West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

West Tyrone
West Tyrone
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
	West Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016); 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Thomas Buchanan (DUP); Nicola Brogan (SF); Declan McAleer (SF); Daniel McCrossan (SDLP); Maolíosa McHugh (SF);
Districts	Derry and Strabane District Council
Boundaries

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

West Tyrone (Irish: Tír Eoghain Thiar, Ulster Scots: Wast Owenslann) 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

Election		MLA (party)				MLA (party)
1996	Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin)	5 seats 1996–1998		Paddy McGowan (SDLP)	Joe Byrne (SDLP)		Derek Hussey (UUP)	Oliver Gibson (DUP)
1998			Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin)	Eugene McMenamin (SDLP)	Joe Byrne (SDLP)			Oliver Gibson (DUP)
2003				Eugene McMenamin (SDLP)	Kieran Deeny (Independent)			Thomas Buchanan (DUP)
2007				Claire McGill (Sinn Féin)	Kieran Deeny (Independent)		Allan Bresland (DUP)
2011				Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin)	Joe Byrne (SDLP)		Ross Hussey (UUP)
July 2012 co-option			Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin)		Joe Byrne (SDLP)
December 2015 co-option					Daniel McCrossan (SDLP)
2016
2017						5 seats 2017–present
June 2017 co-option	Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin)
May 2019 co-option	Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin)			Maolíosa McHugh (Sinn Féin)
November 2020 co-option	Nicola Brogan (Sinn Féin)
2022	Nicola Brogan (Sinn Féin)

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

2022

2022 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Nicola Brogan	18.75%	8,626
	SDLP	Daniel McCrossan	11.92%	5,483	5,555	5,849	6,330	6,508	8,288
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	14.44%	6,640	6,642	6,739	6,751	7,634	7,798
	Sinn Féin	Maoliosa McHugh	14.48%	6,658	7,047	7,189	7,567	7,571	7,731
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	13.79%	6,343	6,731	6,888	7,111	7,113	7,592
	TUV	Trevor Clarke	9.06%	4,166	4,166	4,199	4,207	4,704	4,885
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	6.45%	2,967	3,026	3,327	3,476	3,777
	UUP	Ian Marshall	4.08%	1,876	1,877	1,911	1,918
	Independent	Paul Gallagher	3.66%	1,682	1,688	1,895
	Aontú	James Hope	1.43%	657	661
	People Before Profit	Carol Gallagher	0.77%	354	358
	Green (NI)	Susan Glass	0.55%	252	255
	Socialist Party	Amy Ferguson	0.37%	171	173
	Independent	Barry Brown	0.26%	119	125
Electorate: 69,702 Valid: 45,994 (65.99%) Spoilt: 635 Quota: 7,666 Turnout: 46,629 (66.90%)

2017

2017 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	20.45%	9,064
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	17.40%	7,714
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	17.09%	7,573
	SDLP	Daniel McCrossan	14.17%	6,283	6,300	6,333	6,343	7,682
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	13.61%	6,034	6,035	6,289	6,421	7,035
	UUP	Alicia Clarke	8.24%	3,654	4,689	4,689	4,690	6,275
	TUV	Charlie Chittick	1.92%	851	1,429	1,429	1,429
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	2.82%	1,252	1,260	1,264	1,266
	Independent	Sorcha McAnespy	1.95%	864	866	871	875
	Green (NI)	Ciaran McClean	0.93%	412	416	417	418
	Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance	Barry Brown	0.84%	373	381	384	385
	Independent	Corey French	0.22%	98	99	101	102
	Independent	Roisin McMackin	0.19%	85	86	86	86
	Independent	Susan-Anne White	0.09%	41	45	45	45
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.06%	27	32	32	32
Electorate: 64,258 Valid: 44,325 (68.98%) Spoilt: 582 Quota: 7,388 Turnout: 44,907 (69.89%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SDLP	Daniel McCrossan	11.05%	4,287	4,297	4,343	4,434	4,482	4,600	4,880	5,552
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.98%	4,650	4,652	4,673	4,685	4,699	4,709	4,728	4,766	8,370
	UUP	Ross Hussey	11.44%	4,441	4,454	4,486	4,563	4,596	4,663	4,705	4,848	5,124	7,932
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	11.77%	4,568	4,568	4,588	4,597	4,671	4,715	4,916	5,250	5,252	5,252	5,263
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	11.49%	4,460	4,460	4,495	4,505	4,574	4,599	4,806	4,953	4,955	4,959	4,993
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	9.19%	3,565	3,566	3,575	3,581	3,619	3,644	3,775	4,009	4,009	4,009	4,017
	Sinn Féin	Grace McDermott	9.56%	3,711	3,711	3,721	3,727	3,750	3,774	3,865	3,974	3,974	3,974	3,996
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.01%	3,884	3,887	3,897	3,902	3,919	3,924	3,941	3,952
	Independent	Josephine Deehan	4.58%	1,778	1,779	1,818	1,893	1,944	2,066	2,607
	Independent	Sorcha McAnespy	2.13%	828	828	849	871	932	1,003
	Independent	Patsy Kelly	1.70%	661	662	703	726	742	763
	Green (NI)	Ciaran McClean	1.18%	458	461	513	619	714
	CISTA	Barry Brown	1.41%	547	549	582	612
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	1.27%	494	495	506
	Animal Welfare	Laura McAnea	0.58%	224	225
	Independent	Corey French	0.32%	124	125
	Independent	Susan-Anne White	0.22%	85	86
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.11%	44
Electorate: 65,694 Valid: 38,809 (59.08%) Spoilt: 516 Quota: 5,545 Turnout: 39,325 (59.86%)

