Lagan Valley

Details of each count in 2003 election

Map by Conal Kelly

See also results of all Lagan Valley elections 1993-2010 and full counts from 1998 and 2007. Spreadsheet for 2003 here.

Stage 2: Of Donaldson's 14104 votes, 3375 went to Bell, 3127 to Beare and 2212 to Kirkpatrick, thus 8714 (61.8%) to the other UUP candidates; 2654 to Poots and 1354 to Hunter, thus 4008 (28.4%) to the DUP; 545 (3.9%) to Ivan Davis; 448 (3.2%) to Seamus Close (Alliance); 117 (0.8%) to Johnston (Con); 77 (0.5%) to Park (PUP); 36 (0.3%) to Lewsley (SDLP); 16 (0.1%) to Butler (SF); and 11 (0.1%) to McCarthy (WP) with 132 (0.9%) non-transferable.

Stage 4: Of the 2654 votes transferred to Poots from Donaldson, 1498 (56.4%) transferred to Hunter (DUP); 331 to Bell, 303 to Beare and 221 to Kirkpatrick, thus 855 (32.2%) to the UUP; 105 (4.0%) to Close (Alliance); 78 (2.9%) to Davis; 12 (0.5%) to Lewsley (SDLP); and 4 (0.2%) to Butler with 102 (3.8%) non-transferable.

Stage 7: Of the 1094 votes transferred to Bell from Davis, 470 (430.%) further transferred to Close (Alliance); 428 (39.1%) to Beare (UUP); 48 (4.4%) to Hunter (DUP); 39 (3.6%) to Lewsley (SDLP); and 1 (0.1%) to Butler (SF) with 108 (9.9%) non-transferable.

Stage 8: Of the 470 votes transferred to Close from Bell (and previously from Davis), 154 (32.8%) went to Lewsley (SDLP); 105 (22.3%) to Beare (UUP); 23 (4.9%) to Hunter (DUP); and 1 (0.2%) to Butler (SF) with 187 (39.8%) non-transferable.

Stage 10: of the 2721 votes transferred to Lewsley from Butler, 416 (15.3%) went on to Beare (UUP) and 39 (1.4%) to Hunter (DUP) with 2266 (83.3%) non-transferable.

See also: Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies | Single Transferable Vote | The political parties | Useful books and links

Full 2003 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | West Tyrone | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 4 January 2003.