East Londonderry

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Map by Conal Kelly

This constituency was largely taken from the old Londonderry constituency. Most of the old East Londonderry constituency survived as the new East Londonderry after 1995, with some territory lost to Mid Ulster. The Member of Parliament was Willie Ross (UUP) throughout this period.

See spreadsheets for 1983, 1987 and 1992.

Election results, 1983-1995

9 April 1992

William Ross MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 30,370 (57.6%)
Arthur Doherty (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 11,843 (22.4%)
Pauline Davey-Kennedy (Sinn Féin) 5,320 (10.1%)
Paddy McGowan (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 3,613 (6.8%)
Alan Elder (Conservative Party) 1,589 (3%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 18,527; Electorate: 75,587 Turnout: (69.8%)

11 June 1987

William Ross MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 29,532
Arthur Doherty (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 9,375
John Davey (Sinn Féin) 5,464 (10.1%)
Paddy McGowan (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 3,237
Francis Donnelly (Workers' Party) 935
Malcolm Samuel (Ecology Party) 281

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 20,157; Electorate: 71,097 Turnout: (69.1%)

23 January 1986

William Ross MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 30,922
'Peter Barry' (AIA) 2,001

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority 28,921; Electorate 70,375; Turnout 48.4%

9 June 1983

Willie Ross MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 19,469
@James McClure (Democratic Unionist Party) 12,207
Arthur Doherty (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 9,397
John Davey (Sinn Féin) 7,073
Maria McGrath (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 2,401
Francie Donnelly (Workers' Party) 819

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 7,262; Electorate: 67,365; Turnout: (76.3%)

@ = member of the 1982-86 Assembly at the time of the election (McClure had been elected for the old Londonderry constituency)
MP = outgoing MP

See also:

Results from 1983 to 1995 for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | Upper Bann

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, 21 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.


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