Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

Fermanagh and South Tyrone is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

It was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected the then Northern Ireland Assembly. 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 (because 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

Election MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) 1973 5 seats1996–1998Thomas Daly(SDLP)Austin Currie(SDLP) John Taylor(UUP)Harry West(UUP)Ernest Baird(Vanguard) 1975 John McKay(UUP) 1982 Owen Carron(Sinn Féin) Raymond Ferguson(UUP)Ken Maginnis(UUP) Ivan Foster(DUP) 1996Gerry McHugh(Sinn Féin)Tommy Gallagher(SDLP)Sam Foster(UUP)Maurice Morrow(DUP) 1998Michelle Gildernew(Sinn Féin) Joan Carson(UUP) 2003 Tom O'Reilly(Sinn Féin)Tom Elliott(UUP)Arlene Foster(UUP/DUP) 2007 Gerry McHugh(Sinn Féin) 2011Seán Lynch(Sinn Féin)Phil Flanagan(Sinn Féin)July 2012co-optionBronwyn McGahan(Sinn Féin) June 2015co-option Neil Somerville(UUP) January 2016co-option Alastair Patterson(UUP) 2016Michelle Gildernew(Sinn Féin) Richie McPhillips(SDLP)Rosemary Barton(UUP) 2017 Jemma Dolan(Sinn Féin) 5 seats2017–present June 2017co-option Colm Gildernew(Sinn Féin) July 2021co-option Áine Murphy(Sinn Féin) October 2021co-option Deborah Erskine(DUP) 2022 Tom Elliott(UUP) September 2024 co-option Diana Armstrong(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.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2027

2022

2017

2016

2011

2007

2003

1998

1996 forum Successful candidates are shown in bold.1996 Candidates – Fermanagh and South Tyrone , Northern Ireland Elections

Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage Ken MaginnisSam FosterJoan CarsonBertie Kerr15,54232.3 Gerry McHughMichelle GildernewRobin MartinVincent KellyPat Trainor11,66624.2 Tommy GallagherAnthony McGonnellAnne McQuillanVincent CurrieMary Flanagan10,39921.6 Maurice MorrowJoseph Dodds6,58913.7 Stephen FarryJulie Greaves8311.7 Muriel BostonRobert Peden4681.0 Raymond GillilandPaul Longman4641.0 Roisin KeenanAudrey JohnstonFlorence Ellis4611.0 Tracy GouldPaul Ferguson4100.9 Ciaran MolloyPatrick MulhollandNigel Cooke2970.6 Roy HaddenRoy JohnstonPeg Alexander2080.4 Tommy OwensMarian Donnelly1990.4 Simon DilworthStuart Boyd1890.4 Gerry CullenDoris Wray1280.3 McMullanPhilip McClincheyAnn McDermott1180.2 William QuinEric Milligan1130.2 ChambersWilliam ChambersMay Blayney360.1 Charles CunninghamSimeon GillenPeter Lavery230.0

1982

1975

Note: Ernie Baird, David Calvert, John McKay and Harry West were all UUUC-endorsed candidates.

1973

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

References