Gregory Campbell was first elected to Londonderry City Council in 1981 and represented the Waterside DEA until he stepped down in March 2011. He was also elected to the 1982 Assembly representing Co Londonderry, and the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue in 1996. He was first elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 representing the East Londonderry constituency and served as the Minister for Regional Development in 2000 - 2001. He also served as the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure in 2008 - 2009. He remained a member of the Assembly until he stepped down at the 2016 Assembly election. Mr Campbell was elected as the MP for East Londonderry in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005, 2010 and 2015. He has been the security spokesman for the DUP since 1994.
Constituency: East Londonderry
| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes |
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| 67,038 | 1 | 41,278 | 61.57% | 41,030 | 248 |
Vote Distribution
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On the Ballot
Richard Holmes has been a member of the Ulster Unionist Party since 1991. The Managing Director of an Antrim based manufacturer, he serves on the Causeway Coast & Glens Council, representing the Bann DEA. Raised on a family farm near Garvagh, he is an Agricultural Economics & Management graduate of QUB, with an MBA from UUJ.
An economic development consultant originally from Coleraine, Chris McCaw has lived in Germany, England and Dublin where he worked in sales for an IT company. He is a member of the IBD Patient Panel at Causeway Hospital, Coleraine. Since joining Alliance in 2014, he has been secretary of the East Derry Association and vice chair of Alliance LGBT. He is is in favour of a post-Brexit settlement that protects freedom of movement and single market access.
Councillor Dermot Nicholl first entered local politics in 2011, when he was elected to the former Limavady Borough Council. The Sinn Fein Causeway Coast and Glens councillor represents the Benbradagh DEA.
Stephanie Quigley was born and lives in Coleraine. She worked for 20 years within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust as a state registered Podiatrist before becoming a councillor in 2013. She was elected to the newly formed Causeway Coast and Glens Council, representing the Coleraine DEA, in 2014. She has dedicated herself to the role full-time.
Liz St Clair-Legge is a public policy researcher with a degree in Economics from the LSE. She currently works as Director of Development for the Conservative Women’s Organisation. She is a volunteer with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, an organisation that works in post-conflict countries to help strengthen their democratic processes. She has most frequently worked in the Balkans and countries in Africa.
