Mid Ulster
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Ulster shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1973
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Keith Buchanan (DUP)
  •   Linda Dillon (SF)
  •   Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
  •   Michelle O'Neill (SF)
  •   Emma Sheerin (SF)
DistrictsMid-Ulster District Council
BoundariesMap

Mid Ulster (Irish: Lár Uladh, Ulster Scots: Mid Ulstèr) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

It was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected the then Northern Ireland Assembly. It usually shares boundaries with the Mid Ulster UK Parliament constituency. However, the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 (because the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes) and from 1996 to 1997, when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983-95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

Mid Ulster is the only constituency in Northern Ireland to have returned the same number of Assembly members from the same parties at each election before that of 2017 – 3 Sinn Féin, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 DUP.

The constituency's most prominent MLA has been Michelle O'Neill, who has been the First Minister of Northern Ireland since February 2024. O'Neill is the first nationalist and the second woman to hold the post.

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

Members

Election MLA
(party) 		MLA
(party) 		MLA
(party) 		MLA
(party) 		MLA
(party) 		MLA
(party)
1973 Paddy Duffy
(SDLP) 		Ivan Cooper
(SDLP) 		Aidan Larkin
(SDLP) 		William Thompson
(UUP) 		Duncan Pollock
(UUP) 		John Dunlop
(Vanguard)
1975 Francis Thompson
(UUP) 		Richard Reid
(DUP) 		Robert Overend
(Vanguard)
1982 Danny Morrison
(Sinn Féin) 		Mary McSorley
(SDLP) 		Denis Haughey
(SDLP) 		Alan Kane
(DUP) 		William McCrea
(DUP)
1996 Patrick Groogan
(Sinn Féin) 		Francie Molloy
(Sinn Féin) 		Patsy McGlone
(SDLP) 		5 seats
1996–1998 		John Junkin
(UUP)
1998 John Kelly
(Sinn Féin) 		Martin McGuinness
(Sinn Féin) 		Denis Haughey
(SDLP) 		Billy Armstrong
(UUP)
2003 Geraldine Dougan
(Sinn Féin) 		Patsy McGlone
(SDLP)
2007 Michelle O'Neill
(Sinn Féin) 		Ian McCrea
(DUP)
2011 Sandra Overend
(UUP)
April 2013
co-option 		Ian Milne
(Sinn Féin)
2016 Linda Dillon
(Sinn Féin) 		Keith Buchanan
(DUP)
2017 5 seats
2017–present
December 2018
co-option 		Emma Sheerin
(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

Northern Ireland Assembly

2022

2022 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 20.98% 10,845                
Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 15.86% 8,199 9,497              
Sinn Féin Emma Sheerin 15.89% 8,215 8,716              
DUP Keith Buchanan 16.49% 8,521 8,523 8,523 8,531 8,601 8,696      
SDLP Patsy McGlone 9.95% 5,144 5,420 5,888 5,997 6,183 6,580 6,640 6,956 8,811
TUV Glenn Moore 7.39% 3,818 3,819 3,819 3,828 3,855 3,868 3,894 5,127 5,365
Alliance Claire Hackett 4.14% 2,138 2,175 2,258 2,398 2,517 2,625 2,664 3,181  
Ulster Unionist Meta Graham 4.24% 2,191 2,192 2,193 2,204 2,221 2,225 2,229    
Aontú Alixandra Halliday 2.52% 1,305 1,316 1,353 1,383 1,649        
Independent Patrick Haughey 1.70% 877 887 908 969          
People Before Profit Sophia McFeely 0.35% 179 180 186            
Green (NI) Stefan Taylor 0.27% 137 140 150            
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 0.21% 107 114 125            
Resume NI Conor Rafferty 0.03% 13 14 14            
Electorate: 75,168   Valid: 51,689 (68.76%)   Spoilt: 585   Quota: 8,615   Turnout: 52,274 (69.54%)  

