UK general elections › 2010 › West Tyrone
West Tyrone — 2010
Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) was elected with 18,050 votes— 48.4% of 37,275 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,275
| 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 | Pat Doherty | Sinn Féin | 18,050 | 48.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Thomas Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party | 7,365 | 19.8% | — | |
| 3 | Ross Hussey | Independent | 5,281 | 14.2% | — | |
| 4 | Joe Byrne | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 5,212 | 14.0% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Bower | Alliance | 859 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Ciaran McClean | Independent | 508 | 1.4% | — |
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.