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Lagan Valley — 2015
Jeffrey Donaldson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 19,055 votes— 47.9% of 39,795 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,795
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Donaldson | Democratic Unionist Party | 19,055 | −2.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alexander Redpath | Ulster Unionist Party | 6,055 | — | ||
| 3 | Trevor Lunn | Alliance | 5,544 | — | ||
| 4 | Pat Catney | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,500 | — | ||
| 5 | Alan Love | UK Independence Party | 2,200 | — | ||
| 6 | Samuel Morrison | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,887 | — | ||
| 7 | Jacqui McGeough | Sinn Féin | 1,144 | — | ||
| 8 | Jonny Orr | Independent | 756 | — | ||
| 9 | Helen Osborne | Conservative Party | 654 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.