Fermanagh & South Tyrone is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The Northern Ireland Assembly is a 108-member legislative body for Northern Ireland that sits at Stormont with powers devolved to it from the Westminster parliament. ...

Boundaries

The seat was created in 1950 when the old Fermanagh & Tyrone two MP constituency was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats. As the name implies, the seat includes all of County Fermanagh and the southern part of County Tyrone. Of the post 1973 districts, it initially contained all of Fermanagh and Dungannon and South Tyrone. Events January January 5 - US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 - The United Kingdom recognizes the Peoples Republic of China. ... County Fermanagh (Fear Manach in Irish) is often referred to as Northern Irelands Lake District. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... County Fermanagh (Fear Manach in Irish) is often referred to as Northern Irelands Lake District. ... Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ...

In boundary changes proposed by a review in 1995, a portion of Dungannon and South Tyrone (then simply called Dungannon) was transferred to the Mid Ulster constituency. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ... Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

At the time of writing the Boundary Commission has proposed alterations to the Northern Ireland constituencies, however no changes are proposed for Fermanagh & South Tyrone. In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ...

Westminster elections

Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Féin. Between 1983 and 2001 the MP was Ken Maginnis of the Ulster Unionist Party who retired at that election. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Michelle Gildernew (born 1970) is a Northern Ireland nationalist politician. ... -1... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass (born January 21, 1938) is a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist politician. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...

Election results

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MPs since 1950

• 1950 - 1955 Cahir Healy, Nationalist
• 1955 - Philip Christopher Clarke Sinn Féin - subsequently unseated on petition
• 1955 - 1964 - R.G. Grosvenor Ulster Unionist Party
• 1964 - 1970 James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton Ulster Unionist Party
• 1970 - 1974 - Frank McManus Independent Nationalist on "Unity" ticket
• 1974 - 1974 Harry West Ulster Unionist Party
• 1974 - 1981 - Frank Maguire Independent Republican
• 1981 (by-election) - 1981 Bobby Sands Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner
• 1981 (second by-election) - 1983 Owen Carron Anti-H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner (from 1982 onwards standing for Sinn Féin)
• 1983 - 2001 Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist Party
• 2001 - present Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin

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Assemblies and Forum elections

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election are: The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on 26 November 2003. ...

• Tom Elliott Ulster Unionist Party
• Arlene Foster Ulster Unionist Party
• Tommy Gallagher Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin
• Maurice Morrow Democratic Unionist Party
• Tom O'Reilly Sinn Féin

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• Arlene Foster resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on December 18, 2003 and joined the Democratic Unionist Party on January 5, 2004.

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were: The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ...

• Joan Carson Ulster Unionist Party
• Sam Foster Ulster Unionist Party
• Tommy Gallagher Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin
• Gerry McHugh Sinn Féin
• Maurice Morrow Democratic Unionist Party

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Fermanagh & South Tyrone. They were as follows: The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Michelle Gildernew (born 1970) is a Northern Ireland nationalist politician. ... -1... -1... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

• Sam Foster Ulster Unionist Party
• Tommy Gallagher Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist Party
• Gerry McHugh Sinn Féin
• Maurice Morrow Democratic Unionist Party

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. Fermanagh & South Tyrone elected 5 members as follows: The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass (born January 21, 1938) is a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist politician. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... -1... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ...

• Owen Carron Sinn Féin
• Austin Currie Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Raymond Ferguson Ulster Unionist Party
• Ivan Foster Democratic Unionist Party
• Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist Party

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from Fermanagh & South Tyrone were:-1... Austin Currie (born 1939) is a former Irish politician. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass (born January 21, 1938) is a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist politician. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

• Ernest Baird Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
• Austin Currie Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Thomas Daly Social Democratic and Labour Party
• John McKay Ulster Unionist Party
• Harry West Ulster Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from Fermanagh & South Tyrone were: The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, also known as the Vanguard Ulster Progressive Party (and several variations of word order), was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978. ... Austin Currie (born 1939) is a former Irish politician. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to solve the Northern Ireland troubles by sharing power between unionists and nationalists. ...

• Ernest Baird Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
• Austin Currie Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Thomas Daly Social Democratic and Labour Party
• John Taylor Ulster Unionist Party
• Harry West Ulster Unionist Party

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Politics and history of the constituency

For the history of the constituency prior to 1950, see Fermanagh & Tyrone (constituency). Events January January 5 - US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 - The United Kingdom recognizes the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Throughout its history Fermanagh & South Tyrone has seen a precarious balance between Unionist and Nationalist voters, though in recent years the Nationalists have advanced significantly to be in a clear majority. Many elections have seen a candidate from one community triumph due to candidates from the other community splitting the vote.

Perhaps because of this, Fermanagh & South Tyrone has repeatedly had the highest turnout of any constituency in Northern Ireland.

