Northern Ireland election 2016: Candidates
- Published
Northern Ireland goes to the polls on 5 May to elect the 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Candidates running for election are listed below, and are also available on the Electoral Office for NI website, external
Candidates listed alphabetically by surname.
BELFAST EAST
Andy Allen, UUP
Ross Brown, Green Party
Joanne Bunting, DUP
Amy Doherty, SDLP
Sammy Douglas, DUP
Andrew Girvin, TUV
Erskine Holmes, Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee
Maggie Hutton, Independent
John Kyle, Progressive Unionist Party
Jonny Lavery, UKIP
Naomi Long, Alliance Party
Chris Lyttle, Alliance Party
Chris McGimpsey, UUP
Tim Morrow, Alliance Party
Robin Newton, DUP
Niall Ó Donnghaile, Sinn Féin
Courtney Robinson, Cross-Community Labour Alternative
Neil Wilson, Conservative
BELFAST NORTH
Ken Boyle, UKIP
Paula Bradley, DUP
Tom Burns, Independent
Lesley Carroll, UUP
Geoff Dowey, Northern Ireland First
Fiona Ferguson, People Before Profit Alliance
Fra Hughes, Independent
William Humphrey, DUP
Billy Hutchinson, PUP
Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin
Nichola Mallon, SDLP
Nuala McAllister, Alliance
Nelson McCausland, DUP
John Miller, TUV
Caral Ní Chuilín, Sinn Féin
Malachai O'Hara, Green Party
Abdo Thabeth, Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee
Gemma Weir, Workers Party
BELFAST SOUTH
Brigitte Anton, Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee
Clare Bailey, Green Party
Paula Bradshaw, Alliance Party
Sean Burns, Cross-Community Labour Alternative
Billy Dickson, South Belfast Unionists
Claire Hanna, SDLP
John Hiddleston, TUV
Lily Kerr, Workers Party
Emma Little-Pengelly, DUP
Ben Manton, Conservative
Rodney McCune, UUP
Fearghal McKinney, SDLP
Duncan Morrow, Alliance Party
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Sinn Féin
Ruth Patterson, Independent
Ian Shanks, PUP
Christopher Stalford, DUP
Bob Stoker, UKIP
BELFAST WEST
Alex Attwood, SDLP
Conor Campbell, Workers Party
Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit Alliance
Jemima Higgins, Alliance Party
Gareth Martin, UUP,
Alex Maskey, Sinn Féin
Fra McCann, Sinn Féin
Jennifer McCann, Sinn Féin
Rosie McCorley, Sinn Féin
Frank McCoubrey, DUP
Ellen Murray, Green Party
Pat Sheehan, Sinn Féin
EAST ANTRIM
Roy Beggs, UUP
Stewart Dickson, Alliance
Danny Donnelly, Alliance
David Hilditch, DUP
Noel Jordan, UKIP
Gordon Lyons, DUP
Jim McCaw, PUP
Margaret McKillop, SDLP
Oliver McMullan, Sinn Féin
Maureen Morrow, UUP
Dawn Patterson, Green Party
Alastair Ross, DUP
Conor Sheridan, Cross-Community Labour Alternative
John Stewart, UUP
Ruth Wilson, TUV
EAST LONDONDERRY
Caoimhe Archibald, Sinn Féin
Jordan Armstrong, TUV
Yvonne Boyle, Alliance Party
Maurice Bradley, DUP
Aaron Callan, UUP
Stuart Canning, Conservative
Tor Christie, Independent
Amber Hamill, Green Party
David Harding, Conservative
William McCandless, UUP
Adrian McQuillan, DUP
Gerry Mullan, SDLP
Cathal óhOisín, Sinn Féin
Steven Parkhill, UKIP
George Robinson, DUP
Claire Sugden, Independent
Russell Watton, PUP
FERMANAGH & SOUTH TYRONE
Rosemary Barton, UUP
Kerri Blyberg, Alliance Party
Donald Crawford, TUV
John Feely, Sinn Féin
Phil Flanagan, Sinn Féin
Arlene Foster, DUP
Michelle Gildernew, Sinn Féin
Damien Harris, NI Labour Representation Committee
Tanya Jones, Green Party
Sean Lynch, Sinn Féin
Richie McPhilips, SDLP
Maurice Morrow, DUP
Alastair Patterson, UUP
FOYLE
Kathleen Bradley, Independent
Maurice Devenney, Independent
Gerard Diver, SDLP
Alan Dunlop, Conservative
Mark Durkan, SDLP
Colum Eastwood, SDLP
Mary Hassan, Green Party
Julia Kee, UUP
John Lindsay, Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
Eamonn McCann, People Before Profit Alliance
Raymond McCartney, Sinn Féin
Chris McCaw, Alliance Party
Anne McCloskey, Independent
Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin
Maeve McLaughlin, Sinn Féin
Gary Middleton, DUP
LAGAN VALLEY
Dan Barrios-O'Neill, Green Party
Robbie Butler, UUP
Pat Catney, SDLP
Jonathan Craig, DUP
Peter Dynes, NI Labour Representation Committee
Paul Givan, DUP
Brenda Hale, DUP
Brian Higginson, UKIP
Jack Irwin, Conservative
Trevor Lunn, Alliance Party
Frazer McCammond, Democracy First
Jacqui McGeough, Sinn Féin
Jonny Orr, Independent
Jenny Palmer, UUP
Edwin Poots, DUP
Lyle Rea, TUV
MID ULSTER
Keith Buchanan, DUP
Alan Day, UKIP
Linda Dillon, Sinn Féin
Néidín Hendron, Alliance Party
Hannah Loughrin, TUV
Ian McCrea, DUP
Patsy McGlone, SDLP
Ian Milne, Sinn Féin
Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Féin
Sandra Overend, UUP
Hugh Scullion, Workers Party
Stefan Taylor, Green Party
NEWRY & ARMAGH
Paul Berry, Independent
Cathal Boylan, Sinn Féin
Emmet Crossan, Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
Megan Fearon, Sinn Féin
William Irwin, DUP
Danny Kennedy, UUP
Alan Love, UKIP
Martin McAllister, Independent
Karen McKevitt, SDLP
Justin McNulty, SDLP
Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin
Sam Nicholson, UUP
Michael Watters, Green Party
Craig Weir, Alliance Party
NORTH ANTRIM
Jim Allister, TUV
Donna Anderson, UKIP
Jennifer Breslin, Green Party
Connor Duncan, SDLP
Paul Frew, DUP
Timothy Gaston, TUV
Kathryn Johnston, NI Labour Representation Committee
Phillip Logan, DUP
Stephen McFarland, Alliance Party
David McIlveen, DUP
Daithí McKay, Sinn Féin
James Simpson, Conservative
Mervyn Storey, DUP
Robin Swann, UUP
Andrew Wright, UUP
NORTH DOWN
Steven Agnew, Green Party
John Brennan, TUV
Conal Browne, SDLP
Alan Chambers, UUP
Gordon Dunne, DUP
Alex Easton, DUP
Chris Eisenstadt, UUP
Stephen Farry, Alliance Party
Maria Lourenco, NI Labour Representation Committee
Thérèse McCartney, Sinn Féin
Carl McClean, UUP
Andrew Muir, Alliance Party
Bill Piper, UKIP
Frank Shivers, Conservative
Peter Weir, DUP
Brian Wilson, Independent
SOUTH ANTRIM
Steve Aiken, UUP
Richard Cairns, TUV
Pam Cameron, DUP
Trevor Clarke, DUP
Adrian Cochrane-Wilson, UUP
Helen Farley, Green Party
David Ford, Alliance Party
Paul Girvan, DUP
Robert Hill, UKIP
Declan Kearney, Sinn Féin
Roisin Lynch, SDLP
David McMaster, Independent
Paul Michael, UUP
Mark Young, Conservative
SOUTH DOWN
Sinead Bradley, SDLP
Patrick Brown, Alliance Party
Michael Gray-Sloan, Sinn Féin
John Hardy, Green Party
Chris Hazzard, Sinn Féin
John McCallister, Independent
Colin McGrath, SDLP
Harold McKee, UUP
Henry Reilly, TUV
Sean Rogers, SDLP
Catriona Ruane, Sinn Féin
Jim Wells, DUP
STRANGFORD
Kellie Armstrong, Alliance Party
Jonathan Bell, DUP
Joe Boyle, SDLP
Stephen Cooper, TUV
Stephen Crosby, UKIP
Georgia Grainger, Green Party
Simon Hamilton, DUP
Harry Harvey, DUP
Dermot Kennedy, Sinn Féin
Rab McCartney, Independent
Michelle McIlveen, DUP
Bill McKendry, Conservative
Jimmy Menagh, Independent
Mike Nesbitt, UUP
Philip Smith, UUP
UPPER BANN
Sydney Anderson, DUP
Doug Beattie, UUP
Jo-Anne Dobson, UUP
Roy Ferguson, TUV
Harry Hamilton, Alliance Party
Emma Hutchinson, NI Labour Representation Committee
David Jones, UKIP
Dolores Kelly, SDLP
Martin Kelly, Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
Simon Lee, Green Party
Carla Lockhart, DUP
Sophie Long, PUP
Stephen McCarroll, Independent
Ian Nickels, Conservative
John O'Dowd, Sinn Féin
Kyle Savage, UUP
Catherine Seeley, Sinn Féin
WEST TYRONE
Michaela Boyle, Sinn Féin
Allan Bresland, DUP
Barry Brown, Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
Thomas Buchanan, DUP
Josephine Deehan, Independent
Stephen Donnelly, Alliance Party
Corey French, Independent
Ross Hussey, UUP
Patsy Kelly, Independent
Roger Lomas, Conservative
Declan McAleer, Sinn Féin
Laura McAnea, Animal Welfare Party
Sorcha McAnespy, Independent
Ciaran McClean, Green Party
Daniel McCrossan, SDLP
Grace McDermott, Sinn Féin
Barry McElduff, Sinn Féin
Susan-Anne White, Independent