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Election for the constituency of West Tyrone on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of West Tyrone, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Sinn Féin hold by Pat Doherty with a majority of 10,060 - 26.0% - on a turnout of 60.5%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DOHERTY, Pat SF 16,807 43.5% -4.9%
BUCHANAN, Tom DUP 6,747 17.5% -2.3%
MCCROSSAN, Daniel SDLP 6,444 16.7% 2.7%
HUSSEY, Ross UUP 6,144 15.9% -
DONNELLY, Stephen APNI 869 2.2% -0.1%
MCCLEAN, Ciaran Green 780 2.0% -
BROWN, Barry CSA 528 1.4% -
LEYLAND, Claire-Louise Con 169 0.4% -
WHITE, Susan-Anne Ind 166 0.4% -

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 63,856, having a valid vote count of 38,654 and an invalid vote count of 353.

Result declared at 01:47 on 8 May 2015.