Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

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Fermanagh and South Tyrone
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Fermanagh and South Tyrone (

Ulster Scots: Fermanay an Sooth Owenslann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly
.

It was first used for a

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

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
Thomas Daly
(SDLP
)
Austin Currie
(SDLP)
John Taylor
(UUP)
Harry West
(UUP)
Vanguard
)
1975 John McKay
(UUP)
1982 Owen Carron
(Sinn Féin)
Raymond Ferguson
(UUP)
Ken Maginnis
(UUP)
Ivan Foster
(DUP)
1996 Gerry McHugh
(Sinn Féin)
Tommy Gallagher
(SDLP)
Sam Foster
(UUP)
Maurice Morrow
(DUP)
1998 Michelle Gildernew
(Sinn Féin)
Joan Carson
(UUP)
2003 Tom O'Reilly
(Sinn Féin)
Tom Elliott
(UUP)
Arlene Foster
(UUP/
DUP)
2007 Gerry McHugh
(Sinn Féin)
2011 Seán Lynch
(Sinn Féin)
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)
Richie McPhillips
(SDLP)
Rosemary Barton
(UUP)
2017 Jemma Dolan
(Sinn Féin)
5 seats
2017–present
June 2017
co-option
Colm Gildernew
(Sinn Féin)
July 2021
co-option
Áine Murphy
(Sinn Féin)
October 2021
co-option
Deborah Erskine
(DUP)
2022 Tom Elliott
(UUP)

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

2022 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Jemma Dolan 16.87% 9,067              
Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott 10.12% 5,442 5,497 5,497 7,607 8,112 9,007    
Sinn Féin Colm Gildernew 14.07% 7,562 7,865 7,898 7,904 8,124 8,128 8,129 9,279
Sinn Féin Áine Murphy 13.73% 7,379 7,644 7,691 7,693 7,815 7,816 7,816 9,104
DUP Deborah Erskine 9.80% 5,272 5,333 5,333 5,469 5,532 6,536 6,564 6,695
DUP Paul Bell 7.91% 4,255 4,301 4,301 4,693 4,788 6,033 6,050 6,187
SDLP Adam Gannon 7.13% 3,836 4,394 4,402 4,439 5,987 6,027 6,029  
TUV Alex Elliott 5.75% 3,091 3,165 3,165 3,288 3,351      
Alliance Matthew Beaumont 4.81% 2,583 3,024 3,026 3,151        
Ulster Unionist Rosemary Barton 5.41% 2,912 2,959 2,959          
Aontú Denise Mullen 1.72% 927              
Labour Alternative Donal O'Cofaigh 1.12% 602              
Green (NI) Kellie Turtle 0.62% 335              
Independent
Emma DeSouza 0.46% 249              
Independent
Derek Backhouse 0.23% 128              
People Before Profit Emmett Kilpatrick 0.19% 103              
Electorate: 78,963   Valid: 53,743 (68.06%)   Spoilt: 817   Quota: 8,958   Turnout: 54,560 (69.09%)  

2017

2017 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Arlene Foster 16.22% 8,479 8,745    
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 15.28% 7,987 8,228 9,385  
Sinn Féin Jemma Dolan 14.86% 7,767 8,023 8,928  
Ulster Unionist Rosemary Barton 11.60% 6,060 6,863 8,334 8,442
Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 11.97% 6,254 6,338 7,174 7,717
DUP Maurice Morrow 13.59% 7,102 7,332 7,405 7,411
SDLP Richie McPhillips 9.82% 5,134 6,276    
Alliance Noreen Campbell 2.75% 1,437      
TUV Alex Elliott 1.49% 780      
Labour Alternative Donal Ó Cófaigh 1.23% 643      
Green (NI) Tanya Jones 1.05% 550      
NI Conservatives Richard Dunn 0.13% 70      
Electorate: 73,100   Valid: 52,263 (71.50%)   Spoilt: 812   Quota: 8,711   Turnout: 53,075 (72.61%)  

2016

2016 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Arlene Foster 18.66% 8,801            
DUP Maurice Morrow 13.99% 6,602 8,072.85          
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 14.02% 6,614 6,625.73 6,628.37 6,838.37      
Ulster Unionist Rosemary Barton 6.40% 3,018 3,302.74 3,973.08 4,750.48 4,759.94 7,659.94  
Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 10.14% 4,782 4,784.07 4,784.95 4,845.56 6,551.02 6,557.81 6,565.81
SDLP Richie McPhillips 8.51% 4,014 4,032.63 4,049.35 4,653.84 4,823.53 5,205.63 6,107.23
Sinn Féin John Feely 8.48% 4,002 4,003.15 4,004.25 4,088.08 5,581.91 5,585.57 5,590.37
Ulster Unionist Alastair Patterson 6.38% 3,010 3,140.41 3,563.25 4,205.18 4,207.18    
Sinn Féin Phil Flanagan 7.31% 3,449 3,452.45 3,452.67 3,510.97      
TUV Donald Crawford 2.47% 1,164 1,223.11 1,381.95        
Green (NI) Tanya Jones 1.90% 897 908.73 919.73        
Alliance Kerri Blyberg 1.14% 539 545.21 552.91        
NI Labour
Damien Harris 0.60% 285 287.07 290.37        
Electorate: 74,257   Valid: 47,177 (63.53%)   Spoilt: 757   Quota: 6,740   Turnout: 47,934 (64.55%)  

