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Distribution of seats by constituency[edit]
Party affiliation of the five Assembly members returned by each constituency. The first column indicates the party of the Member of the House of Commons (MP) returned by the corresponding parliamentary constituency in the 2019 United Kingdom general election under the first-past-the-post voting method.
| 2019 MP | Constituency | Total seats |
PBP | Green | Sinn Féin |
SDLP | Alli- ance |
UUP | DUP | TUV | Ind. | Seat gained by |
Seat formerly held by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DUP | North Antrim | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | Alliance | DUP |
| 2 | DUP | East Antrim | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | Alliance | UUP |
| 3 | DUP | South Antrim | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | SF | Belfast North | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | Alliance | SDLP |
| 5 | SF | Belfast West | 5 | 1 | – | 4 | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | SDLP | Belfast South | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | Alliance | Green |
| 7 | DUP | Belfast East | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2
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Andy Allen (inc.) |
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| 8 | Alliance | North Down | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | Ind. U Alliance
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DUP Green
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| 9 | DUP | Strangford | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | Alliance | DUP |
| 10 | DUP | Lagan Valley | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | Alliance | SDLP |
| 11 | DUP | Upper Bann | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | Alliance | SDLP |
| 12 | SF | South Down | 5 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | Alliance | SDLP |
| 13 | SF | Newry and Armagh | 5 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | SF | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | 5 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | SF | West Tyrone | 5 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | SF | Mid Ulster | 5 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | SDLP | Foyle | 5 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | DUP | East Londonderry | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 18 | Total | 90 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Change since 2017 | – | – | –2 | – | –4 | +9 | –1 | −3 | – | +1 | – | – | ||
| Elected on 2 March 2017 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||
| Elected on 5 May 2016 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||
| Elected on 5 May 2011 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||
| Elected on 7 March 2007 | 108 | – | 1 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 36 | – | 1 | 1 Prog. U. | – | ||
| Elected on 23 November 2003 | 108 | – | – | 24 | 18 | 6 | 27 | 30 | – | 1 | 1 Prog. U. | 1 UKUP | ||
| Elected on 25 June 1998 | 108 | – | – | 18 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 20 | – | 4 | 2 Prog. U. | 5 UKUP, 2 NIWC |
Candidates[edit]
Nominations opened on 29 March 2022 for the assembly election and closed on 8 April 2022.[1]
A total of 239 candidates contested the 90 available seats in the Assembly, an increase from 228 in 2016.[1] Eighty-seven women ran as candidates in the election, which is the highest number in history.[2] The seats were spread over 18 constituencies, with each constituency having five seats. The election was conducted using the single transferable vote system.
The table below lists all of the nominated candidates.[3][4]
- * indicates an incumbent MLA
- ** indicates the candidate is the incumbent MLA for a different constituency
- ^ indicates a former MLA who was not a member at the dissolution of the 2016–17 Assembly
- Leaders of parties represented in the assembly at dissolution are shown in bold text
- Elected candidates are marked with an (E)
| Constituency | DUP | SF | SDLP | UUP | Alliance | TUV | Green | PBP | Aontú | Others | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast East | David Brooks | (E) | Mairéad O'Donnell | Charlotte Carson | Andy Allen* | (E) | Naomi Long* | (E) | John Ross | Brian Smyth | Hannah Kenny | Karl Bennett (PUP) | ||||||||
| Joanne Bunting* | (E) | Lauren Kerr | Peter McReynolds | (E) | Eoin MacNeill (WP) | |||||||||||||||
| Belfast North | Phillip Brett (E) Brian Kingston (E) |
Gerry Kelly* (E) Carál Ní Chuilín* (E) |
Nichola Mallon* | Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston | Nuala McAllister (E) | Ron McDowell | Mal O'Hara | Fiona Ferguson | Seán Mac Niocaill | Billy Hutchinson^ (PUP) Lily Kerr (WP) Stafford Ward (Ind) |
| Belfast South | Edwin Poots* (E) | Deirdre Hargey* (E) | Matthew O'Toole* (E) Elsie Trainor |
