Election Results

General election 2024

The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of West Tyrone on 6 May 2010.

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

Sinn Féin hold by Pat Doherty with a majority of 10,685 - 28.7% - on a turnout of 61.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DOHERTY, Pat SF 18,050 48.4% 9.5%
BUCHANAN, Thomas DUP 7,365 19.8% 2.0%
HUSSEY, Ross Ind 5,281 14.2% -
BYRNE, Joe SDLP 5,212 14.0% 4.9%
BOWER, Michael APNI 859 2.3% -
MCCLEAN, Ciaran Ind 508 1.4% -

An electorate of 61,148, having a valid vote count of 37,275 and an invalid vote count of 341.

Result declared at 00:36 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 West Tyrone 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.