Foyle (Assembly constituency)
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Foyle is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly
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 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....

 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 Londonderry constituency
Londonderry (Assembly constituency)
Londonderry was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly...

. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Foyle UK Parliament constituency
Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency...

.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency...

.

Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2011 election were:
  • Martina Anderson
    Martina Anderson
    Martina Anderson, MLA is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who occupies the post of Director of Unionist Engagement for Sinn Féin and is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Biography:...

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Mark H. Durkan
    Mark H. Durkan
    Mark H. Durkan is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011.He was elected to Derry City Council in 2005 and also sits on the Western Health & Social Care Board....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • Colum Eastwood
    Colum Eastwood
    Colum Eastwood is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • William Hay – Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    The 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 McCartney
    Raymond McCartney
    Raymond McCartney is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer within the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-IRA membership:...

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Pat Ramsey
    Pat Ramsey
    Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...



William Hay can be considered Foyle's current most high profile MLA with his role as Speaker in the Assembly.

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election
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...

 were:
  • Martina Anderson
    Martina Anderson
    Martina Anderson, MLA is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who occupies the post of Director of Unionist Engagement for Sinn Féin and is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Biography:...

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Mary Bradley
    Mary Bradley
    Mary Bradley is a politician from Northern Ireland.In 1985, she was elected to Derry City Council, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party , and from 1991-92 she served as the Mayor of Derry...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • William Hay – Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    The 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 McCartney
    Raymond McCartney
    Raymond McCartney is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer within the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-IRA membership:...

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Pat Ramsey
    Pat Ramsey
    Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...



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:
  • Mary Bradley
    Mary Bradley
    Mary Bradley is a politician from Northern Ireland.In 1985, she was elected to Derry City Council, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party , and from 1991-92 she served as the Mayor of Derry...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • William Hay – Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    The 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...

  • Mitchel McLaughlin
    Mitchel McLaughlin
    John Mitchel McLaughlin is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA.McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry....

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Mary Nelis
    Mary Nelis
    Mary Margaret Nelis, was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was born in Wellington Street in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Catherine and Denis Elliott. She was educated at St Eugene's Convent School and left school at...

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Pat Ramsey
    Pat Ramsey
    Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...



Changes
  • Mary Nelis
    Mary Nelis
    Mary Margaret Nelis, was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was born in Wellington Street in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Catherine and Denis Elliott. She was educated at St Eugene's Convent School and left school at...

     resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Raymond McCartney
    Raymond McCartney
    Raymond McCartney is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer within the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-IRA membership:...

     (also Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

    ) with effect from 15 July 2004 http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_fo03.htm


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:
  • Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • William Hay – Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    The 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...

  • John Hume
    John Hume
    John Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • Mitchel McLaughlin
    Mitchel McLaughlin
    John Mitchel McLaughlin is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA.McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry....

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Mary Nelis
    Mary Nelis
    Mary Margaret Nelis, was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was born in Wellington Street in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Catherine and Denis Elliott. She was educated at St Eugene's Convent School and left school at...

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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 Tierney
    John Tierney (Irish politician)
    John Tierney is a nationalist politician in Ireland.Born in Derry, Tierney worked as a tool setter before joining the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He was elected to Derry City Council in 1981, and served as the Mayor of Derry in 1984...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...



Changes 1998–2003
  • On 1 December 2000, John Hume
    John Hume
    John Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....

     resigned from the assembly and his seat was filled by Annie Courtney
    Annie Courtney
    Annie Courtney is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.After studying in Derry and Edinburgh, Courtney became a nurse back in Derry. She also joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party , was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993...

    , also Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

    .
  • Annie Courtney
    Annie Courtney
    Annie Courtney is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.After studying in Derry and Edinburgh, Courtney became a nurse back in Derry. She also joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party , was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993...

     failed to be selected by the Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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 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...

     and so stood unsuccessfully as an independent.


In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Foyle. They were as follows:
  • Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan
    Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • John Hume
    John Hume
    John Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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...

  • Martin McGuinness
    Martin McGuinness
    James Martin Pacelli McGuinness is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. McGuinness was also the Sinn Féin candidate for the Irish presidential election, 2011. He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland....

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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...

  • Mitchel McLaughlin
    Mitchel McLaughlin
    John Mitchel McLaughlin is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA.McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry....

     – Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn 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 Tierney
    John Tierney (Irish politician)
    John Tierney is a nationalist politician in Ireland.Born in Derry, Tierney worked as a tool setter before joining the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He was elected to Derry City Council in 1981, and served as the Mayor of Derry in 1984...

     – Social Democratic and Labour Party
    Social Democratic and Labour Party
    The 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

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011
Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
William Hay 7,154 Elected 1
Martina Anderson
Martina Anderson
Martina Anderson, MLA is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who occupies the post of Director of Unionist Engagement for Sinn Féin and is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Biography:...

6,950 Elected 1
Mark H. Durkan
Mark H. Durkan
Mark H. Durkan is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011.He was elected to Derry City Council in 2005 and also sits on the Western Health & Social Care Board....

4,970 Elected 4
Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer within the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-IRA membership:...

3,638 Elected 7
Pat Ramsey
Pat Ramsey
Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

3,138 Elected 7
Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann is an Irish journalist, author and political activist.-Life:McCann was born and has lived most of his life in Derry. He was educated at St. Columb's College in the city. He is prominently featured in the documentary film The Boys of St...

