Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)

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Upper Bann
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary constituency
Upper Bann shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Doug Beattie (UUP)   Jonathan Buckley (DUP)   Diane Dodds (DUP)   John O'Dowd (SF)   Eóin Tennyson (APNI)
Districts	Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council
Boundaries

Upper Bann (Irish: An Bhanna Uachtarach, Ulster Scots: Ower Bann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.

For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Armagh and South Down constituencies with a small section around Aghagallon joining from South Antrim. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Upper Bann UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Election	MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)
1996		Michelle O'Connor (Sinn Féin)		Bríd Rodgers (SDLP)		Sam Gardiner (UUP)		David Trimble (UUP)		Mervyn Carrick (DUP)	5 seats 1996–1998
1998		Dara O'Hagan (Sinn Féin)				George Savage (UUP)						Denis Watson (Independent Unionist)
2003		John O'Dowd (Sinn Féin)		Dolores Kelly (SDLP)		Sam Gardiner (UUP)				Stephen Moutray (DUP)		David Simpson (DUP)
2007								George Savage (UUP)
July 2010 co-option												Sydney Anderson (DUP)
2011								Jo-Anne Dobson (UUP)
2016				Catherine Seeley (Sinn Féin)		Doug Beattie (UUP)				Carla Lockhart (DUP)
2017				Dolores Kelly (SDLP)				Jonathan Buckley (DUP)			5 seats 2017–present
January 2020 co-option										Diane Dodds (DUP)
2022				Eóin Tennyson (Alliance)

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.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2022

2022 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	16.47%	9,242	9,318	9,332	10,146
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley	15.81%	8,869	8,959	9,190	9,232	11,500
	DUP	Diane Dodds	11.67%	6,548	6,593	6,924	6,973	8,274	10,182
	Ulster Unionist	Doug Beattie	9.27%	5,199	5,236	7,711	7,893	8,572	8,764	9,572
	Alliance	Eóin Tennyson	11.48%	6,440	6,762	6,869	8,591	8,676	8,685	8,698	8,965
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle	12.94%	7,260	7,351	7,354	8,112	8,123	8,124	8,125	8,589
	TUV	Darrin Foster	7.80%	4,373	4,445	4,607	4,626
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	6.50%	3,645	3,843	3,875
	Ulster Unionist	Glenn Barr	6.00%	3,367	3,400
	Aontú	Aidan Gribbin	1.02%	571
	Green (NI)	Lauren Kendall	0.82%	459
	Heritage	Glenn Beattie	0.23%	128
Electorate: 91,149   Valid: 56,101 (61.55%)   Spoilt: 853   Quota: 9,351   Turnout: 56,954 (62.48%)

