Former DUP leader Edwin Poots fails in bid to become candidate for South Down

Former DUP leader Edwin Poots. File Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Former DUP leader Edwin Poots has failed in a bid to switch constituencies in the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Mr Poots, a current Lagan Valley MLA, had tried to secure a seat in the South Down constituency and was interviewed by party officers as part of the selection process on Friday evening, along with another candidate, Diane Forsythe.