2017

2017 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 20.65% 10,258      
DUP Keith Buchanan 19.26% 9,568      
Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 15.71% 7,806 9,032.64    
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 16.39% 8,143 8,553.21    
SDLP Patsy McGlone 12.92% 6,419 6,683.67 6,699.01 7,732.97
Ulster Unionist Sandra Overend 9.09% 4,516 4,519.42 5,260.03 7,052.41
TUV Hannah Loughrin 2.50% 1,244 1,245.9 1,692.84  
Alliance Fay Watson 2.05% 1,017 1,030.11 1,036.61  
Independent Hugh McCloy 0.50% 247 253.84 256.96  
Green (NI) Stefan Taylor 0.49% 243 246.04 247.73  
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 0.44% 217 221.37 222.15  
Electorate: 69,396   Valid: 49,678 (71.59%)   Spoilt: 550   Quota: 8,280   Turnout: 50,853 (73.28%)  

2016

2016 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 17.26% 7,035                  
SDLP Patsy McGlone 15.24% 6,209                  
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 15.09% 6,147                  
Sinn Féin Linda Dillon 14.31% 5,833                  
Ulster Unionist Sandra Overend 11.93% 4,862 4,896 4,925.88 4,959.12 4,966.14 4,989.36 5,161.28 5,328.48 6,155.48  
DUP Keith Buchanan 8.90% 3,628 3,634 3,639.88 3,683.36 3,686.6 3,691.65 3,705.05 3,752.24 4,353.94 4,566.61
DUP Ian McCrea 9.24% 3,765 3,772 3,778 3,808.12 3,811.9 3,817.17 3,822.95 3,845.4 4,288.69 4,405.99
TUV Hannah Loughrin 4.61% 1,877 1,883 1,888.04 1,981.04 1,982.66 1,990.38 2,006.21 2,046.68    
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 0.78% 316 918 1,043.64 1,052.84 1,197.83 1,414.75 1,778.95      
Alliance Néidín Hendron 1.16% 471 718 861.88 875.96 959.39 1,162.57        
Green (NI) Stefan Taylor 0.86% 349 581 639.92 650.52 727.47          
UKIP Alan Day 0.63% 256 270 276.96              
Electorate: 70,430   Valid: 40,748 (57.86%)   Spoilt: 633   Quota: 5,822   Turnout: 41,381 (58.75%)  

2011

2011 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 20.96% 8,957            
DUP Ian McCrea 16.68% 7,127            
SDLP Patsy McGlone 11.85% 5,065 5,482.28 5,511.23 5,727.77 6,109.77    
Ulster Unionist Sandra Overend 10.32% 4,409 4,412.52 5,106.72 5,229.32 5,336.14 7,130.14  
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 12.12% 5,178 5,514.96 5,515.41 5,542.05 5,591.36 5,710.25 5,735.25
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 9.97% 4,263 4,812.76 4,813.66 4,842.86 4,928.82 5,179.5 5,190.5
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 6.17% 2,635 3,962.04 3,962.34 4,005.42 4,133.42 4,412.21 4,457.21
TUV Walter Millar 4.86% 2,075 2,087.48 2,330.33 2,382.63 2,431.1    
SDLP Austin Kelly 2.84% 1,214 1,262 1,266.05 1,331.62 1,429.36    
Independent Hugh McCloy 2.18% 933 988.68 1,003.23 1,206.83      
Alliance Michael McDonald 0.93% 398 405.36 416.61        
People Before Profit Harry Hutchinson 0.57% 243 249.4 261.55        
Independent Gary McCann 0.56% 241 252.84 255.39        
Electorate: 66,602   Valid: 42,738 (64.17%)   Spoilt: 784   Quota: 6,106   Turnout: 43,522 (65.35%)  

