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  Mid Ulster - History
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Established February 23, 1950
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH September 19, 2021 01:49am
DescriptionThe 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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Date Type Results
Jul 04, 2024 General Election
 Cathal Mallaghan
24,085
53.00% 		 Keith Alexander Buchanan
9,162
20.16% 		 Denise Johnston
3,722
8.19% 		 Glenn Moore
2,978
6.55% 		 Jay Basra
2,269
4.99% 		 Padraic Farrell
2,001
4.40% 		 Alixandra Halliday
1,047
2.30%
  John Kelly
181
0.40%
Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Francie Molloy(I)
20,473
45.88% 		 Keith Alexander Buchanan
10,936
24.51% 		 Denise Johnston
6,384
14.31% 		 Mel Boyle
3,526
7.90% 		 Neil Richardson
2,611
5.85% 		 Conor Rafferty
690
1.55%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Francie Molloy(I)
25,455
54.51% 		 Keith Alexander Buchanan
12,565
26.91% 		 Malachy Quinn
4,563
9.77% 		 Mark Glasgow
3,017
6.46% 		 Fay Watson
1,094
2.34%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Francie Molloy(I)
19,935
48.71% 		 Sandra Overend
6,318
15.44% 		 Ian McCrea
5,465
13.35% 		 Malachy Quinn
5,055
12.35% 		 Gareth Ferguson
1,892
4.62% 		 Alan Day
863
2.11% 		 Eric Bullick
778
1.90%
  Hugh Scullion
496
1.21% 		 Lucille Nicholson
120
0.29%
Mar 07, 2013 By-election
 Francie Molloy
17,462
46.92% 		 Nigel Lutton
12,791
34.37% 		 Patsy McGlone
6,478
17.41% 		 Eric Bullick
487
1.31%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Martin McGuinness(I)
21,239
52.00% 		 Ian McCrea
5,876
14.39% 		 Tony Quinn
5,826
14.26% 		 Sandra Overend
4,509
11.04% 		 Walter Millar
2,995
7.33% 		 Ian Butler
397
0.97%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Martin McGuinness(I)
21,641
47.64% 		 Ian McCrea
10,665
23.48% 		 Patsy McGlone
7,922
17.44% 		 Billy Armstrong
4,853
10.68% 		 Francie Donnelly
345
0.76%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Martin McGuinness(I)
25,502
51.07% 		 Ian McCrea
15,549
31.14% 		 Eilis Haughey
8,376
16.77% 		 Francie Donnelly
509
1.02%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Martin McGuinness
20,294
40.05% 		 William McCrea(I)
18,411
36.34% 		 Denis Haughey
11,205
22.11% 		 Ephrem Bogues
460
0.91% 		 Marian Donnelly
238
0.47% 		 Maureen Murray
61
0.12%
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Date Type Results
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 William McCrea(I)
23,181
42.33% 		 Denis Haughey
16,994
31.03% 		 Barry McElduff
10,248
18.71% 		 Johnny McLaughlin
1,996
3.64% 		 Ann Gormley
1,506
2.75% 		 Harry Hutchinson
389
0.71% 		 Tommy Owens
285
0.52%
  James Anderson
164
0.30%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 William McCrea(I)
23,004
44.17% 		 Denis Haughey
13,644
26.20% 		 Sean Begley
12,449
23.91% 		 Paddy Bogan
1,846
3.54% 		 Paddy Joe McClean
1,133
2.18%
Jan 23, 1986 General Election
 William McCrea(I)
23,695
46.09% 		 Danny Morrison
13,998
27.23% 		 Adrian Colton
13,021
25.33% 		 Tommy Owens
691
1.34%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 William McCrea
16,147
29.98% 		 Danny Morrison
16,096
29.89% 		 Denis Haughey
12,044
22.36% 		 William J. Thompson
7,066
13.12% 		 Aidan Lagan
1,735
3.22% 		 Tommy Owens
766
1.42%
May 03, 1979 General Election
 John Dunlop(I)
29,249
44.87% 		 Paddy Duffy
19,266
29.55% 		 Patrick Fahy
12,055
18.49% 		 Aidan Lagan
3,481
5.34% 		 Francie Donnelly
1,141
1.75%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
 John Dunlop(I)
30,552
47.35% 		 Ivan Cooper
25,885
40.11% 		 Francie Donnelly
8,091
12.54%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
 John Dunlop
26,004
39.00% 		 Ivan Cooper
19,372
29.05% 		 Bernadette McAliskey(I)
16,672
25.00% 		 Neville Thornton
4,634
6.95%
Jun 18, 1970 General Election
 Bernadette Devlin(I)
37,739
53.52% 		 Neville Thornton
31,810
45.11% 		 Michael Cunningham
771
1.09% 		 Phelim O'Neill
198
0.28%
Apr 17, 1969 By-election
 Bernadette Devlin
33,648
53.34% 		 Anna Forrest
29,437
46.66%
Mar 31, 1966 General Election
 George Forrest(I)
29,728
52.25% 		 Tom Mitchell
27,168
47.75%
Oct 15, 1964 General Election
 George Forrest(I)
29,715
51.61% 		 Tom Mitchell
22,810
39.62% 		 Patrick McGarvey
5,053
8.78%
Oct 08, 1959 General Election
 George Forrest(I)
33,093
70.02% 		 Tom Mitchell
14,170
29.98%
May 08, 1956 By-election
 George Forrest
28,605
48.36% 		 Tom Mitchell
24,124
40.78% 		 Michael O'Neill
6,421
10.86%
Aug 17, 1955 By-election
 Charles Beattie
29,586
49.33% 		 Tom Mitchell
30,392
50.67%
May 26, 1955 General Election
 Tom Mitchell
29,737
50.22% 		 Charles Beattie
29,477
49.78%
Oct 25, 1951 General Election
 Michael O'Neill
33,097
52.70% 		 John Shearer
29,701
47.30%
Feb 23, 1950 General Election
 Anthony Mulvey(I)
33,023
52.63% 		 John Shearer
29,721
47.37%

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