2017

2017 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Carla Lockhart	17.73%	9,140
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley	15.02%	7,745	8,238	8,314	8,764.84
	Ulster Unionist	Doug Beattie	10.61%	5,467	5,755	6,174	6,202.86	10,728.86
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	15.95%	8,220	8,298	8,560	8,560	8,593.6
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	9.95%	5,127	5,248	6,509	6,511.76	7,189.92	9,053.92
	Sinn Féin	Nuala Toman	11.85%	6,108	6,169	6,294	6,294.3	6,316.6	6,341.6
	Ulster Unionist	Jo-Anne Dobson	9.96%	5,132	5,404	5,910	5,969.58
	Alliance	Tara Doyle	5.28%	2,720	3,097
	TUV	Roy Ferguson	2.01%	1,035
	Green (NI)	Simon Lee	1.08%	555
	Workers' Party	Colin Craig	0.42%	218
	NI Conservatives	Ian Nichols	0.16%	81
Electorate: 83,431   Valid: 51,548 (61.79%)   Spoilt: 626   Quota: 8,592   Turnout: 52,174 (62.54%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Carla Lockhart	17.50%	7,993
	DUP	Sydney Anderson	13.56%	6,195	7,215.78
	Ulster Unionist	Jo-Anne Dobson	11.28%	5,155	5,319.52	5,598.76	5,637.21	5,660.83	5,863.96	5,901.84	6,136.86	6,548.86
	Ulster Unionist	Doug Beattie	6.50%	2,969	2,990.42	3,085.58	3,108.38	3,121.77	3,295.09	3,333.66	3,658.56	4,118.79	4,454.57	6,569.79
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley	13.49%	6,164	6,164.9	6,165.29	6,178.47	6,222.47	6,225.47	6,344.47	6,358.78	6,359.78	6,439.96	6,448.96
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	11.40%	5,209	5,209.9	5,210.42	5,219.55	5,245.55	5,245.68	5,363.68	5,381.68	5,392.86	5,468.22	5,477.35
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	9.49%	4,335	4,339.86	4,342.72	4,390.85	4,461.85	4,472.16	4,559.47	4,580.12	4,597.1	5,237.88	5,309.79
	Ulster Unionist	Kyle Savage	3.85%	1,760	1,877	2,023.25	2,039.75	2,048.75	2,123.26	2,144.06	2,232.18	2,634.6	2,760.86
	Alliance	Harry Hamilton	3.12%	1,424	1,433.18	1,439.94	1,524.38	1,712.1	1,736.9	1,876.03	1,943.07	1,973.76
	TUV	Roy Ferguson	2.58%	1,177	1,207.6	1,275.33	1,281.24	1,282.24	1,376.76	1,387.89	1,707.82
	UKIP	David Jones	2.35%	1,072	1,089.64	1,121.23	1,130.23	1,142.23	1,262.68	1,333.4
	CISTA	Martin Kelly	1.47%	672	675.42	678.02	702.2	807.46	828.64
	PUP	Sophie Long	1.54%	704	730.46	756.07	760.25	769.43
	Green (NI)	Simon Lee	1.08%	495	496.8	498.23	555.36
	NI Labour	Emma Hutchinson	0.55%	250	250.9	251.94
	NI Conservatives	Ian Nickels	0.17%	79	80.44	83.04
	Independent	Steven McCarroll	0.07%	33	34.44	37.17
Electorate: 85,204   Valid: 45,686 (53.62%)   Spoilt: 697   Quota: 6,527   Turnout: 46,383 (54.44%)

2011

2011 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	15.70%	6,649
	DUP	Sydney Anderson	13.82%	5,854	5,855.08	5,878.08	6,035.08	6,163.08
	DUP	Stephen Moutray	13.33%	5,645	5,645.63	5,686.63	5,935.9	6,085.9
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Gardiner	8.68%	3,676	3,676.27	3,702.27	3,917.27	4,231.27	4,245.27	6,012.36
	Ulster Unionist	Jo-Anne Dobson	7.90%	3,348	3,348.72	3,373.72	3,554.81	4,007.99	4,042.99	5,826.99
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	11.44%	4,846	4,942.3	4,949.3	5,105.09	5,733.71	5,744.71	5,787.07
	Sinn Féin	Johnny McGibbon	11.52%	4,879	5,347.27	5,347.36	5,365.34	5,427.23	5,429.23	5,347.5
	Ulster Unionist	Colin McCusker	8.03%	3,402	3,402.99	3,420.99	3,625.17	3,865.26	3,885.26
	Alliance	Harry Hamilton	4.67%	1,979	1,982.69	2,013.69	2,544.77
	TUV	David Vance	2.42%	1,026	1,026.18	1,092.18
	Alliance	Sheila McQuaid	1.86%	786	792.93	801.93
	UKIP	Barbara Trotter	0.64%	272	272.18
Electorate: 77,905   Valid: 42,362 (54.38%)   Spoilt: 751   Quota: 6,052   Turnout: 43,113 (55.34%)

