Keith Buchanan is involved with the Loyal Orders and several community, youth and sporting groups. He previously worked with a major food processing company in the Dungannon area. He attends his local church and says he believes strongly in the moral issues that the party has taken a strong stance on. The MLA was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2016 and was re-elected in March 2017.
Constituency: Mid Ulster
Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
68,485 | 1 | 46,975 | 68.59% | 46,694 | 281 |
Vote Distribution
Left Right
Count Results
Candidate | 1 |
---|---|
Francie Molloy |
25455 |
Keith Buchanan |
12565 |
Malachy Quinn |
4563 |
Mark Glasgow |
3017 |
Fay Watson |
1094 |
On the Ballot
Mark Glasgow attended Orritor Primary School and Cookstown High School. He is a member of Montober Orange Lodge and Montober Royal Black Perceptory and is also a member of Orritor Presbyterian Church. He was elected to Mid Ulster District Council in 2014 to represent Cookstown DEA.
Francie Molloy was first elected onto Dungannon District Council in 1985 for the Torrent area. In 1998 he joined Martin McGuinness as a Northern Ireland Assembly Member for Mid Ulster, going on to hold the position of Deputy Speaker. He was first elected to Westminster as the abstentionist MP for Mid Ulster in 2013, in the by-election replacing Martin McGuinness. He stood down as MLA the same year.
Malachy Quinn, from the Washingbay Area outside Coalisland, was elected as an SDLP Councillor for Torrent in 2014. A former student of both St Mary’s and Queen’s where he received a Master’s in Irish Politics, he is a member of St. Vincent de Paul and helps to raise money for different local charities. He is also well known in local theatre circles and is a very proud GAA member.
Fay Watson says she has dedicated her life to healthcare, as a care assistant in Cookstown at 18 to managing emergency and addiction departments. She is the Vice-Chair of the European Commission Expert Group on Drugs, a Western European Representative to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drug Policy and a representative to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. She is campaigning to tackle the cost of childcare, which she says is putting a huge burden on families and removing women from the workforce.