Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
	Fermanagh and South Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	5 (2017–) ; 6 (1996–2016)
MLAs	Rosemary Barton (UUP); Jemma Dolan (SF); Arlene Foster (DUP); Colm Gildernew (SF); Seán Lynch (SF);
Districts	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

54°32′31″N 7°18′32″W / 54.542°N 7.309°W / 54.542; -7.309

Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Irish: Fear Manach agus Tír Eoghain Theas, Ulster Scots: Fermanay an Sooth Owenslann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

It was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected the then Northern Ireland Assembly. It usually shares boundaries with the Fermanagh and South Tyrone UK Parliament constituency. However, the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 (because the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes) and from 1996 to 1997, when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983-95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1973	5 seats 1996-1998		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Thomas Daly (SDLP)	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=7\|	Austin Currie (SDLP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=14\|	Harry West (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=6\|	John Taylor (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Ernest Baird (Vanguard)
1975			John McKay (UUP)	Thomas Daly (SDLP)				Harry West (UUP)				Ernest Baird (Vanguard)
1982			style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=12\|	Owen Carron (Sinn Féin)	Ken Maginnis (UUP)		Raymond Ferguson (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=10\|	Ivan Foster (DUP)
1996			Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin)	Tommy Gallagher (SDLP)	Ken Maginnis (UUP)	Sam Foster (UUP)	Maurice Morrow (DUP)
1998	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=10\|	Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin)	Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin)		Joan Carson (UUP)	Sam Foster (UUP)
2003	Tom O'Reilly (Sinn Féin)		Tom Elliott (UUP)		Arlene Foster (UUP/ DUP)
2007	Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin)					style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=8\|
2011	Seán Lynch (Sinn Féin)			style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=4\|		Phil Flanagan (Sinn Féin)
July 2012 co-option		Bronwyn McGahan (Sinn Féin)
June 2015 co-option			Neil Somerville (UUP)
January 2016 co-option			Alastair Patterson (UUP)
2016		Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin)	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Richie McPhillips (SDLP)		Rosemary Barton (UUP)
2017		Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin)	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Jemma Dolan (Sinn Féin)			5 seats 2017-present
June 2017 co-option		Colm Gildernew (Sinn Féin)		Jemma Dolan (Sinn Féin)			5 seats 2017-present

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2017

2017 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Arlene Foster	16.2	8,479	8,745
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	15.3	7,987	8,228	9,385
	Sinn Féin	Jemma Dolan	14.9	7,767	8,023	8,928
	Ulster Unionist	Rosemary Barton	11.6	6,060	6,863	8,334	8,442
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	12.0	6,254	6,338	7,174	7,717
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	13.6	7,102	7,332	7,405	7,411
	SDLP	Richie McPhillips	9.8	5,134	6,276
	Alliance	Noreen Campbell	2.8	1,437
	TUV	Alex Elliott	1.5	780
	Labour Alternative	Donal Ó Cófaigh	1.2	643
	Green (NI)	Tanya Jones	1.1	550
	NI Conservatives	Richard Dunn	0.1	70
Electorate: 73,100 Valid: 52,263 Spoilt: 812 (1.53%) Quota: 8,711 Turnout: 72.61%

2016

2016 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Arlene Foster	18.7	8,801
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	14.1	6,602	8,072.85
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	14.0	6,614	6,625.73	6,628.37	6,838.37
	Ulster Unionist	Rosemary Barton	6.4	3,018	3,302.74	3,973.08	4,750.48	4,759.94	7,659.94
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	10.1	4,782	4,784.07	4,784.95	4,845.56	6,551.02	6,557.81	6,565.81
	SDLP	Richie McPhillips	8.5	4,014	4,032.63	4,049.35	4,653.84	4,823.53	5,205.63	6,107.23
	Sinn Féin	John Feely	8.5	4,002	4,003.15	4,004.25	4,088.08	5,581.91	5,585.57	5,590.37
	Ulster Unionist	Alastair Patterson	6.4	3,010	3,140.41	3,563.25	4,205.18	4,207.18
	Sinn Féin	Phil Flanagan	7.3	3,449	3,452.45	3,452.67	3,510.97
	TUV	Donald Crawford	2.5	1,164	1,223.11	1,381.95
	Green (NI)	Tanya Jones	1.9	897	908.73	919.73
	Alliance	Kerri Blyberg	1.1	539	545.21	552.91
	NI Labour	Damien Harris	0.6	285	287.07	290.37
Electorate: 74,257 Valid: 47,177 Spoilt: 757 Quota: 6,740 Turnout: 47,934 (64.55%)