2007

2007 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	18.03%	7,733
	DUP	David Simpson	15.92%	6,828
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	10.93%	4,689	4,939.2	4,940.3	5,007.1	5,559.4	5,789.2	5,804.2	6,191.2
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Gardiner	11.97%	5,135	5,137.2	5,161.4	5,220.9	5,230	5,342.2	5,751.2	6,030	7,265
	DUP	Stephen Moutray	8.54%	3,663	3,663	4,137	4,170.6	4,170.7	4,184.2	4,556	4,620.7	4,692	4,732.32	7,550.32
	Ulster Unionist	George Savage	5.05%	2,167	2,168	2,193.9	2,218	2,224	2,302.3	2,383.5	2,499.9	3,142.7	4,207.34	4,584.4	5,997.52
	Sinn Féin	Dessie Ward	7.27%	3,118	4,313	4,313.2	4,451.6	4,526.6	4,556	4,559	4,708.7	4,716.7	4,717.66	4,723.56	4,731.84
	DUP	John McCrum	6.94%	2,975	2,975.4	3,086.2	3,104.5	3,113.2	3,127.4	3,300.6	3,375.3	3,437.5	3,469.18
	Ulster Unionist	Arnold Hatch	4.23%	1,815	1,815.6	1,837.2	1,858.5	1,863.7	1,916.8	2,014.8	2,142.7
	Green (NI)	Helen Corry	2.70%	1,156	1,176.4	1,179.1	1,289.3	1,321.9	1,682.3	1,757.7
	Ind. Unionist	Davy Calvert	3.11%	1,332	1,332	1,347.2	1,394.7	1,395.9	1,408.9
	Alliance	Sheila McQuaid	1.86%	798	802	804.1	841.3	946.9
	SDLP	Patrick McAleenan	1.77%	761	787	787.7	805
	Republican Sinn Féin	Barry Toman	0.90%	386	418.6	418.9
	NI Conservatives	David Fry	0.58%	248	248	249
	Ind. Unionist	Suzanne Peeples	0.18%	78	80.4	81.8
Electorate: 70,716   Valid: 42,882 (60.64%)   Spoilt: 353   Quota: 6,127   Turnout: 43,235 (61.14%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Ulster Unionist	David Trimble	21.06%	9,158
	DUP	David Simpson	13.64%	5,933	6,032.52	6,034.16	6,103.32	6,303.32
	DUP	Stephen Moutray	10.80%	4,697	4,727.08	4,734.08	4,752.72	4,942.6	6,458.6
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Gardiner	5.43%	2,359	3,419.48	3,435.72	3,480.44	3,730.68	3,888.92	3,990.71	4,032.53	6,872.59
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	8.42%	3,661	3,711.56	3,786.08	3,787.08	3,973.4	3,976.36	3,978.97	3,981.43	4,059.18	4,330.54	6,978.54
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	12.70%	5,524	5,530.4	5,557.4	5,559.4	5,578.4	5,580.72	5,581.59	5,581.59	5,584.73	5,586.33	5,912.6
	Sinn Féin	Dara O'Hagan	9.13%	3,970	3,983.44	4,004.44	4,004.44	4,026.08	4,027.08	4,027.08	4,027.08	4,029.04	4,030.96	4,301.12
	SDLP	Kieran Corr	7.26%	3,157	3,195.72	3,251.64	3,260.64	3,411.96	3,415.28	3,417.89	3,419.53	3,462.19	3,668.91
	Ulster Unionist	George Savage	2.92%	1,269	2,692.36	2,697.28	2,726.48	2,991.6	3,241.84	3,374.08	3,419.18
	DUP	Denis Watson	4.07%	1,770	1,832.08	1,834.08	1,852.72	2,113.16
	Independent	David Jones	1.35%	585	611.56	612.56	1,016.12
	Alliance	Francis McQuaid	1.31%	571	633.08	670.32	670.64
	Independent	Sydney Anderson	1.34%	581	607.24	607.88
	Workers' Party	Tom French	0.57%	247	260.12
Electorate: 68,814   Valid: 43,482 (63.19%)   Spoilt: 663   Quota: 6,212   Turnout: 44,145 (64.15%)