2007

2007 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 18.21% 8,065            
DUP Ian McCrea 17.18% 7,608            
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 14.90% 6,597            
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 14.53% 6,432            
SDLP Patsy McGlone 11.24% 4,976 6,176.04 6,183.08 6,264.48 6,430.48    
Ulster Unionist Billy Armstrong 10.80% 4,781 4,788.22 4,939.9 4,940.45 5,036.53 5,572.54 6,354.54
SDLP Kathleen Lagan 6.23% 2,759 3,118.1 3,119.86 3,266.93 3,469.14 3,497 3,531
DUP Elizabeth Forde 2.31% 1,021 1,022.52 2,026.04 2,026.04 2,068.03 2,625.23  
UK Unionist Walter Millar 2.73% 1,210 1,215.7 1,256.98 1,257.64 1,299.02    
Republican Sinn Féin Brendan McLaughlin 0.99% 437 527.06 527.22 543.61      
Alliance Margaret Marshall 0.50% 221 228.98 230.26 233.12      
Independent Harry Hutchinson 0.38% 170 197.36 204.56 208.08      
Electorate: 61,223   Valid: 44,277 (72.32%)   Spoilt: 451   Quota: 6,326   Turnout: 44,728 (73.06%)  

2003

2003 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP William McCrea 18.51% 8,211              
Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 18.32% 8,128              
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 11.85% 5,255 5,255.44 6,377.22          
Sinn Féin Geraldine Dougan 13.14% 5,827 5,827.22 5,998.38 6,916.38        
Ulster Unionist Billy Armstrong 9.74% 4,323 4,461.6 4,461.82 4,509.24 4,514.24 6,165.32 7,048.32  
SDLP Patsy McGlone 9.68% 4,295 4,300.06 4,505.32 4,693.64 4,950.64 4,984.84 5,140.22 5,246.22
SDLP Denis Haughey 8.66% 3,843 3,844.32 3,940.46 4,111.34 4,212.34 4,250.44 4,458.68 4,611.68
DUP Alan Millar 2.32% 1,029 2,565.7 2,571.64 2,580.52 2,581.52 3,035.32    
Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson 4.67% 2,071 2,182.54 2,183.64 2,228.52 2,233.52      
Sinn Féin Cora Groogan 2.22% 984 984 1,144.16          
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 0.52% 230 230.22 237.48          
Alliance James Holmes 0.37% 166 167.1 168.86          
Electorate: 60,095   Valid: 44,362 (73.82%)   Spoilt: 661   Quota: 6,338   Turnout: 45,023 (74.92%)  

1998

1998 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP William McCrea 20.76% 10,339          
Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness 17.48% 8,703          
Ulster Unionist Billy Armstrong 9.03% 4,498 4,694.54 4,915.5 4,916.22 6,881.06 7,467.06
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 12.06% 6,008 6,009.55 6,040.55 7,074.11 7,075.73 7,083.18
SDLP Denis Haughey 12.87% 6,410 6,413.72 6,652.03 6,736.81 6,768.74 7,050.98
Sinn Féin John Kelly 11.23% 5,594 5,595.86 5,657.86 5,899.42 5,901.42 5,913.63
SDLP Patsy McGlone 9.37% 4,666 4,676.85 4,781.85 4,956.63 4,969.63 5,075.79
DUP Paul McLean 0.62% 307 3,008.34 3,034.54 3,041.56 3,727.84  
Ulster Unionist John Junkin 4.90% 2,440 2,680.87 2,758.66 2,758.84    
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 1.00% 497 499.48        
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 0.42% 207 207.62        
Socialist Party Harry Hutchinson 0.18% 91 105.57        
Natural Law Mary Daly 0.08% 38 38        
Electorate: 59,991   Valid: 49,798 (83.01%)   Spoilt: 824   Quota: 7,115   Turnout: 50,622 (84.38%)  

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[8]

Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy
Patsy Groogan
Sean Begley
Margaret McKenna
Owen Carron 		13,001 29.6
SDLP Patsy McGlone
Denis Haughey
Kathleen Lagan
Pat McErlean
Joe McBride 		12,492 28.5
Ulster Unionist John Junkin
Norman Badger
Trevor Wilson 		7,935 18.1
DUP William McCrea
William Larmour
Paul McLean 		7,243 16.5
Alliance Aidan Lagan
Keith Jacques 		549 1.2
UK Unionist Daniel Huston
Hugh Moore 		435 1.0
PUP John Coyle
Kenneth Rutherford 		380 0.9
Ulster Democratic John Haveron
James English 		375 0.9
Labour coalition Harry Hutchinson
Anne Gribbon
John McLaughlin
Paddy McGrath
Joanne Kane 		271 0.6
Ulster Independence Walter Millar
Dierdre Speer-White 		263 0.6
NI Women's Coalition Cherry Dickson
Ann McCrystal
Sheila Murphy
Mary Hogg
Mary Doyle 		259 0.6
Workers' Party Francie Donnelly
Gerard Brennan 		210 0.5
Green (NI) David Lyttle
Lucille O'Shea 		132 0.3
NI Conservatives Elspeth Irvine
Eileen Elizabeth McKee 		119 0.3
Democratic Partnership Charles McKee
Patrick Pearse Kelly 		93 0.2
Democratic Left Patricia Cullen
Frank McElroy 		41 0.1
Natural Law Stewart Luck
Richard Mulholland 		24 0.1
Independent Chambers Angela Moore
Linda Chambers 		20 0.1

1982 Assembly election

1982 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP William McCrea 16.86% 10,445                      
SDLP Denis Haughey 13.58% 8,413 8,413.6 8,474.6 8,805.6 8,827.6 10,236.6            
Ulster Unionist William Thompson 8.95% 5,546 5,594 5,594.45 5,597.45 5,772.3 5,773.3 5,773.3 6,108.75 7,343.4 11,830.4    
DUP Alan Kane 6.42% 3,981 5,300.7 5,306.7 5,321 5,566.75 5,572.9 5,572.9 5,628.8 7,075.1 8,238.35 11,167.63  
SDLP Mary McSorley 6.73% 4,169 4,169.6 4,196.6 4,366.75 4,371.9 5,535.35 6,787.79 7,979.33 7,982.48 8,018.63 8,034.27 8,184.23
Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 11.18% 6,927 6,927.75 7,022.75 7,117.75 7,120.75 7,211.75 7,222.53 7,379.35 7,387.65 7,400.8 7,402.64 7,414.6
Sinn Féin Francis McElwee 9.30% 5,763 5,764.05 5,867.65 6,075.65 6,083.65 6,150.95 6,161.73 6,333.65 6,334.8 6,334.8 6,335.72 6,343.08
Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow 6.69% 4,143 4,157.85 4,157.85 4,174.85 4,715.05 4,717.05 4,717.05 4,954.2 6,002.3      
UUUP Robert Overend 4.93% 3,056 3,188.45 3,188.45 3,191.75 3,792.9 3,794.9 3,794.9 3,923.95        
Alliance Aidan Lagan 4.63% 2,872 2,874.7 2,919.7 3,184.7 3,236.7 3,415.7 3,478.42          
SDLP Liam McQuaid 4.62% 2,862 2,863.2 2,911.35 3,006.35 3,015.35              
UUUP John Dunlop 2.80% 1,732 1,768.75 1,770.75 1,816.75                
Workers' Party Francie Donnelly 2.12% 1,311 1,311.9 1,622.9                  
Workers' Party Francie McElroy 1.20% 746 747.8                    
Electorate: 84,699   Valid: 61,966 (73.16%)   Spoilt: 1,977   Quota: 8,853   Turnout: 63,943 (75.49%)  