The seat was initially won by the Irish Nationalist Party in 1950 and 1951 then by Sinn Féin in 1955. However the Sinn Féin MP was unseated on petition on the basis that his terrorist convictions made him ineligible, and the seat was granted to the Ulster Unionist candidate. The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ... The 1951 election was held soon after the UK general election, 1950, which Labour won, but got an unusable majority. ... -1... The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26, 1955, four years after the previous general election. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...

In 1970 the seat was won by Frank McManus standing on the "Unity" ticket which sought to unite nationalist voters behind a single candidate. However in the February 1974 general election the Social Democratic and Labour Party contested the seat, dividing the nationalist vote and allowing Harry West of the Ulster Unionist Party to win with the support of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath. ... Unity is oneness. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, also known as the Vanguard Ulster Progressive Party (and several variations of word order), was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ...

In the October 1974 general election a nationalist pact was agreed and Frank Maguire won, standing as an Independent Republican. He retained his seat in the 1979 general election, when both the Unionist and Nationalist votes were split, the former by the intervention of Ernest Baird, leader of the short-lived United Ulster Unionist Party, and the latter by Austin Currie, who defied the official SDLP decision to not contest the seat. Maguire died in early 1981. The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ... The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... The United Ulster Unionist Party was a political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1977 and 1982. ... Austin Currie (born 1939) is a former Irish politician. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

The ensuing by-election took place amidst the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike and is widely considered to be the single most important and prominent by-election in the recent history of the province. In order to test public opinion, the IRA Officer Commanding in The Maze, Bobby Sands was nominated as an Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner. Harry West also stood for the Ulster Unionist Party but no other candidates contested the by-election. On April 9, 1981, Sands won with 30,492 votes against 29,046 for West. 26 days later Sands died. The by-election held in Fermanagh and South Tryrone on April 9, 1981 is considered by many to be the most significant by-election held in Northern Ireland since the beginning of The Troubles. ... The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was a campaign by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland for the British government to grant them political status. ... Robert George Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (March 9, 1954–May 5, Irish republican who died on hunger strike in prison, Northern Ireland. ... Anti H-Block was the political party label used by candidates standing in Northern Ireland in support of the 1981 hunger strike. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

New legislation barred "convicted felons" from standing for Parliament and so in the new by-election Sands' agent Owen Carron stood as a "Proxy Political Prisoner". The Ulster Unionist Party nominated Ken Maginnis. The second by-election in August was also contested by the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, the Workers' Party Republican Clubs, a candidate standing on a label of General Amnesty and another as The Peace Lover. The turnout was even higher, with most of the additional votes going to the additional parties standing, and Carron was elected. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass (born January 21, 1938) is a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist politician. ... The second by-election held in Fermanagh and South Tryrone on August 20, 1981 was seen by many as a rerun of the earlier contest in April. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, or APNI, is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish political parties | Republic of Ireland political parties | Northern Ireland political parties ...

These victories had the effect of pushing Republicans towards the armalite and ballot box strategy. In the 1982 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly Carron headed up the Sinn Féin slate for the constituency and was elected. The armalite and the ballot box strategy was pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, a strategy where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued to pursue a paramilitary struggle against the British government and... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... -1...

Republicans suffered a reversal in 1983 when the Social Democratic and Labour Party contested the seat. Maginnis won and held the seat for the Ulster Unionist Party for the next eighteen years until he retired. By this point boundary changes had resulted in a broad 50:50 balance between Unionists and Nationalists and it was expected that a single Unionist candidate would hold the seat in the 2001 general election. James Cooper was nominated by the Ulster Unionist Party. The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... James Cooper (1661-1732) of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, great great grandfather of James Fenimore Cooper James Cooper (1729-___ ), father of Judge William Cooper and grandfather of James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), a prominent 19th century American writer. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...

However on this occasion it was the Unionist vote that was to be split. Initially Maurice Morrow of the Democratic Unionist Party was nominated to stand, with the DUP fiercely opposing the UUP's support for the Good Friday Agreement. However Morrow then withdrew in favour of Jim Dixon, a survivor of the Enniskillen bomb who stood as an Independent Unionist opposed to the Agreement. Dixon polled 6,843 votes, far in excess of the mere 53 vote lead that Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew had over Cooper. Subsequently the result was challenged amid allegations that a polling station had been kept open for longer than the deadline, allowing more people to vote, but the courts did not uphold the challenge. The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 by the British and Irish Governments and endorsed by most Northern Ireland political parties. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... Michelle Gildernew (born 1970) is a Northern Ireland nationalist politician. ...

The next general election looks likely to be a fierce contest as both the Ulster Unionist Party and Sinn Féin candidates seek to gain votes that previously went to Dixon and the Social Democratic and Labour Party respectively. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... -1... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ...