Lagan Valley election results 1983-2010

[edit] Elections

General Election 2010: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Unionist	Jeffrey Donaldson ^[3]	18,199	49.8	-8.5
	Conservatives and Unionists	Daphne Trimble^[4]	7,713	21.1	-1.8
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn^[5]	4,174	11.4	+0.5
	Traditional Unionist Voice	Keith Harbinson	3,154	8.6	+8.6
	SDLP	Brian Heading^[6]	1,835	5.0	-1.1
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler^[7]	1,465	4.0	-3.5

[] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Unionist	Jeffrey Donaldson	23,289	54.7	+41.3
	Ulster Unionist	Basil McCrea	9,172	21.5	-35.0
	Alliance	Seamus Close	4,316	10.1	-6.5
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	3,197	7.5	+1.6
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	2,598	6.1	-1.4
Majority			14,117	33.2
Turnout			42,572	60.2	-3.0
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing	+38.1

General Election 2001: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Donaldson	25,966	56.5	+1.1
	Alliance	Seamus Close	7,624	16.6	-0.6
	Democratic Unionist	Edwin Poots	6,164	13.4	-0.1
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	3,462	7.5	-0.2
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	2,725	5.9	+3.4
Majority			18,342	39.9
Turnout			45,941	63.2	+1.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Donaldson	24,560	55.4
	Alliance	Seamus Close	7,635	17.2
	Democratic Unionist	Edwin Poots	6,005	13.6
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	3,436	7.8
	Conservative	Stuart Sexton	1,212	2.7
	Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey	1,110	2.5
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	203	0.5
	Natural Law	Hugh Finlay	149	0.3
Majority			16,925	38.2
Turnout			44,310	62.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Molyneaux	29,772	60.8
	Alliance	Seamus Close	6,207	12.7
	SDLP	Hugh Lewsley	4,626	9.5
	Conservative	Timothy Coleridge	4,423	9.0
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice	3,346	6.8
	Workers' Party	Ann Marie Lowry	582	1.2
Majority			23,565	48.1
Turnout			48,956	67.3
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Molyneaux	29,101	70.0
	Alliance	Seamus Close	5,728	13.8
	SDLP	Billy McDonnell	2,888	6.9
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice	2,656	6.4
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	1,215	2.9
Majority			23,373	56.2
Turnout			41,588	64.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

Lagan Valley by-election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Molyneaux	32,514	90.7
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	3,328	9.3
Majority			29,186
Turnout				57.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Lagan Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Molyneaux	24,017	59.2
	Democratic Unionist	William Beattie	6,801	16.8
	Alliance	Seamus Close	4,593	11.3
	SDLP	Cormac Boomer	2,603	6.4
	Sinn Féin	Richard McAuley	1,751	4.3
	Workers' Party	Gerard Loughlin	809	2.0
Majority			17,216	42.4
Turnout				67.6
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[]

04 April 2011

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