Stephen McCarthy | Paula Bradshaw* (E) Kate Nicholl (E) |
Andrew Girvin | Clare Bailey* | Sipho Sibanda | Luke McCann | Paddy Lynn (WP) Neil Moore (SP) Elly Odhiambo (Ind) |
| Belfast West | Frank McCoubrey | Danny Baker (E) Órlaithí Flynn* (E) Aisling Reilly* (E) Pat Sheehan* (E) |
Paul Doherty | Linsey Gibson | Donnamarie Higgins | Jordan Doran | Stevie Maginn | Gerry Carroll* (E) | Gerard Herdman | Gerard Burns (Ind) Patrick Crossan (WP) Declan Hill (Ind) Tony Mallon (Ind) Dan Murphy (IRSP) |
| East Antrim | David Hilditch* (E) Gordon Lyons* (E) |
Oliver McMullan^ | Siobhán McAlister | John Stewart* (E) Roy Beggs Jr* |
Stewart Dickson* (E) Danny Donnelly (E) |
Norman Boyd^ | Mark Bailey | |||
| East Londonderry | Maurice Bradley* (E) Alan Robinson (E) |
Caoimhe Archibald* (E) Kathleen McGurk |
Cara Hunter* (E) | Darryl Wilson | Chris McCaw | Jordan Armstrong | Mark Coulson | Amy Merron | Gemma Brolly | Claire Sugden* (Ind U) (E) Niall Murphy (Ind) Stephanie Quigley (Ind) Billy Stewart (Ind) Russell Watton (PUP) |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Deborah Erskine* (E) Paul Bell |
Jemma Dolan* (E) Colm Gildernew* (E) Áine Murphy* (E) |
Adam Gannon | Tom Elliott^ (E) Rosemary Barton* |
Matthew Beaumont | Alex Elliott | Kellie Turtle | Emmett Kilpatrick | Denise Mullen | Derek Backhouse (Ind) Emma DeSouza (Ind) Donal O'Cofaigh (CCLA) |
| Foyle | Gary Middleton* (E) | Pádraig Delargy* (E) Ciara Ferguson* (E) |
Mark H. Durkan* (E) Sinead McLaughlin* (E) Brian Tierney |
Ryan McCready | Rachael Ferguson | Elizabeth Neely | Gillian Hamilton | Shaun Harkin | Emmet Doyle | Anne McCloskey (Ind) Colly McLaughlin (IRSP) |
| Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson^ (E) Paul Givan* (E) |
Gary McCleave | Pat Catney* | Robbie Butler* (E) Laura Turner |
Sorcha Eastwood (E) David Honeyford (E) |
Lorna Smyth | Simon Lee | Amanda Doherty | Gary Hynds (Ind) | |
| Mid Ulster | Keith Buchanan* (E) | Linda Dillon* (E) Michelle O'Neill* (E) Emma Sheerin* (E) |
Patsy McGlone* (E) | Meta Graham | Claire Hackett | Glenn Moore | Stefan Taylor[n 1] | Sophia McFeely | Alixandra Halliday | Patrick Haughey (Ind) Conor Rafferty (Resume NI) Hugh Scullion (WP) |
| Newry and Armagh | William Irwin* (E) | Cathal Boylan* (E) Liz Kimmins* (E) Conor Murphy* (E) |
Justin McNulty* (E) | David Taylor | Jackie Coade | Keith Ratcliffe | Ciara Henry | Daniel Connolly | Nicola Grant (WP) Gavin Malone (Ind) | |
| North Antrim | Paul Frew* (E) Mervyn Storey* |
Philip McGuigan* (E) | Eugene Reid | Robin Swann* (E) Bethany Ferris |
Patricia O'Lynn (E) | Jim Allister* (E) Matthew Armstrong |
Paul Veronica | Laird Shingleton (Ind) | ||
| North Down | Stephen Dunne* (E) Jennifer Gilmour |
Thérèse McCartney | Déirdre Vaughan | Alan Chambers* (E) Naomi McBurney |
Connie Egan (E) Andrew Muir* (E) |
John Gordon | Rachel Woods* | Alex Easton* (Ind U) (E) Chris Carter (Ind) Ray McKimm (Ind) Matthew Robinson (Con) | ||
| South Antrim | Pam Cameron* (E) Trevor Clarke* (E) |
Declan Kearney* (E) | Roisin Lynch | Steve Aiken* (E) Paul Michael |
John Blair* (E) | Mel Lucas | Lesley Veronica | Jerry Maguire | Róisín Bennett | Andrew Moran (Ind) |
| South Down | Diane Forsythe (E) | Sinéad Ennis* (E) Cathy Mason (E) |
Colin McGrath* (E) Karen McKevitt^ |
Jill Macauley | Patrick Brown (E) | Harold McKee^ | Noeleen Lynch | Paul McCrory | Rosemary McGlone | Patrick Clarke (Ind) |
| Strangford | Harry Harvey* (E) Michelle McIlveen* (E) Peter Weir* |
Róisé McGivern | Conor Houston | Mike Nesbitt* (E) Philip Smith^ |
Kellie Armstrong* (E) Nick Mathison (E) |
Stephen Cooper | Maurice Macartney | Ben King (Ind) | ||
| Upper Bann | Jonathan Buckley* (E) Diane Dodds* (E) |
John O'Dowd* (E) Liam Mackle |
Dolores Kelly* | Doug Beattie* (E) Glenn Barr |
Eóin Tennyson (E) | Darrin Foster | Lauren Kendall | Aidan Gribbin | Glenn Beattie (Heritage) | |
| West Tyrone | Tom Buchanan* (E) | Nicola Brogan* (E) Declan McAleer* (E) Maolíosa McHugh* (E) |
Daniel McCrossan* (E) | Ian Marshall | Stephen Donnelly | Trevor Clarke | Susan Glass | Carol Gallagher | James Hope | Barry Brown (Ind) Amy Ferguson (SP) Paul Gallagher (Ind) |
- ^ a b "NI Assembly Election 5 May 2022". The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Andrews, Chris (6 May 2022). "NI election results 2022: Sinn Féin tops first preference vote in NI election". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Statements of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Leebody, Christopher; Campbell, Niamh (12 April 2022). "Northern Ireland Assembly elections candidates in full: Who is standing in your area?". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Cousins, Graeme (29 April 2022). "Green Party candidate in Mid Ulster Stefan Taylor withdraws from campaign, party retracts endorsement". The News Letter. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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