West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°30′07″N 7°31′55″W / 54.502°N 7.532°W / 54.502; -7.532

West Tyrone
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
West Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Omagh, Strabane
Current constituency
Created	1996
Assembly Members	Michaela Boyle Thomas Buchanan Daniel McCrossan Ross Hussey Declan McAleer Barry McElduff

West Tyrone is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.

For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Mid Ulster constituency with a smaller section coming from Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the West Tyrone UK Parliament constituency.

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

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election
1998	Oliver Gibson (DUP)	Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin)	Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin)	Joe Byrne (SDLP)	Eugene McMenamin (SDLP)	Derek Hussey (UUP)
2003	Thomas Buchanan (DUP)			Kieran Deeny (Independent)	Eugene McMenamin (SDLP)	Derek Hussey (UUP)
2007				Kieran Deeny (Independent)	Claire McGill (Sinn Féin)	Allan Bresland (DUP)
2011				Joe Byrne (SDLP)	Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin)	Ross Hussey (UUP)
July 2012 co-option		Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin)		Joe Byrne (SDLP)
December 2015 co-option		Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin)		Daniel McCrossan (SDLP)

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.

Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

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

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly election
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	12.0	4,650
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	11.8	4,568
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	11.5	4,460
	UUP	Ross Hussey	11.4	4,441
	SDLP	Daniel McCrossan	11.0	4,287
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.0	3,884
	Sinn Féin	Grace McDermott	9.6	3,711
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	9.2	3,565
	Independent	Josephine Deehan	4.6	1,778
	Independent	Sorcha McAnespy	2.1	828
	Independent	Patsy Kelly	1.7	661
	CISTA	Barry Brown	1.4	547
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	1.3	494
	Green (NI)	Ciaran McClean^[1]	1.2	458
	Animal Welfare	Laura McAnea	0.6	224
	Independent	Corey French^[2]	0.3	124
	Independent	Susan-Anne White	0.2	85
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.1	44
Electorate: - Valid: - Spoilt: - Quota: - Turnout: -

2011

2011 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	15.3	6,008
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	14.3	5,630
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	12.8	5,053	5,089.30	5,445.94	7,791.94
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	8.5	3,353	3,372.08	4,555.86	4,918.98	5,320.98
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	12.8	5,027	5,027.42	5,133.66	5,143.80	5,162.80
	UUP	Ross Hussey	10.4	4,072	4,073.08	4,365.88	4,394.94	4,397.94
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.3	4,059	4,059.18	4,115.18	4,116.78	4,123.78
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	7.7	3,008	3,372.90	3,576.40
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	2.9	1,145	1,158.92
	Independent	Eugene McMenamin	2.8	1,096	1,099.18
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	2.2	852	854.04
Electorate: 62,970 Valid: 39,303 Spoilt: 1,020 Quota: 5,615 Turnout: 40,323 (64.0%)

2007

2007 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	16.8	6,971
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	16.2	6,709
	Sinn Féin	Claire McGill	11.5	4,757	5,599.85	6,217.39
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.2	4,625	4,625.30	4,625.41	4,690.71	4,697.82	6,207.82
	Independent	Kieran Deeny	9.1	3,776	3,847.70	3,873.66	4,259.05	4,831.92	5,559.89	5,615.88
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.2	4,244	4,244.45	4,244.89	4,286.04	4,308.04	5,543.04	5,543.37
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan	6.5	2,689	2,741.80	2,773.37	3,280.48	4,886.49	5,085.23	5,185.55
	UUP	Derek Hussey	8.9	3,686	3,686.90	3,687.78	3,761.30	3,813.48
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	5.5	2,272	2,290.75	2,328.15	2,700.96
	SDLP	Seamus Shields	2.5	1,057	1,098.85	1,105.56
	Republican Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill	1.1	448	454.75	461.68
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	0.5	220	220.90	222.33
Electorate: 58,367 Valid: 41,454 Spoilt: 385 Quota: 5,923 Turnout: 41,839 (71.7%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Kieran Deeny	14.8	6,158
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	14.4	6,019
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.4	4,739	4,743.80	4,977.64	4,977.67	7,222.67
	UUP	Derek Hussey	8.9	3,733	3,742.66	5,477.33	5,477.47	5,902.94	7,138.19
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	13.5	5,642	5,689.25	5,693.40	5,722.84	5,725.91	5,725.91	5,725.91	6,097.91
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	8.3	3,465	3,479.07	3,517.15	3,518.15	3,533.24	3,545.24	3,692.99	5,975.68
	Sinn Féin	Brian McMahon	10.7	4,450	4,456.99	4,464.05	4,483.95	4,484.98	4,484.98	4,484.98	4,558.69
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	6.3	2,645	2,718.20	2,774.92	2,777.87	2,790.99	2,802.24	2,991.24
	DUP	Derek Reaney	6.1	2,547	2,549.04	2,774.52	2,774.55
	UUP	Bert Wilson	4.6	1,934	1940.12
	PUP	Roy Reid	0.6	233	233.57
	Alliance	Steven Alexander	0.4	164	171.47
Electorate: 57,795 Valid: 41,454 Spoilt: 599 Quota: 5,962 Turnout: 42,328 (73.2%)

