East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

This is a mostly rural constituency stretching from the hill country of the Sperrin Mountains in the south to the Atlantic coast in the north; and from the suburbs of Derry city in the west to the River Bann in the east. The constituency's two main towns are Limavady and Coleraine; other urban areas include the upland town of Dungiven; and the coastal resorts of Portstewart and Portrush (the latter in fact lies in Country Antrim).

The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency, minus the area around the city of Derry itself which formed the new Foyle constituency.

From further revisions in 1995 (when it lost parts of the district of Magherafelt to the Mid Ulster constituency), and until the 2008 revision, it covered exactly the same area as the districts of Coleraine and Limavady. The inclusion of all of Coleraine Borough means that part of the East Londonderry constituency is actually in County Antrim.

For the 2010 general election the East Londonderry constituency was formed by the following local government areas, as confirmed by the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110813172/contents/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008|publisher=legislation.gov.uk}}

• The entire local government districts of Limavady and Coleraine.
• Banagher, and Claudy, from the Londonderry district.

Prior to the 2024 general election, the following additions were made to the East Londonderry constituency:{{Cite web |date=2023-07-02 |title=Boundary Commission publish their 2023 Review of Parliamentary Consitutencies – Northern Ireland Elects |url=https://nielects.com/news/2023/07/02/boundary-commission-publish-their-2023-review-of-parliamentary-consitutencies/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=nielects.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=23 June 2023 |title=Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies.PDF |url=https://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/files/boundarycommission/2023-07/Final%20Recommendations%20Report%20of%20the%202023%20Review%20of%20Parliamentary%20Constituencies.PDF |access-date=12 June 2024}}

• The entire ward of Eglinton is transferred from Foyle.
• The entire ward of Claudy, which was split between Foyle and East Londonderry, is assigned to East Londonderry.

The constituency has a Unionist majority although, in many elections, nationalists have polled 40% of the vote, and the middle-of-the-road Alliance Party sometimes above 10%. The main interest in elections has been the contest between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. The UUP were normally ahead of the DUP until the 2001 general election, when the DUP finally overtook them.

The 2001 election was seen at a province-wide level as a battle over the Belfast Agreement, with the DUP opposed to it and most of the UUP in favour. However, that situation was seemingly reversed in East Londonderry, in which the sitting Ulster Unionist MP, William Ross, was completely opposed to all involvement with the Agreement and its institutions, whilst the DUP candidate, Gregory Campbell, was a minister in the executive set up by the agreement. Many commentators joked that the DUP's gain meant that East Londonderry now had a more pro-agreement MP than before.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

For the history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1983, see Londonderry.

In the 2016 EU referendum 21,098 people in the constituency voted to remain in the European Union, 19,455 voted to leave, and 10 votes were rejected.

The seat had a considerable swing to Sinn Féin in the 2024 General Election of over 12%, but the DUP still just retained the constituency, albeit with a very narrow majority of 179 votes, now making it a highly marginal contest between them and Sinn Féin.

The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Gregory Campbell of the Democratic Unionist Party. In that election he defeated William Ross of the Ulster Unionist Party who had represented East Londonderry since 1983 and its predecessor seat of Londonderry between 1974 and 1983.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Democratic Unionist Party|candidate=Gregory Campbell|votes=11,506|percentage=27.9|change=−12.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Sinn Fein|candidate=Kathleen McGurk|votes=11,327|percentage=27.4|change=+12.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic and Labour Party|candidate=Cara Hunter|votes=5,260|percentage=12.7|change=−3.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Traditional Unionist Voice|candidate=Allister Kyle|votes=4,363|percentage=10.6|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|candidate=Richard Stewart|votes=3,734|percentage=9.0|change=−5.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Ulster Unionist Party|candidate=Glen Miller|votes=3,412|percentage=8.3|change=−0.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aontú|candidate=Gemma Brolly|votes=1,043|percentage=2.5|change=−1.8}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of Northern Ireland|candidate=Jen McCahon|votes=445|percentage=1.1|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Northern Ireland Conservatives|candidate=Claire Scull|votes=187|percentage=0.5|change=New}}

{{Election box majority|votes=179|percentage=0.5|change=-23.9}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=41,277|percentage=54.5|change=-2.3}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=75,707}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Democratic Unionist Party|swing=−12.1}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 15,765

|percentage = 40.1

|change = −8.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic and Labour Party|candidate=Cara Hunter|votes=6,158|percentage=15.7|change=+4.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Sinn Féin|candidate=Dermot Nicholl|votes=6,128|percentage=15.6|change=−10.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|candidate=Chris McCaw|votes=5,921|percentage=15.1|change=+8.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Ulster Unionist Party|candidate=Richard Holmes|votes=3,599|percentage=9.2|change=+1.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aontú|candidate=Seán McNicholl|votes=1,731|percentage=4.4|change=New}}