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Ulster Unionist William Thompson 16.54% 9,342                    
SDLP Ivan Cooper 16.07% 9,073                    
DUP Richard Reid 14.61% 8,250                    
SDLP Paddy Duffy 7.31% 4,130 4,130 4,809.14 4,848.31 4,934.07 5,129.95 5,141.39 6,418.6 7,003.32 8,119.32  
Ulster Unionist Francis Thompson 7.60% 4,292 5,426.9 5,427.34 5,430.34 5,430.34 5,456.99 6,655.14 6,658.27 6,667.38 7,221.77 7,275.79
Vanguard Robert Overend 9.87% 5,573 5,624.74 5,624.85 5,626.85 5,626.85 5,645.09 5,968.25 5,980.36 6,003.36 6,206.41 6,315.65
SDLP Aidan Larkin 6.85% 3,868 3,868 3,959.63 3,967.51 3,987.75 4,031.28 4,054.28 4,994 5,304.58 6,190.51 6,190.53
Alliance Aidan Lagan 3.26% 1,842 1,844.47 1,865.7 1,870.25 1,910.24 3,018.53 3,624.31 4,105.7 4,425.43    
Republican Clubs Francie Donnelly 2.46% 1,387 1,387 1,415.05 2,152.55 3,193.88 3,276.16 3,278.27 3,357.92      
SDLP Stephen McKenna 4.79% 2,705 2,705.13 2,787.3 2,797.4 2,862.61 2,888.15 2,892.37        
Unionist Party NI Duncan Pollock 4.01% 2,264 2,284.04 2,285.12 2,286.12 2,288.12 2,355.97          
Alliance Douglas Cooper 2.70% 1,526 1,528.34 1,568.6 1,628.91 1,641.02            
Republican Clubs Francie McElroy 2.25% 1,270 1,270 1,275.17 1,338.5              
Republican Clubs Ivan Barr 1.68% 947 947 963.39                
Electorate: 80,806   Valid: 56,469 (69.88%)   Spoilt: 2,080   Quota: 8,068   Turnout: 58,549 (72.46%)  

1973 Assembly election

1973 Assembly election: Mid Ulster – 6 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
SDLP Ivan Cooper 19.71% 12,614                        
Ulster Unionist Duncan Pollock 14.93% 9,557                        
SDLP Paddy Duffy 6.93% 4,437 6,594.03 6,600.84 6,600.96 6,610.97 6,936.21 7,446.02 7,450.1 8,014 9,491      
Vanguard John Dunlop 11.06% 7,082 7,089.83 7,096.1 7,103.46 7,117.58 7,125.66 7,132.2 7,538.04 7,596.71 7,622.06 11,276.06    
Ulster Unionist William Thompson 8.36% 5,352 5,353.08 5,358.08 5,490.28 5,517.72 5,520.72 5,521.99 8,048.66 8,604.58 8,613.7 9,550.7    
SDLP Aidan Larkin 6.32% 4,045 4,606.06 4,629.22 4,629.22 4,636.19 4,693.88 4,918.18 4,920.22 5,306.51 5,986.56 5,991.87 6,006.87 6,017.87
SDLP Stephen McKenna 3.82% 2,444 2,719.67 2,726.29 2,726.37 2,763.8 2,794.55 4,127.67 4,127.94 4,753.7 5,360.13 5,376.91 5,392.91 5,401.91
DUP Eddie Sayers 6.96% 4,454 4,455.89 4,459.16 4,459.16 4,485.32 4,503.02 4,507.29 4,671 4,755.4 4,782.67      
Republican Clubs Desmond Gourley 4.53% 2,899 2,929.24 2,935.24 2,935.48 2,952.29 4,148.76 4,460.63 4,463.71 4,663.16        
Alliance Tom Gormley 3.21% 2,055 2,147.88 2,289.15 2,290.75 3,580.92 3,665.86 3,914.77 4,029          
Ulster Unionist Verdun Wright 4.74% 3,034 3,035.35 3,043.35 3,254.35 3,332.91 3,334.91 3,340.18            
Nationalist Patrick Francis McGill 4.00% 2,558 2,692.19 2,696.27 2,696.31 2,706.47 2,794.24              
Republican Clubs Ivan Barr 2.74% 1,755 1,857.06 1,859.33 1,859.45 1,866.72                
Alliance Robin Glendinning 2.17% 1,389 1,410.6 1,541.87 1,543.99                  
Alliance George Logue 0.53% 339 347.1                      
Electorate: 79,331   Valid: 64,014 (80.69%)   Spoilt: 1,372   Quota: 9,145   Turnout: 65,386 (82.42%)  

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