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Election for the constituency of Foyle on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Foyle, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Sinn Féin gain from SDLP by Elisha McCallion with a majority of 169 - 0.4% - on a turnout of 65.4%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MCCALLION, Elisha SF 18,256 39.7% 8.2%
DURKAN, Mark SDLP 18,087 39.3% -8.6%
MIDDLETON, Gary DUP 7,398 16.1% 3.7%
HARKIN, Shaun PBPA 1,377 3.0% -
DOHERTY, John APNI 847 1.8% -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 70,324, having a valid vote count of 45,965 and an invalid vote count of 177.

Result declared at 02:45 on 9 June 2017.