{{Election box majority|votes=9,607|percentage=24.4|change=+2.8}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=39,302|percentage=56.8|change=−4.4}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 69,194

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Democratic Unionist Party

|swing = −6.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: East Londonderry{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/0de8b9b6-9c77-4d76-bef5-7c6f8c753401/STATEMENT-OF-PERSONS-NOMINATED-AND-NOTICE-OF-POLL-EL_2|title=Election of a Member of Parliament for the EAST LONDONDERRY Constituency – Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll|publisher=Electoral Office of Northern Ireland|date=11 May 2017|access-date=16 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2017/UK-Parliamentary-Election-2017-Results/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Result-2017-East-Londond|title=UK Parliamentary Election Result 2017 – East Londonderry|access-date=11 June 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 19,723

|percentage = 48.1

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Dermot Nicholl

|votes = 10,881

|percentage = 26.5

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Stephanie Quigley

|votes = 4,423

|percentage = 10.8

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Richard Holmes

|votes = 3,135

|percentage = 7.6

|change = −7.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Chris McCaw

|votes = 2,538

|percentage = 6.2

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|candidate = Liz St Clair-Legge

|votes = 330

|percentage = 0.8

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,842

|percentage = 21.6

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,580

|percentage = 61.2

|change = +9.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 67,038

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Democratic Unionist Party

|swing = -0.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2015: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083226/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2015/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Results/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Result-Belfast-East-(5)|title=The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland – EONI|website=eoni.org.uk}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 14,663

|percentage = 42.2

|change = +7.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Caoimhe Archibald

|votes = 6,859

|percentage = 19.8

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William McCandless{{cite web |url=http://uup.org/news/3396/21/Cllr-William-McCandless-selected-as-Ulster-Unionist-Westminster-candidate-for-East-Londonderry#.VOyCg3xdOSo |title=Cllr William McCandless selected as Ulster Unionist Westminster candidate for East Londonderry |work=Ulster Unionist Party |date=23 February 2015 |access-date=31 May 2015 |archive-date=24 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224161814/http://uup.org/news/3396/21/Cllr-William-McCandless-selected-as-Ulster-Unionist-Westminster-candidate-for-East-Londonderry#.VOyCg3xdOSo |url-status=dead }}

|votes = 5,333

|percentage = 15.4

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Gerry Mullan

|votes = 4,268

|percentage = 12.3

|change = −3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Yvonne Boyle

|votes = 2,642

|percentage = 7.6

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol

|candidate = Neil Paine

|votes = 527

|percentage = 1.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|candidate = Liz St Clair-Legge

|votes = 422

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,804

|percentage = 22.4

|change = +7.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,714

|percentage = 51.9

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 66,926

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Democratic Unionist Party

|swing = +3.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2010: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 12,097

|percentage = 34.6

|change = −6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Cathal Ó hOisín

|votes = 6,742

|percentage = 19.3

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Conservatives and Unionists

|candidate = Lesley Macaulay

|votes = 6,218

|percentage = 17.8

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Thomas Conway

|votes = 5,399

|percentage = 15.4

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Traditional Unionist Voice

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 2,572

|percentage = 7.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Barney Fitzpatrick

|votes = 1,922

|percentage = 5.5

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,355

|percentage = 15.3

|change = −6.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,950

|percentage = 55.3

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 63,220

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Democratic Unionist Party

|swing = −5.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 15,225

|percentage = 42.9

|change = +10.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = David McClarty

|votes = 7,498

|percentage = 21.1

|change = −6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = John Dallat

|votes = 6,077

|percentage = 17.1

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Billy Leonard

|votes = 5,709

|percentage = 16.1

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Yvonne Boyle

|votes = 924

|percentage = 2.6

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Malcolm Harry Samuel

|votes = 71

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,727

|percentage = 21.8

|change = +17.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 35,504

|percentage = 60.3

|change = −5.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 58,461

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Democratic Unionist Party

|swing = +8.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 12,813

|percentage = 32.1

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 10,912

|percentage = 27.4

|change = −8.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = John Dallat

|votes = 8,298

|percentage = 20.8

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Francie Brolly

|votes = 6,221

|percentage = 15.6

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Yvonne Boyle

|votes = 1,625

|percentage = 4.1

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,901

|percentage = 4.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,869

|percentage = 66.2

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 60,215

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Democratic Unionist Party

|loser = Ulster Unionist Party

|swing = −7.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 13,558

|percentage = 36.0

|change = −29.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gregory Campbell

