UK general elections › 2017 › Foyle
Foyle — 2017
Elisha McCallion (Sinn Féin) was elected with 18,256 votes— 39.7% of 45,965 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. 39.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,965
| 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 | Elisha McCallion | Sinn Féin | 18,256 | 39.7% | −10.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Durkan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 18,087 | 39.3% | — | |
| 3 | Gary Middleton | Democratic Unionist Party | 7,398 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | Shaun Harkin | People Before Profit Alliance | 1,377 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | John Doherty | Alliance | 847 | 1.8% | — |
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.