UK general elections › 2010 › Newry and Armagh
Newry and Armagh — 2010
Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) was elected with 18,857 votes— 42.0% of 44,906 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,906
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor Murphy | Sinn Féin | 18,857 | 42.0% | −8.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Dominic Bradley | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 10,526 | 23.4% | — | |
| 3 | Danny Kennedy | Independent | 8,558 | 19.1% | — | |
| 4 | William Irwin | Democratic Unionist Party | 5,764 | 12.8% | — | |
| 5 | William Frazer | Independent | 656 | 1.5% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew Muir | Alliance | 545 | 1.2% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.