2011

2011 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	15.29%	6,008
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	14.32%	5,630
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	12.86%	5,053	5,089.3	5,445.94	7,791.94
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	8.53%	3,353	3,372.08	4,555.86	4,918.98	5,320.98
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	12.79%	5,027	5,027.42	5,133.66	5,143.8	5,162.8
	UUP	Ross Hussey	10.36%	4,072	4,073.08	4,365.88	4,394.94	4,397.94
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.33%	4,059	4,059.18	4,115.18	4,116.78	4,123.78
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	7.65%	3,008	3,372.9	3,576.4
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	2.91%	1,145	1,158.92
	Independent	Eugene McMenamin	2.79%	1,096	1,099.18
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	2.17%	852	854.04
Electorate: 62,970 Valid: 39,303 (62.42%) Spoilt: 1,020 Quota: 5,615 Turnout: 40,323 (64.04%)

2007

2007 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	16.82%	6,971
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	16.18%	6,709
	Sinn Féin	Claire McGill	11.48%	4,757	5,599.85	6,217.39
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.16%	4,625	4,625.3	4,625.41	4,690.71	4,697.82	6,207.82
	Independent	Kieran Deeny	9.11%	3,776	3,847.7	3,873.66	4,259.05	4,831.92	5,559.89	5,615.88
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.24%	4,244	4,244.45	4,244.89	4,286.04	4,308.04	5,543.04	5,543.37
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan	6.49%	2,689	2,741.8	2,773.37	3,280.48	4,886.49	5,085.23	5,185.55
	UUP	Derek Hussey	8.89%	3,686	3,686.9	3,687.78	3,761.3	3,813.48
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	5.48%	2,272	2,290.75	2,328.15	2,700.96
	SDLP	Seamus Shields	2.55%	1,057	1,098.85	1,105.56
	Republican Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill	1.08%	448	454.75	461.68
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	0.53%	220	220.9	222.33
Electorate: 58,367 Valid: 41,454 (71.02%) Spoilt: 385 Quota: 5,923 Turnout: 41,839 (71.68%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Kieran Deeny	14.76%	6,158
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	14.42%	6,019
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.36%	4,739	4,743.8	4,977.64	4,977.67	7,222.67
	UUP	Derek Hussey	8.95%	3,733	3,742.66	5,477.33	5,477.47	5,902.94	7,138.19
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	13.52%	5,642	5,689.25	5,693.4	5,722.84	5,725.91	5,725.91	5,725.91	6,097.91
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	8.30%	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	10.66%	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	6.34%	2,645	2,718.20	2,774.92	2,777.87	2,790.99	2,802.24	2,991.24
	DUP	Derek Reaney	6.10%	2,547	2,549.04	2,774.52	2,774.55
	UUP	Bert Wilson	4.63%	1,934	1,940.12
	PUP	Roy Reid	0.56%	233	233.57
	Alliance	Steven Alexander	0.39%	164	171.47
Electorate: 57,795 Valid: 41,729 (72.20%) Spoilt: 599 Quota: 5,962 Turnout: 42,328 (73.24%)

1998

1998 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	17.44%	8,015
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	15.29%	7,027
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	14.13%	6,495	6,498.78	6,512.1	6,705.1
	UUP	Derek Hussey	10.06%	4,622	5,518.91	5,519.27	5,553.31	5,769.72	5,883.18	5,920.6	8,445.6
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	7.72%	3,548	3,549.26	3,553.7	3,645	3,744	4,011.24	5,623.17	5,791.17	6,520.17
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	10.80%	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	8.00%	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	5.69%	2,615	3,055.16	3,055.16	3,112.58	3,270.1	3,356.81	3,372.02
	SDLP	Pat McDonnell	3.86%	1,772	1,773.89	1,777.55	1,837.27	2,009.57	2,461.99
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	2.76%	1,269	1,301.34	1,304.82	1,447.09	1,718.23
	Alliance	Ann Gormley	2.20%	1,011	1,020.66	1,022.64	1,104.62
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	1.24%	570	583.44	586.38
	Independent	Laurence O'Kane	0.37%	171	172.89	174.09
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	0.34%	157	161.83	162.19
	Natural Law	Robert Johnstone	0.09%	40	50.71	51.01
Electorate: 59,081 Valid: 45,951 (77.78%) Spoilt: 962 Quota: 6,565 Turnout: 46,913 (79.40%)

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[8]

	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	17.9
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

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated – West Tyrone". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2003". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 1998". EONI. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ 1996 Candidates – West Tyrone Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections

[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated – West Tyrone". Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[2] "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[3] "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[4] "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[5] "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[6] "NI Assembly Election 2003". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[7] "NI Assembly Election 1998". EONI. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[8] 1996 Candidates – West Tyrone Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections

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