2011

2011 Assembly Election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	19.0	9,110
	Ulster Unionist	Tom Elliott	14.4	6,896
	DUP	Arlene Foster	14.3	6,876
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	10.1	4,844	4,849.46	4,910.98	5,324.24	7,229.24
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	10.7	5,146	6,247.10	6,278.52	6,469.00	6,475.04	6,476.04
	Sinn Féin	Phil Flanagan	10.6	5,082	5,781.66	5,799.00	6,109.20	6,127.72	6,136.72
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	9.6	4,606	4,947.64	5,304.08	5,639.22	5,940.74	6,074.74
	Ulster Unionist	Kenny Donaldson	4.9	2,366	2,368.60	2,525.86	3,200.64
	TUV	Alex Elliott	2.6	1,231	1,231.78	1,249.78
	Independent	Pat Cox	2.1	997	1,049	1,104.78
	Alliance	Hannah Su	1.8	845	871.78
Electorate: 70,985 Valid: 47,999 Spoilt: 950 Quota: 6,858 Turnout: 48,949 (68.96%)

2007

2007 Assembly Election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Arlene Foster	15.4	7,138
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	15.1	7,026
	Ulster Unionist	Tom Elliott	14.2	6,603	6,680.42
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	9.6	4,440	4,441.54	4,463.64	4,464.28	4,466.32	4,769.34	6,640
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	10.1	4,700	5,098.23	5,098.58	5,120.18	5,304.03	5,333.26	5,345.57	7,013.57
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	11.0	5,103	5,103	5,277.10	5,277.10	5,278.25	5,665.80	5,747.25	5,776.64
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	10.1	4,704	4,704.42	4,819.92	4,819.96	4,821.96	5,066.91	5,139.16	5,188.38
	Ulster Unionist	Kenny Donaldson	5.4	2,531	2544.09	2544.44	2563.52	2676.46	2823.64	2887.01
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	4.4	2,043	2043.56	2065.26	2065.34	2069.46	2260.76
	Independent Republican	Gerry McGeough	1.8	814	814	824.80	824.80	826.80
	Alliance	Allan Leonard	1.1	521	521.49	522.79	522.83	535.94
	Republican Sinn Féin	Michael McManus	0.9	431	431.21	432.36	432.40	432.40
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	0.8	388	393.39	393.64	395
Electorate: 65,826 Valid: 46,442 Spoilt: 403 Quota: 6,636 Turnout: 46,845 (71.1%)

2003

2003 Assembly Election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	Tom Elliott	13.4	6,181	6,284	7,372
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	10.3	4,735	4,984	5,003	5,034.95	7,359.95
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	14.1	6,489	6,562	6,565	6,565	6,719
	Ulster Unionist	Arlene Foster	10.7	4,938	5,004	5,868	6,564.51	6,599.51
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	12.0	5,536	5,546	5,670	5,684.20	5,689.91	8,669.91
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly	10.9	5,019	5,049	5,051	5,051	5,143	5,152	5,240	5,473.64
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	9.5	4,393	4,432	4,436	4,436	4,594	4,602.71	4,691.71	5,211.50
	DUP	Bert Johnston	6.7	3,094	3,113	3,133	3,139.39	3,162.81
	SDLP	Frank Britton	6.0	2,772	2,978	2,994	3,011.75
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Mulligan	4.6	2,110	2,149
	NI Women's Coalition	Eithne McNulty	1.4	650
	Alliance	Linda Cleland	0.5	243
Electorate: 64,336 Valid: 46,160 Spoilt: 713 Quota: 6,595 Turnout: 46,873 (72.9%)

