Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°12′40″N 6°29′56″W / 54.211°N 6.499°W / 54.211; -6.499

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).

Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2011 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 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 4 July 2005.
• Paul Berry resigned outright from the DUP following legal challenges on 10 February 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

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011[1]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	9,127	Elected	1
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	8,718	Elected	1
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley	7,123	Elected	1
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan	6,614	Elected	2
	Democratic Unionist	William Irwin	6,101	Elected	3
	SDLP	Thomas O'Hanlon	3,825	Not elected	6
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Brady	3,254	Elected	6
	Traditional Unionist Voice	Barrie Halliday	830	Not elected	4
	Alliance	David Murphy	734	Not elected	4
	UKIP	Robert Woods	98	Not elected	4
	Independent	James Malone	90	Not elected	4

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 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
	Democratic Unionist	William Irwin	6,418	Elected	5
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Brady	6,337	Elected	4
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley	5,318	Elected	7
	SDLP	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 (NI)	Brendan Morgan	599	Not elected	1
	Alliance	Máire Hendron	278	Not elected	1

Assembly Election – 26 November 2003
Party		Candidate	Count 1		Count 2		Count 3		Count 4		Count 5
	Democratic Unionist	Paul Berry	8125	-1356	6769
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	7595		7595	-826	6769
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	7347		7347		7347		7347		7347
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	5779	0.48	5779.48	567.9	6347.38	19.62	6367	266.9	6633.9
	Sinn Féin	Patricia O'Rawe	5478	0.16	5478.16	112.5	5590.66	12.66	5603.32	108.68	5712
	SDLP	Jim Lennon	4116	2.88	4118.88	7.1	4125.98	265	4390.98	721.52	5112.5
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley	4111	8.8	4119.8	15.2	4135	265.14	4400.14	2383	6783.14
	SDLP	John Fee	3410	1.28	3411.28	48.1	3459.38	197.58	3656.96	-3656.96
	Democratic Unionist	Freda Donnelly	474	1164.64	1638.64	0.3	1638.94	-1638.94
	Independent	Willie Frazer	632	111.36	743.36	0.7	744.06	-744.06
	Alliance	Pete Whitcroft	311	2.72	313.72	1	314.72	-314.72
	Non Transferable		N/A	63.68	63.68	73.2	136.88	1937.72	2074.6	176.86	2251.46
Electorate=68,731, Votes cast 48,233 (70.2%), valid=47,378, spoiled=855 (1.8%), quota=6,769

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	13,582	Elected
	Democratic Unionist	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
	SDLP	John Fee	2,166	Elected
	SDLP	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

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[2]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon Frank Feeley Pat Brannigan Mary McLeown John Fee	16,775	34.1
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee Maria Caraher Noel Sheridan Brendan Curran Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	12,585	25.6
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers Danny Kennedy Elaine McClure Sylvia McRoberts	11,047	22.5
	Democratic Unionist	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 (NI)	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

References

1. ^ Newry & Armagh, UTV
2. ^ 1996 Candidates – Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections