Lagan Valley | |
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county constituency for the House of Commons | |
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] |
Lagan Valley (Irish: Gleann an Lagáin) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Northern Ireland.
General election 2019: Lagan Valley[2][3] | |||||
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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.
Current Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland (18) | |
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Democratic Unionist (8) | |
Sinn Féin (7) | |
Social Democratic and Labour (2) | |
Alliance (1) | |