out, with their vote dipping and Claire Sugden's vote increasing). However the surprise was the SDLP's retention of their seat, despite starting with less than a third of SF's total vote and with their winning candidate from the previous year running against the party as an independent. Dallat pulled in transfers from Alliance and Unionists and finished a solid 853 votes ahead of SF's second runner, Ó hOisín, having started more than 1600 votes behind him. It was an interesting case of cross-community transfers affecting the result.

2016 Brexit referendum

Total electorate: 67,953
Turnout: 40,563 (59.7%), 15/18.
Invalid votes: 10 (0.02%), lowest number of invalid votes in Northern Ireland (equal with South Antrim).
Votes to REMAIN: 21,098 (52.0%);
Votes to LEAVE: 19,455 (48.0%).
Tenth highest REMAIN vote share in Northern Ireland.

2016 Assembly election (six seats)

@Maurice Bradley (DUP) 4,630
@George Robinson (DUP) 4,567
Caoimhe Archibald (SF) 4,002
@Cathal Ó hOisín (SF) 3,493
@Adrian McQuillan (DUP) 3,477
@Claire Sugden (Independent) 3,270
Gerry Mullan (SDLP) 3,265
William McCandless (UUP) 1,789
Russell Watton (PUP) 1,356
Yvonne Boyle (APNI) 1,257
Jordan Armstrong (TUV) 1,191
Aaron Callan (UUP) 1,067
Amber Hammill (Green) 434
Steven Parkhill (UKIP) 274
David Harding (Conservative) 216
Tor Christie (Independent) 61
Stuart Canning (Conservative) 50
DUP 12,674 (36.8%, -0.1%) 3 seats
SF 7,495 (21.8%, +0.7%) 1 seat
Independents 3,331 (9.7%, +1.2%) 1 seat
SDLP 3,265 (9.5%, -5.4%) 1 seat
UUP 2,856 (8.3%, -0.1%)
PUP 1,356 (3.9%)
Alliance 1,257 (3.7%, -1.8%)
TUV 1,191 (3.5%, -1.0%)
Green 434 (1.3%)
UKIP 274 (0.8%)
Conservative 266 (0.8%)

Electorate: 68,600
Votes cast: 34,848 (50.8%), spoilt votes: 449 (1.3%)
Valid votes: 34,399, quota: 4,915

An interesting result where incumbent Cathal Ó hOisín (SF) started in fourth place, but was overtaken by three other candidates and eventually lost out to running mate Caoimhe Archibald by 606.32 votes. Crucial transfers to the SDLP came from Alliance and, interestingly, also from the UUP.

2015 Westminster election

*Gregory Campbell (DUP) 14,663 (42.2%, +7.6%)
Caoimhe Archibald (SF) 6,859 (19.8%, +0.5%)
William McCandless (UUP) 5,333 (15.4%, -2.4%)
Gerry Mullan (SDLP) 4,268 (12.3%, -3.2%)
Yvonne Boyle (Alliance) 2,642 (7.6%, +2.1%)
Neil Paine (Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol) 527 (1.5%)
Elizabeth St Clair-Legge (Conservative) 422 (1.2%)
Electorate: 66,926; Total Poll: 34,965 (52.2%); Invalid Votes: 251 (0.7%); Valid Votes: 34,714

A good result for Campbell, the only seat where the DUP managed a significant increas in vote share without a pact; he appears to have absorbed the votes cast for his predecessor standing as TUV last time.

If cast in a six-seat Assembly election, these votes would gove the DUP three seats and SF, the UUP and the SDLP one each.

2014 local government election

From the 2011 census, East Londonderry includes:

The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Bann
The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Benbradagh
The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Coleraine
The entire Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Limavady
72% of the Causeway Coast and Glens DEA of Causeway
and
19% of the Derry and Strabane DEA of Faughan
15% of the Derry and Strabane DEA of Sperrin.

With some adjustment for voter community background, I project the 2014 results as:

DUP 9148 (28%)
SF 6361 (20%)
UUP 5437 (17%)
SDLP 4730 (15%)
TUV 2899 (9%)
Alliance 1241 (4%)
Inds 1056 (3%)
PUP 777 (2%)
UKIP 462 (1%)
NI21 303 (1%)

If cast in a six-seat STV election, those votes would give the DUP two seats and SF, the UUP and the SDLP one each, with the TUV or UUP best placed to pick up the last..

2011 Assembly election (six seats)

@Gregory Campbell MP (DUP) 6,319 (18.2%)
Cathal Ó hOisín (SF) 4,681 (13.5%)
@George Robinson (DUP) 3,855 (11.1%)
@David McClarty (Independent) 3,003 (8.6%)
@John Dallat (SDLP) 2,967 (8.5%)

Bernadette Archibald (SF) 2,639 (7.6%)
@Adrian McQuillan (DUP) 2,633 (7.6%)
Thomas Conway (SDLP) 2,222 (6.4%)
Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance) 1,905 (5.5%)
Boyd Douglas (TUV) 1,568 (4.5%)
Lesley Macaulay (UUP) 1,472 (4.2%)
David Harding (UUP) 1,458 (4.2%)

@ member of the Assembly when it was dissolved.

