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  Fermanagh & South Tyrone - History
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Established February 23, 1950
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH September 19, 2021 01:49am
DescriptionThis seat remains well known as the site of two bitterly fought by-elections in 1981. Bobby Sands, an IRA prisoner on hunger strike, fought the election from prison and won, only to die during the protests at the Maze Prison the following month. In the ensuing by-election, his election agent, Owen Carron, won the seat but lost to the previous incumbent, Ken - now Lord Maginnis - in 1983, when an SDLP candidate split the Catholic vote. The largest town in the constituency is Enniskillen, which the IRA bombed during the 1987 Remembrance Sunday ceremony. It has a population of over 13,000, and is a popular shopping centre, with a large lakeside theatre and excellent angling facilities. The other principal town is Dungannon, a textile manufacturing town in the south east of County Tyrone, which attracts many visitors to both the glassware works of Tyrone Crystal and the Moygashel Mills, one of the most famous names in Irish linen history. Today there is an almost 50-50 Protestant-Catholic split in the seat. In recent elections the SDLP and Sinn Féin have both fielded candidates, whereas the unionist vote has united behind the UUP. But it seems likely that the DUP will stand this time around. In 2001, Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew won the seat from the UUP by 53 votes, and confirmed their lead in the 2003 Assembly elections.

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Dark Green=Kept Territory
Date Type Results
Jul 04, 2024 General Election
 Pat Cullen
24,844
48.64% 		 Diana Armstrong
20,273
39.69% 		 Eddie Roofe
2,420
4.74% 		 Paul Blake
2,386
4.67% 		 Gerry Cullen
624
1.22% 		 Carl Duffy
529
1.04%
Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Michelle Gildernew(I)
21,986
43.31% 		 Tom Elliott
21,929
43.20% 		 Adam Gannon
3,446
6.79% 		 Matthew Beaumont
2,650
5.22% 		 Caroline Wheeler
751
1.48%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Michelle Gildernew
25,230
47.18% 		 Tom Elliott(I)
24,355
45.54% 		 Mary Garrity
2,587
4.84% 		 Noreen Campbell
886
1.66% 		 Tanya Jones
423
0.79%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Tom Elliott
23,608
46.41% 		 Michelle Gildernew(I)
23,078
45.37% 		 John Coyle
2,732
5.37% 		 Tanya Jones
788
1.55% 		 Hannah Su
658
1.29%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Michelle Gildernew(I)
21,304
45.52% 		 Rodney Connor
21,300
45.51% 		 Fearghal McKinney
3,574
7.64% 		 Vasundhara Kamble
437
0.93% 		 John Bernard Stevenson
188
0.40%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Michelle Gildernew(I)
18,638
38.20% 		 Arlene Foster
14,056
28.81% 		 Tom Elliott
8,869
18.18% 		 Tommy Gallagher
7,230
14.82%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Michelle Gildernew
17,739
34.13% 		 James Cooper
17,686
34.03% 		 Tommy Gallagher
9,706
18.67% 		 William Dixon
6,843
13.17%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Ken Maginnis(I)
24,862
51.48% 		 Gerry McHugh
11,174
23.14% 		 Tommy Gallagher
11,060
22.90% 		 Stephen Farry
977
2.02% 		 Simeon Gillan
217
0.45%
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Date Type Results
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Ken Maginnis(I)
26,932
48.85% 		 Tommy Gallagher
12,810
23.23% 		 Francie Molloy
12,604
22.86% 		 Davy Kettyles
1,094
1.98% 		 Eric Bullick
950
1.72% 		 Gerry Cullen
747
1.35%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Ken Maginnis(I)
27,446
49.56% 		 Paul Corrigan
14,623
26.41% 		 Rosemary Flanagan
10,581
19.11% 		 Davy Kettyles
1,784
3.22% 		 John Haslett
941
1.70%
Jan 23, 1986 By-election
 Ken Maginnis(I)
27,857
49.67% 		 Owen Carron
15,287
27.25% 		 Austin Currie
12,081
21.54% 		 Davy Kettyles
864
1.54%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Ken Maginnis
28,630
47.42% 		 Owen Carron(I)
20,954
34.71% 		 Rosemary Flanagan
9,923
16.44% 		 Davy Kettyles
864
1.43%
Aug 20, 1981 By-election
 Owen Carron
31,278
49.08% 		 Ken Maginnis
29,048
45.58% 		 Seamus Close
1,930
3.03% 		 Thomas Moore
1,132
1.78% 		 Martin Green
249
0.39% 		 Simon Hall-Raleigh
90
0.14%
Apr 09, 1981 By-election
 Bobby Sands
30,492
51.21% 		 Harry West
29,046
48.79%
May 03, 1979 General Election
 Frank Maguire(I)
22,398
35.97% 		 Raymond Ferguson
17,411
27.96% 		 Austin Currie
10,785
17.32% 		 Ernest Baird
10,607
17.03% 		 Peter Acheson
1,070
1.72%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
 Frank Maguire
32,795
51.84% 		 Harry West(I)
30,285
47.87% 		 Alan Evans
185
0.29%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
 Harry West
20,850
37.47% 		 Frank McManus(I)
16,229
29.16% 		 Denis Haughey
15,410
27.69% 		 Hubert Irvine Browne
3,157
5.67%
Jun 18, 1970 General Election
 Frank McManus
32,837
51.13% 		 James Hamilton(I)
31,390
48.87%
Mar 31, 1966 General Election
 James Hamilton(I)
29,352
53.99% 		 James J. Donnelly
14,645
26.94% 		 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
10,370
19.07%
Oct 15, 1964 General Election
 James Hamilton
30,010
55.07% 		 Aloysius Mulloy
16,138
29.61% 		 Giles FitzHerbert
6,006
11.02% 		 Baptist W. Gamble
2,339
4.29%
Oct 08, 1959 General Election
 Robert Grosvenor(I)
32,080
81.36% 		 James Martin
7,348
18.64%
May 26, 1955 General Election
 Robert Grosvenor
30,268
49.79% 		 Philip Clarke
30,529
50.21%
Oct 25, 1951 General Election
 Cahir Healy(I)
32,717
51.94% 		 Frederick Patterson
30,268
48.06%
Feb 23, 1950 General Election
 Cahir Healy
32,188
51.86% 		 Henry Richardson
29,877
48.14%

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