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Name of Candidates Standing in each Constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election, Thursday 2 March 2017



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2017 Northern Ireland Assembly Election, Thursday 2 March 2017

Name of Candidates Standing in each Constituency

The names of the 228 candidates who were nominated to contest the 90 seats across the 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland. (Previous assembly had 108 seats.)

Five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) will be returned from each of the 18 constituencies. (Previous assembly had six MLAs from each constituency.)

The names of the candidates are listed alphabetically.

Belfast East

Andy Allen, (UUP)
Sheila Bodel, (CP)
Joanne Bunting, (DUP)
Séamas de Faoite, (SDLP)
David Douglas, (DUP)
Andrew Girvin, (TUV)
John Kyle, (PUP)
Naomi Long, (APNI)
Chris Lyttle, (APNI)
Jordy McKeag, (Ind)
Georgina Milne, (GP)
Robin Newton, (DUP)
Mairéad O'Donnell, (SF)
Courtney Robinson, (CCLA)

Belfast North

Paula Bradley, (DUP)
Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston, (PUP)
Fiona Ferguson, (PBP)
Robert Foster, (UUP)
William Humphrey, (DUP)
Gerry Kelly, (SF)
Nichola Mallon, (SDLP)
Nuala McAllister, (APNI)
Nelson McCausland, (DUP)
Adam Millar, (Ind)
Caral Ní Chuilín, (SF)
Malachai O'Hara, (GP)
Gemma Weir, (WP)

Belfast South

Clare Bailey, (GP)
Paula Bradshaw, (APNI)
Sean Burns, (CCLA)
Naomh Gallagher, (SDLP)
Claire Hanna, (SDLP)
Michael Henderson, (UUP)
John Hiddleston, (TUV)
George Jabbour, (CP)
Lily Kerr, (WP)
Emma Little-Pengelly, (DUP)
Emmet McDonough-Brown, (APNI)
Pádraigín Mervyn, (PBP)
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, (SF)
Christopher Stalford, (DUP)

Belfast West

Alex Attwood, (SDLP)
Conor Campbell, (WP)
Gerry Carroll, (PBP)
Michael Collins, (PBP)
Sorcha Eastwood, (APNI)
Órlaithí Flynn, (SF)
Alex Maskey, (SF)
Fra McCann, (SF)
Frank McCoubrey, (DUP)
Ellen Murray, (GP)
Fred Rodgers, (UUP)
Pat Sheehan, (SF)

East Antrim

Roy Beggs, (UUP)
Ricky Best, (Ind)
Stewart Dickson, (APNI)
Danny Donnelly, (APNI)
Alan Dunlop, (CP)
David Hilditch, (DUP)
Noel Jordan, (UKIP)
Gordon Lyons, (DUP)
Margaret McKillop, (SDLP)
Oliver McMullan, (SF)
Dawn Patterson, (GP)
Stephen Ross, (DUP)
Conor Sheridan, (CCLA)
John Stewart, (UUP)
Ruth Wilson, (TUV)

East Londonderry

Caoimhe Archibald, (SF)
Jordan Armstrong, (TUV)
Maurice Bradley, (DUP)
Gavin Campbell, (PBP)
John Dallat, (SDLP)
Anthony Flynn, (GP)
David Harding, (CP)
William McCandless, (UUP)
Chris McCaw, (APNI)
Adrian McQuillan, (DUP)
Gerry Mullan, (Ind Nationalist)
Cathal Ó hOisín, (SF)
George Robinson, (DUP)
Claire Sugden, (Ind)
Russell Watton, (PUP)

Fermanagh & South Tyrone

Rosemary Barton, (UUP)
Noreen Campbell, (APNI)
Jemma Dolan, (SF)
Richard Dunn, (CP)
Alex Elliott, (TUV)
Arlene Foster, (DUP)
Michelle Gildernew, (SF)
Tanya Jones, (GP)
Sean Lynch, (SF)
Richie McPhillips, (SDLP)
Maurice Morrow, (DUP)
Donal Ó Cófaigh, (CCLA)

Foyle

Stuart Canning, (CP)
Colm Cavanagh, (APNI)
Shannon Downey, (GP)
Mark H Durkan, (SDLP)
Colum Eastwood, (SDLP)
Julia Kee, (UUP)
John Lindsay, (CISTA)
Elisha McCallion, (SF)
Eamonn McCann, (PBP)
Raymond McCartney, (SF)
Arthur McGuinness, (Ind)
Gary Middleton, (DUP)

