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East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

East Londonderry (also known as East Derry)[3][4][5] is a constituency in Northern Ireland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Its current Member of Parliament (MP) has been Gregory Campbell of the DUP since 2001.

Constituency profile

This is a mostly rural constituency stretching from the hill country of the Sperrin Mountains in the south to the Atlantic coast in the north; and from the suburbs of Derry city in the west to the River Bann in the east. The constituency's two main towns are Limavady and Coleraine; other urban areas include the upland town of Dungiven; and the coastal resorts of Portstewart and Portrush (the latter in fact lies in Country Antrim).

Boundaries

The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency, minus the area around the city of Derry/Londonderry itself which formed the new Foyle constituency.

From further revisions in 1995 (when it lost parts of the district of Magherafelt to the Mid Ulster constituency), and until the 2008 revision, it covered exactly the same area as the districts of Coleraine and Limavady. The inclusion of all of Coleraine Borough means that part of the East Londonderry constituency is actually in County Antrim.

For the 2010 general election the East Londonderry constituency was formed by the following local government areas, as confirmed by the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.[6]

Prior to the 2024 general election, the following additions were made to the East Londonderry constituency:[7][1]

History

The constituency has a Unionist majority although, in many elections, nationalists have polled close to 35% of the vote, and the middle-of-the-road Alliance Party sometimes above 10%. The main interest in elections has been the contest between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. The UUP were normally ahead of the DUP until the 2001 general election, when the DUP finally overtook them.

The 2001 election was seen at a province-wide level as a battle over the Belfast Agreement, with the DUP opposed to it and most of the UUP in favour. However, that situation was seemingly reversed in East Londonderry, in which the sitting Ulster Unionist MP, William Ross, was completely opposed to all involvement with the Agreement and its institutions, whilst the DUP candidate, Gregory Campbell, was a minister in the executive set up by the agreement. Many commentators joked that the DUP's gain meant that East Londonderry now had a more pro-agreement MP than before.[citation needed]

For the history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1983, see Londonderry.

In the 2016 EU referendum 21,098 people in the constituency voted to remain in the European Union, 19,455 voted to leave, and 10 votes were rejected.

Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Gregory Campbell of the Democratic Unionist Party. In that election he defeated William Ross of the Ulster Unionist Party who had represented East Londonderry since 1983 and its predecessor seat of Londonderry between 1974 and 1983.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

1997 changes are compared to the notional figures from 1992.[20]

Elections in the 1980s

Demographics

On Census day 2021 there were 103,285 people living in the East Londonderry parliamentary constituency.[26] Of these:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies.PDF" (PDF). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "'Londonderry East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "East Derry constituency report: DUP's Gregory Campbell retains seat but Sinn Féin make big gains". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Gregory Campbell retains East Derry seat by narrow margin after recount". The Irish News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ^ Kearney, Vincent (1 July 2024). "East Londonderry – Outsider to record breaker?". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008". www.legislation.gov.uk.
  7. ^ "Boundary Commission publish their 2023 Review of Parliamentary Consitutencies – Northern Ireland Elects". nielects.com. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
  9. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ^ "East Londonderry Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the EAST LONDONDERRY Constituency – Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  12. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election Result 2017 – East Londonderry". Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ^ "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland – EONI". www.eoni.org.uk.
  15. ^ "Cllr William McCandless selected as Ulster Unionist Westminster candidate for East Londonderry". Ulster Unionist Party. 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "BBC Election '97". bbc.co.uk. 1997. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "By-election Result". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  24. ^ Nicholas Whyte (13 May 2003). "Westminster by-elections, 23 January 1986". Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  25. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  26. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency 2024". NISRA. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  27. ^ "National identity (person based) – basic detail (classification 1)". NISRA. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

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