2011

2011 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 18.98% 9,110          
Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott 14.37% 6,896          
DUP Arlene Foster 14.33% 6,876          
DUP
Maurice Morrow
10.09% 4,844 4,849.46 4,910.98 5,324.24 7,229.24  
Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 10.72% 5,146 6,247.1 6,278.52 6,469 6,475.04 6,476.04
Sinn Féin Phil Flanagan 10.59% 5,082 5,781.66 5,799 6,109.2 6,127.72 6,136.72
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 9.60% 4,606 4,947.64 5,304.08 5,639.22 5,940.74 6,074.74
Ulster Unionist Kenny Donaldson 4.93% 2,366 2,368.6 2,525.86 3,200.64    
TUV Alex Elliott 2.56% 1,231 1,231.78 1,249.78      
Independent
Pat Cox 2.08% 997 1,049 1,104.78      
Alliance Hannah Su 1.76% 845 871.78        
Electorate: 70,985   Valid: 47,999 (67.62%)   Spoilt: 942   Quota: 6,858   Turnout: 48,941 (68.95%)  

2007

2007 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Arlene Foster 15.37% 7,138              
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 15.13% 7,026              
Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott 14.22% 6,603 6,680.42            
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 9.56% 4,440 4,441.54 4,463.64 4,464.28 4,466.32 4,769.34 6,640  
DUP Maurice Morrow 10.12% 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 10.99% 5,103 5,103 5,277.1 5,277.1 5,278.25 5,665.8 5,747.25 5,776.64
Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 10.13% 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 5.45% 2,531 2,544.09 2,544.44 2,563.52 2,676.46 2,823.64 2,887.01  
SDLP Vincent Currie 4.40% 2,043 2,043.56 2,065.26 2,065.34 2,069.46 2,260.76    
Independent Republican Gerry McGeough 1.75% 814 814 824.8 824.8 826.8      
Alliance Allan Leonard 1.12% 521 521.49 522.79 522.83 535.94      
Republican Sinn Féin Michael McManus 0.93% 431 431.21 432.36 432.4 432.4      
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 0.84% 388 393.39 393.64 395        
Electorate: 65,826   Valid: 46,442 (70.55%)   Spoilt: 403   Quota: 6,635   Turnout: 46,845 (71.16%)  

2003

2003 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 6 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott 13.39% 6,181 6,284 7,372          
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 10.26% 4,735 4,984 5,003 5,034.95 7,359.95      
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 14.06% 6,489 6,562 6,565 6,565 6,719      
Ulster Unionist Arlene Foster 10.70% 4,938 5,004 5,868 6,564.51 6,599.51      
DUP Maurice Morrow 11.99% 5,536 5,546 5,670 5,684.2 5,689.91 8,669.91    
Sinn Féin Tom O'Reilly 10.87% 5,019 5,049 5,051 5,051 5,143 5,152 5,240 5,473.64
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 9.52% 4,393 4,432 4,436 4,436 4,594 4,602.71 4,691.71 5,211.5
DUP Bert Johnston 6.70% 3,094 3,113 3,133 3,139.39 3,162.81      
SDLP Frank Britton 6.01% 2,772 2,978 2,994 3,011.75        
Ulster Unionist Robert Mulligan 4.57% 2,110 2,149            
NI Women's Coalition Eithne McNulty 1.41% 650              
Alliance Linda Cleland 0.53% 243              
Electorate: 64,336   Valid: 46,160 (71.75%)   Spoilt: 713   Quota: 6,595   Turnout: 46,873 (72.86%)  

1998

1998 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 15.94% 8,135                  
Ulster Unionist Sam Foster 10.95% 5,589 5,686 5,690.2 5,859.9 7,494.9          
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 10.69% 5,459 5,481 5,576 5,886 5,899.3 5,914.5 9,096.5      
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 9.21% 4,703 4,712 4,755.3 4,893.6 4,894.6 4,896.6 5,168.8 6,894.55 8,501.55  
DUP Maurice Morrow 7.81% 3,987 3,999 4,001.8 4,011.1 4,097.1 6,522.3 6,525.6 6,527.37 6,595.06 6,627.06
Ulster Unionist Joan Carson 8.62% 4,400 4,480 4,482.7 4,619.3 5,253.8 5,495.2 5,497.6 5,498.19 6,141.32 6,582.32
UK Unionist Jim Dixon 8.35% 4,262 4,268 4,268.5 4,299.8 4,365.9 4,879 4,883.1 4,884.28 4,957.84 5,000.84
SDLP Olive Mullen 5.63% 2,872 2,962 3,485.4 4,302.7 4,338.1 4,352.4 4,482.3 4,548.38    
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor 6.96% 3,552 3,559 3,585 3,707.7 3,711.3 3,711.3        
DUP Bert Johnston 6.06% 3,095 3,102 3,103.3 3,119.9 3,309.2          
Ulster Unionist Bertie Kerr 5.06% 2,583 2,633 2,636.7 2,720            
NI Women's Coalition Marie Crawley 3.39% 1,729 1,982 2,071.3              
Alliance Stephen Farry 1.20% 614                  
Natural Law Simeon Gillan 0.12% 63                  
Electorate: 65,383   Valid: 51,043 (78.07%)   Spoilt: 880   Quota: 7,292   Turnout: 51,923 (79.41%)  

