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#REDIRECT [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)]] |
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{{For|other constituencies of the same name|Mid Ulster (disambiguation)}} |
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{{Infobox UK constituency| |
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|Name = Mid Ulster |
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|Map = [[Image:MidUlsterConstituency.svg|200px|]] |
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|Type = County |
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|Entity = Northern Ireland |
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|DivisionType = [[Districts of Northern Ireland|Districts]] |
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|Division = [[Cookstown District Council|Cookstown]], [[Magherafelt District Council|Magherafelt]], [[Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council|Dungannon and South Tyrone]] |
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|Year = [[United Kingdom general election, 1950|1950]] |
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|MP = [[Francie Molloy]] |
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|Party = [[Sinn Féin]] |
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|EP = Northern Ireland |
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'''Mid Ulster''' is a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] in the [[British House of Commons]]. |
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==Boundaries== |
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'''1983-1997''': The District of Cookstown; the District of Omagh; the District of Magherafelt wards of Ballymaguigan, Draperstown, and Lecumpher; and the District of Strabane wards of Castlederg, Clare, Finn, Glenderg, Newtownstewart, Plumbridge, Sion Mills, and Victoria Bridge. |
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'''1997-present''': The District of Cookstown; the District of Magherafelt; and the District of Dungannon wards of Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisland West and Newmills, Donaghmore, and Washing Bay. |
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The constituency was created in 1950 when the old two-seat constituency of [[Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and Tyrone]] was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats. Originally the seat primarily consisted of the northern, eastern and western parts of [[County Tyrone]], with the south included in [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh & South Tyrone]]. Of the post 1973 districts, it contained all of [[Omagh]] and [[Cookstown]] and part of [[Strabane]] and [[Magherafelt]]. |
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In boundary changes proposed by a review in 1995, the seat was split in two, with the name retained by the eastern half, even though it contained only 30% of the old seat. The western half became the nucleus of the new [[West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|West Tyrone constituency]]. The new Mid Ulster also gained areas from [[East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)|East Londonderry]] and [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]], taking it deeper into [[County Londonderry]]. |
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==History== |
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For the history of the constituency prior to 1950, see [[Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and Tyrone]]. |
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In both its incarnations, Mid Ulster has seen a precarious balance between [[Unionists (Ireland)|unionist]] and [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]] voters, though in recent years the nationalists have advanced significantly to be in a clear majority. Many elections have seen a candidate from one community triumph due to candidates from the other community splitting the vote. |
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The seat was initially won by the [[Irish Nationalist Party]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 1950|1950]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1951|1951]] then by [[Sinn Féin]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 1955|1955]]. However the Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (MP) was unseated on petition on the basis that his [[Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)|Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) convictions made him ineligible, and in subsequent by-elections the seat was won by the [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionists]]. |
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In a by-election in 1969, the seat was won by [[Bernadette Devlin McAliskey|Bernadette Devlin]] standing as an independent socialist nationalist on the "[[Unity (Northern Ireland)|Unity]]" ticket which sought to unite nationalist voters behind a single candidate. At the age of 21, Devlin was the youngest person ever elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] in the era of [[universal suffrage]]. The by-election saw a 91.5% turnout, a record for any UK by-election. |
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Devlin held her seat in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1970|1970 general election]] but generated controversy when she had a child while still unmarried as well as for her fierce [[anti-clericalism]]. The [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] stood a candidate against her in the [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|February 1974 general election]] and the nationalist vote was strongly divided, allowing [[John Dunlop (Northern Ireland politician)|John Dunlop]] of the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]] to win with the support of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] and the [[Democratic Unionist Party]]. |
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Dunlop held his seat for the next nine years, though in 1975 he was part of a large section of Vanguard that broke away to form the short lived [[United Ulster Unionist Party]]. He held his seat in [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|1979]] only due to a Unionist pact. He polled poorly in the 1982 Assembly election taking a dismal 2.8% of the vote. Consequently, in 1983 he did not stand again and the following year the UUUP was wound up. |
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The [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 general election]] saw fierce contest for the seat, with the [[Ulster Unionist Party]], [[Democratic Unionist Party]], [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] and [[Sinn Féin]] all polling strongly. The winner was the DUP's [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]], albeit by the narrow majority of just 78 over [[Sinn Féin]]'s [[Danny Morrison (writer)|Danny Morrison]]. In general elections from then to 2005 the [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionists]] did not contest the seat. |
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Following the boundary changes, McCrea contested the new Mid Ulster in [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] but by now [[Sinn Féin]] had established itself as the best party to outpoll a unionist and so drew votes from the SDLP, resulting in [[Martin McGuinness]] winning. He has held the seat to date. During the 2001 General Election, Mid-Ulster had the highest turnout in any constituency in the United Kingdom. |
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On 11 June 2012, McGuinness announced his intention to resign from the House of Commons to concentrate on his position as [[Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland|Deputy First Minister]] and avoid so-called 'double jobbing' by which members of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] also work as councillors or MPs.<ref>[http://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-reorganisation-to-see-mcguinness-inherit-adams-old-title-482425-Jun2012/ McGuinness to inherit Adams' old British title under SF reorganisation] Thejournal.ie</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18396327</ref> This necessitated a [[Mid Ulster by-election, 2013|by-election]].<ref>MPs cannot formally resign. Rather, they can request to be formally appointed to an [[office of profit]], thereby vacating the seat. Sinn Féin, however, reject elements of this process. The previous case of a Sinn Féin MP resigning was that of [[Resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons#Gerry_Adams_case|Gerry Adams]], who simply resigned and Parliament operationalised his resignation by appointing him to an office of profit.</ref> On 30 December 2012 Martin McGuinness formally announced he would [[Resignation from the British House of Commons|resign]] his Westminster seat with immediate effect. Sinn Féin's [[Francie Molloy]], won the resulting [[Mid Ulster by-election, 2013|by-election]] in March 2013.<ref>http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/elections/mid-ulster-by-election-7_march_2013.htm</ref> |
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== Members of Parliament == |
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party!!Notes |
