This is a complete list of candidates nominated to run for the 2011 election of the Northern Ireland Assembly . [1] 14 parties fielded a total of 218 candidates across Northern Ireland's 18, six-member constituencies. Of the 218 candidates fielded, 38 were women.
Constituency | Name | Party |
East Antrim | Geraldine Mulvenna | Alliance Party |
East Antrim | Stewart Dickson | Alliance Party |
East Antrim | Steven Moore | British National Party |
East Antrim | Alastair Ross | DUP |
East Antrim | David Hilditch | DUP |
East Antrim | Gordon Lyons | DUP |
East Antrim | Sammy Wilson | DUP |
East Antrim | Daniel Donnelly | Green Party |
East Antrim | Justin McCamphill | SDLP |
East Antrim | Oliver McMullan | Sinn Féin |
East Antrim | Ruth Wilson | TUV |
East Antrim | Rodney McCune | UUP |
East Antrim | Roy Beggs | UUP |
East Belfast | Chris Lyttle | Alliance Party |
East Belfast | Judith Cochrane | Alliance Party |
East Belfast | Ann Cooper | British National Party |
East Belfast | Peter Robinson | DUP |
East Belfast | Robin Newton | DUP |
East Belfast | Sammy Douglas | DUP |
East Belfast | Martin Gregg | Green Party |
East Belfast | Dawn Purvis | Independent |
East Belfast | Stephen Stewart | Independent |
East Belfast | Brian Ervine | PUP |
East Belfast | Magdalena Wolska | SDLP |
East Belfast | Niall Ó Donnghaile | Sinn Féin |
East Belfast | Tommy Black | Socialist Party |
East Belfast | Harry Toan | TUV |
East Belfast | Michael Copeland | UUP |
East Belfast | Philip Robinson | UUP |
East Belfast | Kevin McNally | Workers Party |
East Londonderry | Barney Fitzpatrick | Alliance Party |
East Londonderry | Adrian McQuillan | DUP |
East Londonderry | Gregory Campbell | DUP |
East Londonderry | George Robinson | DUP |
East Londonderry | David McClarty | Independent |
East Londonderry | John Dallat | SDLP |
East Londonderry | Thomas Conway | SDLP |
East Londonderry | Bernadette Archibald | Sinn Féin |
East Londonderry | Cathal Ó hOisin | Sinn Féin |
East Londonderry | Boyd Douglas | TUV |
East Londonderry | David Harding | UUP |
East Londonderry | Lesley Macauley | UUP |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Hannah Su | Alliance Party |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Arlene Foster | DUP |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Maurice Morrow | DUP |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Pat Cox | Independent |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Michelle Gildernew | SDLP |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Tommy Gallagher | SDLP |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Phil Flanagan | Sinn Féin |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Sean Lynch | Sinn Féin |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Alex Elliott | TUV |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Kenny Donaldson | UUP |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Tom Elliott | UUP |
Foyle | Keith McGrellis | Alliance Party |
Foyle | William Hay | DUP |
Foyle | Paul McFadden | Independent |
Foyle | Terry Doherty | Independent |
Foyle | Eamonn McCann | People Before Profit Alliance |
Foyle | Colum Eastwood | SDLP |
Foyle | Mark H Durkan | SDLP |
