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Fermanagh and South Tyrone — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Fermanagh and South Tyrone was won by Sinn Féin at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 4,571 votes over Ulster Unionist. This page covers every general election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1950 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1950–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1950 Cahir Healy (Irish Nationalist) 32,188 51.9% Henry Richardson (Ulster Unionist) 2,311 (3.7 pts) 92.1%
1951 Cahir Healy (Irish Nationalist) 32,717 51.9% Frederick Patterson (Ulster Unionist) 2,635 (4.2 pts) 93.4%
1955 Philip Christopher Clarke (Sinn Féin) 30,529 50.2% Lord Robert George Grosvenor (Ulster Unionist) 261 (0.4 pts) 92.4%
1959 Lord Robert George Grosvenor (Ulster Unionist) 32,080 81.4% James Martin (Sinn Féin) 24,732 (62.7 pts) 61.6%
1964 James Hamilton (Ulster Unionist) 30,010 55.1% Aloysius Mulloy (Independent Republican) 13,872 (25.5 pts) 85.6%
1966 James Hamilton (Ulster Unionist) 29,352 54.0% James Donnelly (Unity) 14,707 (27.1 pts) 86.0%
1970 Frank McManus (Unity) 32,813 51.1% James Hamilton (Ulster Unionist) 1,423 (2.2 pts) 92.1%
Feb 1974 Harry West (Ulster Unionist) 26,858 43.6% Frank McManus (Unity) 10,629 (17.2 pts) 87.4%
Oct 1974 Frank Maguire (Independent Republican) 32,795 51.8% Harry West (Ulster Unionist) 2,510 (4.0 pts) 88.7%
1979 Frank Maguire (Independent Republican) 22,398 36.0% Raymond Ferguson (Ulster Unionist) 4,987 (8.0 pts) 87.1%
1983 Ken Maginnis (Ulster Unionist) 28,630 47.6% Owen Carron (Sinn Féin) 7,676 (12.8 pts) 88.7%
1987 Ken Maginnis (Ulster Unionist) 27,446 49.6% Paul Corrigan (Sinn Féin) 12,823 (23.2 pts) 80.3%
1992 Ken Maginnis (Ulster Unionist) 26,923 48.8% Tommy Gallagher (SDLP) 14,113 (25.6 pts) 78.5%
1997 Ken Maginnis (Ulster Unionist) 24,862 51.5% Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin) 13,688 (28.3 pts) 74.8%
2001 Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 17,739 34.1% James Cooper (Ulster Unionist) 53 (0.1 pts) 78.0%
2005 Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 18,638 38.2% Arlene Foster (DUP) 4,582 (9.4 pts) 73.5%
2010 Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 21,304 45.5% Rodney Connor (Independent) 4 (0.0 pts) 69.3%
2015 Tom Elliott (Ulster Unionist) 23,608 46.4% Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 530 (1.0 pts) 73.0%
2017 Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 25,230 47.2% Tom Elliott (Ulster Unionist) 875 (1.6 pts) 76.1%
2019 Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 21,986 43.3% Tom Elliott (Ulster Unionist) 57 (0.1 pts) 70.1%
2024 Pat Cullen (Sinn Féin) 24,844 48.6% Diana Armstrong (Ulster Unionist) 4,571 (8.9 pts) 66.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cahir Healy Irish Nationalist 32,18851.9% Yes
Henry Richardson Ulster Unionist 29,87748.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cahir Healy Irish Nationalist 32,71751.9% Yes
Frederick Patterson Ulster Unionist 30,08247.8% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Christopher Clarke Sinn Féin 30,52950.2% Yes
Lord Robert George Grosvenor Ulster Unionist 30,26849.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lord Robert George Grosvenor Ulster Unionist 32,08081.4% Yes
James Martin Sinn Féin 7,34818.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Hamilton Ulster Unionist 30,01055.1% Yes
Aloysius Mulloy Independent Republican 16,13829.6% No
Giles FitzHerbert Ulster Liberal 6,00611.0% No
Baptist W Gamble NI Labour 2,3394.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Hamilton Ulster Unionist 29,35254.0% Yes
James Donnelly Unity 14,64526.9% No
Ruairi Ó Brádaigh Independent Republican 10,37019.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank McManus Unity 32,81351.1% Yes
James Hamilton Ulster Unionist 31,39048.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry West Ulster Unionist 26,85843.6% Yes
Frank McManus Unity 16,22926.3% No
Denis Haughey SDLP 15,41025.0% No
Hubert Brown Pro-Assembly Unionist 3,1575.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Maguire Independent Republican 32,79551.8% Yes
Harry West Ulster Unionist 30,28547.9% No
Alan Evans Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) 1850.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Maguire Independent Republican 22,39836.0% Yes