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|style="background-color: {{Independent Republican (Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, 1950|1950]] || [[Anthony Mulvey]] || [[Independent Republican (Ireland)|Independent Republican]] |
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|- |
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|style="background-color: {{Independent Republican (Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, 1951|1951]] || [[Michael O'Neill (politician)|Michael O'Neill]] || [[Independent Republican (Ireland)|Independent Republican]] |
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|- |
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|style="background-color: {{Sinn Féin/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, 1955|1955]] || [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] || [[Sinn Féin]] |
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| Disqualified by resolution of the House of Commons, 18 July 1955 |
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|style="background-color: {{Sinn Féin/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[Mid Ulster by-election, 1955|1955 by-election]] || [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] || [[Sinn Féin]] |
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| Election declared undue on petition; Return amended, 25 October 1955 |
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|style="background-color: {{Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | |
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| ''1956'' || [[Charles Beattie]] || [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionist]] |
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| Declared duly elected on petition; disqualified by resolution of the House of Commons, 7 February 1956 |
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|style="background-color: {{Independent Unionist/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[Mid Ulster by-election, 1956|1956 by-election]] |
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|rowspan=2| [[George Forrest (politician)|George Forrest]] || [[Independent Unionist]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | |
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|''1957'' |
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| [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionist]] |
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| Died, 10 December 1968 |
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|- |
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|style="background-color: {{Unity (Northern Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[Mid Ulster by-election, 1969|1969 by-election]] |
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|rowspan=2| [[Bernadette Devlin McAliskey|Bernadette Devlin]] || [[Unity (Northern Ireland)|Unity]], later Independent Socialist |
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|style="background-color: {{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" | |
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|''1970'' |
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| Independent Socialist |
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| Became Independent Socialist in October 1970 |
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|style="background-color: {{Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|Feb 1974]] |
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|rowspan=2| [[John Dunlop (Northern Ireland politician)|John Dunlop]] || [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party|Vanguard Progressive Unionist]] |
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|style="background-color: {{United Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | |
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|''1975'' |
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|[[United Ulster Unionist Party|United Ulster Unionist]] |
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|Left Vanguard and joined the United Ulster Unionist Party, 11 October 1975 |
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|style="background-color: {{Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]] || [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] || [[Democratic Unionist Party|Democratic Unionist]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Sinn Féin/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] || [[Martin McGuinness]] || [[Sinn Féin]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Sinn Féin/meta/color}}" | |
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| [[Mid Ulster by-election, 2013|2013 by-election]] ||[[Francie Molloy]]||[[Sinn Féin]] |
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== Elections == |
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===Elections in the 2010s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2015|General Election 2015]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = United Kingdom Independence Party |
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|candidate = Alan Day<ref>https://yournextmp.com/constituency/66133/</ref> |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Francie Molloy]] |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Sandra Overend]] |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[Mid Ulster by-election, 2013|By-election 2013]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Francie Molloy]] |
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|votes = 17,462 |
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|percentage = 46.9 |
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|change = -5.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |
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|candidate = Nigel Lutton |
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|votes = 12,781 |
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|percentage = 34.4 |
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|change = N/A |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Patsy McGlone]] |
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|votes = 6,478 |
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|percentage = 17.4 |
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|change = +3.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Eric Bullick |
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|votes = 487 |
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|percentage = 1.3 |
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|change = +0.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 4,681 |
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|percentage = 12.6 |
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|change = -25.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 55.7 |
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|change = -7.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Sinn Féin |
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|swing = -3.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2010|General Election 2010]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Martin McGuinness]] |
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|votes = 21,239 |
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|percentage = 52.0 |
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|change = +2.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Ian McCrea]] |
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|votes = 5,876 |
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|percentage = 14.4 |
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|change = -9.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = Tony Quinn |
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|votes = 5,826 |
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|percentage = 14.3 |
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|change = -3.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force |
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|candidate = [[Sandra Overend]] |
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|votes = 4,509 |
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|percentage = 11.0 |
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|change = +0.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Traditional Unionist Voice |
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|candidate = [[Walter Millar]] |
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|votes = 2,995 |
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|percentage = 7.3 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Ian Butler |
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|votes = 397 |
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|percentage = 1.0 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 15,363 |
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|percentage = 37.6 |
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|change = +13.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 40,842 |
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|percentage = 63.2 |
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|change = -10.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Sinn Féin |
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|swing = +5.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 2000s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Martin McGuinness]] |
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|votes = 21,641 |
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|percentage = 47.6 |