DUP 12,807 (36.9%, -2.9%) 3 seats
SF 7,320 (21.1%, +1.0%) 1 seat
SDLP 5,189 (14.9%, +1.9%) 1 seat
McClarty 3,003 (8.6%) 1 seat (+1)
UUP 2,930 (8.4%, -10.0%) (-1)
Alliance 1,905 (5.5%, +1.4%)
TUV 1,568 (4.5%)

Electorate: 65,226
Votes cast: 35,303 (54.12%), spoilt votes: 581 (1.6%)
Valid votes: 34,722, quota: 4,961

The UUP's deselection of sitting MLA David McClarty proved a serious mistake, as he stood and won his seat back as an independent, his former party losing out entirely in a seat that they held at Westminster until ten years previously. The DUP's Adrian McQuillan took the last seat by 320 votes ahead of the UUP's David Harding, with an SDLP surplus of 246 undistributed (which would probably have made little difference).

2011 local government election

My projection of votes cast in Coleraine, Limavady and the two Derry wards in the constituency:

DUP 10,764 (31.2%)
SF 7,147 (20.7%)
UUP 5,371 (15.6%)
SDLP 4,910 (14.2%)
Alliance 2,064 (6.0%)
TUV 993 (2.9%)
UKIP 91 (0.3%)
PBPA 29 (0.1%)
Inds 3,150 (9.1%)

In a six-seat STV election, these votes would give the DUP two seats, and SF, the UUP and the SDLP one each. It is not at all clear where the last seat would go. Half of the vote for independents is the personal vote of David McClarty; he, an Alliance candidate and possibly a third DUP candidate if they balanced properly could all be in the running.

2010 Westminster Election (one seat)

*@Gregory Campbell (DUP) 12,097 (34.6%, -6.4%)
Cathal Ó hOisín (Sinn Féin) 6,742 (19.3%, +1.9%)
Lesley Macaulay (UCUNF) 6,218 (17.8%, -1.9%)
Thomas Conway (SDLP) 5,399 (15.5% -3.8%)
William Ross (TUV) 2,572 (7.4%)
Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance) 1,922 (5.5%, +3.1%)
Electorate: 63,220; Total Poll: 35,086 (55.5%); Invalid Votes: 136 (0.4%); Valid Votes: 34,950

The DUP suffered minor erosion here, but as in so many other places, TUV simply failed to break in, even though their candidate had represented this area at Westminster for 27 years. In a six-seat Assembly election, these votes would make the DUP's third seat vulnerable to either TUV or Alliance.

2007 Assembly Election

Full details of each count are available from the Electoral Office (in PowerPoint format) here.
*Gregory Campbell MP (DUP) 6845 (20.2%)
*Francie Brolly (SF) 4476 (13.2%)
*George Robinson (DUP) 3991 (11.8%)
*David McClarty (UUP) 2875 (8.5%)
Adrian McQuillan (DUP) 2650 (7.8%)
*John Dallat (SDLP) 2638 (7.8%)
Billy Leonard (SF) 2321 (6.8%)
*Norman Hillis (UUP) 2054 (6.1%)
Orla Beattie (SDLP) 1797 (5.3%)
Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance) 1401 (4.1%)
Edwin Stevenson (UUP) 1338 (3.9%)
Joseph Cubitt (UKUP) 549 (1.6%)
Philippe Moison (Green) 521 (1.5%)
Michael McGonigle (RSF) 393 (1.2%)
Victor Christie 73 (0.2%)

*Elected in 2003 from East Londonderry
DUP 13,486 (39.8%, +7.4%) 3 seats (+1)
SF 6,797 (20.0%, +2.2%) 1 seat
UUP 6,267 (18.5%, -4.2%) 1 seat (-1)
SDLP 4,435 (13.1%, -3.2%) 1 seat
Alliance 1,401 (4.1%, +1.9%)
UKUP 549 (1.6%, -1.0%)
Green 521 (1.5%)
RSF 393 (1.2%)
Independent 73 (0.2%)


Electorate 56,104 
Votes cast 34,180 (60.9%); spoilt votes 258 (0.8%) 
Valid votes 33,922; quota 4,847

Always one of the DUP's more likely gains, assisted by poor balancing from the UUP, whose Norman Hillis lost his seat to the DUP's Adrian McQuillan by 879 votes on the last count.