3,120 Not elected 7
Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011....

2,967 Elected 7
Pól Callaghan
Pól Callaghan
Pól Callaghan was an Irish nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland. On 15 November 2010, he succeeded Mark Durkan as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Foyle. He failed to retain his seat at the 2011 Assembly election....

2,624 Not elected 4
Paul Fleming 2,612 Not elected 6
Paul McFadden 1,280 Not elected 3
Keith McGrellis 334 Not elected 3
Terry Doherty 60 Not elected 3

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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...

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
William Hay 6,960 Elected 1
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

6,401 Elected 1
Martina Anderson
Martina Anderson
Martina Anderson, MLA is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who occupies the post of Director of Unionist Engagement for Sinn Féin and is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Biography:...

5,414 Elected 6
Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer within the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-IRA membership:...

4,321 Elected 8
Pat Ramsey
Pat Ramsey
Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

3,242 Elected 10
Lynn Fleming 2,914 Not elected 7
Mary Bradley
Mary Bradley
Mary Bradley is a politician from Northern Ireland.In 1985, she was elected to Derry City Council, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party , and from 1991-92 she served as the Mayor of Derry...

2,891 Elected 10
Helen Quigley
Helen Quigley
Helen Quigley was a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry in Northern Ireland.She had been a member of Derry City Council since 2001 and the Mayor of Derry in 2006-2007...

2,648 Not elected 10
Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann is an Irish journalist, author and political activist.-Life:McCann was born and has lived most of his life in Derry. He was educated at St. Columb's College in the city. He is prominently featured in the documentary film The Boys of St...

2,045 Not elected 6
Peggy O'Hara 1,789 Not elected 4
Peter Munce 1,755 Not elected 7
Adele Corry 359 Not elected 2
Yvonne Boyle 224 Not elected 2
Willie Frazer
Willie Frazer
William "Willie" Frazer is the founder and leader of Families Acting for Innocent Relatives in Northern Ireland. He was also a leader of the Love Ulster campaign.-Background:...

73 Not elected 2

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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...

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

6,806 Elected 1
William Hay 6,101 Elected 1
Mitchel McLaughlin
Mitchel McLaughlin
John Mitchel McLaughlin is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA.McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry....

6,036 Elected 1
Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer within the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-IRA membership:...

3,679 Not elected
Mary Nelis
Mary Nelis
Mary Margaret Nelis, was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was born in Wellington Street in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Catherine and Denis Elliott. She was educated at St Eugene's Convent School and left school at...

3,499 Elected 9
Mary Bradley
Mary Bradley
Mary Bradley is a politician from Northern Ireland.In 1985, she was elected to Derry City Council, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party , and from 1991-92 she served as the Mayor of Derry...

3,345 Elected 8
Mary Hamilton 3,322 Not elected
Pat Ramsey
Pat Ramsey
Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

2,826 Elected 9
Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann is an Irish journalist, author and political activist.-Life:McCann was born and has lived most of his life in Derry. He was educated at St. Columb's College in the city. He is prominently featured in the documentary film The Boys of St...

2,257 Not elected
Gerard Diver 1,769 Not elected
Annie Courtney
Annie Courtney
Annie Courtney is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.After studying in Derry and Edinburgh, Courtney became a nurse back in Derry. She also joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party , was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993...

802 Not elected
Alan Castle 227 Not elected
Danny McBrearty 137 Not elected

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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:...

Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
John Hume
John Hume
John Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....

12,581 Elected
William Hay 6,112 Elected
Mitchel McLaughlin
Mitchel McLaughlin
John Mitchel McLaughlin is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA.McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry....

5,341 Elected
Jack Allen
Jack Allen (politician)
Jack Allen is a former politician in Northern Ireland.Working as a businessman, Allen became a member of the Ulster Unionist Party . He was elected to Londonderry City Council, and in 1974 - 5 served as Mayor of Derry....

4,669 Not elected
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...

4,423 Elected
John Tierney
John Tierney (Irish politician)
John Tierney is a nationalist politician in Ireland.Born in Derry, Tierney worked as a tool setter before joining the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He was elected to Derry City Council in 1981, and served as the Mayor of Derry in 1984...

3,778 Elected
Mary Nelis
Mary Nelis
Mary Margaret Nelis, was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was born in Wellington Street in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Catherine and Denis Elliott. She was educated at St Eugene's Convent School and left school at...

3,464 Elected
Annie Courtney
Annie Courtney
Annie Courtney is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.After studying in Derry and Edinburgh, Courtney became a nurse back in Derry. She also joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party , was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993...

2,560 Not elected
Gearóid Ó hEára
Gearóid Ó hEára
Gearóid Ó hEára is a Sinn Féin politician and a former Mayor of Derry,...

2,531 Not elected
Lynn Fleming 1,360 Not elected
Colm Cavanagh 1,058 Not elected
Ken Adams 345 Not elected
Brian Gurney 287 Not elected
Peter MacKenzie 253 Not elected
Donn Brennan 32 Not elected

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.
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Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
John Hume
John Hume
John Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....


Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...


John Tierney
John Tierney (Irish politician)
John Tierney is a nationalist politician in Ireland.Born in Derry, Tierney worked as a tool setter before joining the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He was elected to Derry City Council in 1981, and served as the Mayor of Derry in 1984...


Pat Devine
Mary Bradley
Mary Bradley
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