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|change = -3.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Ian McCrea]] |
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|votes = 10,665 |
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|percentage = 23.5 |
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|change = -7.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Patsy McGlone]] |
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|votes = 7,922 |
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|percentage = 17.4 |
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|change = +0.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = Billy Armstrong |
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|votes = 4,853 |
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|percentage = 10.7 |
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|change = +10.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = Francis Donnelly |
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|votes = 345 |
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|percentage = 0.8 |
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|change = -0.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 10,976 |
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|percentage = 24.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 45,426 |
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|percentage = 73.2 |
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|change = -8.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Sinn Féin |
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|swing = +2.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2001|General Election 2001]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Martin McGuinness]] |
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|votes = 25,502 |
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|percentage = 51.1 |
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|change = +11.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Ian McCrea]] |
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|votes = 15,549 |
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|percentage = 31.1 |
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|change = -5.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = Eilish Haughey |
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|votes = 8,376 |
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|percentage = 16.8 |
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|change = -5.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = Francie Donnelly |
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|votes = 509 |
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|percentage = 1.0 |
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|change = +0.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 9,953 |
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|percentage = 20.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 49,936 |
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|percentage = 81.3 |
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|change = -4.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Sinn Féin |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1990s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1997|General Election 1997]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Martin McGuinness]] |
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|votes = 20,294 |
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|percentage = 40.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] |
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|votes = 18,411 |
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|percentage = 36.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Denis Haughey]] |
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|votes = 11,205 |
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|percentage = 22.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Ephrem Bogues |
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|votes = 460 |
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|percentage = 0.9 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = [[Marian Donnelly]] |
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|votes = 238 |
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|percentage = 0.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Natural Law Party |
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|candidate = Maureen Murray |
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|votes = 61 |
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|percentage = 0.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 1,883 |
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|percentage = 3.7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 50,669 |
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|percentage = 85.8 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Sinn Féin |
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|loser = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title= 1992 Notional Results: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] |
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|votes = 19,274 |
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|percentage = 41.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Denis Haughey]] |
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|votes = 14,360 |
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|percentage = 30.6 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Barry McElduff]] |
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|votes = 11,340 |
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|percentage = 24.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Ann Gormley |
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|votes = 1,229 |
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|percentage = 2.6 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate | |
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|party = Others |
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|candidate = |
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|votes = 779 |
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|percentage = 1.7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 4,914 |
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|percentage = 10.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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Between 1992 and 1996 there were significant boundary changes, creating the new seat of [[West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|West Tyrone]]. This had a huge knock on effect on Mid Ulster, which lost all its areas in Omagh and Strabane district councils, and gained the Torrent LGD in Dungannon from [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone]], and the parts of [[Magherafelt District Council]] previously in [[East Londonderry]]. Therefore the implied 1992 election results are very different from the actual ones and are displayed above. |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1992|General Election 1992]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] |
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|votes = 23,181 |
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|percentage = 42.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Denis Haughey]] |
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|votes = 16,994 |
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|percentage = 31.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Barry McElduff]] |
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|votes = 10,248 |
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|percentage = 18.7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Ann Gormley |
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|votes = 1,506 |
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|percentage = 2.8 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = [[Labour and Trade Union Group|Labour and Trade Union]] |
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|candidate = Harry Hutchinson |
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|votes = 389 |
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|percentage = 0.7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = Tommy Owens |
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|votes = 285 |
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|percentage = 0.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Natural Law Party |
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|candidate = James Anderson |
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|votes = 164 |
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|percentage = 0.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 6,187 |
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|percentage = 11.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 52,767 |
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|percentage = 79.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1980s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1987|General Election 1987]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] |
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|votes = 23,004 |
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|percentage = 44.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Denis Haughey]] |
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|votes = 13,644 |
