Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)

54.211°N 6.499°W / 54.211; -6.499

Newry and Armagh
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary constituency
Newry and Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1996
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Cathal Boylan (SF)
  •   William Irwin (DUP)
  •   Liz Kimmins (SF)
  •   Justin McNulty (SDLP)
  •   Conor Murphy (SF)
DistrictsNewry, Mourne and Down District Council
Boundaries

Newry and Armagh (Irish: An tIúr agus Ard Mhacha, Ulster Scots: Newrie an Airmagh) 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
Election MLA
(party)		 MLA
(party)		 MLA
(party)		 MLA
(party)		 MLA
(party)		 MLA
(party)
1996 Maria Caraher
(Sinn Féin)		 Patrick McNamee
(Sinn Féin)		 Frank Feely
(SDLP)		 Seamus Mallon
(SDLP)		 Jim Speers
(UUP)		 5 seats
1996–1998
1998 Conor Murphy
(Sinn Féin)		 John Fee
(SDLP)		 Danny Kennedy
(UUP)		 Paul Berry
(DUP)
2003 Davy Hyland
(Sinn Féin)		 Pat O'Rawe
(Sinn Féin)		 Dominic Bradley
(SDLP)
2007 Cathal Boylan
(Sinn Féin)		 Mickey Brady
(Sinn Féin)		 William Irwin
(DUP)
2011
July 2012
co-option		 Megan Fearon
(Sinn Féin)
June 2015
co-option		 Conor Murphy
(Sinn Féin)
2016 Justin McNulty
(SDLP)
2017 5 seats
2017–present
January 2020
co-option		 Liz Kimmins
(Sinn Féin)
2022

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

2022
2022 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 5 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 16.72% 9,847        
Sinn Féin Cathal Boylan 16.72% 9,843        
SDLP Justin McNulty 10.56% 6,217 6,585 7,483 7,686 10,231
Sinn Féin Liz Kimmins 13.52% 7,964 8,192 9,464 9,472 9,969
DUP William Irwin 12.87% 7,577 7,668 7,720 9,414 9,784
TUV Keith Ratcliffe 9.18% 5,407 5,436 5,461 6,706 6,892
Alliance Jackie Coade 5.68% 3,345 3,637 4,088 4,741  
Ulster Unionist David Taylor 6.56% 3,864 3,895 3,956    
Independent Gavin Malone 5.36% 3,157 3,380      
Aontú Daniel Connolly 2.02% 1,189        
Green (NI) Ciara Henry 0.53% 314        
Workers' Party Nicola Grant 0.27% 160        
Electorate: 87,156   Valid: 58,884 (67.56%)   Spoilt: 809   Quota: 9,815   Turnout: 59,693 (68.49%)  

    2017
    2017 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    DUP William Irwin 17.77% 9,760    
    Sinn Féin Cathal Boylan 16.75% 9,197    
    SDLP Justin McNulty 16.36% 8,983 10,085  
    Sinn Féin Megan Fearon 16.17% 8,881 9,175  
    Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 15.39% 8,454 8,681 9,018
    Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 13.21% 7,256 7,675 7,939
    Alliance Jackie Coade 2.58% 1,418    
    CISTA Emmet Crossan 1.28% 704    
    Green (NI) Rowan Tunnicliffe 0.48% 265    
    Electorate: 80,140   Valid: 54,918 (68.53%)   Spoilt: 707   Quota: 9,154   Turnout: 55,625 (69.41%)  

      2016
      2016 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      DUP William Irwin 16.72% 7,980                
      Sinn Féin Megan Fearon 14.33% 6,838                
      Sinn Féin Cathal Boylan 14.30% 6,822                
      Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 10.28% 4,904 5,602.25 5,602.25 5,616.7 5,804,4 5,817.4 5,905.05 9,595.3  
      Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 12.27% 5,854 5,855.05 5,855.05 5,883.05 5,922.05 6,125.05 6,421.35 6,435.35 6,442.35
      SDLP Justin McNulty 10.01% 4,775 4,779.05 4,779.05 4,806.05 4,936.2 5,128.35 5,325.5 5,369.2 5,701.2
      SDLP Karen McKevitt 8.22% 3,923 3,929.45 3,929.45 3,963.6 4,086.2 4,356.35 4,515.65 4,564.2 5,042.2
      Ulster Unionist Sam Nicholson 3.86% 1,841 2,045.75 2,045.75 2,049.2 2,159.85 2,166.85 2,220.45    
      Independent Paul Berry 3.49% 1,663 1,861.6 1,861.6 1,865.6 1,940.45 1,957.05 1,998.95    
      CISTA Emmet Crossan 2.16% 1,032 1,036.5 1,036.5 1,112.1 1,228.6 1,308.6      
      Independent Martin McAllister 1.97% 940 941.2 941.2 957.2 1,003.5        
      Alliance Craig Weir 1.03% 493 498.75 498.75 597.05          
      UKIP Alan Love 0.66% 315 346.05 346.05 349.2          
      Green (NI) Michael Watters 0.70% 335 337.4 337.4            
      Electorate: 81,756   Valid: 47,715 (58.36%)   Spoilt: 783   Quota: 6,817   Turnout: 48,498 (59.32%)  

