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South Down (Assembly constituency)
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South Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly
.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland
-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the South 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.
The most high-profile MLA's for the constituency are Catriona Ruane the Minister for Education and Margaret Ritchie, the SDLP leader.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
.
are:
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election
were:
In the 1998 election
the six MLAs elected were:
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from South Down. They were as follows:
In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State
to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. South Down elected seven members as follows:
Raymond McCullough
died in 1985 and the resulting by-election, on 17 October 1985, was won by Jeffrey Donaldson
, also Ulster Unionist Party
.
In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from South Down were:
In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement
. The seven members elected from South Down were:
The Quota was 5961 in 2011.
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the South Down UK Parliament constituency
South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
South Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The county constituency was first created in 1885 from the southern part of Down...
, 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
Northern Ireland Forum
The Northern Ireland Forum was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998....
had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
, 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
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was an elected body set up in 1975 by the UK Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland....
, the 1982 Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982
The Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1982 represented an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to restore the devolution to Northern Ireland which had been suspended 10 years previously. The Assembly was abolished in 1986.-Origins:...
, the 1996 Forum
Northern Ireland Forum
The Northern Ireland Forum was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998....
and then to the current Assembly from 1998.
The most high-profile MLA's for the constituency are Catriona Ruane the Minister for Education and Margaret Ritchie, the SDLP leader.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
South Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The county constituency was first created in 1885 from the southern part of Down...
.
Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 electionNorthern Ireland Assembly election, 2007
The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 new members were elected. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, along with the Alliance Party, increase their...
are:
- P. J. BradleyP. J. BradleyP. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Willie ClarkeWillie ClarkeWillie Clarke MLA is a junior republican politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 as a Sinn Féin member for South Down. Clarke has become infamous among his fellow MLAs for his truancy since then, failing to introduce a single law in his 8 years in the...
– Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... - John McCallisterJohn McCallisterJohn McCallister, MLA is a Northern Ireland Unionist politician who, in 2007, was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as an Ulster Unionist Party member for South Down....
– Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Margaret RitchieMargaret Ritchie (politician)Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Caitriona RuaneCaitríona RuaneCaitríona Ruane MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down....
– Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... - Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003
The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Wednesday 26 November 2003. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary...
were:
- P. J. BradleyP. J. BradleyP. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Willie ClarkeWillie ClarkeWillie Clarke MLA is a junior republican politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 as a Sinn Féin member for South Down. Clarke has become infamous among his fellow MLAs for his truancy since then, failing to introduce a single law in his 8 years in the...
– Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... - Dermot NesbittDermot NesbittDermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party...
– Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Margaret RitchieMargaret Ritchie (politician)Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Caitriona RuaneCaitríona RuaneCaitríona Ruane MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down....
– Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... - Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
In the 1998 election
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
-Seats summary:-Details:Although the SDLP won the most first preference votes, the Ulster Unionists won the most seats in the Assembly. This has been attributed to several reasons, including:...
the six MLAs elected were:
- P. J. BradleyP. J. BradleyP. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Eddie McGradyEddie McGradyEdward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Mick MurphyMick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician)Michael Murphy is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Active in republican politics since the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down...
– Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... - Dermot NesbittDermot NesbittDermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party...
– Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Eamonn O'Neill – Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
- Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from South Down. They were as follows:
- Hugh CarrHugh CarrHugh Carr is a former Irish nationalist politician.Carr was elected to Newry and Mourne District Council in 1989, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Crotlieve....
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Eddie McGradyEddie McGradyEdward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Mick MurphyMick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician)Michael Murphy is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Active in republican politics since the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down...
– Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... - Dermot NesbittDermot NesbittDermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party...
– Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Margaret RitchieMargaret Ritchie (politician)Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her...
– Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...
to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. South Down elected seven members as follows:
- William Brown Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
- Frank FeelyFrank FeelyFrank Feely is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Feely worked as a teacher in Newry. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party in South Down. He held this seat at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and at...
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - George GrahamGeorge Graham (Northern Ireland politician)George Graham was a Northern Ireland politician who was most prominent during his time with the Democratic Unionist Party.Graham was co-opted onto Newry and Mourne District Council in 1975, becoming that body's first DUP member and in 1982 he was elected council chairman by the controlling Social...
Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... - Raymond McCulloughRaymond McCulloughRaymond McCullough was a Northern Ireland politician with the Ulster Unionist Party.McCullough, who was Honorary Secretary of the South Down Unionist Association, was elected to Banbridge District Council uon that body's creation in 1973 and subsequently served as chairman...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Eddie McGradyEddie McGradyEdward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St...
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
- Jim Wells Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
Raymond McCullough
Raymond McCullough
Raymond McCullough was a Northern Ireland politician with the Ulster Unionist Party.McCullough, who was Honorary Secretary of the South Down Unionist Association, was elected to Banbridge District Council uon that body's creation in 1973 and subsequently served as chairman...
died in 1985 and the resulting by-election, on 17 October 1985, was won by Jeffrey Donaldson
Jeffrey Donaldson
Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, MP is a Northern Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley belonging to the Democratic Unionist Party...
, also Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
.
In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from South Down were:
- Peter BrushPeter BrushEdward James Augustus Howard Brush known as Peter was a Northern Irish unionist politician and paramilitary leader...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Brian FaulknerBrian FaulknerArthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972...
Unionist Party of Northern IrelandUnionist Party of Northern IrelandThe Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974.-Formation:The party emerged following splits in the Ulster Unionist Party in 1973 and 1974 over the British government's white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals, the Northern... - Frank FeelyFrank FeelyFrank Feely is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Feely worked as a teacher in Newry. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party in South Down. He held this seat at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and at...
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Cecil Harvey Vanguard Progressive Unionist PartyVanguard Progressive Unionist PartyThe Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party , informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978...
- Herbert HeslipHerbert HeslipHerbert Heslip was a Northern Irish politician with the Ulster Unionist Party .Heslip was a well-known figure in County Down Unionism, serving as a member of Down District Council from 1968–1973 and then of Banbridge District Council until 1985...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... - Eddie McGradyEddie McGradyEdward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St...
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement
Sunningdale Agreement
The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. The Agreement was signed at the Civil Service College in Sunningdale Park located in Sunningdale, Berkshire, on 9 December 1973.Unionist opposition, violence and...
. The seven members elected from South Down were:
- Ronald BroadhurstRonald BroadhurstBrigadier Ronald Joseph Callender Broadhurst was a Unionist politician.In the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was the last of seven MPAs elected in the South Down constituency, as a pro-Sunningdale candidate...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
(pro-White Paper) - Brian FaulknerBrian FaulknerArthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
(pro-White Paper) - Frank FeelyFrank FeelyFrank Feely is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Feely worked as a teacher in Newry. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party in South Down. He held this seat at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and at...
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Cecil Harvey Vanguard Progressive Unionist PartyVanguard Progressive Unionist PartyThe Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party , informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978...
- Herbert HeslipHerbert HeslipHerbert Heslip was a Northern Irish politician with the Ulster Unionist Party .Heslip was a well-known figure in County Down Unionism, serving as a member of Down District Council from 1968–1973 and then of Banbridge District Council until 1985...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
(anti-White Paper) - Eddie McGradyEddie McGradyEdward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St...
