UK general elections › 2015 › West Tyrone
West Tyrone — 2015
Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) was elected with 16,807 votes— 43.5% of 38,654 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. 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,654
| 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 | 16,807 | 43.5% | −6.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tom Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party | 6,747 | 17.5% | — | |
| 3 | Daniel McCrossan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 6,444 | 16.7% | — | |
| 4 | Ross Hussey | Ulster Unionist Party | 6,144 | 15.9% | — | |
| 5 | Stephen Donnelly | Alliance | 869 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Ciaran McClean | Green Party Northern Ireland | 780 | 2.0% | — | |
| 7 | Barry Brown | Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 528 | 1.4% | — | |
| 8 | Claire-Louise Leyland | Conservative Party | 169 | 0.4% | — | |
| 9 | Susan-Anne White | Independent | 166 | 0.4% | — |
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.