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Lagan Valley — 2015

Jeffrey Donaldson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 19,055 votes47.9% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jeffrey Donaldson Democratic Unionist Party 19,05547.9%−2.1 ptsElected
2Alexander Redpath Ulster Unionist Party 6,05515.2%
3Trevor Lunn Alliance 5,54413.9%
4Pat Catney Social Democratic & Labour Party 2,5006.3%
5Alan Love UK Independence Party 2,2005.5%
6Samuel Morrison Traditional Unionist Voice 1,8874.7%
7Jacqui McGeough Sinn Féin 1,1442.9%
8Jonny Orr Independent 7561.9%
9Helen Osborne Conservative Party 6541.6%

Electorate 71,152 · Turnout 55.9% · Majority 13,000 · Back to 2015 overview

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.