Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)

Mid Ulster
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
Mid Ulster shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Cookstown, Magherafelt, Dungannon and South Tyrone
Current constituency
Created	1973
Assembly Members	Sandra Overend Ian McCrea Patsy McGlone Martin McGuinness Ian Milne Michelle O'Neill

Mid Ulster 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 Mid Ulster 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.

Mid Ulster is only 1 of 2 constituencies in Northern Ireland (the other one being Foyle) which has returned the same number of Assembly members from the same parties at each election - 3 Sinn Féin, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 DUP.

The most high-profile MLA for the constituency is Martin McGuinness, the Deputy First Minister.

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

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1998		William McCrea (DUP)		Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin)		Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin)		John Kelly (Sinn Féin)		Denis Haughey (SDLP)		Billy Armstrong (UUP)
2003								Geraldine Dougan (Sinn Féin)		Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
2007		Ian McCrea (DUP)						Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin)
2011												Sandra Overend (UUP)
April 2013 co-option						Ian Milne (Sinn Féin)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Other (1973–1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Mid Ulster. They were as follows:

• John Junkin – Ulster Unionist Party
• Patsy McGlone – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• William McCrea – Democratic Unionist Party
• Patrick Groogan – Sinn Féin
• Francie Molloy – Sinn Féin

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. Mid Ulster elected 6 members as follows:

• Denis Haughey – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Alan Kane – Democratic Unionist Party
• William McCrea – Democratic Unionist Party
• Mary McSorley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Danny Morrison – Sinn Féin
• William Thompson – 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 six members elected from Mid Ulster were:

• Ivan Cooper – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Paddy Duffy – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Robert Overend – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
• Richard Reid – Democratic Unionist Party
• Francis Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party
• William Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from Mid Ulster were:

• Ivan Cooper – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Paddy Duffy – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• John Dunlop – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
• Aidan Larkin – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Duncan Pollock – Ulster Unionist Party (pro Sunningdale)
• William Thompson – Ulster Unionist Party (anti Sunningdale)

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	8,957	Elected	1
	DUP	Ian McCrea	7,127	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	5,178	Elected	7
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	5,065	Elected	5
	UUP	Sandra Overend	4,409	Elected	6
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	4,263	Elected	7
	Sinn Féin	Ian Milne	2,635	Not elected	7
	TUV	Walter Millar	2,075	Not elected	5
	SDLP	Austin Kelly	1,214	Not elected	5
	Independent	Hugh McCloy	933	Not elected	4
	Alliance	Michael McDonald	398	Not elected	3
	People Before Profit	Harry Hutchinson	243	Not elected	3
	Independent	Gary McCann	241	Not elected	3

2007 Assembly Election
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2 Transfer McGuiness		Count 3 Transfer McCrea		Count 4 Transfer Molloy		Count 5 Exclude McLaughlin, Marshall and Hutchinson		Count 6 Exclude Millar		Count 7 Exclude Forde
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	18.2	8,065	-1,739
	DUP	Ian McCrea	17.2	7,608		7,608	-1,282
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	14.9	6,597		6,597		6,597	-271
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	14.5	6,432		6,432		6,432		6,432		6,432		6,432		6,432
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	11.2	4,976	1200.04	6,176.04	7.04	6,183.08	81.40	6,264.40	166.00	6,430.48		6,430.48		6,430.48
	UUP	Billy Armstrong	10.8	4,781	7.22	4788.22	151.68	4939.90	0.55	4940.45	96.08	5036.53	536.01	5572.54	782.00	6354.54
	SDLP	Kate Lagan	6.2	2,759	359.10	3118.10	1.76	3119.86	147.07	3266.93	202.21	3469.14	27.86	3497.00	34.00	3531.0
	UK Unionist	Walter Millar	2.7	1,210	5.70	1215.70	41.28	1256.98	0.66	1257.64	41.38	1299.02	-1299.02
	DUP	Anne Forde	2.3	1,021	1.52	1022.52	1003.52	2026.04		2026.04	41.99	2068.03	557.20	2625.23	-2625.23
	(Republican Sinn Féin)	Brendan McLoughlin	1.0	437	90.06	527.06	0.16	527.22	16.39	543.61	-543.61
	Alliance	Margaret Marshall	0.5	221	7.98	228.98	1.28	230.26	2.86	233.12	-233.12
	Independent	Harry Hutchinson	0.4	170	27.36	197.36	7.20	204.56	3.52	208.08	-208.08

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	DUP	William McCrea	8,211	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness	8,128	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Dougan	5,827	Elected	4
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	5,255	Elected	3
	UUP	Billy Armstrong	4,323	Elected	7
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	4,295	Elected	8
	SDLP	Denis Haughey	3,843	Not elected
	UUP	Trevor Wilson	2,071	Not elected
	DUP	Alan Millar	1,029	Not elected
	Sinn Féin	Cora Groogan	984	Not elected
	Workers' Party	Frances Donnelly	230	Not elected
	Alliance	James Holmes	166	Not elected