2005 Westminster Election (5 May, 1 seat)

*@Gregory Campbell (DUP) 15,225 (42.9% +10.8%)
@David McClarty (UUP) 7,498 (21.1% -6.3%)
@John Dallat (SDLP) 6,077 (17.1% -3.7%)
Billy Leonard (Sinn Fein) 5,709 (16.1% +0.5%)
Yvonne Boyle (Alliance) 924 (2.6% -1.5%)
Malcolm Samuel (Independent) 71 (0.2% +0.2%)

* outgoing MP.
@ Member of the Assembly

Not a surprise. These votes, if cast in a six-seat STV election, would probably have given the DUP three seats and the UUP, Sinn Fein and SDLP one each.

2005 Local Government Election (5 May)

First preference votes cast in the whole of the Coleraine and Limavady council areas were as follows:

DUP 11295 (32.1%)
UUP 8573 (24.3%)
Sinn Fein 5864 (16.6%)
SDLP 5764 (16.4%)
United Unionist Coalition 1328 (3.8%) Best equivalent result in Northern Ireland
Alliance 1026 (2.9%)
Independents 1388 (3.9%)

It is easy enough to extrapolate from the local council elections because the East Londonderry constituency includes two whole district councils. On these votes the DUP would win two seats, the UUP probably also two, and Sinn Fein and the SDLP one each.

2003 Assembly election (26 November; six seats)

Also available: details of each count with analysis of surplus transfers.
*Gregory Campbell (DUP) 4789 (14.0%)
*David McClarty (UUP) 4069 (11.9%)
Francis Brolly (SF) 4019 (11.7%)
George Robinson (DUP) 3466 (10.1%)
*John Dallat (SDLP) 3190 (9.3%)
Maurice Bradley (DUP) 2836 (8.3%)
*Michael Coyle (SDLP) 2394 (7.0%)
Norman Hillis (UUP) 2292 (6.7%)
Cliona O'Kane (SF) 2102 (6.1%)
*Boyd Douglas (UUC) 1903 (5.6%)
Edwin Stevenson (UUP) 1408 (4.1%)
*Pauline Armitage (Ind) 906 (2.6%)
Yvonne Boyle (Alliance) 762 (2.2%)
Marion Baur (SEA) 137 (0.4%)
DUP 11,091 (32.4%, +8.7%) 2 seats
UUP 7,769 (22.7%, -2.5%) 2 seats
SF 6,121 (17.9%, 8.1%) 1 seats
SDLP 5,584 (16.3%, -7.4%) 1 seat
UUC 1,903 (5.6%) Best result for UUC in Northern Ireland
UKUP 906 (2.6%)
Alliance 762 (2.2%, -3.9%)
SEA 137 (0.4%)

Electorate 56,203 
Votes cast 34,703 (61.7%); spoilt votes 430 (1.2%) 
Valid votes 34,273; quota 4,897 


Reaction:
As widely predicted, sitting MLA's Pauline Armitage, Boyd Douglas and Michael Coyle lost their seats; the DUP and SF gained. Better balancing by the DUP could conceivably have got them a third seat ahead of the UUP's Hillis; better balancing by the UUP would of course have reduced any such threat. The final margin was Dallat's 218 votes ahead of his running-mate Coyle; two counts earlier, Coyle had edged out the DUP's Bradley by 153 votes but in fact this was only for the honour of being runner-up.

East Londonderry had lost 9.12% of its electorate in the great electoral register shake-out, varying from 15.16% in the Cross Glebe ward of Coleraine to 4.99% in Ringsend, also in Coleraine. 5 constituencies lost fewer voters, 12 lost more.

2001 Westminster Election (7 June; 1 seat)

@Gregory Campbell (DUP) 12,813 (32.1%)
*Willie Ross (UUP) 10,912 (27.4%)
@John Dallat (SDLP) 8,298 (20.8%)
Francie Brolly (Sinn Fein) 6,221 (15.6%)
Yvonne Boyle (Alliance) 1,625 (4.1%)

Electorate: 60,215; votes cast: 40,268 (66.8%), spoilt votes: 399 (0.9%);
Valid votes: 39,869; DUP majority 1,901

* outgoing MP
@ member of the Assembly

One of the DUP's dramatic if narrow gains. A six-seat Assembly election on these figures would give each Unionist party two seats, and each Nationalist party one.

2001 Local Government Election (7 June)

First preference votes cast in the whole of the Coleraine and Limavady council areas were as follows:

UUP 11157 (28%)
DUP 9459 (24%)
SDLP 9216 (23%)
SF 3784 (10%)
Alliance 1579 (4%)
UUAP 1351 (3%) Best equivalent result in Northern Ireland
PUP 146 (0.4%)
Independents 3019 (8%)
Total valid votes 39711

If these votes had been cast in a six-seat STV election, the UUP and DUP would have won two seats each, and the SDLP one. Sinn Fein would be the most likely to pick up the last seat.

