Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)

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Newry and Armagh Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency
Newry and Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
First Used:	1996
Assembly Members:	Cathal Boylan Dominic Bradley Mickey Brady William Irwin Danny Kennedy Conor Murphy
Districts:	Armagh, Newry and Mourne

Newry and Armagh 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 part of the Armagh and South Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Newry and Armagh UK Parliament constituency.

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

Contents 1 Members 2 Elections 2.1 2007 2.2 2003 2.3 1998 2.4 1996 Forum 3 References

[edit] Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:

• Cathal Boylan — Sinn Féin
• Dominic Bradley — Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Mickey Brady — Sinn Féin
• William Irwin — Democratic Unionist Party
• Danny Kennedy — Ulster Unionist Party
• Conor Murphy — Sinn Féin

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

• Paul Berry — Democratic Unionist Party
• Dominic Bradley — Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Davy Hyland — Sinn Féin
• Danny Kennedy — Ulster Unionist Party
• Conor Murphy — Sinn Féin
• Patricia O'Rawe — Sinn Féin

Changes 2003-present

• Paul Berry was suspended from the DUP following an internal disciplinary panel meeting and media coverage of his private life on July 4, 2005.
• Paul Berry resigned outright from the DUP following legal challenges on February 10, 2006. [1]

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

• Paul Berry — Democratic Unionist Party
• John Fee — Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Danny Kennedy — Ulster Unionist Party
• Seamus Mallon — Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Patrick McNamee — Sinn Féin
• Conor Murphy — Sinn Féin

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Newry & Armagh. They were as follows:

• Maria Caraher — Sinn Féin
• Frank Feeley — Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Seamus Mallon — Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Patrick McNamee — Sinn Féin
• Jim Speers — Ulster Unionist Party

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2007

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	7,437	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	7,105	Elected	1
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	6,517	Elected	5
	DUP	William Irwin	6,418	Elected	5
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Brady	6,337	Elected	4
	Social Democratic and Labour	Dominic Bradley	5,318	Elected	7
	Social Democratic and Labour	Sharon Haughey	4,500	Not elected	7
	Independent (Unionist)	Paul Berry	2,317	Not elected	4
	Independent (Republican)	Davy Hyland	2,188	Not elected	3
	Independent (Unionist)	William Frazer	605	Not elected	1
	Green Party	Brendan Morgan	599	Not elected	1
	Alliance	Máire Hendron	278	Not elected	1

[edit] 2003

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	DUP	Paul Berry	8,125	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	7,595	Elected	1
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	7,347	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	5,779	Elected	5
	Sinn Féin	Pat O'Rawe	5,478	Elected	5
	Social Democratic and Labour	Jim Lennon	4,116	Not elected
	Social Democratic and Labour	Dominic Bradley	4,111	Elected	5
	Social Democratic and Labour	John Fee	3,410	Not elected
	Independent (Unionist)	William Frazer	632	Not elected
	DUP	Freda Donnelly	474	Not elected
	Alliance	Peter Whitcroft	311	Not elected

[edit] 1998

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Social Democratic and Labour	Seamus Mallon	13,582	Elected
	DUP	Paul Berry	7,214	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	5,495	Elected
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	4,839	Elected
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee	4,570	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers	4,324	Not elected
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	3,643	Not elected
	Social Democratic and Labour	John Fee	2,166	Elected
	Social Democratic and Labour	Frank Feely	2,205	Not elected
	Independent	Mary Allen	1,227	Not elected
	NI Women's Coalition	Kate Fearon	1,138	Not elected
	Ulster Independence	Willie Frazer	933	Not elected
	Alliance	Peter Whitcroft	777	Not elected
	Natural Law	David Evans	23	Not elected

[edit] 1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[1]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	Social Democratic and Labour	Seamus Mallon Frank Feeley Pat Brannigan Mary McLeown John Fee	16,775	34.1
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee Maria Caraher Noel Sheridan Brendan Curran Caoimhghin O'Caolain	12,585	25.6
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers Danny Kennedy Elaine McClure Sylvia McRoberts	11,047	22.5
	DUP	Meredith Patterson Margaret Black John McKew	4,774	9.8
	Alliance	Pete Whitcroft Anne-Marie Cunningham	1,037	2.1
	Progressive Unionist	David Jamison Raymond Laverty	640	1.4
	UK Unionist	Robert St-Cyr Margaret Thomson	474	0.9
	NI Women's Coalition	Sheila Fairon Lynd Roper Kathleen Magee	356	0.7
	Labour Coalition	Eimear Duffy Marian McKeown Eamon Duffy Eoin McGuinness	262	0.5
	Ulster Democratic	William Garrett Alan Hewitt	257	0.5
	Workers' Party	Dennis Carroll Vivian Hutchinson Mary Campbell James McConville Pat Smith	208	0.4
	Green Party	Vincent MacDowell Tara Foley	205	0.4
	Ulster Independence	Willie Frazer John Gray	173	0.3
	Conservative	Sarah Humphreys Jennifer Cumming	131	0.3
	Democratic Partnership	Ronald Dawson Donal Kelly	114	0.2
	Independent DUP	Nigel Cummings John Whitten	55	0.1
	Democratic Left	Brendan Montague Orla McClean	46	0.1
	Natural Law	Eileen Leahy Miguel Martin-Ramos	31	0.1
	Independent Chambers	Stella Irvine Sharon Ralston	12	0.0

[edit] References

1. ^ 1996 Candidates - Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections

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