|votes = 9,767

|percentage = 26.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Arthur Doherty

|votes = 8,273

|percentage = 22.0

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Malachy O'Kane

|votes = 3,463

|percentage = 9.0

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Yvonne Boyle

|votes = 2,427

|percentage = 6.0

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|candidate = James Holmes

|votes = 436

|percentage = 1.0

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Clare Gallen

|votes = 100

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Ian Anderson

|votes = 81

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,794

|percentage = 10.0

|change = −25.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,102

|percentage = 64.8

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 58,938

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Ulster Unionist Party

|swing = −23.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

1997 changes are compared to the notional figures from 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/constituencies/382.htm |title=BBC Election '97 |publisher=BBC |year=1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205072033/http://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/constituencies/382.htm |archive-date=5 December 2004 }}

{{Election box begin |

|title=Notional 1992 UK General Election Result : East Londonderry}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|votes = 23,287

|candidate = N/A

|percentage = 64.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|votes = 7,134

|candidate = N/A

|percentage = 19.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|votes = 2,634

|candidate = N/A

|percentage = 7.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|votes = 1,589

|candidate = N/A

|percentage = 4.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|votes = 1,261

|candidate = N/A

|percentage = 3.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,153

|percentage = 45.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1992: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 30,370

|percentage = 57.6

|change = −2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Arthur Doherty

|votes = 11,843

|percentage = 22.4

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Pauline Davey-Kennedy

|votes = 5,320

|percentage = 10.1

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Patrick McGowan

|votes = 3,613

|percentage = 6.8

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|candidate = Allan Elder

|votes = 1,589

|percentage = 3.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18,527

|percentage = 35.2

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,735

|percentage = 69.8

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 75,587

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Ulster Unionist Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 29,532

|percentage = 60.5

|change = +22.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Arthur Doherty

|votes = 9,375

|percentage = 19.2

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = John Davey

|votes = 5,464

|percentage = 11.2

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Patrick McGowan

|votes = 3,237

|percentage = 6.6

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Francie Donnelly

|votes = 935

|percentage = 1.9

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm Samuel

|votes = 281

|percentage = 0.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 20,157

|percentage = 35.2

|change = +21.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,824

|percentage = 68.7

|change = −9.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 71,031

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Ulster Unionist Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election 1986: East Londonderry{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|title=By-election Result|website=United Kingdom Election Results|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405203844/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 30,922

|percentage = 93.9

|change = +56.0

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = "For the Anglo-Irish Agreement"

|candidate = "Peter Barry" (Wesley Robert Williamson){{cite web|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw86.htm|title=Westminster by-elections, 23 January 1986|author=Nicholas Whyte|publisher=Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive|date=13 May 2003|access-date=2016-12-31}}

|votes = 2,001

|percentage = 6.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 28,921

|percentage = 87.8

|change = +73.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 32,923

|percentage = 46.8

|change = −29.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 70,038

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Ulster Unionist Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: East Londonderry{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = William Ross

|votes = 19,469

|percentage = 37.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = James McClure

|votes = 12,207

|percentage = 23.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Arthur Doherty

|votes = 9,397

|percentage = 18.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = John Davey

|votes = 7,073

|percentage = 13.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Martha McGrath

|votes = 2,401

|percentage = 4.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Francie Donnelly

|votes = 819

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,262

|percentage = 14.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,366

|percentage = 76.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 67,306

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Ulster Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

On Census day 2021 there were 103,285 people living in the East Londonderry parliamentary constituency.{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Constituency 2024 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=PARLCON24&%7EPARLCON24=N05000006 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 July 2024}} Of these:

• 42.5% (43,869) belong to or were brought up in the Catholic Christian faith and 48.7% (50,342) belong to or were brought up in various 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' denominations. 0.8% (871) belong to other religions and 7.9% (8,203) had no religious background.
• 36.6% (37,829) indicated that they had a British only identity, 22.9% (23,639) had an Irish only identity and 23.3% (24,083) had a Northern Irish only identity (respondents could indicate more than one national identity).{{cite web |title=National identity (person based) – basic detail (classification 1) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=PARLCON24&v=NAT_ID_BASIC&%7EPARLCON24=N05000006 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 July 2024}}

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland

{{Reflist}}

• [http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf 2017 Election] House of Commons Library 2017 Election report
• [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66129.html East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/169028.html East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

{{Current Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland}}

{{County Londonderry constituencies}}

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Category:Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland

Category:Politics of County Londonderry

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983