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|percentage = 26.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = Sean Begley |
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|votes = 12,449 |
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|percentage = 23.9 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Paddy Bogan |
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|votes = 1,846 |
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|percentage = 3.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = Paddy Joe McLean |
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|votes = 1,133 |
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|percentage = 2.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 9,360 |
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|percentage = 18.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 77.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[Mid Ulster by-election, 1986]]}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] |
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|votes = 23,695 |
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|percentage = 46.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Danny Morrison (Irish republican)|Danny Morrisson]] |
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|votes = 13,998 |
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|percentage = 27.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = Adrian Colton |
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|votes = 13,021 |
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|percentage = 25.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = Tommy Owens |
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|votes = 691 |
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|percentage = 1.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 9,697 |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 51,405 |
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|percentage = 77.6 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1983|General Election 1983]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]] |
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|votes = 16,174 |
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|percentage = 30.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Danny Morrison (republican)|Danny Morrison]] |
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|votes = 16,096 |
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|percentage = 29.9 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Denis Haughey]] |
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|votes = 12,044 |
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|percentage = 22.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[William Thompson (Ulster Unionist politician)|William Thompson]] |
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|votes = 7,066 |
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|percentage = 13.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Aidan Logan |
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|votes = 1,735 |
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|percentage = 3.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Workers' Party of Ireland |
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|candidate = Tommy Owens |
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|votes = 766 |
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|percentage = 1.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 78 |
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|percentage = 0.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 53,881 |
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|percentage = 84.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Democratic Unionist Party |
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|loser = United Ulster Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1970s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1979|General Election 1979]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = United Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[John Dunlop (Northern Ireland politician)|John Dunlop]] |
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|votes = 29,249 |
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|percentage = 44.7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = Paddy Duffy |
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|votes = 19,266 |
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|percentage = 29.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Irish Independence Party |
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|candidate = Patrick Fahy |
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|votes = 12,055 |
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|percentage = 19.9 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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|candidate = Aidan Lagan |
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|votes = 3,481 |
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|percentage = 5.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Clubs |
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|candidate = Francie Donnelly |
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|votes = 1,414 |
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|percentage = 2.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 9,983 |
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|percentage = 15.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 65,465 |
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|percentage = 80.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = United Ulster Unionist Party |
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|loser = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, October 1974|General Election October 1974]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[John Dunlop (Northern Ireland politician)|John Dunlop]] |
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|votes = 30,552 |
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|percentage = 47.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Ivan Cooper]] |
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|votes = 25,885 |
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|percentage = 40.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Clubs |
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|candidate = Francie Donnelly |
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|votes = 8,091 |
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|percentage = 12.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 4,667 |
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|percentage = 7.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 64,528 |
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|percentage = 79.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|General Election February 1974]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[John Dunlop (Northern Ireland politician)|John Dunlop]] |
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|votes = 26,044 |
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|percentage = 39.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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|candidate = [[Ivan Cooper]] |
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|votes = 19,372 |
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|percentage = 29.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = Independent Socialist |
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|candidate = [[Bernadette McAliskey]] |
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|votes = 16,672 |
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|percentage = 25.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Pro-Assembly Unionist |
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|candidate = [[Neville Thornton]] |
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|votes = 4,633 |
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|percentage = 7.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 6,632 |
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|percentage = 10.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 66,681 |
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|percentage = 79.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party |
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|loser = Unity (Northern Ireland) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1970|General Election 1970]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unity (Northern Ireland) |
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|candidate = [[Bernadette Devlin]] |
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|votes = 37,739 |
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|percentage = 53.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Neville Thornton]] |
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|votes = 31,810 |
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|percentage = 45.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = Michael Cunningham |
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|votes = 771 |
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|percentage = 1.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = National Socialist |
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|candidate = Phelim O'Neill |
