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Name of Candidates Standing in each Constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election, Thursday 5 May 2022


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2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Election, Thursday 5 May 2022

Name of Candidates Standing in each Constituency

The names of the 239 candidates who were nominated to contest the 90 seats across the 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland. (Prior to 2017 the NI Assembly had 108 seats.) Five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) will be returned from each of the 18 constituencies. (Prior to 2017 the NI Assembly had six MLAs from each constituency.)

Of the 239 candidates, "87 women are running in this election which is 17 more than in 2017" (Source: BBC news item).

The names of the candidates are listed alphabetically.

Belfast East

Andy Allen - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Karl Bennett - Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
David Brooks - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Joanne Bunting - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Charlotte Carson - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Hannah Kenny - People Before Profit (PBP)
Lauren Kerr - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Naomi Long - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Eoin Macneill - The Workers Party (WP)
Peter McReynolds - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Mairead O'Donnell - Sinn Féin (SF)
John Ross - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Brian Smyth - Green Party (GP)

Belfast North

Phillip Brett - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Fiona Ferguson - People Before Profit (PBP)
Billy Hutchinson - Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
Gerry Kelly - Sinn Féin (SF)
Lily Kerr - The Workers Party (WP)
Brian Kingston - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Seán Mac Niocaill - Aontú
Nichola Mallon - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Nuala McAllister - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Ron McDowell - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Carál Ní Chuilín - Sinn Féin (SF)
Mal O'Hara - Green Party (GP)
Stafford Ward - Independent (Ind)

Belfast South

Claire Bailey - Green Party (GP)
Paula Bradshaw - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Andrew Girvin - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Deirdre Hargey - Sinn Féin (SF)
Paddy Lynn - The Workers Party (WP)
Luke McCann - Aontú
Stephen McCarthy - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Neil Moore - Socialist Party (SP)
Elly Odhiambo - Independent (Ind)
Kate Nicholl - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Matthew O'Toole - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Edwin Poots - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Sipho Sibanda - People Before Profit (PBP)
Elsie Trainor - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

Belfast West

Danny Baker - Sinn Féin (SF)
Gerard Burns - Independent (Ind)
Gerry Carroll - People Before Profit (PBP)
Patrick Crossan - The Workers Party (WP)
Paul Doherty - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Jordan Doran - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Órlaithí Flynn - Sinn Féin (SF)
Linsey Gibson - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Gerard Herdman - Aontú
Donnamarie Higgins - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Declan Hill - Independent (Ind)
Stevie Maginn - Green Party (GP)
Tony Mallon - Independent (Ind)
Frank McCoubrey - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Dan Murphy - Irish Republican Socialist Party
Aisling Reilly - Sinn Féin (SF)
Pat Sheehan - Sinn Féin (SF)

East Antrim

Mark Bailey - Green Party (GP)
Roy Beggs - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Norman Boyd - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Stewart Dickson - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Danny Donnelly - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
David Hilditch - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Gordon Lyons - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Siobhán McAlister - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Oliver McMullan - Sinn Féin (SF)
John Stewart - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

East Londonderry

Caoimhe Archibald - Sinn Féin (SF)
Jordan Armstrong - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Maurice Bradley - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Gemma Brolly - Aontú
Mark Coulson - Green Party (GP)
Cara Hunter - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Chris McCaw - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Kathleen McGurk - Sinn Féin (SF)
Amy Merron - People Before Profit (PBP)
Niall Murphy - Independent (Ind)
Stephanie Quigley - Independent (Ind)
Alan Robinson - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Billy Stewart - Independent (Ind)
Claire Sugden - Independent (Ind)
Russell Watton - Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
Darryl Wilson - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Derek Backhouse - Independent (Ind)
Rosemary Barton - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Matthew Beaumont - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Paul Bell - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Emma DeSouza - Independent (Ind)
Jemma Dolan - Sinn Féin (SF)
Alex Elliott - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Tom Elliott - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Deborah Erskine - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Adam Gannon - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Colm Gildernew - Sinn Féin (SF)
Emmett Kilpatrick - People Before Profit (PBP)
Denise Mullen - Aontú
Áine Murphy - Sinn Féin (SF)
Kellie Turtle - Green Party (GP)
Dónal Ó Cofaigh - Cross Community Labour Alternative (CCLA)

Foyle

Pádraig Delargy - Sinn Féin (SF)
Emmet Doyle - Aontú
Mark H Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Ciara Ferguson - Sinn Féin (SF)
Rachael Ferguson - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Gillian Hamilton - Green Party (GP)
Shaun Harkin - People Before Profit (PBP)
Anne McCloskey - Independent (Ind)
Ryan McCready - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Colly McLaughlin - Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)
Sinéad McLaughlin - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Gary Middleton - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Elizabeth Neely - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Brian Tierney - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

