Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
Lagan Valley (Irish: Gleann an Lagáin) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Northern Ireland.
| Lagan Valley | |
|---|---|
| county constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Lagan Valley in Northern Ireland | |
| Major settlements | Lisburn |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) |
| Created from | South Antrim, Belfast South, North Down and South Down[1] |
Election results
change| General election 2019: Lagan Valley[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 19,586 | 43.1 | ―16.5 | |
| Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | 13,087 | 28.8 | +17.7 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robbie Butler | 8,606 | 19.0 | +2.2 | |
| SDLP | Ally Haydock | 1,758 | 3.9 | ―3.6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gary McCleave | 1,098 | 2.4 | ―1.1 | |
| NI Conservatives | Gary Hynds | 955 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
| UKIP | Alan Love | 315 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 6,499 | 14.3 | ―28.5 | ||
| Turnout | 45,405 | 60.0 | ―2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,675 | ||||
| DUP hold | Swing | ―17.1 | |||
This seat saw a swing towards the Alliance Party of over 17%, and the largest decrease in vote share for the DUP at the 2019 general election.
References
change- ↑ "'Lagan Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "Lagan Valley Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.