West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

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

West Tyrone
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
West Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Omagh, Strabane
Current constituency
Created	1996
Assembly Members	Michaela Boyle Thomas Buchanan Daniel McCrossan Ross Hussey Declan McAleer Barry McElduff

West Tyrone 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)
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					Daniel McCrossan (SDLP)

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

2016

2016 Assembly election: West Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	SDLP	Daniel McCrossan	11.0	4,287	4,297	4,343	4,434	4,482	4,600	4,880	5,552
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	12.0	4,650	4,652	4,673	4,685	4,699	4,709	4,728	4,766	8,370
	UUP	Ross Hussey	11.4	4,441	4,454	4,486	4,563	4,596	4,663	4,705	4,848	5,124	5,932.08
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	11.8	4,568	4,568	4,588	4,597	4,671	4,715	4,916	5,250	5,252	5,252	5,262.56
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	11.5	4,460	4,460	4,495	4,505	4,574	4,599	4,806	4,953	4,955	4,958.52	4,992.84
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	9.2	3,565	3,566	3,575	3,581	3,619	3,644	3,775	4,009	4,009	4,009	4,016.92
	Sinn Féin	Grace McDermott	9.6	3,711	3,711	3,721	3,727	3,750	3,774	3,865	3,974	3,974	3,974	3,992
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.0	3,884	3,887	3,897	3,902	3,919	3,924	3,941	3,952
	Independent	Josephine Deehan	4.6	1,778	1,779	1,818	1,893	1,944	2,066	2,607
	Independent	Sorcha McAnespy	2.1	828	828	849	871	932	1,003
	Independent	Patsy Kelly	1.7	661	662	703	726	742	763
	Green (NI)	Ciaran McClean	1.2	458	461	513	619	714
	CISTA	Barry Brown	1.4	547	549	582	612
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	1.3	494	495	506
	Animal Welfare	Laura McAnea	0.6	224	225
	Independent	Corey French	0.3	124	125
	Independent	Susan-Anne White	0.2	85	86
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.1	44
Electorate: 65,694 Valid: 38,809 Spoilt: 516 (1.31%) Quota: 5,545 Turnout: 59.86%

2011

2011 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	15.3	6,008
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	14.3	5,630
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	12.8	5,053	5,089.30	5,445.94	7,791.94
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	8.5	3,353	3,372.08	4,555.86	4,918.98	5,320.98
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	12.8	5,027	5,027.42	5,133.66	5,143.80	5,162.80
	UUP	Ross Hussey	10.4	4,072	4,073.08	4,365.88	4,394.94	4,397.94
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.3	4,059	4,059.18	4,115.18	4,116.78	4,123.78
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer	7.7	3,008	3,372.90	3,576.40
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	2.9	1,145	1,158.92
	Independent	Eugene McMenamin	2.8	1,096	1,099.18
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	2.2	852	854.04
Electorate: 62,970 Valid: 39,303 Spoilt: 1,020 Quota: 5,615 Turnout: 40,323 (64.0%)

2007

2007 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	16.8	6,971
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	16.2	6,709
	Sinn Féin	Claire McGill	11.5	4,757	5,599.85	6,217.39
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.2	4,625	4,625.30	4,625.41	4,690.71	4,697.82	6,207.82
	Independent	Kieran Deeny	9.1	3,776	3,847.70	3,873.66	4,259.05	4,831.92	5,559.89	5,615.88
	DUP	Allan Bresland	10.2	4,244	4,244.45	4,244.89	4,286.04	4,308.04	5,543.04	5,543.37
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan	6.5	2,689	2,741.80	2,773.37	3,280.48	4,886.49	5,085.23	5,185.55
	UUP	Derek Hussey	8.9	3,686	3,686.90	3,687.78	3,761.30	3,813.48
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	5.5	2,272	2,290.75	2,328.15	2,700.96
	SDLP	Seamus Shields	2.5	1,057	1,098.85	1,105.56
	Republican Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill	1.1	448	454.75	461.68
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	0.5	220	220.90	222.33
Electorate: 58,367 Valid: 41,454 Spoilt: 385 Quota: 5,923 Turnout: 41,839 (71.7%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: West Tyrone
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Kieran Deeny	14.8	6,158
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	14.4	6,019
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	11.4	4,739	4,743.80	4,977.64	4,977.67	7,222.67
	UUP	Derek Hussey	8.9	3,733	3,742.66	5,477.33	5,477.47	5,902.94	7,138.19
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	13.5	5,642	5,689.25	5,693.40	5,722.84	5,725.91	5,725.91	5,725.91	6,097.91
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	8.3	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	10.7	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	6.3	2,645	2,718.20	2,774.92	2,777.87	2,790.99	2,802.24	2,991.24
	DUP	Derek Reaney	6.1	2,547	2,549.04	2,774.52	2,774.55
	UUP	Bert Wilson	4.6	1,934	1940.12
	PUP	Roy Reid	0.6	233	233.57
	Alliance	Steven Alexander	0.4	164	171.47
Electorate: 57,795 Valid: 41,454 Spoilt: 599 Quota: 5,962 Turnout: 42,328 (73.2%)

1998

1998 Assembly election: West Tyrone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	17.4	8,015
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	15.3	7,027
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	14.1	6,495	6,498.78	6,512.10	6,705.10
	UUP	Derek Hussey	10.1	4,622	5,518.91	5,519.27	5,553.31	5,769.72	5,883.18	5,920.60	8,445.60
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	7.7	3,548	3,549.26	3,553.70	3,645	3,744	4,011.24	5,623.17	5,791.17	6,520.17
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	10.8	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	8.0	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	5.7	2,615	3,055.16	3,055.16	3,112.58	3,270.10	3,356.81	3,372.02
	SDLP	Pat McDonnell	3.9	1,772	1,773.89	1,777.55	1,837.27	2,009.57	2,461.99
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	2.8	1,269	1,301.34	1,304.82	1,447.09	1,718.23
	Alliance	Ann Gormley	2.2	1,011	1,020.66	1,022.64	1,104.62
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	1.2	570	583.44	586.38
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	0.4	171	172.89	174.09
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	0.3	157	161.83	162.19
	Natural Law	Robert Johnstone	0.1	40	50.71	51.01
Electorate: 59,081 Valid: 46,913 Spoilt: 962 (2.01%) Quota: 6,565 Turnout: 46,913 (79.4%)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[1]

	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	13.9
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

↑ 1996 Candidates – West Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

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Constituencies	Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone

Parties	Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist Green People Before Profit Alliance Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice Ulster Unionist

Elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016

Procedure	Cross-community vote

See also	Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement

Parliamentary constituencies in County Tyrone

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Augher (1614–1800)
Clogher (1264–1800)
Dungannon (1613–1800)
Strabane (???–1800)
Tyrone (???–1800)

Westminster
1801–present

Historic	Dungannon (1801–85) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50) Tyrone (1801–1885) East Tyrone (1885–1918) Mid Tyrone (1885–1918) North Tyrone (1885–1918) North-East Tyrone (1918–22) North-West Tyrone (1918–22) South Tyrone (1885–1922)

Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—) West Tyrone (1997—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	North East Tyrone South Tyrone

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Fermanagh & Tyrone

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

East Tyrone (1929–72)
Mid Tyrone (1929–72)
North Tyrone (1929–72)
South Tyrone (1929–72)
West Tyrone (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster West Tyrone

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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