        2011
        2011 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats[4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 19.62% 9,127          
        Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 18.74% 8,718          
        SDLP Dominic Bradley 15.31% 7,123          
        Sinn Féin Cathal Boylan 14.22% 6,614 8,092.40        
        DUP William Irwin 13.12% 6,101 6,105.48 7,502.46      
        Sinn Féin Mickey Brady 7.00% 3,254 4,049.48 4,058.58 5,376.54 5,615.30 5,624.92
        SDLP Thomas O'Hanlon 8.22% 3,825 3,934.48 4,011.70 4,063.50 4,640.70 5,014.06
        TUV Barrie Halliday 1.78% 830 831.40 1,238.30 1,239.70    
        Alliance David Murphy 1.58% 734 748.28 838.76 840.44    
        UKIP Robert Woods 0.21% 98 99.40 125.66 126.22    
        Independent James Malone 0.19% 90 93.92 99.12 99.68    
        Electorate: 77,544   Valid: 46,514 (59.98%)   Spoilt: 1,048   Quota: 6,645   Turnout: 47,562 (61.34%)  

          2007
          2007 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats[5]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 14.99% 7,437            
          Sinn Féin Cathal Boylan 14.32% 7,105            
          Sinn Féin Mickey Brady 12.77% 6,337 6,455 6,705.92 7,513.92      
          DUP William Irwin 12.93% 6,418 6,672 6,672.12 6,674.12 8,008.12    
          Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 13.13% 6,517 6,813 6,813.28 6,833.36 7,653.36    
          SDLP Dominic Bradley 10.72% 5,318 5,530 5,551.64 5,974.48 6,025.6 6,169.6 6,310.6
          SDLP Sharon Haughey 9.07% 4,500 4,709 4,722.32 5,001.48 5,068.48 5,229.48 5,368.48
          Independent Paul Berry 4.67% 2,317 2,512 2,512.44 2,526.48      
          Independent Davy Hyland 4.41% 2,188 2,260 2,267.76        
          Independent Willie Frazer 1.22% 605            
          Green (NI) Brendan Morgan 1.21% 599            
          Alliance Máire Hendron 0.56% 278            
          Electorate: 70,823   Valid: 49,619 (70.06%)   Spoilt: 546   Quota: 7,089   Turnout: 50,165 (70.83%)  

            2003
            2003 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats[6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            DUP Paul Berry 17.15% 8,125        
            Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 16.04% 7,595        
            Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 15.51% 7,347        
            SDLP Dominic Bradley 8.68% 4,111 4,119.8 4,135 4,400.14 6,783.14
            Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 12.20% 5,779 5,779.48 6,347.38 6,367 6,633.9
            Sinn Féin Pat O'Rawe 11.56% 5,478 5,478.16 5,590.66 5,603.32 5,712
            SDLP Jim Lennon 8.69% 4,116 4,118.88 4,125.98 4,390.98 5,112.5
            SDLP John Fee 7.20% 3,410 3,411.28 3,459.38 3,656.96  
            DUP Freda Donnelly 1.00% 474 1,638.64 1,638.94    
            Independent Willie Frazer 1.33% 632 743 744    
            Alliance Pete Whitcroft 0.66% 311 314 315    
            Electorate: 68,731   Valid: 47,378 (68.93%)   Spoilt: 855   Quota: 6,769   Turnout: 48,233 (70.18%)  

              1998
              1998 Assembly election: Newry and Armagh – 6 seats[7]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345678
              SDLP Seamus Mallon 25.09% 13,582              
              DUP Paul Berry 13.33% 7,214 7,217.44 7,231.87 7,899.87        
              Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 10.15% 5,495 5,522.52 5,692.11 5,979.84 6,090 10,184    
              Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 8.94% 4,839 5,017.45 5,026.46 5,294.25 5,294.25 5,305.54 5,311.54 7,741.25
              Sinn Féin Patrick McNamee 8.44% 4,570 5,078.26 5,087.41 5,320.81 5,320.81 5,332.53 5,334.53 7,176.79
              SDLP John Fee 5.85% 3,166 5,419.63 5,485.67 6,429.02 6,430.38 6,514.11 6,949.11 7,169.01
              SDLP Frank Feely 4.07% 2,205 4,238.47 4,317.4 4,852.86 4,853.54 4,957.65 5,492.65 5,874.55
              Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 8.58% 4,643 4,879.5 4,888.08 5,261.06 5,261.74 5,270.37 5,284.37  
              Ulster Unionist Jim Speers 7.99% 4,324 4,353.24 4,558.26 4,747.56 4,799.24      
              NI Women's Coalition Kate Fearon 2.10% 1,138 1,391.7 1,635.5          
              Independent Mary Allen 2.27% 1,227 1,357.29 1,398.45          
              Ulster Independence Willie Frazer 1.72% 933 935.58 947.58          
              Alliance Peter Whitcroft 1.44% 777 860.85            
              Natural Law David Evans 0.04% 23 25.15            
              Electorate: 71,553   Valid: 54,136 (75.66%)   Spoilt: 1,157   Quota: 7,735   Turnout: 55,293 (77.28%)  

                1996 forum

                Successful candidates are shown in bold.[8]

                Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
                SDLP Seamus Mallon
                Frank Feely
                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
                DUP Meredith Patterson
                Margaret Black
                John McKew                		 4,774 9.8
                Alliance Pete Whitcroft
                Anne-Marie Cunningham                		 1,037 2.1
                PUP 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
                NI Conservatives 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
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