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West Tyrone

Shows the general election results for West Tyrone, which is a constituency in Omagh. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,009 and a turnout of 67.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SF
Sinn Féin Hold
Barry McElduff
Majority
10,342
Electorate
64,009
Turnout
67.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SF 50.7%
DUP 26.9%
SDLP 13.0%
UUP 5.2%
Alliance 2.3%
Green 1.0%
Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance 0.9%

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 (%)
Barry McElduff  SF 22,060 50.7 7.2
Thomas Buchanan  DUP 11,718 26.9 9.5
Daniel McCrossan  SDLP 5,635 13.0 -3.7
Alicia Clarke  UUP 2,253 5.2 -10.7
Stephen Donnelly * Alliance 1,000 2.3 0.1
Ciaran McClean * Green 427 1.0 -1.0
Barry Brown * Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance 393 0.9 0.9
* 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 Green Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance CISTAP Con Ind UCU Oth
2005 38.9% 17.8% 9.1% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 27.4%
2010 48.4% 19.8% 14.0% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 14.2% 0.0%
2015 43.5% 17.5% 16.7% 15.9% 2.2% 2.0% 0.0% 1.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 50.7% 26.9% 13.0% 5.2% 2.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
323 West Tyrone 23.8%
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%
459 West Tyrone 50.7%
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%
375 West Tyrone 67.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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