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... - Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
Northern Ireland Assembly
| 2011 Assembly Election:South Down | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | |||||||||
| Margaret Ritchie Margaret Ritchie (politician) Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her... |
20.4 | 8,506 | -2545.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Caitriona Ruane Caitríona Ruane Caitríona Ruane MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down.... |
14.3 | 5,955 | 237.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | 6,192.15 | |||||||||
| Jim Wells | 12.5 | 5,200 | 81.84 | 5,284.84 | 72.72 | 5,354.56 | 49.72 | 5,404.28 | 1139.00 | 6,543.28 | -582.28 | |||||||||
| John McCallister John McCallister John McCallister, MLA is a Northern Ireland Unionist politician who, in 2007, was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as an Ulster Unionist Party member for South Down.... |
10.6 | 4,409 | 71.92 | 4,480.92 | 143.96 | 4,624.88 | 88.89 | 4,714.77 | 968.13 | 5,679.90 | 559.70 | 6,329.60 | 6,329.60 | 6,329.60 | -278.80 | |||||
| Willie Clarke Willie Clarke Willie Clarke MLA is a junior republican politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 as a Sinn Féin member for South Down. Clarke has become infamous among his fellow MLAs for his truancy since then, failing to introduce a single law in his 8 years in the... |
9.3 | 3,882 | 76.95 | 3,957.95 | 34.55 | 3,992.50 | 101.65 | 4,094.15 | 7.31 | 4,101.46 | 1.74 | 4,103.20 | 2,674.00 | 6,777.20 | -816.20 | |||||
| Karen McKevitt Karen McKevitt Karen McKevitt is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 representing South Down.... |
9.0 | 3,758 | 580.79 | 4,318.79 | 113.92 | 4,432.71 | 242.62 | 4,675.33 | 27.10 | 4,702.43 | 4.64 | 4,707.27 | 135.86 | 4,842.93 | 434.35 | 5,277.28 | 70.18 | 5,347.46 | ||
| Naomi Bailie | 7.3 | 3,050 | 100.44 | 3,150.44 | 10.62 | 3,161.06 | 144.40 | 3,305.46 | 1.31 | 3,306.77 | 1.74 | 3,308.51 | -3,308.51 | |||||||
| Eamon O'Neill | 6.4 | 2,633 | 1,181.72 | 3,844.72 | 113.47 | 3959.19 | 264.58 | 4,222.77 | 28.58 | 4,251.35 | 8.12 | 4,259.47 | 189.99 | 4,449.46 | 376.68 | 4,826.14 | 56.84 | 4,882.98 | ||
| Henry Reilly | 5.6 | 2,332 | 21.39 | 2,353.29 | 20.31 | 2,373.70 | 25.24 | 2,398.94 | -2,398.94 | |||||||||||
| Cadogan Enright | 2.7 | 1,107 | 120.28 | 1,227.28 | 11.47 | 1,238.75 | -1,238.75 | |||||||||||||
| David Griffin | 2.1 | 864 | 51.15 | 915.15 | -915.15 | |||||||||||||||
The Quota was 5961 in 2011.
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 new members were elected. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, along with the Alliance Party, increase their... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| Caitriona Ruane Caitríona Ruane Caitríona Ruane MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down.... |
6,334 | Elected | 7 | ||
| Margaret Ritchie Margaret Ritchie (politician) Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her... |
5,838 | Elected | 8 | ||
| P. J. Bradley P. J. Bradley P. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency... |
5,652 | Elected | 9 | ||
| Jim Wells | 5,542 | Elected | 10 | ||
| Willie Clarke Willie Clarke Willie Clarke MLA is a junior republican politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 as a Sinn Féin member for South Down. Clarke has become infamous among his fellow MLAs for his truancy since then, failing to introduce a single law in his 8 years in the... |
5,138 | Elected | 8 | ||
| John McCallister John McCallister John McCallister, MLA is a Northern Ireland Unionist politician who, in 2007, was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as an Ulster Unionist Party member for South Down.... |
4,447 | Elected | 11 | ||
| Michael Carr | 2,972 | Not elected | 11 | ||
| Eamonn McConvey | 2,662 | Not elected | 7 | ||
| William Burns | 2,611 | Not elected | 9 | ||
| Ciaran Mussen | 1,622 | Not elected | 6 | ||
| Henry Reilly | 1,229 | Not elected | 5 | ||
| David Griffin | 691 | Not elected | 4 | ||
| Martin Cunningham | 434 | Not elected | 4 | ||
| Frederick Wharton | 424 | Not elected | 4 | ||
| Peter Bowles | 391 | Not elected | 3 | ||
| Malachi Curran Malachi Curran Malachi Curran is a politician in Northern Ireland.Curran was elected to Down District Council in 1993 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour Coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996... |
123 | Not elected | 2 | ||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Wednesday 26 November 2003. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| Jim Wells | 6,789 | Elected | 1 | ||
| Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party... |
5,368 | Elected | 8 | ||
| P. J. Bradley P. J. Bradley P. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency... |
5,337 | Elected | 4 | ||
| Caitriona Ruane Caitríona Ruane Caitríona Ruane MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down.... |
5,118 | Elected | 9 | ||
| Margaret Ritchie Margaret Ritchie (politician) Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her... |
4,261 | Elected | 9 | ||
| Willie Clarke Willie Clarke Willie Clarke MLA is a junior republican politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 as a Sinn Féin member for South Down. Clarke has become infamous among his fellow MLAs for his truancy since then, failing to introduce a single law in his 8 years in the... |
4,083 | Elected | 9 | ||
| Eamonn O'Neill | 3,942 | Not elected | |||
| Jim Donaldson | 2,885 | Not elected | |||
| Eamonn McConvey | 2,806 | Not elected | |||
| Marion Fitzpatrick | 2,382 | Not elected | |||
| Raymond Blaney | 799 | Not elected | |||
| Trudy Miller | 565 | Not elected | |||
| Neil Powell | 489 | Not elected | |||
| Nelson Wharton | 245 | Not elected | |||
| Malachi Curran Malachi Curran Malachi Curran is a politician in Northern Ireland.Curran was elected to Down District Council in 1993 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour Coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996... |
162 | Not elected | |||
| Desmond O'Hagan | 115 | Not elected | |||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 -Seats summary:-Details:Although the SDLP won the most first preference votes, the Ulster Unionists won the most seats in the Assembly. This has been attributed to several reasons, including:... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| Eddie McGrady Eddie McGrady Edward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St... |
10,373 | Elected | |||
| Mick Murphy Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician) Michael Murphy is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Active in republican politics since the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down... |
6,251 | Elected | |||
| P. J. Bradley P. J. Bradley P. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency... |
5,571 | Elected | |||
| Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party... |
5,480 | Elected | |||
| Jim Wells | 4,826 | Elected | |||
| Hugh Carr Hugh Carr Hugh Carr is a former Irish nationalist politician.Carr was elected to Newry and Mourne District Council in 1989, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Crotlieve.... |
3,731 | Not elected | |||
| Eamonn O'Neill | 3,582 | Elected | |||
| Frederick Wharton | 2,576 | Not elected | |||
| Norman Hanna | 1,939 | Not elected | |||
| Anne Carr | 1,658 | Not elected | |||
| George Graham George Graham (Northern Ireland politician) George Graham was a Northern Ireland politician who was most prominent during his time with the Democratic Unionist Party.Graham was co-opted onto Newry and Mourne District Council in 1975, becoming that body's first DUP member and in 1982 he was elected council chairman by the controlling Social... |
1,562 | Not elected | |||
| Garret O'Fachtna | 1,520 | Not elected | |||
| Anne-Marie Cunningham | 1,502 | Not elected | |||
| Malachi Curran Malachi Curran Malachi Curran is a politician in Northern Ireland.Curran was elected to Down District Council in 1993 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour Coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996... |
498 | Not elected | |||
| Desmond O'Hagan | 130 | Not elected | |||
| Patrick O'Connor | 121 | Not elected | |||
| Thomas Mullins | 33 | Not elected | |||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie McGrady Eddie McGrady Edward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St... Hugh Carr Hugh Carr Hugh Carr is a former Irish nationalist politician.Carr was elected to Newry and Mourne District Council in 1989, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Crotlieve.... Margaret Ritchie Margaret Ritchie (politician) Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her... Marietta Farrell John Doris |
20,220 | 43.2 | ||
| Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party... Frederick Wharton Gerry Douglas Albert Colmer William Martin |
10,379 | 22.2 | ||