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[8]

Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
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 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[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin Owen Carron 23.70% 14,025                  
Ulster Unionist
Ken Maginnis
17.10% 10,117                  
Ulster Unionist Raymond Ferguson 9.93% 5,877 5,884.5 6,215.8 6,268.1 6,966.1 6,976.1 9,403.1 9,921.1    
SDLP Austin Currie 11.49% 6,800 7,093.1 7,259.4 7,717.5 7,758.1 8,374.4 8,303.1 8,387.1 12,401.7  
DUP Ivan Foster 7.31% 4,324 4,327.6 4,341.6 4,349.6 4,955.6 4,956.6 5,141.6 8,069.9 8,113.7 8,145.7
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 4.56% 2,700 6,096.3 6,108.5 6,414.4 6,426.7 6,527.8 6,536.4 6,539.7 6,847.8 7,602.8
SDLP Joseph Maguire 4.92% 2,912 3,059.9 3,167.7 3,460.5 3,467.5 5,179.3 5,196.3 5,201.6    
DUP Bert Johnston 5.01% 2,965 2,965.9 2,985.9 2,990.2 3,336.2 3,337.2 3,559.2      
Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble 4.39% 2,597 2,601.8 2,683.8 2,706.1 2,964.4 2,970.4        
SDLP Fergus McQuillan 3.87% 2,288 2,399.6 2,447.9 2,633.9 2,633.9          
UUUP Ernest Baird 3.40% 2,010 2,011.5 2,040.5 2,049.8            
Workers' Party Tommy Owens 2.36% 1,394 1,480.7 1,724.3              
Alliance John Haslett 1.98% 1,171 1,177.3                
Electorate: 73,930   Valid: 59,180 (80.05%)   Spoilt: 2,171   Quota: 9,864   Turnout: 61,351 (82.99%)  

1975

1975 Constitutional Convention: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 5 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist Harry West 24.36% 12,922                
SDLP Austin Currie 18.82% 9,984                
Vanguard
Ernie Baird 15.21% 8,067 9,706.28              
SDLP
Thomas Daly
13.47% 7,145 7,147.79 8,063.98 8,063.98 8,103.66 8,708.95 9,322.95    
Ulster Unionist John McKay 6.02% 3,194 5,111.66 5,113.2 5,487.12 5,817.15 5,825.75 6,365.48 6,376.26 9,836.48
SDLP Thomas Murray 7.81% 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 6.39% 3,389 3,636.07 3.636.51 4,052.99 4,212.2 4,213.45 4,485.99 4,496.77  
Alliance Bill Barbour 2.76% 1,464 1,492.21 1,506.07 1,514.71 2,179.7 2,261.51      
Republican Clubs
Eugene Lyttle 2.83% 1,501 1,503.48 1,547.15 1,548.11 1,594.83        
Unionist Party NI George Cathcart 2.35% 1,245 1,358.15 1,359.8 1,392.6          
Electorate: 70,344   Valid: 53,054 (75.42%)   Spoilt: 2,122   Quota: 8,843   Turnout: 55,176 (78.44%)  

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[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Austin Currie 19.35% 11,016            
Vanguard
Ernest Baird 14.85% 8,456 8,517 8,517.56 10,081.56      
Ulster Unionist John Taylor 14.77% 8,410 8,469 8,469.7 8,712.84 9,131.88 9,338.8 9,779.8
SDLP
Thomas Daly
13.19% 7,511 7,552 8,324.8 8,329.08 8,329.08 8,694.22 9,360.5
Ulster Unionist Harry West 14.40% 8,198 8,252 8,252.84 8,336.84 8,491.4 8,674.02 9,084.44
SDLP David McQuillan 7.16% 4,074 4,080 4,558.8 4,558.8 4,559.28 4,792.98 5,175.92
Republican Clubs
James McQuaid 5.13% 2,923 2,930 3,046.62 3,049.76 3,050.24 3,109.64 3,561.4
Independent
Jack Hassard 3.53% 2,008 2,068 2,190.36 2,209.36 2,219.92 3,076.86  
Alliance Patrick Reimill 3.44% 1,960 2,028 2,050.4 2,067.54 2,070.9    
DUP William Mitchell 3.47% 1,974 1,992 1,992.98        
Independent
David Brien 0.70% 396            
Electorate: 68,733   Valid: 56,926 (82.82%)   Spoilt: 1,222   Quota: 9,488   Turnout: 58,148 (84.60%)  

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.

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