 He retained his seat on the council in 2001, but lost his Assembly seat, along with all the other Coalition MLAs, in 2003.In 2005, he was able to top the poll in his seat in Limavady.Douglas subsequently joined Traditional Unionist Voice, and contested East Londonderry seat for the party at the 2011 Assembly election, in which he came 10th out of the 12 candidates and was not elected to a seat.