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2017 general election results

Newry and Armagh

Shows the general election results for Newry and Armagh, which is a constituency in Armagh. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,266 and a turnout of 68.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SF
Sinn Féin Hold
Mickey Brady
Majority
12,489
Electorate
78,266
Turnout
68.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SF 47.9%
DUP 24.6%
SDLP 16.9%
UUP 8.3%
Alliance 2.3%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Mickey Brady  SF 25,666 47.9 6.8
William Irwin  DUP 13,177 24.6 24.6
Justin McNulty  SDLP 9,055 16.9 -7.2
Sam Nicholson  UUP 4,425 8.3 -24.4
Jackie Coade * Alliance 1,256 2.3 0.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SF DUP SDLP UUP Alliance Con UCU Ind Oth
2005 41.4% 18.4% 25.2% 13.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
2010 42.0% 12.8% 23.4% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 19.1% 1.5% 0.0%
2015 41.1% 0.0% 24.1% 32.7% 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 47.9% 24.6% 16.9% 8.3% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
328 Newry and Armagh 23.3%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
524 Newry and Armagh 47.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
354 Newry and Armagh 68.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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