Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

54.542°N 7.309°W / 54.542; -7.309

Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary constituency
Fermanagh and South Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1973
Seats5 (2017–)
6 (1996–2016)
MLAs
  •   Jemma Dolan (SF)
  •   Tom Elliott (UUP)
  •   Deborah Erskine (DUP)
  •   Colm Gildernew (SF)
  •   Aine Murphy (SF)
Districts
Boundaries

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		 Thomas Daly
(SDLP)		 Austin Currie
(SDLP)		 John Taylor
(UUP)		 Harry West
(UUP)		 Ernest Baird
(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

2022
2022 Assembly election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone – 5 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      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]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        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]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          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]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            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]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345678910
              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]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678910
                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]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  123456789
                  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]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    1234567
                    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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