UK general elections › 2017 › Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Fermanagh and South Tyrone — 2017
Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) was elected with 25,230 votes— 47.2% of 53,481 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. 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,481
| 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 | Michelle Gildernew | Sinn Féin | 25,230 | 47.2% | −2.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tom Elliott | Ulster Unionist Party | 24,355 | 45.5% | — | |
| 3 | Mary Garrity | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,587 | 4.8% | — | |
| 4 | Noreen Campbell | Alliance | 886 | 1.7% | — | |
| 5 | Tanya Jones | Green Party Northern Ireland | 423 | 0.8% | — |
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.