Foyle | Pól Callaghan | SDLP |
Foyle | Pat Ramsey | SDLP |
Foyle | Martina Anderson | Sinn Féin |
Foyle | Paul Fleming | Sinn Féin |
Foyle | Raymond McCartney | Sinn Féin |
Lagan Valley | Trevor Lunn | Alliance Party |
Lagan Valley | Brenda Hale | DUP |
Lagan Valley | Edwin Poots | DUP |
Lagan Valley | Jonathan Craig | DUP |
Lagan Valley | Paul Givan | DUP |
Lagan Valley | Conor Quinn | Green Party |
Lagan Valley | Pat Catney | SDLP |
Lagan Valley | Mary-Kate Quinn | Sinn Féin |
Lagan Valley | Lyle Rea | TUV |
Lagan Valley | Basil McCrea | UUP |
Lagan Valley | Mark Hill | UUP |
Mid-Ulster | Michael McDonald | Alliance Party |
Mid-Ulster | Ian McCrea | DUP |
Mid-Ulster | Gary McCann | Independent |
Mid-Ulster | Hugh McCloy | Independent |
Mid-Ulster | Harry Hutchinson | People Before Profit Alliance |
Mid-Ulster | Austin Kelly | SDLP |
Mid-Ulster | Patsy McGlone | SDLP |
Mid-Ulster | Francie Molloy | Sinn Féin |
Mid-Ulster | Ian Milne | Sinn Féin |
Mid-Ulster | Martin McGuinness | Sinn Féin |
Mid-Ulster | Michelle O'Neill | Sinn Féin |
Mid-Ulster | Walter Millar | TUV |
Mid-Ulster | Sandra Overend | UUP |
Newry and Armagh | David Murphy | Alliance Party |
Newry and Armagh | William Irwin | DUP |
Newry and Armagh | James Malone | Independent |
Newry and Armagh | Dominic Bradley | SDLP |
Newry and Armagh | Thomas O\'Hanlon | SDLP |
Newry and Armagh | Cathal Boylan | Sinn Féin |
Newry and Armagh | Conor Murphy | Sinn Féin |
Newry and Armagh | Mickey Brady | Sinn Féin |
Newry and Armagh | Barrie Halliday | TUV |
Newry and Armagh | Robert Woods | UKIP |
Newry and Armagh | Danny Kennedy | UUP |
North Antrim | Jayne Dunlop | Alliance Party |
North Antrim | David McIlveen | DUP |
North Antrim | Evelyne Robinson | DUP |
North Antrim | Mervyn Storey | DUP |
North Antrim | Paul Frew | DUP |
North Antrim | Declan O\'Loan | SDLP |
North Antrim | Daithi McKay | Sinn Féin |
North Antrim | Audrey Patterson | TUV |
North Antrim | Jim Allister | TUV |
North Antrim | Bill Kennedy | UUP |
North Antrim | Robin Swann | UUP |
North Belfast | Billy Webb | Alliance Party |
North Belfast | Nelson McCausland | DUP |
North Belfast | Paula Bradley | DUP |
North Belfast | William Humphrey | DUP |
North Belfast | Raymond McCord | Independent |
North Belfast | Alban Maginness | SDLP |
North Belfast | Caral Ni Chuilin | Sinn Sinn Féin |
North Belfast | Gerry Kelly | Sinn Féin |
North Belfast | JJ Magee | Sinn Féin |
North Belfast | Fred Cobain | UUP |
North Belfast | John Lavery | Workers Party |
North Down | Stephen Farry | Alliance Party |
North Down | Anne Wilson | Alliance Party |
North Down | Alex Easton | DUP |
North Down | Gordon Dunne | DUP |
North Down | Peter Weir | DUP |
North Down | Steven Agnew | Green Party |
North Down | Alan Chambers | Independent |
North Down | Alan McFarland | Independent |
North Down | Liam Logan | SDLP |
North Down | Conor Keenan | Sinn Féin |
North Down | Fred McGlade | UKIP |
North Down | Colin Breen | UUP |
North Down | Leslie Cree | UUP |
South Antrim | David Ford | Alliance Party |
South Antrim | Stephen Parkes | British National Party |
South Antrim | Pam Lewis | DUP |
South Antrim | Paul Girvan | DUP |
South Antrim | Trevor Clarke | DUP |
