Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
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Fermanagh and Tyrone County constituency |
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Created: | 1922 |
Abolished: | 1950 |
Type: | House of Commons |
Fermanagh and Tyrone was a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was formed from the constituencies of Fermanagh North, Fermanagh South, Tyrone North-East, Tyrone North-West and Tyrone South. It covered County Fermanagh and County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, within which it was the only constituency to regularly elect Nationalist MPs. It was abolished in 1950. Much of the constituency then became Fermanagh and South Tyrone, the remainder part of Mid Ulster.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Nationalist MPs were elected in every general election and by-election held in the constituency, except for the 1924 UK general election, when no Nationalist stood and two Ulster Unionists defeated two Sinn Féin candidates.
Election | MP | Party | MP | Party | ||
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1922 | Thomas Harbison | Irish Nationalist | Cahir Healy | Irish Nationalist | ||
1924 | James Alexander Pringle | Ulster Unionist | Charles Fausset Falls | Ulster Unionist | ||
1929 | Thomas Harbison | Irish Nationalist | Joseph Devlin | Irish Nationalist | ||
1931 by-election | Cahir Healy | Irish Nationalist | ||||
1934 by-election | Joseph Francis Stewart | Irish Nationalist | ||||
1935 | Patrick Cunningham | Irish Nationalist | Anthony Mulvey | Irish Nationalist |
[edit] Elections
General Election 1945: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Cunningham | 55,373 | 27.3 | + 1.1 | |
Irish Nationalist | Anthony Mulvey | 55,144 | 27.1 | + 1.0 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Lyons | 46,392 | 22.8 | - 1.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | Noreen Cooper | 46,260 | 22.8 | - 0.9 | |
Majority | 8,752 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
General Election 1935: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Cunningham | 50,891 | 26.2 | - 0.3 | |
Irish Nationalist | Anthony Mulvey | 50,603 | 26.1 | - 0.3 | |
Ulster Unionist | Roland Deane | 46,625 | 24.0 | + 0.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Houston | 46,000 | 23.7 | + 0.2 | |
Majority | 3,078 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1934 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Joseph Francis Stewart | 28,790 | 61.4 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Dominick McCrossan | 18,809 | 38.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,701 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
General Election 1931: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Joseph Devlin | 50,650 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Irish Nationalist | Cahir Healy | 50,603 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Irwin | 45,101 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | Ynyr Burges | 44,921 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,502 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1931 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Cahir Healy | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
General Election 1929: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Joseph Devlin | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Harbison | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Nationalist gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing | N/A |
General Election 1924: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ulster Unionist | Charles Falls | 44,716 | 43.5 | + 20.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Pringle | 44,711 | 43.4 | + 20.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Michael McCartan | 6,812 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Thomas Corrigan | 6,685 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 37,899 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Ulster Unionist gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing |
General Election 1923: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Harbison | 44,003 | 27.0 | 0.0 | |
Irish Nationalist | Cahir Healy | 43,668 | 26.8 | 0.0 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Pringle | 37,733 | 23.1 | 0.0 | |
Ulster Unionist | Charles Falls | 37,682 | 23.1 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 5,935 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
General Election 1922: Fermanagh and Tyrone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Harbison | 45,236 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Irish Nationalist | Cahir Healy | 44,817 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | James Pringle | 38,640 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | William James Allen | 38,589 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,177 | N/A | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
[edit] Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- ElectionsIreland.org