Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°32′31″N 7°18′32″W / 54.542°N 7.309°W

Fermanagh and South Tyrone
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
Fermanagh and South Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Fermanagh, Dungannon and South Tyrone
Current constituency
Created	1973
Assembly Members	Phil Flanagan Arlene Foster Sean Lynch Bronwyn McGahan Lord Morrow Alastair Patterson

Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Irish: Fear Manach agus Tír Eoghain Theas) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. 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 as 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

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1998		Tommy Gallagher (SDLP)		Sam Foster (UUP)		Joan Carson (UUP)		Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin)		Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin)		Maurice Morrow (DUP)
2003				Tom Elliott (UUP)		Arlene Foster (UUP/ DUP)		Tom O'Reilly (Sinn Féin)
2007								Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin)
2011		Phil Flanagan (Sinn Féin)						Sean Lynch (Sinn Féin)
July 2012 co-option										Bronwyn McGahan (Sinn Féin)
June 2015 co-option				Neil Somerville (UUP)
January 2016 co-option				Alastair Patterson (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.

Other (1973–1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Fermanagh & South Tyrone. They were as follows:

• Sam Foster – Ulster Unionist Party
• Tommy Gallagher – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Ken Maginnis – Ulster Unionist Party
• Gerry McHugh – Sinn Féin
• Maurice Morrow – Democratic Unionist Party

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. Fermanagh & South Tyrone elected 5 members as follows:

• Owen Carron – Sinn Féin
• Austin Currie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Raymond Ferguson – Ulster Unionist Party
• Ivan Foster – Democratic Unionist Party
• Ken Maginnis – Ulster Unionist Party

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from Fermanagh & South Tyrone were:

• Ernest Baird – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
• Austin Currie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Thomas Daly – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• John McKay – Ulster Unionist Party
• Harry West – Ulster Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from Fermanagh & South Tyrone were:

• Ernest Baird – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
• Austin Currie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Thomas Daly – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• John Taylor – Ulster Unionist Party
• Harry West – Ulster Unionist Party

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly election
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	DUP	Arlene Foster	18.66%	8801
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	13.99%	6602	8072.85
	UUP	Rosemary Barton	6.40%	3018	3302.74	3973.08
	Sinn Féin	John Feely	8.48%	4002	4003.15	4404.25
	Sinn Féin	Phil Flanagan[1]	7.31%	3449	3452.45	3452.67
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew[2]	14.02%	6614	6625.73	6628.37
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	10.14%	4782	4784.07	4784.95
	SDLP	Ritchie McPhillips	8.51%	4014	4032.63	4049.35
	UUP	Alastair Patterson	6.38%	3010	3140.41	3563.25
	TUV	Donald Crawford	2.47%	1164	1123.11	1381.95
	Green (NI)	Tanya Jones[3]	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: 47,934   Spoilt: 757   Quota: 6740   Turnout: 64.55%

2011

2011 Assembly Election: Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	19.0	9,110
	UUP	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	Sean 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
	UUP	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	1,049.00	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
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	DUP	Arlene Foster	15.4	7,138
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	15.1	7,026
	UUP	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	6,640.00
	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	Sean 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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	15.9	8,135
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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: 51,043   Turnout: 51,923 (79.4%)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[4]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	UUP	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

Assembly Election – 20 October 1982
Party		Candidate	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	Owen Carron	14025
	UUP	Ken Maginnis	10117
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson	5877	5885	6216	6268	6966	6976	9403	9921
	SDLP	Austin Currie	6800	7093	7259	7717	7758	8374	8383	8387	12402
	DUP	Ivan Foster	4324	4328	4342	4350	4956	4957	5142	8070	8114	8145
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	2700	6096	6108	6414	6427	6528	6537	6540	6848	7603
	SDLP	Joseph Maguire	2912	3060	3168	3451	3458	5179	5196	5202
	DUP	Bert Johnston	2965	2966	2986	2990	3336	3337	3559
	UUP	Cecil Noble	2597	2602	2684	2706	2964	2970
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	2288	2400	2448	2634	2634
	UUUP	Ernest Baird	2010	2012	2041	2050
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	1394	1481	1724
	Alliance	John Haslett	1171	1177
Electorate=73930, valid=59180, spoiled=2171, quota=9864

1975

1975 Constitutional Convention: Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SDLP	Austin Currie	19.4	11,016
	Vanguard	Ernest Baird	14.9	8,456	8,517	8,517.56	10,081.56
	UUP	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
	UUP	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%)

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

References

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-35459365
2. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/michelle-gildernew-is-selected-as-sinn-feins-fourth-assembly-candidate-in-fermanagh-and-south-tyrone-34469418.html
3. http://www.greenpartyni.org/tanyajones2016/
4. 1996 Candidates – Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections