Election Results

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Election for the constituency of Mid Ulster on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Mid Ulster, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Sinn Féin hold by Martin McGuinness with a majority of 15,363 - 37.6% - on a turnout of 63.2%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MCGUINNESS, Martin SF 21,239 52.0% 4.4%
MCCREA, Ian DUP 5,876 14.4% -9.1%
QUINN, Tony SDLP 5,826 14.3% -3.2%
OVEREND, Sandra Ind 4,509 11.0% -
MILLAR, Walter TUV 2,995 7.3% -
BUTLER, Ian APNI 397 1.0% -

An electorate of 64,594, having a valid vote count of 40,842 and an invalid vote count of 297.

Result declared at 03:00 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.

This constituency of Mid Ulster was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for Northern Ireland. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are calculated from notional results.