Londonderry (Assembly constituency)

Londonderry was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly. After the Assembly dissolved in 1986, the constituency was not used again, its area being represented by parts of East Londonderry, Foyle and Mid Ulster.

It usually shared boundaries with the Londonderry UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.

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

Members

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. Londonderry elected 7 members as follows:

*Jack Allen Ulster Unionist Party
*Gregory Campbell Democratic Unionist Party
*William Douglas Ulster Unionist Party
*John Hume Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Hugh Logue Social Democratic and Labour Party
*James McClure Democratic Unionist Party
*Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from Londonderry were:

*Glenn Barr Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
*Michael Canavan Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Shena Conn Ulster Unionist Party
*William Douglas Ulster Unionist Party
*John Hume Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Hugh Logue Social Democratic and Labour Party
*James McClure Democratic Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The seven members elected from Londonderry were:

*Glenn Barr Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
*Michael Canavan Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Shena Conn Ulster Unionist Party anti Sunningdale
*William Douglas Ulster Unionist Party anti Sunningdale
*John Hume Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Hugh Logue Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Leslie Morrell Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale

Elections

=1982=

References