1998

1998 Assembly election: Upper Bann – 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Ulster Unionist	David Trimble	24.48%	12,338
	SDLP	Bríd Rodgers	18.37%	9,260
	Sinn Féin	Dara O'Hagan	8.53%	4,301	4,306.46	4,578.16	4,584.26	4,584.26	4,709.44	4,713.88	4,713.88	4,772.86	7,412.86
	DUP	Mervyn Carrick	8.29%	4,177	4,310.14	4,310.8	4,315.22	4,388.32	4,398.84	4,443.06	4,726.52	4,739.8	4,742.02	4,743.67	4,872.05	8,034.05
	Ind. Unionist	Denis Watson	9.63%	4,855	5,365.3	5,365.3	5,378.86	5,431.8	5,447.74	5,546.78	6,267.98	6,351.38	6,353.02	6,353.32	6,636.18	7,149.5	7,791.82
	Ulster Unionist	George Savage	1.33%	669	2,380.92	2,383.12	2,403.46	2,410.72	2,431.78	2,972.08	3,051.46	3,447.98	3,456.56	3,457.31	6,022.53	6,353.53	6,527.13
	SDLP	Mel Byrne	5.33%	2,687	2,731.52	4,166.58	4,185.2	4,185.2	4,447.06	4,457.06	4,460.06	5,218.84	5,484.38	5,688.83	5,786.27	5,872.81	5,877.77
	DUP	Ruth Allen	7.21%	3,635	3,736.64	3,738.62	3,745.04	3,785.56	3,803.58	3,829.46	4,202.76	4,237.64	4,240.72	4,242.22	4,375.61
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Gardiner	2.18%	1,097	2,449.4	2,451.16	2,470.94	2,481.04	2,515.46	2,985.26	3,032.6	3,414.38	3,419.66	3,420.86
	Sinn Féin	Francie Murray	5.78%	2,915	2,919.2	3,016.88	3,021.52	3,022.52	3,129.08	3,132.3	3,132.3	3,173.62
	Alliance	Francis McQuaid	3.09%	1,556	1,795.4	1,865.14	1,898.42	1,902.1	2,058.84	2,113.78	2,133.3
	UK Unionist	David Vance	2.79%	1,405	1,510	1,510	1,514.68	1,529.68	1,536.94	1,555.66
	Ulster Unionist	Mark Neale	0.90%	455	1,250.48	1,252.24	1,261.02	1,272.44	1,294.46
	Labour Party NI	Alan Evans	0.87%	439	469.66	505.96	522.36	522.78
	Workers' Party	Tom French	0.54%	270	296.04	374.14	383.64	384.64
	Ulster Independence	Kenny McClinton	0.41%	207	220.02	220.46	224.3
	Independent	Brian Silcock	0.20%	101	142.58	146.1
	Natural Law	Jack Lyons	0.06%	32	34.94	38.68
Electorate: 70,852   Valid: 50,399 (71.13%)   Spoilt: 824   Quota: 7,200   Turnout: 51,223 (72.30%)

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[8]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	Ulster Unionist	David Trimble Sam Gardiner George Savage John Dobson Mark Neale	16,592	36.3
	SDLP	Bríd Rodgers Kieran McGeown Patricia Mallon Sean McKavanagh Dolores Kelly	9,846	21.5
	DUP	Mervyn Carrick Frederick Baird Ruth Allen	7,134	15.6
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Connor Rory Harbinson Jean Fegan Christopher Burke	5,620	12.3
	Alliance	William Ramsey Frank McQuaid Sean Hagan	2,152	5.7
	PUP	William Lawrie Edward Kinner	1,404	3.1
	UK Unionist	Morrison Woods Dorothy Boyd	886	1.9
	Labour coalition	Hugh Casey Alan Evans William White Mary Sheen	512	1.0
	Ulster Democratic	David McCrea John Hammond	402	0.9
	NI Women's Coalition	Kate Cochrane Chris Moffat Lesley Doyle	390	0.9
	Workers' Party	Tom French Peter Smith	311	0.7
	Ulster Independence	Edward Kidd Gary Nelson	180	0.4
	Green (NI)	Gavin McDowell Jameshid Fenderesky Martha Brett	178	0.4
	Democratic Partnership	Adrian McKinney Pearl Snowden	71	0.2
	Democratic Left	Ciaran McClean Martin Cullen	36	0.1
	Natural Law	John Darby Rosalind Mulholland	14	0.0
	Independent Chambers	Keith Chambers William Larmour Jr	4	0.0

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