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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		39,116/60,813	64.32
Rt Hon John David Taylor	Official Unionist Party	19,086	48.79
Hugh John Simpson Gibson	Democratic Unionist Party	11,716	29.95
Adam James Morrow	Alliance Party	6,171	15.78
James Curry	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,713	4.38
Samuel Raymond Heath	Independent Labour	430	1.10
Majority		7,370	18.84

17 December 1985 Resignation of Rt Hon John Taylor over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Chiltern Hundreds)

23 January 1986		34,620/60,813	56.93
Rt Hon John David Taylor	Official Unionist Party	32,627	94.24
Peter Barry	Pro AIA	1,993	5.76
Majority		30,634	88.49

11 June 1987		37,137/65,194	56.96
Rt Hon John David Taylor	Official Unionist Party	28,199	75.93
Adam James Morrow	Alliance Party	7,553	20.34
Imelda Elizabeth Hynds	Workers Party	1,385	3.73
Majority		20,646	55.59

9 April 1992		44,785/68,870	65.03
Rt Hon John David Taylor	Ulster Unionist Party	19,517	43.58
Samuel Wilson	Democratic Unionist Party	10,606	23.68
Kieran McCarthy	Alliance Party	7,585	16.94
Stephen John Arthur Eyre	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,782	15.14
David Shaw	Natural Law Party	295	0.66
Majority		8,911	19.90

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		41,619/69,980	59.47
Rt Hon John David Taylor	Ulster Unionist Party	18,431	44.29
Iris Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	12,579	30.22
Kieran McCarthy	Alliance Party	5,467	13.14
Peter Joseph O'Reilly	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,775	6.67
Gilbert John Chalk	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,743	4.19
Garret Seainin O'Fachtna	Sinn Féin	503	1.21
Sarah Mullins	Natural Law Party	121	0.29
Majority		5,852	14.06

7 June 2001		43,254/72,192	59.92
Iris Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	18,532	42.84
David McNarry	Ulster Unionist Party	17,422	40.28
Kieran McCarthy	Alliance Party	2,902	6.71
Danny Thomas McCarthy	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,646	6.12
Liam Padraig Martin Johnstone	Sinn Féin	930	2.15
Cedric Wilson	NI Unionist	822	1.90
Majority		1,110	2.57

5 May 2005		37,032/69,040	53.64
Iris Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	20,921	56.49
Gareth McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party	7,872	21.26
Kieran McCarthy	Alliance Party	3,332	9.00
Joe Boyle	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,496	6.74
Terence Stanley Dick	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,462	3.95
Dermot Kennedy	Sinn Féin	949	2.56
Majority		13,049	35.24

9 January 2010 Mrs Iris Robinson was expelled from the DUP following her admission that she had an affair and had not declared a financial interest.

13 January 2010 Resignation of Mrs Iris Robinson. (Chiltern Hundreds)

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		32,505/60,251	53.95
Richard James Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	14,926	45.92
Michael Nesbitt	Ulster Conservatives & Unionists	9,050	27.84
Deborah Girvan	Alliance Party	2,828	8.70
Claire Aisling Hanna	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,164	6.66
Terry Williams	Traditional Unionist Voice	1,814	5.58
Mickey Coogan	Sinn Féin	1,161	3.57
Barbara Haig	Green Party	562	1.73
Majority		5,876	18.08

7 May 2015		33,924/64,289	52.77
Richard James Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	15,053	44.37
Robert Burgess	Ulster Unionist Party	4,868	14.35
Kellie Armstrong	Alliance Party	4,687	13.82
Joe Boyle	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,335	6.88
Joe Jordan	UK Independence Party	2,237	6.59
Johnny Andrews	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,167	6.39
Stephen Cooper	Traditional Unionist Voice	1,701	5.01
Sheila Bailie	Sinn Féin	876	2.58
Majority		10,185	30.02

8 June 2017		38,749/64,327	60.24
Richard James Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	24,036	62.03
Kellie Armstrong	Alliance Party	5,693	14.69
Michael Nesbitt	Ulster Unionist Party	4,419	11.40
Joe Boyle	Social Democratic Labour Party	2,404	6.20
Carole Murphy	Sinn Féin	1,083	2.79
Ricky Bamford	Green Party	607	1.57
Claire Michelle Hiscott	Conservative & Unionist Party	507	1.31
Majority		18,343	47.34

12 December 2019		37,485/66,928	56.01
Richard James Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	17,705	47.23
Kellie Armstrong	Alliance Party	10,634	28.37
Philip Geoffrey Smith	Ulster Unionist Party	4,023	10.73
Joe Boyle	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,994	5.32
Grant Abraham	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,476	3.94
Maurice Macartney	Green Party	790	2.11
Ryan Carlin	Sinn Féin	555	1.48
Robert Stephenson	UK Independence Party	308	0.82
Majority		7,071	18.86

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		38,909/74,525	52.21
Richard James Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	15,559	39.99
Michelle Guy	Alliance Party	10,428	26.80
Richard Smart	Ulster Unionist Party	3,941	10.13
Ron McDowell	Traditional Unionist Voice	3,143	8.08
Noel Sands	Sinn Féin	2,793	7.18
Will Polland	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,783	4.58
Alexandra Braidner	Green Party	703	1.81
Garreth Falls	Independent	256	0.66
Gareth Burns	Independent	157	0.40
Barry Edwin Khemlani Hetherington	Conservative & Unionist Party	146	0.38
Majority		5,131	13.19