1998

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2 Transfer McCrea		Count 3 Exclude Boyle, Donnelly, Hutchinson, Daly		Count 4 Transfer McGuiness		Count 5 Exclude Junkin		Count 6 Exclude McLean
	DUP	William McCrea		10,339	-3,224
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuinness		8,703		8,703		8,703	-1,588
	SDLP	Denis Haughey		6,410	3.72	6,413.72	238.31	6,652.03	84.78	6,736.81	31.93	6,768.74	282.24	7,050.98
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy		6,008	1.55	6,009.55	31.00	6,040.55	1,033.56	7,074.11	1.62	7,075.73	7.45	7,083.18
	Sinn Féin	John Kelly		5,594	1.86	5,595.86	62.00	5,657.86	241.56	5,899.42	2.00	5,901.42	12.23	5,913.65
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone		4,666	10.85	4,676.85	105.00	4,781.85	174.78	4,956.63	13.00	4,969.63	106.16	5,075.79
	UUP	Billy Armstrong		4,498	196.54	4,694.54	220.96	4,915.50	0.72	4,916.22	1,964.84	6,881.06	586.00	7,467.06
	UUP	John Junkin		2,440	240.87	2,680.87	77.79	2,758.66	0.18	2,758.84	-2,758.84
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	1.0	497	2.48	499.48	-499.48
	DUP	Paul McLean		307	2,701.34	3,008.34	26.20	3,034.54	7.02	3,041.56	686.28	3,727.84	-3,727.84
	Workers' Party	Frances Donnelly	0.42	207	0.62	207.62	-207.62
	Socialist Party	Harry Hutchinson	0.18	91	14.57	105.57	-105.57
	Natural Law	Mary Daly	0.08	38		38	-38

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy Patsy Groogan Sean Begley Margaret McKenna Owen Carron	13,001	29.6
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone Denis Haughey Kathleen Lagan Pat McErlean Joe McBride	12,492	28.5
	UUP	John Junkin Norman Badger Trevor Wilson	7,935	18.1
	DUP	William McCrea William Larmour Paul McLean	7,243	16.5
	Alliance	Aidan Lagan Keith Jacques	549	1.2
	UK Unionist	Daniel Huston Hugh Moore	435	1.0
	PUP	John Coyle Kenneth Rutherford	380	0.9
	Ulster Democratic	John Haveron James English	375	0.9
	Labour coalition	Harry Hutchinson Anne Gribbon John McLaughlin Paddy McGrath Joanne Kane	271	0.6
	Ulster Independence	Walter Millar Dierdre Speer-White	263	0.6
	NI Women's Coalition	Cherry Dickson Ann McCrystal Sheila Murphy Mary Hogg Mary Doyle	259	0.6
	Workers' Party	Francie Donnelly Gerard Brennan	210	0.5
	Green (NI)	David Lyttle Lucille O'Shea	132	0.3
	Conservative	Elspeth Irvine Eileen Elizabeth McKee	119	0.3
	Democratic Partnership	Charles McKee Patrick Pearse Kelly	93	0.2
	Democratic Left	Patricia Cullen Frank McElroy	41	0.1
	Natural Law	Stewart Luck Richard Mulholland	24	0.1
	Independent Chambers	Angela Moore Linda Chambers	20	0.1

1982

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	DUP	William McCrea	10,445	Elected
	SDLP	Denis Haughey	8,413	Elected
	Sinn Féin	Danny Morrison	6,927	Elected
	Sinn Féin	Francis McElwee	5,763	Not elected
	UUP	William Thompson	5,546	Elected
	SDLP	Mary McSorley	4,169	Elected
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow	4,143	Not elected
	DUP	Alan Kane	3,981	Elected
	UUUP	Robert Overend	3,056	Not elected
	Alliance	Aidan Lagan	2,872	Not elected
	SDLP	Liam McQuaid	2,862	Not elected
	UUUP	John Dunlop	1,732	Not elected
	Workers' Party	Francie Donnelly	1,311	Not elected
	Workers' Party	Francie McElroy	746	Not elected

1975

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	UUP	William Thompson	9,342	Elected
	SDLP	Ivan Cooper	9,073	Elected
	DUP	Richard Reid	8,250	Elected
	Vanguard	Robert Overend	5,573	Elected
	UUP	Francis Thompson	4,292	Elected
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy	4,130	Elected
	SDLP	Aidan Larkin	3,868	Not elected
	Unionist Party NI	Duncan Pollock	2,264	Not elected
	Alliance	Aidan Lagan	1,842	Not elected
	Alliance	Douglas Cooper	1,526	Not elected
	Republican Clubs	Francie Donnelly	1,387	Not elected
	Republican Clubs	Francie McElroy	1,270	Not elected
	Republican Clubs	Ivan Barr	947	Not elected

1973

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	SDLP	Ivan Cooper	12,614	Elected
	UUP	Duncan Pollock	9,557	Elected
	Vanguard	John Dunlop	7,082	Elected
	UUP	William Thompson	5,352	Elected
	DUP	Eddie Sayers	4,454	Not elected
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy	4,437	Elected
	SDLP	Aidan Larkin	4,045	Elected
	UUP	Verdun Wright	3,034	Not elected
	Republican Clubs	Desmond Gourley	2,899	Not elected
	Nationalist	Patrick Francis McGill	2,558	Not elected
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna	2,444	Not elected
	Alliance	Tom Gormley	2,055	Not elected
	Republican Clubs	Ivan Barr	1,755	Not elected
	Alliance	Robin Glendinning	1,389	Not elected
	Alliance	George Logue	339	Not elected