UK general elections2015 › Newry and Armagh

Newry and Armagh — 2015

Mickey Brady (Sinn Féin) was elected with 20,488 votes41.1% of 49,877 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,877

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mickey Brady Sinn Féin 20,48841.1%−8.9 ptsElected
2Danny Kennedy Ulster Unionist Party 16,31232.7%
3Justin McNulty Social Democratic & Labour Party 12,02624.1%
4Kate Nicholl Alliance 8411.7%
5Robert Rigby Conservative Party 2100.4%

Electorate 77,633 · Turnout 64.2% · Majority 4,176 · Back to 2015 overview

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.