Northern Ireland election 2016: Candidates

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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