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| Established | February 23, 1950 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH September 19, 2021 01:49am |
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The northern part of this seat is in County Londonderry and the southern part is in County Tyrone. It is bordered on the west by the Sperrin Mountains and on the east by Lough Neagh. It is a rural constituency where farming is important, with some fine agricultural land. The tourist industry has great potential, based on Lough Neagh and the varied countryside, ranging from a gently rolling landscape to mountains. There are three main urban centres: Cookstown, Magherafelt and Coalisland, which is a centre for the brick-making industry. This seat is demographically and electorally quite similar to its neighbour, West Tyrone. Despite the majority of electors (over 60%) being Catholic, a split in the nationalist vote against one unionist candidate has sometimes meant that a unionist has been able to win the day. In 1983, the DUP's Reverend Willie McCrea won the seat, but in 1997 and 2001, Sinn Fein won it with Martin McGuinness. He has never taken his seat in the House of Commons because he has been unwilling to swear the required oath of allegiance to the Queen. But he has in recent years had access to Commons facilities. Sinn Fein took three Assembly seats here in 2003.
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