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Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Summary

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

FieldValue
nameFermanagh and South Tyrone
typeNorthern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary
year1973
image[[File:FermanaghSouthTyroneConstituency.svg250px]]
captionFermanagh and South Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
members_labelMLAs
members{{unbulleted list
borderdarkgray}} Jemma Dolan (SF)
borderdarkgray}} Diana Armstrong (UUP)
borderdarkgray}} Deborah Erskine (DUP)
borderdarkgray}} Colm Gildernew (SF)
borderdarkgray}} Áine Murphy (SF)
seats5 (2017–)
6 (1996–2016)
local_council_labelDistricts
local_council
blank1_nameBoundaries
blank1_info

Parliamentary | Jemma Dolan (SF) | Diana Armstrong (UUP) | Deborah Erskine (DUP) | Colm Gildernew (SF) | Áine Murphy (SF) 6 (1996–2016) Fermanagh and South Tyrone 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

ElectionMLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=2Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=7Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=18Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=6Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=16Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=10Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=14Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=12Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=6Jemma Dolan
(Sinn Féin)Colm Gildernew
(Sinn Féin)Áine Murphy
(Sinn Féin)Deborah Erskine
(DUP)Diana Armstrong
(UUP)
1973*5 seats
1996–1998*Thomas Daly
(SDLP)Austin Currie
(SDLP)John Taylor
(UUP)Harry West
(UUP)Ernest Baird
(Vanguard)
1975John McKay
(UUP)
1982Owen Carron
(Sinn Féin)Raymond Ferguson
(UUP)Ken Maginnis
(UUP)Ivan Foster
(DUP)
1996Gerry McHugh
(Sinn Féin)Tommy Gallagher
(SDLP)Sam Foster
(UUP)Maurice Morrow
(DUP)
1998Michelle Gildernew
(Sinn Féin)Joan Carson
(UUP)
2003Tom O'Reilly
(Sinn Féin)Tom Elliott
(UUP)Arlene Foster
(UUP/
DUP)
2007Gerry McHugh
(Sinn Féin)
2011Seán Lynch
(Sinn Féin)Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=4Phil 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)
2016Michelle Gildernew
(Sinn Féin)Social Democratic and Labour Party}}"Richie McPhillips
(SDLP)Rosemary Barton
(UUP)
2017*5 seats
2017–present*
**June 2017
co-option**
**July 2021
co-option**
**October 2021
co-option**
2022Tom Elliott
(UUP)
September 2024 co-option

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

2022

2017

2016

2011

2007

2003

1998

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

PartyCandidate(s)VotesPercentage
Ken Maginnis
Sam Foster
Joan Carson
Bertie Kerr15,54232.3
Gerry McHugh
Michelle Gildernew
Robin Martin
Vincent Kelly
Pat Trainor11,66624.2
Tommy Gallagher
Anthony McGonnell
Anne McQuillan
Vincent Currie
Mary Flanagan10,39921.6
Maurice Morrow
Joseph Dodds6,58913.7
Stephen Farry
Julie Greaves8311.7
Muriel Boston
Robert Peden4681.0
Raymond Gilliland
Paul Longman4641.0
Roisin Keenan
Audrey Johnston
Florence Ellis4611.0
Tracy Gould
Paul Ferguson4100.9
Ciaran Molloy
Patrick Mulholland
Nigel Cooke2970.6
Roy Hadden
Roy Johnston
Peg Alexander2080.4
Tommy Owens
Marian Donnelly1990.4
Simon Dilworth
Stuart Boyd1890.4
Gerry Cullen
Doris Wray1280.3
McMullanPhilip McClinchey
Ann McDermott1180.2
William Quin
Eric Milligan1130.2
ChambersWilliam Chambers
May Blayney360.1
Charles Cunningham
Simeon Gillen
Peter Lavery230.0

1982

1975

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

1973

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

References

  1. "Statement of Persons Nominated – Fermanagh and South Tyrone".
  2. "NI Assembly Election 2017".
  3. "NI Assembly Election 2016".
  4. "NI Assembly Election 2011".
  5. "NI Assembly Election 2007".
  6. "NI Assembly Election 2003".
  7. "NI Assembly Election 1998".
  8. [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96fst.htm 1996 Candidates – Fermanagh and South Tyrone] {{Webarchive. link. (7 June 2007 , Northern Ireland Elections)
  9. "NI Assembly Election 1982".
  10. "NI Convention Election 1975".
  11. "NI Assembly Election 1973".
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