DUP victory in nationalist Foyle 'almost a miracle'

The DUP’s William Hay yesterday created electoral history when he became the first member of his party to top the poll in the nationalist dominated Foyle constituency.

Mr Hay, an outgoing MLA, polled 6,960 first preference votes, well in excess of the quota of 5,863 and just more than 500 votes ahead of SDLP leader Mark Durkan.