For the first time in close to three decades, Lagan Valley is set to get a new MP – with the DUP attempting to hold off the surge of the Alliance Party. A unionist stronghold since the constituency ...

In its 40-year history, just two people have been MP for Lagan Valley: the former Ulster Unionist leader James Molyneaux and his one-time protégé Jeffrey Donaldson. A unionist majority was never in ...

The DUP has announced that Jonathan Buckley will be its candidate in the Lagan Valley constituency at the General Election – the seat currently held by former party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Mr ...

The DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley is to stand as the party’s candidate in Jeffrey Donaldson’s former constituency of Lagan Valley in the UK general election. The party leader, Gavin Robinson, announced Mr ...

Sorcha Eastwood said she has shown that change is possible as she became the first non-unionist to win the Lagan Valley seat. The constituency has long been considered a unionist stronghold and was ...

A mother whose son was stillborn has said she did not feel safe when problems arose during delivery at the Lagan Valley Hospital Midwifery Led Unit. Christine McCleery's son Jaxon McVey was born dead ...

CONCERNS have been raised about the rollout of a 'phone first' system for patients to access A&E services. Unison said it believes that the South Eastern Health trust is planning to introduce the ...

Voters in Lagan Valley have gone to the ballot box to elect their MP in the General Election 2019. A new Member of Parliament is being elected for the constituency, which includes the areas of ...

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The constituency was previously held by former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. The Alliance Party’s Sorcha Eastwood claims it is a two-horse race for the seat between herself and the DUP’s Jonathan ...