1998

1998 Assembly Election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	15.9	8,135
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Foster	10.9	5,589	5,686	5,690.20	5,859.90	7,494.90
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	10.7	5,459	5,481	5,576	5,886	5,899.30	5,914.50	9,096.50
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	9.2	4,703	4,712	4,755.30	4,893.60	4,894.60	4,896.60	5,168.80	6,894.55	8,501.55
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	7.8	3,987	3,999	4,001.80	4,011.10	4,097.10	6,522.30	6,525.60	6,527.37	6,595.06	6,627.06
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Carson	8.6	4,400	4,480	4,482.70	4,619.30	5,253.80	5,495.20	5,497.60	5,498.19	6,141.32	6,582.32
	UK Unionist	Jim Dixon	8.3	4,262	4,268	4,268.50	4,299.80	4,365.90	4,879	4,883.10	4,884.28	4,957.84	5,000.84
	SDLP	Olive Mullen	5.6	2,872	2,962	3,485.40	4,302.70	4,338.10	4,352.40	4,482.30	4,548.38
	Sinn Féin	Pat Treanor	7.0	3,552	3,559	3,585	3,707.70	3,711.30	3,711.30
	DUP	Bert Johnston	6.1	3,095	3,102	3,103.30	3,119.90	3,309.20
	Ulster Unionist	Bertie Kerr	5.1	2,583	2,633	2,636.70	2,720
	NI Women's Coalition	Marie Crawley	3.4	1,729	1,982	2,071.30
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	1.2	614
	Natural Law	Simeon Gillan	0.1	63
Electorate: 65,383 Valid: 46,160 Spoilt: 880 Quota: 6,595 Turnout: 51,923 (79.4%)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[2]

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Party		Candidate(s)	Votes
Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis Sam Foster Joan Carson Bertie Kerr	15,542	32.3
Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh Michelle Gildernew Robin Martin Vincent Kelly Pat Trainor	11,666	24.2
SDLP	Tommy Gallagher Anthony McGonnell Anne McQuillan Vincent Currie Mary Flanagan	10,399	21.6
DUP	Maurice Morrow Joseph Dodds	6,589	13.7
Alliance	Stephen Farry Julie Greaves	831	1.7
UK Unionist	Muriel Boston Robert Peden	468	1.0
Ulster Democratic	Raymond Gilliland Paul Longman	464	1.0
NI Women's Coalition	Roisin Keenan Audrey Johnston Florence Ellis	461	1.0
PUP	Tracy Gould Paul Ferguson	410	0.9
Labour coalition	Ciaran Molloy Patrick Mulholland Nigel Cooke	297	0.6
Green (NI)	Roy Hadden Roy Johnston Peg Alexander	208	0.4
Workers' Party of Ireland	Tommy Owens Marian Donnelly	199	0.4
Ulster Independence	Simon Dilworth Stuart Boyd	189	0.4
Democratic Left	Gerry Cullen Doris Wray	128	0.3
Independent McMullan	Philip McClinchey Ann McDermott	118	0.2
NI Conservatives	William Quin Eric Milligan	113	0.2
Independent Chambers	William Chambers May Blayney	36	0.1
Natural Law	Charles Cunningham Simeon Gillen Peter Lavery	23	0.0

