Alliance candidate Mel Boyle is the founder of the Stormont parkrun in Belfast. Co-ordinator of a new initiative consisting of education, psychology and exercise for young people, he believes it is vital to tackle childhood obesity at an early age. He is a strong supporter of integrated education.
Constituency: Mid Ulster
| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes |
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| 70,449 | 1 | 44,968 | 63.83% | 44,620 | 348 |
Vote Distribution
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Count Results
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On the Ballot
An MLA since 2016, 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 stance on.
Local reconciliation campaigner Denise Johnston was previously selected by the SDLP to stand for Mid Ulster Council in Moyola in May's local government election.
Sinn Fein's 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 elected to Westminster as the abstentionist MP for the constituency in 2013, in the by-election replacing Martin McGuinness. He stood down as MLA the same year.
Conor Rafferty
Independent
Believed to be the youngest candidate standing in Northern Ireland, the campaign trail will be a learning curve for 20-year-old UUP man Neil Richardson.
- Awaiting Results
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Sinn Fein
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Alliance Party
