Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)
# Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)

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Lagan Valley (Irish: Gleann an Lagáin, Ulster Scots: Glen Lagan) 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 South Antrim and North Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Lagan Valley UK Parliament constituency.

## Members

| Election | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) | MLA (Party) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | 5 seats 1996–1998 | 5 seats 1996–1998 | David Campbell (UUP) | | Ivan Davis (UUP) | Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Cecil Calvert (DUP) |
| 1998 | | Seamus Close (Alliance Party) | Billy Bell (UUP) | | Ivan Davis (UUP) | Patrick Roche (UKUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Patricia Lewsley (SDLP) |
| 2003 | | Seamus Close (Alliance Party) | Billy Bell (UUP) | | Norah Beare (UUP / DUP) | Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Patricia Lewsley (SDLP) |
| January 2007 co-option | | Seamus Close (Alliance Party) | Billy Bell (UUP) | | Norah Beare (UUP / DUP) | Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Marietta Farrell (SDLP) |
| 2007 | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21) | | Jonathan Craig (DUP) | Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP / DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Paul Butler (Sinn Féin) |
| June 2010 co-option | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21) | | Jonathan Craig (DUP) | Paul Givan (DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Paul Butler (Sinn Féin) |
| 2011 | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21) | | Jonathan Craig (DUP) | Paul Givan (DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Brenda Hale (DUP) |
| June 2013 defection | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Basil McCrea (UUP/NI21) | | Jonathan Craig (DUP) | Paul Givan (DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Brenda Hale (DUP) |
| 2016 | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Robbie Butler (UUP) | | Jennifer Palmer (UUP) | Paul Givan (DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Brenda Hale (DUP) |
| 2017 | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Robbie Butler (UUP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Paul Givan (DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Pat Catney (SDLP) |
| March 2020 defection | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Robbie Butler (UUP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Paul Givan (DUP) | Edwin Poots (DUP) | Pat Catney (SDLP) |
| March 2022 co-option | | Trevor Lunn (Alliance Party/ Independent) | Robbie Butler (UUP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Paul Givan (DUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | Pat Catney (SDLP) |
| 2022 | | Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance Party) | Robbie Butler (UUP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Paul Givan (DUP) | Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) | David Honeyford (Alliance Party) |
| May 2022 co-option | | Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance Party) | Robbie Butler (UUP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Paul Givan (DUP) | Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP) | David Honeyford (Alliance Party) |

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

### 1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson David Campbell Ivan Davis William Dillon Billy Bell | 16,367 | 37.7 |
| DUP | Cecil Calvert Edwin Poots | 9,592 | 22.1 |
| Alliance | Seamus Close Frazer McCammond Mary Clark-Glass Bill Whitley Betty Campbell | 4,508 | 10.4 |
| SDLP | Peter O'Hagan Hugh Lewsley | 4,001 | 9.2 |
| Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael Philip Dean | 3,087 | 7.1 |
| UK Unionist | Ronnie Crawford Graeme Jardin | 2,172 | 5.0 |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice Michael Ferguson Sue Ramsey | 1,132 | 2.6 |
| PUP | David Kirk Wilfred Cummings | 1,072 | 2.5 |
| NI Women's Coalition | Jane Wilde Fidelma Carolan Sandra Craig Bronya Bonar Margaret Darcy | 520 | 1.2 |
| NI Conservatives | William Baird Mary Love | 386 | 0.8 |
| Green (NI) | Malachy McAnespie George Thompson Penny Kemp | 175 | 0.4 |
| Ulster Independence | Carolyne Chance Allan Thompson James Kelley | 164 | 0.4 |
| Labour coalition | Ciaran Mulholland William McAvoy | 143 | 0.3 |
| Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy John Magee | 72 | 0.2 |
| Democratic Left | Liam Napier Oliver Frawley | 43 | 0.1 |
| Natural Law | Duncan Paterson Susanna Thompson | 18 | 0.0 |
| Independent Chambers | Eric Brown Gary Strain | 3 | 0.0 |