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|votes = 198 |
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|percentage = 0.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 5,929 |
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|percentage = 8.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 90.9 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Unity (Northern Ireland) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1960s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[Mid Ulster by-election, 1969]]}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unity (Northern Ireland) |
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|candidate = [[Bernadette Devlin]] |
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|votes = 33,648 |
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|percentage = 53.3 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = Anna Forrest |
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|votes = 29,437 |
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|percentage = 46.7 |
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|change = – 5.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 4,211 |
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|percentage = 6.7 |
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|change = + 2.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 63,085 |
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|percentage = 91.5 |
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|change = + 7.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Unity (Northern Ireland) |
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|loser = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1966|General Election 1966]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[George Forrest (politician)|George Forrest]] |
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|votes = 29,728 |
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|percentage = 52.3 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent Republican (Ireland) |
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|candidate = [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] |
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|votes = 27,168 |
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|percentage = 47.8 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 2,560 |
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|percentage = 4.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 83.9 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1964|General Election 1964]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[George Forrest (politician)|George Forrest]] |
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|votes = 29,715 |
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|percentage = 51.6 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent Republican (Ireland) |
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|candidate = [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] |
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|votes = 22,810 |
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|percentage = 39.6 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party |
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|candidate = Patrick McGarvey |
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|votes = 5,053 |
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|percentage = 8.8 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 6,905 |
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|percentage = 12.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 85.1 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1950s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1959|General Election 1959]]: Mid Ulster}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[George Forrest (politician)|George Forrest]] |
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|votes = 33,093 |
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|percentage = 70.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] |
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|votes = 14,170 |
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|percentage = 30.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 18,923 |
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|percentage = 40.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = 71.0 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[Mid Ulster by-election, 1956]]}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent Unionist |
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|candidate = [[George Forrest (politician)|George Forrest]] |
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|votes = 28,605 |
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|percentage = 48.36 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] |
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|votes = 24,124 |
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|percentage = 40.78 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Anti-Partition of Ireland League |
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|candidate = [[Michael O'Neill (politician)|Michael O'Neill]] |
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|votes = 6,421 |
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|percentage = 10.86 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 4,481 |
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|percentage = 7.58 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 59,150 |
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|percentage = 88.43 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Independent Unionist |
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|loser = Sinn Féin |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[Mid Ulster by-election, 1955]]}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Sinn Féin |
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|candidate = [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] |
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|votes = 30,392 |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Charles Beattie]] |
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|votes = 29,586 |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 806 |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Sinn Féin |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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The seat was awarded to Beattie on petition on the grounds that Mitchell's conviction as a [[Felony|felon]] made him ineligible to sit in Parliament. However, Beattie in turn was also found ineligible to sit due to holding an office of profit under the crown, triggering a further by-election. |
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|candidate = [[Tom Mitchell (politician)|Tom Mitchell]] |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = [[Charles Beattie]] |
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Mitchell was subsequently unseated upon petition, on the grounds that his terrorist convictions made him ineligible to sit in Parliament. |
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|party = Independent Republican (Ireland) |
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|candidate = [[Michael O'Neill (politician)|Michael O'Neill]] |
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|votes = 33,097 |
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|percentage = 52.7 |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = John Shearer |
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|votes = 29,701 |
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|votes = 3,396 |
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|party = Independent Republican (Ireland) |
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|candidate = [[Anthony Mulvey]] |
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|votes = 33,023 |
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|percentage = 52.6 |
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party |
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|candidate = John Shearer |
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|votes = 29,721 |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland]] |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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*[[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949'' |
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*[[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970'' |
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==External links== |
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*[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1281,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics] (Election results from 1992 to the present) |
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*http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present) |
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*{{Rayment-hc|h|3|date=March 2012}} |
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Mid Ulster is a parliamentary constituency in the British House of Commons.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The District of Cookstown; the District of Omagh; the District of Magherafelt wards of Ballymaguigan, Draperstown, and Lecumpher; and the District of Strabane wards of Castlederg, Clare, Finn, Glenderg, Newtownstewart, Plumbridge, Sion Mills, and Victoria Bridge.