1998

2003 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	17.4	8,015
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	15.3	7,027
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	14.1	6,495	6,498.78	6,512.10	6,705.10
	UUP	Derek Hussey	10.1	4,622	5,518.91	5,519.27	5,553.31	5,769.72	5,883.18	5,920.60	8,445.60
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	7.7	3,548	3,549.26	3,553.70	3,645	3,744	4,011.24	5,623.17	5,791.17	6,520.17
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	10.8	4,963	4,963.84	5,276.44	5,386.33	5,415.75	5,664.77	5,989.21	5,993.26	5,997.26
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Devine	8.0	3,676	3,676	3,747.64	3,806.48	3,836.66	3,937.62	4,072.94	4,078.05	4,088.05
	UUP	Alastair Patterson	5.7	2,615	3,055.16	3,055.16	3,112.58	3,270.10	3,356.81	3,372.02
	SDLP	Pat McDonnell	3.9	1,772	1,773.89	1,777.55	1,837.27	2,009.57	2,461.99
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	2.8	1,269	1,301.34	1,304.82	1,447.09	1,718.23
	Alliance	Ann Gormley	2.2	1,011	1,020.66	1,022.64	1,104.62
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	1.2	570	583.44	586.38
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	0.4	171	172.89	174.09
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	0.3	157	161.83	162.19
	Natural Law	Robert Johnstone	0.1	40	50.71	51.01
Electorate: 59,081 Valid: 46,913 Spoilt: 962 Quota: 6,565 Turnout: 46,913 (79.4%)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[3]

	Candidates	Votes	Percentage
SDLP	Joe Byrne Paddy McGowan Ignatius Murtagh Seamus Shields	11,622	28.4
Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff Patrick McMahon Francis Mackey Patrick Watters Padraigin Ui Mhurdchadha	11,516	28.1
UUP	Derek Hussey William Oldcroft Edward Turner Desmond Anderson James Emery	7,327	13.9
DUP	Oliver Gibson Thomas Kerrigan	6,727	16.4
Alliance	Ann Gormley Elizabeth McCaffrey John Devine	1,081	2.6
Labour coalition	John McLaughlin Michael Duffy Anton McCabe Manus Maguire	792	1.9
Ulster Democratic	Thomas Lowry Stephen Taylor	397	1.0
UK Unionist	Dennis Wickersham John McNeil	292	0.7
PUP	Eileen Ward George McDermott	238	0.6
NI Women's Coalition	Helena Schlindwein Maria McGilloway Frances Donaghy	185	0.5
Workers' Party	Hugh Mullan John Doherty	169	0.4
Green (NI)	Ben Ryan Carolyn Bell Donald Spencer	158	0.4
Democratic Left	P. J. McClean Teresa McVeigh Mary Veronica McElroy Martin McCay	130	0.3
NI Conservatives	Lindsay Cumming Julian Robertson	119	0.3
Ulster Independence	Sandra Jones Stanley Hayes Richard Button	107	0.3
Natural Law	John McCallen Denis Nelson	45	0.1
Independent Chambers	Mandy Beattie Heather Ewart	30	0.1

References

↑ http://www.greenpartyni.org/ciaranmcclean2016/
↑ https://www.facebook.com/coreyforstormont/
↑ 1996 Candidates – West Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections

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