| Mick Murphy Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician) Michael Murphy is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Active in republican politics since the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down... Frank McDowell Martin Gough Deidre Clark |
6,142 | 13.1 | ||
| William Alexander John Finlay William Burns |
5,060 | 10.8 | ||
| Julian Crozier Michael Healy |
1,685 | 3.6 | ||
| Malachi Curran Malachi Curran Malachi Curran is a politician in Northern Ireland.Curran was elected to Down District Council in 1993 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour Coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996... Patrick O'Connor Edna Furey James Masson Michael Kearney |
927 | 2.0 | ||
| George Graham George Graham (Northern Ireland politician) George Graham was a Northern Ireland politician who was most prominent during his time with the Democratic Unionist Party.Graham was co-opted onto Newry and Mourne District Council in 1975, becoming that body's first DUP member and in 1982 he was elected council chairman by the controlling Social... James McDonald |
497 | 1.1 | ||
| Bronagh Lawson Claire Hannah Lynn Carvill Ursula Leahy |
464 | 1.0 | ||
| Norma Coulter Denis Paisley |
404 | 0.9 | ||
| Maggie Burch Eugene O'Shea Christopher Busby |
251 | 0.6 | ||
| Paul Megarity Michael Henderson |
197 | 0.4 | ||
| Marie O'Hagan Eddie O'Hagan |
162 | 0.4 | ||
| Samuel Pollock Stanley Watson James McElrath |
130 | 0.3 | ||
| William Leneghan Sean O'Baoill |
117 | 0.2 | ||
| Veronica McEneaney Jim Ryan |
65 | 0.1 | ||
| Desmond Garrett William McCarthy |
30 | 0.1 | ||
| George Chambers Doreen Larmour |
18 | 0.0 | ||
1982
| Assembly Election – 20 October 1982 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4&5† | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | |
| Frank Feely Frank Feely Frank Feely is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Feely worked as a teacher in Newry. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party in South Down. He held this seat at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and at... |
7391 | 7391 | 7391 | 7391 | ||||||||
| Eddie McGrady Eddie McGrady Edward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St... |
7313 | 7636 | ||||||||||
| Patrick O'Donoghue Patrick O'Donoghue (politician) Patrick O'Donoghue was a Northern Ireland politician active in the Social Democratic and Labour Party for a number of years.... |
5916 | 6252 | 6440 | 6449 | 6455 | 8181 | ||||||
| Raymond McCullough Raymond McCullough Raymond McCullough was a Northern Ireland politician with the Ulster Unionist Party.McCullough, who was Honorary Secretary of the South Down Unionist Association, was elected to Banbridge District Council uon that body's creation in 1973 and subsequently served as chairman... |
5802 | 5808 | 5809 | 5903 | 6451 | 6458 | 6471 | 6497 | 9553 | |||
| William Brown William Brown (Northern Ireland politician) William Brown is a Northern Irish former politician with the Ulster Unionist Party.A farmer by profession Brown was active in both the Ulster Unionists and the Orange Order, and served as a member of Down District Council from 1977 to 1993. Elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1982 for... |
5220 | 5227 | 5234 | 5441 | 7593 | 7593 | 7593 | 7593 | ||||
| George Graham George Graham (Northern Ireland politician) George Graham was a Northern Ireland politician who was most prominent during his time with the Democratic Unionist Party.Graham was co-opted onto Newry and Mourne District Council in 1975, becoming that body's first DUP member and in 1982 he was elected council chairman by the controlling Social... |
4075 | 4081 | 4082 | 5366 | 5533 | 5543 | 5548 | 5552 | 6518 | 7596 | ||
| William Coulter | 3787 | 3794 | 3795 | 3828 | 4490 | 4497 | 4508 | 4663 | ||||
| Jim Wells | 3779 | 3783 | 3783 | 5361 | 5474 | 5488 | 5503 | 5505 | 5663 | 5937 | ||
| Patrick Forde | 3646 | 3999 | 4027 | 4047 | 4148 | 4346 | 4707 | 4709 | 4879 | 5101 | ||
| William Martin | 3562 | 3567 | 3568 | 3798 | ||||||||
| Ethel Smyth | 3495 | 3507 | 3508 | |||||||||
| Cyril Toman Cyril Toman Cyril Toman is a political activist in Northern Ireland.Toman attended Queen's University Belfast, where he joined the Labour Club, and also the Belfast Willowfield branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party . He visited Moscow as the group's representative in 1964... |
3393 | 3772 | 3795 | 3805 | 3806 | |||||||
| Thomas Moore | 1676 | |||||||||||
- †The fifth count involved the transfer of Feely's surplus of nine votes. After rounding up, the value of his ballot papers was zero so this count produced the same result as the fourth count.