Lagan Valley

Dan Barrios-O'Neill, (GP)
Robbie Butler, (UUP)
Pat Catney, (SDLP)
Peter Doran, (SF)
Paul Givan, (DUP)
Keith John Gray, (Ind)
Brenda Hale, (DUP)
Trevor Lunn, (APNI)
Sammy Morrison, (TUV)
Jonny Orr, (Ind)
Jenny Palmer, (UUP)
Edwin Poots, (DUP)
Matthew Robinson, (CP)

Mid Ulster

Keith Buchanan, (DUP)
Linda Dillon, (SF)
Hannah Loughrin, (TUV)
Hugh McCloy, (Ind)
Patsy McGlone, (SDLP)
Ian Milne, (SF)
Michelle O'Neill, (SF)
Sandra Overend, (UUP)
Hugh Scullion, (WP)
Stefan Taylor, (GP)
Fay Watson, (APNI)

Newry & Armagh

Cathal Boylan, (SF)
Jackie Coade, (APNI)
Emmet Crossan, (CISTA)
Megan Fearon, (SF)
William Irwin, (DUP)
Danny Kennedy, (UUP)
Justin McNulty, (SDLP)
Conor Murphy, (SF)
Rowan Tunnicliffe, (GP)

North Antrim

Jim Allister, (TUV)
Mark Bailey, (GP)
Monica Digney, (Ind)
Connor Duncan, (SDLP)
Paul Frew, (DUP)
Timothy Gaston, (TUV)
Phillip Logan, (DUP)
Adam McBride, (Ind)
Philip McGuigan, (SF)
Patricia O'Lynn, (APNI)
Mervyn Storey, (DUP)
Robin Swann, (UUP)

North Down

Steven Agnew, (GP)
Chris Carter, (Ind)
Alan Chambers, (UUP)
William Cudworth, (UUP)
Gordon Dunne, (DUP)
Alex Easton, (DUP)
Stephen Farry, (APNI)
Melanie Kennedy, (Ind)
Kieran Maxwell, (SF)
Caoímhe McNeill, (SDLP)
Gavan Reynolds, (Ind)
Frank Shivers, (CP)

South Antrim

Steve Aiken, (UUP)
Ivanka Antova, (PBP)
Eleanor Bailey, (GP)
Richard Cairns, (TUV)
Pam Cameron, (DUP)
Trevor Clarke, (DUP)
Adrian Cochrane-Watson, (UUP)
David Ford, (APNI)
Paul Girvan, (DUP)
Declan Kearney, (SF)
Mark Logan, (CP)
Roisin Lynch, (SDLP)
David McMaster, (Ind)

South Down

Sinéad Bradley, (SDLP)
Patrick Brown, (APNI)
Patrick Clarke, (Ind)
Sinéad Ennis, (SF)
Hannah George, (GP)
Chris Hazzard, (SF)
Gary Hynds, (CP)
Colin McGrath, (SDLP)
Harold McKee, (UUP)
Lyle Rea, (TUV)
Jim Wells, (DUP)

Strangford

Kellie Armstrong, (APNI)
Ricky Bamford, (GP)
Jonathan Bell, (Ind)
Scott Benton, (CP)
Joe Boyle, (SDLP)
Stephen Cooper, (TUV)
Simon Hamilton, (DUP)
Dermot Kennedy, (SF)
Michelle McIlveen, (DUP)
Jimmy Menagh, (Ind)
Mike Nesbitt, (UUP)
Philip Smith, (UUP)
Peter Weir, (DUP)

Upper Bann

Doug Beattie, (UUP)
Jonathan Buckley, (DUP)
Colin Craig, (WP)
Jo-Anne Dobson, (UUP)
Tara Doyle, (APNI)
Roy Ferguson, (TUV)
Dolores Kelly, (SDLP)
Simon Lee, (GP)
Carla Lockhart, (DUP)
Ian Nickels, (CP)
John O'Dowd, (SF)
Nuala Toman, (SF)

West Tyrone

Michaela Boyle, (SF)
Barry Brown, (CISTA)
Thomas Buchanan, (DUP)
Charlie Chittick, (TUV)
Alicia Clarke, (UUP)
Stephen Donnelly, (APNI)
Corey French, (Ind)
Roger Lomas, (CP)
Declan McAleer, (SF)
Sorcha McAnespy, (Ind)
Ciaran McClean, (GP)
Daniel McCrossan, (SDLP)
Barry McElduff, (SF)
Roisin McMackin, (Ind)
Susan-Anne White, (Ind)

 


Party

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance (CISTA)
Conservative Party (CP)
Cross-Community Labour Alternative (CCLA)
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Green Party (GP)
Independent (Ind)
People Before Profit (PBP)
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
Sinn Féin (SF)
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
Workers Party (WP)

 


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