1997-present: The District of Cookstown; the District of Magherafelt; and the District of Dungannon wards of Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisland West and Newmills, Donaghmore, and Washing Bay.
The constituency was created in 1950 when the old two-seat constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats. Originally the seat primarily consisted of the northern, eastern and western parts of County Tyrone, with the south included in Fermanagh & South Tyrone. Of the post 1973 districts, it contained all of Omagh and Cookstown and part of Strabane and Magherafelt.
In boundary changes proposed by a review in 1995, the seat was split in two, with the name retained by the eastern half, even though it contained only 30% of the old seat. The western half became the nucleus of the new West Tyrone constituency. The new Mid Ulster also gained areas from East Londonderry and Fermanagh and South Tyrone, taking it deeper into County Londonderry.
History
For the history of the constituency prior to 1950, see Fermanagh and Tyrone.
In both its incarnations, Mid Ulster has seen a precarious balance between unionist and nationalist voters, though in recent years the nationalists have advanced significantly to be in a clear majority. Many elections have seen a candidate from one community triumph due to candidates from the other community splitting the vote.
The seat was initially won by the Irish Nationalist Party in 1950 and 1951 then by Sinn Féin in 1955. However the Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (MP) was unseated on petition on the basis that his Irish Republican Army (IRA) convictions made him ineligible, and in subsequent by-elections the seat was won by the Ulster Unionists.
In a by-election in 1969, the seat was won by Bernadette Devlin standing as an independent socialist nationalist on the "Unity" ticket which sought to unite nationalist voters behind a single candidate. At the age of 21, Devlin was the youngest person ever elected to the House of Commons in the era of universal suffrage. The by-election saw a 91.5% turnout, a record for any UK by-election.
Devlin held her seat in the 1970 general election but generated controversy when she had a child while still unmarried as well as for her fierce anti-clericalism. The Social Democratic and Labour Party stood a candidate against her in the February 1974 general election and the nationalist vote was strongly divided, allowing John Dunlop of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party to win with the support of the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party.
Dunlop held his seat for the next nine years, though in 1975 he was part of a large section of Vanguard that broke away to form the short lived United Ulster Unionist Party. He held his seat in 1979 only due to a Unionist pact. He polled poorly in the 1982 Assembly election taking a dismal 2.8% of the vote. Consequently, in 1983 he did not stand again and the following year the UUUP was wound up.
The 1983 general election saw fierce contest for the seat, with the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Féin all polling strongly. The winner was the DUP's William McCrea, albeit by the narrow majority of just 78 over Sinn Féin's Danny Morrison. In general elections from then to 2005 the Ulster Unionists did not contest the seat.
Following the boundary changes, McCrea contested the new Mid Ulster in 1997 but by now Sinn Féin had established itself as the best party to outpoll a unionist and so drew votes from the SDLP, resulting in Martin McGuinness winning. He has held the seat to date. During the 2001 General Election, Mid-Ulster had the highest turnout in any constituency in the United Kingdom.