1975
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Feely Frank Feely Frank Feely is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Feely worked as a teacher in Newry. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party in South Down. He held this seat at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and at... |
9,730 | Elected | |||
| Cecil Harvey Cecil Harvey (politician) Cecil Harvey was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Harvey was a founding elder of Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, in 1951. The following year, he suggested the congregation's move from Crossgar to Whiteabbey. He was also active in the Orange Order and the Ulster Unionist... |
8,843 | Elected | |||
| Eddy McGrady | 7,257 | Elected | |||
| Patrick O'Donoghue Patrick O'Donoghue (politician) Patrick O'Donoghue was a Northern Ireland politician active in the Social Democratic and Labour Party for a number of years.... |
6,657 | Elected | |||
| Herbert Heslip Herbert Heslip Herbert Heslip was a Northern Irish politician with the Ulster Unionist Party .Heslip was a well-known figure in County Down Unionism, serving as a member of Down District Council from 1968–1973 and then of Banbridge District Council until 1985... |
6,380 | Elected | |||
| Peter Brush Peter Brush Edward James Augustus Howard Brush known as Peter was a Northern Irish unionist politician and paramilitary leader... |
6,293 | Elected | |||
| Brian Faulkner Brian Faulkner Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972... |
6,035 | Elected | |||
| David Herron | 3,752 | Not elected | |||
| Anthony Williamson | 1,612 | Not elected | |||
| Denys Rowan-Hamilton | 1,509 | Not elected | |||
| Raymond Blaney | 1,002 | Not elected | |||
| Ronald Broadhurst Ronald Broadhurst Brigadier Ronald Joseph Callender Broadhurst was a Unionist politician.In the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was the last of seven MPAs elected in the South Down constituency, as a pro-Sunningdale candidate... |
994 | Not elected | |||
| Gerard O'Hanlon | 680 | Not elected | |||
1973
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Faulkner Brian Faulkner Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972... |
16,287 | Elected | |||
| Eddy McGrady | 7,870 | Elected | |||
| Frank Feely Frank Feely Frank Feely is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Feely worked as a teacher in Newry. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party in South Down. He held this seat at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and at... |
6,857 | Elected | |||
| Cecil Harvey Cecil Harvey (politician) Cecil Harvey was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Harvey was a founding elder of Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, in 1951. The following year, he suggested the congregation's move from Crossgar to Whiteabbey. He was also active in the Orange Order and the Ulster Unionist... |
5,006 | Elected | |||
| Patrick O'Donoghue Patrick O'Donoghue (politician) Patrick O'Donoghue was a Northern Ireland politician active in the Social Democratic and Labour Party for a number of years.... |
4,322 | Elected | |||
| David Herron | 4,016 | Not elected | |||
| Herbert Heslip Herbert Heslip Herbert Heslip was a Northern Irish politician with the Ulster Unionist Party .Heslip was a well-known figure in County Down Unionism, serving as a member of Down District Council from 1968–1973 and then of Banbridge District Council until 1985... |
3,838 | Elected | |||
| Rory McShane | 2,785 | Not elected | |||
| James O'Reilly James O'Reilly (Irish politician) James O'Reilly, also known as Seamas O'Reilly, was a nationalist politician in Ireland.O'Reilly was a farmer and an activist in the Nationalist Party and was elected to Kilkeel Rural District Council... |
2,000 | Not elected | |||
| William Martin | 1,996 | Not elected | |||
| Ronald Broadhurst Ronald Broadhurst Brigadier Ronald Joseph Callender Broadhurst was a Unionist politician.In the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, he was the last of seven MPAs elected in the South Down constituency, as a pro-Sunningdale candidate... |
1,515 | Elected | |||
| Anthony Williamson | 1,489 | Not elected | |||
| Michael O'Shea | 1,475 | Not elected | |||
| Denys Rowan-Hamilton | 1,316 | Not elected | |||
| Arthur Doran | 653 | Not elected | |||
| Noel Collins | 648 | Not elected | |||
| Edward O'Hagan | 612 | Not elected | |||
| William Annett | 591 | Not elected | |||
| Samuel Dowling | 499 | Not elected | |||
| Berkley Farr | 263 | Not elected | |||