1998 Assembly Election (25 June; six seats)

Also available: details of each count with analysis of surplus transfers.
 
#Gregory Campbell (DUP) 6,099 
David McClarty (UUP) 5,108 
John Dallat (SDLP) 4,760 
*Arthur Doherty (SDLP) 4,606 
Boyd Douglas (Unionist) 3,811 
Pauline Armitage (UUP) 3,315 elected 9th count 
George Robinson (DUP) 3,208 
Malachy O'Kane (SF) 2,521 
Barbara Dempsey (Alliance) 2,395 
Robert McPherson (UUP) 1,531 
John McIlhenny (SF) 1,339 
David Gilmour (PUP) 582 
David Nelson (UDP) 171 
Maura McCann (NLP) 46 
UUP 9,954 (25.21%) 2 seats
SDLP 9,366 (23.72%) 2 seats
DUP 9,307 (23.57%) 1 seat
SF 3,860 (9.77%) 
Unionist 3,811 (9.65%) 1 seat
Alliance 2,395 (6.06%) 
PUP 582 (1.47%) 
UDP 171 (0.43%) 
NLP 46 (0.12%) 

Electorate: 59,370 
Votes cast 39,492 (66.5%); spoilt votes: 603 (1.5%) 
Valid votes 39,564; quota 5,653

* elected in 1996 Forum/talks election from East Londonderry
# elected in 1996 Forum/talks election as a 'top-up' candidate

Boyd Douglas, an independent Unionist opposed to the Agreement, performed well enough to take one of the Unionist seats with transfers from other Unionists. Good vote management by the SDLP ensured that they stayed ahead of SF to win the other two. The order of the candidates did not change much during the count and the DUP were the runners-up, George Robinson finishing with 3,867 votes to Boyd Douglas's 4,260.

1997 Local Government Election

First preference votes cast in the whole of the Coleraine and Limavady council areas were as follows:

Ulster Unionist Party 13,598 votes (35%)
Social Democratic and Labour Party 9,565 votes (25%)
Democratic Unionist Party 7,218 votes (18%)
Sinn Féin 3,373 votes (9%)
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1,738 votes (5%)
Women's Coalition 146 votes (0.38%)
Workers Party 53 votes (0.14%)
Others 1,689 votes (4%)
Total valid votes 38,436 (57.38% of electorate)

1997 Westminster Election (one seat)

*William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party) 13,558 (36%)
ƒ Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) 9,764 (26%)
ƒ Arthur Doherty (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 8,273 (22%)
Malachy O'Kane (Sinn Féin) 3,463 (9%)
Yvonne Boyle (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 2,427 (6%)
James Holmes (Conservative Party) 436 (1%)
Clare Gallen (Natural Law Party) 100 (0.26%)
Ian Anderson (National Democrats) 81 (0.21%)
Turnout 38,102 (64.77%)

* outgoing MP
ƒ member of the Forum

1996 Forum Election (five seats)

Also available: full list of 1996 candidates

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 11,386 (31%); David Brewster, Robert White elected
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 8,768 (24%); Robert Bolton, Robert Stewart elected
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 7,451 (20%); Arthur Doherty elected
Sinn Féin (SF) 3,413 (9%)
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) 2,107 (6%)
United Kingdom Unionist Party (UKUP) 1,040 (3%)
Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) 728 (2%)
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 652 (2%)
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC) 375 (1%)
Labour (Lab) 241 (1%)
Conservative Party (Con) 208 (1%)
Green Party 189 (1%)
Ulster Independence Movement (UIM) 100 (0.27%)
Workers Party (WP) 75 (0.20%)
Democratic Left (DL) 45 (0.12%)
Natural Law Party (NLP) 14
Independent Chambers 5 (0.01%)

Electorate: 58,471; votes cast: 36,893 (63.1%); spoilt votes: 99 (0.2%); valid votes: 36,794

Results 1996-2007


DUP UUP Oth U Alliance Oth SDLP SF
2007a
40% 18% 2% 4% 3% 13% 20%
2005w 43% 21%
3% 0% 17% 16%
2005lg 32% 24% 4% 3% 4% 16% 17%
2003a 32% 23% 8% 2% 0% 16% 18%
2001w 32% 27%
4%
21% 16%
2001lg 24% 28% 4% 4% 8% 23% 10%
1998a 24% 25% 12% 6% 0% 24% 10%
1997lg 18% 35%
5% 5% 25% 9%
1997w 26% 36% 1% 6% 0% 22% 9%
1996f 24% 31% 7% 6% 3% 20% 9%

See also: Full 2003 results from East Londonderry | Full 1998 results from East Londonderry | The Boundary Commission's Provisional Recommendations | Boundary Commission 2003 | Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 3 June 1998; last updated 7 May 2022 by Conal Kelly.



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