| West Tyrone Northern Ireland Assembly County constituency |
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| West Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland | |
| First Used: | 1996 |
| Assembly Members: | Michaela Boyle Thomas Buchanan Joe Byrne Pat Doherty Ross Hussey Barry McElduff |
| Districts: | Omagh, Strabane |
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).
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The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election were:
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from West Tyrone. They were as follows:
| 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 | 5,630 | 5,630 | 5,630 | 5,630 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle | 12.8 | 5,053 | 5,089.30 | 5,445.94 | 7,791.94 | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Thomas Buchanan | 12.8 | 5,027 | 5,027.42 | 5,133.66 | 5,143.80 | 5,162.80 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Ross Hussey | 10.4 | 4,072 | 4,073.08 | 4,365.88 | 4,394.94 | 4,397.94 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Allan Bresland | 10.3 | 4,059 | 4,059.18 | 4,115.18 | 4,116.78 | 4,123.78 | |
| SDLP | Joe Byrne | 8.5 | 3,353 | 3,372.08 | 4,555.86 | 4,918.98 | 5,320.98 | |
| 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%) | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 6,971 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 6,709 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Claire McGill | 4,757 | Elected | 3 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Thomas Buchanan | 4,625 | Elected | 6 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Allan Bresland | 4,244 | Elected | 7 | |
| Independent | Kieran Deeny | 3,776 | Elected | 7 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Derek Hussey | 3,686 | Not elected | 5 | |
| SDLP | Josephine Deehan | 2,689 | Not elected | 7 | |
| SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 2,272 | Not elected | 5 | |
| SDLP | Seamus Shields | 1,057 | Not elected | 4 | |
| (Republican Sinn Féin) | Joe O'Neill | 448 | Not elected | 4 | |
| UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 220 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| Independent | Kieran Deeny | 6,158 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 6,019 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 5,642 | Elected | 8 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Thomas Buchanan | 4,739 | Elected | 5 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brian McMahon | 4,450 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Derek Hussey | 3,733 | Elected | 6 | |
| SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 3,465 | Elected | 8 | |
| SDLP | Joe Byrne | 2,645 | Not elected | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Derek Reaney | 2,547 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Bert Wilson | 1,934 | Not elected | ||
| Progressive Unionist | Roy Reid | 233 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Steven Alexander | 164 | Not elected | ||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| Democratic Unionist | Oliver Gibson | 8,015 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 7,027 | Elected | ||
| SDLP | Joe Byrne | 6,495 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 4,963 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Derek Hussey | 4,622 | Elected | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seamus Devine | 3,676 | Not elected | ||
| SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 3,548 | Elected | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Alastair Patterson | 2,615 | Not elected | ||
| SDLP | Pat McDonnell | 1,772 | Not elected | ||
| Independent Community Candidate | Paddy McGowan | 1,269 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Ann Gormley | 1,011 | Not elected | ||
| Independent | Johnny McLaughlin | 570 | Not elected | ||
| Independent | Laurence O'Kane | 171 | Not elected | ||
| Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 157 | Not elected | ||
| Natural Law | Robert Johnstone | 40 | Not elected | ||
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[1]
| Party | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Derek Hussey William Oldcroft Edward Turner Desmond Anderson James Emery |
7,327 | 13.9 | |
| Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
| Progressive Unionist | 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 | |
| Conservative | 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 | |