1982

1982 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Owen Carron	23.7%	14,025
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis	17.1%	10,117
	Ulster Unionist	Raymond Ferguson	9.9%	5,877	5,885	6,216	6,268	6,966	6,976	9,403	9,921
	SDLP	Austin Currie	11.5%	6,800	7,093	7,259	7,717	7,758	8,374	9,403	8,383	12,402
	DUP	Ivan Foster	7.3%	4,324	4,328	4,342	4,350	4,956	4,957	5,142	8,070	8,114	8,145
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	4.6%	2,700	6,096	6,108	6,414	6,427	6,528	6,537	6,540	6,848	7,603
	SDLP	Joseph Maguire	4.9%	2,912	3,060	3,168	3,451	3,458	5,179	5,196	5,202
	DUP	Bert Johnston	5.0%	2,965	2,966	2,986	2,990	3,336	3,337	3,559
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Noble	4.4%	2,597	2,602	2,684	2,706	2,964	2,970
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	3.9%	2,288	2,400	2,448	2,634	2,634
	UUUP	Ernest Baird	3.4%	2,010	2,012	2,041	2,050
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Tommy Owens	2.4%	1,394	1,481	1,724
	Alliance	John Haslett	2.0%	1,171	1,177
Electorate: 73,930 Valid: 59,180 Spoilt: 2,171 (3.54%) Quota: 9,864 Turnout: 82.99%

1975

1975 Constitutional Convention: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ulster Unionist	Harry West	24.4	12,922
	SDLP	Austin Currie	18.8	9,984
	Vanguard	Ernie Baird	15.2	8,067	9,706.28
	SDLP	Thomas Daly	13.5	7,145	7,147.79	8,063.98	8,063.98	8,103.66	8,708.95	9,322.95
	Ulster Unionist	John McKay	6.0	3,194	5,111.66	5,113.20	5,487.12	5,817.15	5,825.75	6,365.48	6,376.26	9,836.48
	SDLP	Thomas Murray	7.8	4,143	4,153.85	4,239.54	4,239.86	4,254.62	4,559.72	4,741.67	5,108.19	5,123.19
	DUP	David Calvert	6.4	3,389	3,636.07	3.636.51	4,052.99	4,212.20	4,213.45	4,485.99	4,496.77
	Alliance	Bill Barbour	2.8	1,464	1,492.21	1,506.07	1,514.71	2,179.70	2,261.51
	Republican Clubs	Eugene Lyttle	2.8	1,501	1,503.48	1,547.15	1,548.11	1,594.83
	Unionist Party NI	George Cathcart	2.3	1,245	1,358.15	1,359.80	1,392.60
Electorate: 70,344 Valid: 53,054 Spoilt: 2,122 (3.8%) Quota: 8,843 Turnout: 55,176 (78.4%)

Note: Ernie Baird, David Calvert, John McKay and Harry West were all UUUC-endorsed candidates.

1973

1973 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Austin Currie	19.4	11,016
	Vanguard	Ernest Baird	14.9	8,456	8,517	8,517.56	10,081.56
	Ulster Unionist	John Taylor	14.8	8,410	8,469	8,469.70	8,712.84	9,131.88	9,338.80	9,779.80
	SDLP	Thomas Daly	13.2	7,511	7,552	8,324.80	8,329.08	8,329.08	8,694.22	9,360.50
	Ulster Unionist	Harry West	14.4	8,198	8,252	8,252.84	8,336.84	8,491.40	8,674.02	9,084.44
	SDLP	David McQuillan	7.2	4,074	4,080	4,558.80	4,558.80	4,559.28	4,792.98	5,175.92
	Republican Clubs	James McQuaid	5.1	2,923	2,930	3,046.62	3,049.76	3,050.24	3,109.64	3,561.40
	Independent	Jack Hassard	3.5	2,008	2,068	2,190.36	2,209.36	2,219.92	3,076.86
	Alliance	Patrick Reimill	3.4	1,960	2,028	2,050.40	2,067.54	2,070.90
	DUP	William Mitchell	3.5	1,974	1,992	1,992.98
	Independent	David Brien	0.7	396
Electorate: 68,733 Valid: 56,926 Spoilt: 1,222 Quota: 9,488 Turnout: 58,148 (84.6%)

Note: Austin Currie, John Taylor and Harry West were all members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland when it was prorogued in 1972.

References

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ 1996 Candidates – Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections

[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[2] 1996 Candidates – Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections

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