Elections in The 2000s
| General Election 2005: Lagan Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson | 23,289 | 54.7 | +41.3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Basil McCrea | 9,172 | 21.5 | −35.0 | |
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 4,316 | 10.1 | −6.5 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 3,197 | 7.5 | +1.6 | |
| SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 2,598 | 6.1 | −1.4 | |
| Majority | 14,117 | 33.2 | |||
| Turnout | 42,572 | 60.2 | −3.0 | ||
| Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing | +38.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Lagan Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson | 25,966 | 56.5 | +1.1 | |
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 7,624 | 16.6 | −0.6 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Edwin Poots | 6,164 | 13.4 | −0.1 | |
| SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 3,462 | 7.5 | −0.2 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 2,725 | 5.9 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 18,342 | 39.9 | |||
| Turnout | 45,941 | 63.2 | +1.0 | ||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
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