South Antrim | Thomas Burns | SDLP |
South Antrim | Mitchel McLaughlin | Sinn Féin |
South Antrim | Mel Lucas | TUV |
South Antrim | Adrian Cochrane-Wilson | UUP |
South Antrim | Danny Kinahan | UUP |
South Belfast | Anna Lo | Alliance Party |
South Belfast | Jimmy Spratt | DUP |
South Belfast | Ruth Patterson | DUP |
South Belfast | Clare Bailey | Green Party |
South Belfast | Brian Faloon | People Before Profit Alliance |
South Belfast | Samuel Smyth | Procapitalism |
South Belfast | Alasdair McDonnell | SDLP |
South Belfast | Conall McDevitt | SDLP |
South Belfast | Alex Maskey | Sinn Féin |
South Belfast | Paddy Meehan | Socialist Party |
South Belfast | Nico Torregrosa | UKIP |
South Belfast | Mark Finlay | UUP |
South Belfast | Michael McGimpsey | UUP |
South Belfast | Paddy Lynn | Workers Party |
South Down | David Griffin | Alliance Party |
South Down | Jim Wells | DUP |
South Down | Cadogan Enright | Green Party |
South Down | Eamonn O\'Neill | SDLP |
South Down | Karen McKevitt | SDLP |
South Down | Margaret Ritchie | SDLP |
South Down | Caitriona Ruane | Sinn Féin |
South Down | Naomi Bailie | Sinn Féin |
South Down | Willie Clarke | Sinn Féin |
South Down | Henry Reilly | UKIP |
South Down | John McCallister | UUP |
Strangford | Kieran McCarthy | Alliance Party |
Strangford | Billy Walker | DUP |
Strangford | Jonathan Bell | DUP |
Strangford | Michelle McIlveen | DUP |
Strangford | Simon Hamilton | DUP |
Strangford | Joe Boyle | SDLP |
Strangford | Mickey Coogan | Sinn Féin |
Strangford | Terry Williams | TUV |
Strangford | Cecil Andrews | UKIP |
Strangford | David McNarry | UUP |
Strangford | Mike Nesbitt | UUP |
Upper Bann | Harry Hamilton | Alliance Party |
Upper Bann | Sheila McQuaid | Alliance Party |
Upper Bann | Stephen Moutray | DUP |
Upper Bann | Sydney Anderson | DUP |
Upper Bann | Dolores Kelly | SDLP |
Upper Bann | John O\'Dowd | Sinn Féin |
Upper Bann | Johnny McGibbon | Sinn Féin |
Upper Bann | David Vance | TUV |
Upper Bann | Barbara Trotter | UKIP |
Upper Bann | Colin McCusker | UUP |
Upper Bann | Joanne Dobson | UUP |
Upper Bann | Sam Gardiner | UUP |
West Belfast | Dan McGuinness | Alliance Party |
West Belfast | Brian Kingston | DUP |
West Belfast | Brian Pelan | Independent |
West Belfast | Gerry Carroll | People Before Profit Alliance |
West Belfast | Alex Attwood | SDLP |
West Belfast | Colin Keenan | SDLP |
West Belfast | Fra McCann | Sinn Féin |
West Belfast | Jennifer McCann | Sinn Féin |
West Belfast | Paul Maskey | Sinn Féin |
West Belfast | Sue Ramsey | Sinn Féin |
West Belfast | Pat Sheehan | Sinn Féin |
West Belfast | Pat Lawlor | Socialist Party |
West Belfast | Bill Manwaring | UUP |
West Belfast | John Lowry | Workers Party |
West Tyrone | Eric Bullick | Alliance Party |
West Tyrone | Allan Bresland | DUP |
West Tyrone | Thomas Buchanan | DUP |
West Tyrone | Eugene McMenamin | Independent |
West Tyrone | Paddy McGowan | Independent |
West Tyrone | Joe Byrne | SDLP |
West Tyrone | Barry McElduff | Sinn Féin |
West Tyrone | Declan McAleer | Sinn Féin |
West Tyrone | Michaela Boyle | Sinn Féin |
West Tyrone | Pat Doherty | Sinn Féin |
West Tyrone | Ross Hussey | UUP |
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