On 11 June 2012, McGuinness announced his intention to resign from the House of Commons to concentrate on his position as Deputy First Minister and avoid so-called 'double jobbing' by which members of the Northern Ireland Assembly also work as councillors or MPs.[1][2] This necessitated a by-election.[3] On 30 December 2012 Martin McGuinness formally announced he would resign his Westminster seat with immediate effect. Sinn Féin's Francie Molloy, won the resulting by-election in March 2013.[4]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Alan Day[5] | ||||
Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy | ||||
UUP | Sandra Overend |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy | 17,462 | 46.9 | −5.1 | |
Independent | Nigel Lutton | 12,781 | 34.4 | N/A | |
SDLP | Patsy McGlone | 6,478 | 17.4 | +3.1 | |
Alliance | Eric Bullick | 487 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,681 | 12.6 | −25.0 | ||
Turnout | 55.7 | −7.5 | |||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 21,239 | 52.0 | +2.4 | |
DUP | Ian McCrea | 5,876 | 14.4 | −9.1 | |
SDLP | Tony Quinn | 5,826 | 14.3 | −3.1 | |
UCU-NF | Sandra Overend | 4,509 | 11.0 | +0.3 | |
TUV | Walter Millar | 2,995 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Alliance | Ian Butler | 397 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,363 | 37.6 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,842 | 63.2 | −10.0 | ||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 21,641 | 47.6 | −3.5 | |
DUP | Ian McCrea | 10,665 | 23.5 | −7.6 | |
SDLP | Patsy McGlone | 7,922 | 17.4 | +0.6 | |
UUP | Billy Armstrong | 4,853 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Workers' Party of Ireland | Francis Donnelly | 345 | 0.8 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 10,976 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 45,426 | 73.2 | −8.1 | ||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 25,502 | 51.1 | +11.0 | |
DUP | Ian McCrea | 15,549 | 31.1 | −5.2 | |
SDLP | Eilish Haughey | 8,376 | 16.8 | −5.3 | |
Workers' Party of Ireland | Francie Donnelly | 509 | 1.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 9,953 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 49,936 | 81.3 | −4.8 | ||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Martin McGuinness | 20,294 | 40.1 | ||
DUP | William McCrea | 18,411 | 36.3 | ||
SDLP | Denis Haughey | 11,205 | 22.1 | ||
Alliance | Ephrem Bogues | 460 | 0.9 | ||
Workers' Party of Ireland | Marian Donnelly | 238 | 0.5 | ||
Natural Law | Maureen Murray | 61 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 1,883 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,669 | 85.8 | |||
Sinn Féin gain from DUP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | William McCrea | 19,274 | 41.0 | ||
SDLP | Denis Haughey | 14,360 | 30.6 | ||
Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 11,340 | 24.4 | ||
Alliance | Ann Gormley | 1,229 | 2.6 | ||
Others | 779 | 1.7 | |||
Majority | 4,914 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 7 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Between 1992 and 1996 there were significant boundary changes, creating the new seat of West Tyrone. This had a huge knock on effect on Mid Ulster, which lost all its areas in Omagh and Strabane district councils, and gained the Torrent LGD in Dungannon from Fermanagh and South Tyrone, and the parts of Magherafelt District Council previously in East Londonderry. Therefore the implied 1992 election results are very different from the actual ones and are displayed above.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | William McCrea | 23,181 | 42.3 | ||
SDLP | Denis Haughey | 16,994 | 31.0 | ||
Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 10,248 | 18.7 | ||
Alliance | Ann Gormley | 1,506 | 2.8 | ||
Labour and Trade Union | Harry Hutchinson | 389 | 0.7 | ||
Workers' Party of Ireland | Tommy Owens | 285 | 0.5 | ||
Natural Law | James Anderson | 164 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 6,187 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 52,767 | 79.3 | |||
DUP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | William McCrea | 23,004 | 44.2 | ||
SDLP | Denis Haughey | 13,644 | 26.2 | ||
Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 12,449 | 23.9 | ||
Alliance | Paddy Bogan | 1,846 | 3.5 | ||
Workers' Party of Ireland | Paddy Joe McLean | 1,133 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 9,360 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 77.4 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | William McCrea | 23,695 | 46.4 | ||
Sinn Féin | Danny Morrisson | 13,998 | 27.1 | ||
SDLP | Adrian Colton | 13,021 | 25.2 | ||
Workers' Party of Ireland | Tommy Owens | 691 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 9,697 | ||||
Turnout | 51,405 | 77.6 | |||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | William McCrea | 16,174 | 30.0 | ||
Sinn Féin | Danny Morrison | 16,096 | 29.9 | ||
SDLP | Denis Haughey | 12,044 | 22.4 | ||
UUP | William Thompson | 7,066 | 13.1 | ||
Alliance | Aidan Logan | 1,735 | 3.2 | ||
