Election for the constituency of Newry and Armagh on 6 May 2010

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

Sinn Féin hold by Conor Murphy with a majority of 8,331 - 18.6% - on a turnout of 60.4%.

An electorate of 74,308, having a valid vote count of 44,906 and an invalid vote count of 343.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MURPHY, Conor SF 18,857 42.0% 0.6%
BRADLEY, Dominic SDLP 10,526 23.4% -1.7%
KENNEDY, Danny Ind 8,558 19.1% -
IRWIN, William DUP 5,764 12.8% -5.5%
FRAZER, William Ind 656 1.5% -
MUIR, Andrew APNI 545 1.2% -

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 03:31 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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 Newry and Armagh 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 based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.