Election for the constituency of Upper Bann on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Upper Bann, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

DUP hold by David Simpson with a majority of 7,992 - 15.6% - on a turnout of 63.9%.

An electorate of 80,168, having a valid vote count of 51,258 and an invalid vote count of 173.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SIMPSON, David DUP 22,317 43.5% 10.9%
O'DOWD, John SF 14,325 27.9% 3.4%
BEATTIE, Doug UUP 7,900 15.4% -12.5%
MCALINDEN, Declan SDLP 4,397 8.6% -0.4%
DOYLE, Tara APNI 2,319 4.5% 0.8%

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 03:34 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.