UK general elections › 2017 › Newry and Armagh
Newry and Armagh — 2017
Mickey Brady (Sinn Féin) was elected with 25,666 votes— 47.9% of 53,579 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,579
| 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 | Mickey Brady | Sinn Féin | 25,666 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | William Irwin | Democratic Unionist Party | 13,177 | 24.6% | — | |
| 3 | Justin McNulty | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 9,055 | 16.9% | — | |
| 4 | Sam Nicholson | Ulster Unionist Party | 4,425 | 8.3% | — | |
| 5 | Jackie Coade | Alliance | 1,256 | 2.3% | — |
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.