Lagan Valley

Robbie Butler - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Pat Catney - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Amanda Doherty - People Before Profit (PBP)
Jeffrey Donaldson - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Sorcha Eastwood - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Paul Givan - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
David Honeyford - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Gary Hynds - Independent (Ind)
Simon Lee - Green Party (GP)
Gary McCleave - Sinn Féin (SF)
Lorna Smyth - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Laura Turner - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

Mid Ulster

Keith Buchanan - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Linda Dillon - Sinn Féin (SF)
Meta Graham - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Claire Hackett - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Alixandra Halliday - Aontú
Patrick Haughey - Independent (Ind)
Sophia McFeely - People Before Profit (PBP)
Patsy McGlone - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Glenn Moore - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Michelle O'Neill - Sinn Féin (SF)
Conor Rafferty - Resume NI
Hugh Scullion - The Workers Party (WP)
Emma Sheerin - Sinn Féin (SF)
Stefan Taylor - Green Party (GP)

Newry and Armagh

Cathal Boylan - Sinn Féin (SF)
Jackie Coade - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Daniel Connolly - Aontú
Nicola Grant - The Workers Party (WP)
Ciara Henry - Green Party (GP)
William Irwin - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Liz Kimmins - Sinn Féin (SF)
Gavin Malone - Independent (Ind)
Justin McNulty - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Conor Murphy - Sinn Féin (SF)
Keith Ratcliffe - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
David Taylor - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

North Antrim

Jim Allister - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Matthew Armstrong - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Bethany Ferris - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Paul Frew - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Philip McGuigan - Sinn Féin (SF)
Patricia O'Lynn - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Eugene Reid - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Laird Shingleton - Independent (Ind)
Mervyn Storey - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Robin Swann - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Paul Veronica - Green Party (GP)

North Down


Chris Carter - Independent (Ind)
Alan Chambers - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Stephen Dunne - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Alex Easton - Independent (Ind)
Connie Egan - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Jennifer Gilmour - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
John Gordon - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Naomi McBurney - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Therese McCartney - Sinn Féin (SF)
Ray McKimm - Independent (Ind)
Andrew Muir - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Matthew Robinson - Conservative and Unionist Party (CP)
Déirdre Vaughan - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Rachel Woods - Green Party (GP)

South Antrim


Steve Aiken - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Róisín Bennett - Aontú
John Blair - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Pam Cameron - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Trevor Clarke - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Declan Kearney - Sinn Féin (SF)
Mel Lucas - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Roisin Lynch - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Jerry Maguire - People Before Profit (PBP)
Paul Michael - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Andrew Moran - Independent (Ind)
Lesley Veronica - Green Party (GP)

South Down


Patrick Brown - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Patrick Clarke - Independent (Ind)
Sinéad Ennis - Sinn Féin (SF)
Diane Forsythe - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Noleen Lynch - Green Party (GP)
Jill Macauley - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Cathy Mason - Sinn Féin (SF)
Paul McCrory - People Before Profit (PBP)
Rosemary McGlone - Aontú
Colin McGrath - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Harold McKee - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Karen McKevitt - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

Strangford


Kellie Armstrong - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Stephen Cooper - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Harry Harvey - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Conor Houston - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Ben King - Independent (Ind)
Róise McGivern - Sinn Féin (SF)
Nick Mathison - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Maurice McCartney - Green Party (GP)
Michelle McIlveen - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Mike Nesbitt - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Philip Smith - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Peter Weir - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

Upper Bann


Glenn Barr - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Doug Beattie - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Glenn Beattie - Heritage Party
Jonathan Buckley - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Diane Dodds - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Darrin Foster - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Aidan Gribbin - Aontú
Dolores Kelly - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Lauren Kendall - Green Party (GP)
Liam Mackle - Sinn Féin (SF)
John O'Dowd - Sinn Féin (SF)
Eóin Tennyson - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)

West Tyrone


Nicola Brogan - Sinn Féin (SF)
Barry Brown - Independent (Ind)
Thomas Buchanan - Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Trevor Clarke - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Stephen Donnelly - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Amy Ferguson - Socialist Party (SP)
Carol Gallagher - People Before Profit (PBP)
Paul Gallagher - Independent (Ind)
Susan Glass - Green Party (GP)
James Hope - Aontú
Ian Marshall - Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Declan McAleer - Sinn Féin (SF)
Daniel McCrossan - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Maolíosa McHugh- Sinn Féin (SF)

 



Party

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
Aontú
Conservative Party (CP)
Cross-Community Labour Alternative (CCLA)
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
Green Party (GP)
Heritage Party (HP)
Independent (Ind)
Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)
People Before Profit (PBP)
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
Resume NI
Sinn Féin (SF)
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Socialist Party (SP)
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Workers Party (WP)

 

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