Raymond Ferguson Ulster Unionist 17,41128.0% No
Austin Currie Independent SDLP 10,78517.3% No
Ernest Baird United Ulster Unionist 10,60717.0% No
Peter Acheson Alliance 1,0701.7% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist 28,63047.6% Yes
Owen Carron Sinn Féin 20,95434.8% No
Rosemary Flanagan SDLP 9,92316.5% No
David Kettyles Workers' Party 6491.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist 27,44649.6% Yes
Paul Corrigan Sinn Féin 14,62326.4% No
Rosemary Flanagan SDLP 10,58119.1% No
David Kettyles Workers' Party 1,7843.2% No
John Haslett Alliance 9501.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist 26,92348.8% Yes
Tommy Gallagher SDLP 12,81023.2% No
Francie Molloy Sinn Féin 12,60422.9% No
David Kettyles Independent Progressive Socialist 1,0942.0% No
Eric Bullick Alliance 9501.7% No
Gerry Cullen New Agenda 7471.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist 24,86251.5% Yes
Gerry McHugh Sinn Féin 11,17423.1% No
Tommy Gallagher SDLP 11,06022.9% No
Stephen Farry Alliance 9772.0% No
Simeon Gillan Natural Law 2170.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin 17,73934.1% Yes
James Cooper Ulster Unionist 17,68634.0% No
Tommy Gallagher SDLP 9,70618.7% No
William Dixon Independent 6,84313.2% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin 18,63838.2% Yes
Arlene Foster DUP 14,05628.8% No
Tom Elliott Ulster Unionist 8,86918.2% No
Tommy Gallagher SDLP 7,23014.8% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin 21,30445.5% Yes
Rodney Connor Independent 21,30045.5% No
Fearghal McKinney SDLP 3,5747.6% No
Vasundhara Kamble Alliance 4370.9% No
John Stevenson Independent 1880.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Elliott Ulster Unionist 23,60846.4% Yes
Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin 23,07845.4% No
John Coyle SDLP 2,7325.4% No
Tanya Jones Green 7881.5% No
Hannah Su Alliance 6581.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin 25,23047.2% Yes
Tom Elliott Ulster Unionist 24,35545.5% No
Mary Garrity SDLP 2,5874.8% No
Noreen Campbell Alliance 8861.7% No
Tanya Jones Green 4230.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin 21,98643.3% Yes
Tom Elliott Ulster Unionist 21,92943.2% No
Adam Gannon SDLP 3,4466.8% No
Matthew Beaumont Alliance 2,6505.2% No
Caroline Wheeler Independent 7511.5% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Pat Cullen Sinn Féin 24,84448.6% Yes
Diana Armstrong Ulster Unionist 20,27339.7% No
Eddie Roofe Alliance 2,4204.7% No
Paul Blake SDLP 2,3864.7% No
Gerry Cullen Cross-Community Labour Alternative 6241.2% No
Carl Duffy Aontú 5291.0% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1950: Irish Nationalist margin 3.7 pts 1951: Irish Nationalist margin 4.2 pts 1955: Sinn Féin margin 0.4 pts 1959: Ulster Unionist margin 62.7 pts 1964: Ulster Unionist margin 25.5 pts 1966: Ulster Unionist margin 27.1 pts 1970: Unity margin 2.2 pts Feb 1974: Ulster Unionist margin 17.2 pts Oct 1974: Independent Republican margin 4.0 pts 1979: Independent Republican margin 8.0 pts 1983: Ulster Unionist margin 12.8 pts 1987: Ulster Unionist margin 23.2 pts 1992: Ulster Unionist margin 25.6 pts 1997: Ulster Unionist margin 28.3 pts 2001: Sinn Féin margin 0.1 pts 2005: Sinn Féin margin 9.4 pts 2010: Sinn Féin margin 0.0 pts 2015: Ulster Unionist margin 1.0 pts 2017: Sinn Féin margin 1.6 pts 2019: Sinn Féin margin 0.1 pts 2024: Sinn Féin margin 8.9 pts 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Fermanagh and South Tyrone has been contested at 21 general elections on record since 1950. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Irish Nationalist, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist, Unity, Independent Republican.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the 2024 general election?

Sinn Féin won Fermanagh and South Tyrone in 2024 with 24,844 votes (48.6%), a majority of 4,571 votes over Ulster Unionist in second place.

Which parties have won Fermanagh and South Tyrone since 1950?

Since 1950, Fermanagh and South Tyrone has been won by: Independent Republican, Irish Nationalist, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist, Unity.

What was the closest result in Fermanagh and South Tyrone?

The closest result on record for Fermanagh and South Tyrone was 2010, when Sinn Féin beat Independent by just 4 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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