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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 F�in	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 F�in	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 F�in	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 F�in	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 F�in	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 F�in	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 F�in	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

[]

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