Workers' Party of Ireland | Tommy Owens | 766 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 78 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 53,881 | 84.3 | |||
DUP gain from UUUP | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUUP | John Dunlop | 29,249 | 44.7 | ||
SDLP | Paddy Duffy | 19,266 | 29.4 | ||
Irish Independence | Patrick Fahy | 12,055 | 19.9 | ||
Alliance | Aidan Lagan | 3,481 | 5.3 | ||
Republican Clubs | Francie Donnelly | 1,414 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 9,983 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 65,465 | 80.4 | |||
UUUP gain from Vanguard | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Vanguard | John Dunlop | 30,552 | 47.4 | ||
SDLP | Ivan Cooper | 25,885 | 40.1 | ||
Republican Clubs | Francie Donnelly | 8,091 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 4,667 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 64,528 | 79.0 | |||
Vanguard hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Vanguard | John Dunlop | 26,044 | 39.0 | ||
SDLP | Ivan Cooper | 19,372 | 29.1 | ||
Independent Socialist | Bernadette McAliskey | 16,672 | 25.0 | ||
Pro-Assembly Unionist | Neville Thornton | 4,633 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 6,632 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 66,681 | 79.3 | |||
Vanguard gain from Unity | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unity | Bernadette Devlin | 37,739 | 53.5 | ||
UUP | Neville Thornton | 31,810 | 45.1 | ||
Independent | Michael Cunningham | 771 | 1.1 | ||
National Socialist | Phelim O'Neill | 198 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,929 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 90.9 | ||||
Unity hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unity | Bernadette Devlin | 33,648 | 53.3 | N/A | |
UUP | Anna Forrest | 29,437 | 46.7 | – 5.6 | |
Majority | 4,211 | 6.7 | + 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 63,085 | 91.5 | + 7.6 | ||
Unity gain from UUP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | George Forrest | 29,728 | 52.3 | ||
Ind. Republican | Tom Mitchell | 27,168 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 2,560 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 83.9 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | George Forrest | 29,715 | 51.6 | ||
Ind. Republican | Tom Mitchell | 22,810 | 39.6 | ||
NI Labour | Patrick McGarvey | 5,053 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | 6,905 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 85.1 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UUP | George Forrest | 33,093 | 70.0 | ||
Sinn Féin | Tom Mitchell | 14,170 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 18,923 | 40.0 | |||
Turnout | 71.0 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Unionist | George Forrest | 28,605 | 48.36 | ||
Sinn Féin | Tom Mitchell | 24,124 | 40.78 | ||
Anti-Partition | Michael O'Neill | 6,421 | 10.86 | ||
Majority | 4,481 | 7.58 | |||
Turnout | 59,150 | 88.43 | |||
Ind. Unionist gain from Sinn Féin | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Tom Mitchell | 30,392 | |||
UUP | Charles Beattie | 29,586 | |||
Majority | 806 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Sinn Féin hold | Swing |
The seat was awarded to Beattie on petition on the grounds that Mitchell's conviction as a felon made him ineligible to sit in Parliament. However, Beattie in turn was also found ineligible to sit due to holding an office of profit under the crown, triggering a further by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Tom Mitchell | 29,737 | 50.2 | ||
UUP | Charles Beattie | 29,477 | 49.8 | ||
Majority | 260 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 88.6 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Ind. Republican | Swing |
Mitchell was subsequently unseated upon petition, on the grounds that his terrorist convictions made him ineligible to sit in Parliament.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Republican | Michael O'Neill | 33,097 | 52.7 | ||
UUP | John Shearer | 29,701 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 3,396 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 91.8 | ||||
Ind. Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Republican | Anthony Mulvey | 33,023 | 52.6 | N/A | |
UUP | John Shearer | 29,721 | 47.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,302 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 91.6 | ||||
Ind. Republican win (new seat) |
See also
References
- ^ McGuinness to inherit Adams' old British title under SF reorganisation Thejournal.ie
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18396327
- ^ MPs cannot formally resign. Rather, they can request to be formally appointed to an office of profit, thereby vacating the seat. Sinn Féin, however, reject elements of this process. The previous case of a Sinn Féin MP resigning was that of Gerry Adams, who simply resigned and Parliament operationalised his resignation by appointing him to an office of profit.
- ^ http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/elections/mid-ulster-by-election-7_march_2013.htm
- ^ https://yournextmp.com/constituency/66133/
Further reading
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)