Doug Beattie is the Ulster Unionist MLA for Upper Bann and the party's Justice spokesman. A former Royal Irish Regiment captain and a winner of the Military Cross, he joined the UUP in 2014 and was elected to Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon District Council the same year. During his military career he served in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has written a best-selling memoir.
Constituency: Upper Bann
| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes |
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| 80,168 | 1 | 51,431 | 64.15% | 51,258 | 173 |
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On the Ballot
Tara Doyle was part of the working group in the Stormont Assembly which worked on legislation to tackle human trafficking. She is deaf in her right ear and half deaf in her left. She works as a Senior Lead Manager in the retail sector, she has a CIPD in Human Resources and is an advocate of diversity and inclusivity in employment law. She was educated at Clounagh Junior High School and Portadown College before attending Queen's University Belfast where she graduated with a degree in Politics and a masters in Human Rights and Criminal Justice Law.
A plasterer by trade, Declan McAlinden is a member of the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council. He was first elected in 2011 and was the Vice Chair of the Leisure and Community Services Committee in 2016. He travels once a year to volunteer in South Africa with the Mellon Trust, helping to build much needed social housing and educational facilities for local township committees, something that he has done for the past 10 years.
Former Education Minister John O’Dowd was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 and topped the poll in the 2007 election. He temporarily took on the duties of Deputy First Minister in 2011 while the late Martin McGuinness ran in the Irish presidential election. Mr O'Dowd was born in Lurgan and previously trained as a chef. He was a councillor for 14 years on Craigavon Borough Council.
David Simpson first contested the Westminster election in Upper Bann against the then UUP leader David Trimble in 2001. The same year he was elected to Craigavon Borough Council, topping the poll in the Portadown area. He remained a member of the council until he stepped down in 2010, and served as Mayor of the Borough in 2004/05. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly representing Upper Bann in 2003, and was re-elected in 2007. He also stepped down from the Assembly in 2010 after being elected MP for the area in 2005. He was re-elected to Westminster in the 2010 General Election and again in 2015.
