# West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

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West Tyrone is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.
For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Mid Ulster constituency with a smaller section coming from Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the West Tyrone UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency).

## Members

| Election | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) |
| 1996 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | 5 seats 1996–1998 | 5 seats 1996–1998 | Paddy McGowan (SDLP) | Joe Byrne (SDLP) | | Derek Hussey (UUP) | Oliver Gibson (DUP) |
| 1998 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) | Eugene McMenamin (SDLP) | Joe Byrne (SDLP) | | Derek Hussey (UUP) | Oliver Gibson (DUP) |
| 2003 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) | Eugene McMenamin (SDLP) | Kieran Deeny (Independent) | | Derek Hussey (UUP) | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| 2007 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) | Claire McGill (Sinn Féin) | Kieran Deeny (Independent) | | Allan Bresland (DUP) | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| 2011 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) | Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin) | Joe Byrne (SDLP) | | Ross Hussey (UUP) | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| July 2012 co-option | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin) | Joe Byrne (SDLP) | | Ross Hussey (UUP) | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| December 2015 co-option | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | | Ross Hussey (UUP) | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| 2016 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | | Ross Hussey (UUP) | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| 2017 | Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| June 2017 co-option | Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| May 2019 co-option | Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Maolíosa McHugh (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| November 2020 co-option | Nicola Brogan (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Maolíosa McHugh (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
| 2022 | Nicola Brogan (Sinn Féin) | | Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Maolíosa McHugh (Sinn Féin) | Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) | 5 seats 2017–present | 5 seats 2017–present | Thomas Buchanan (DUP) |
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

## Elections
### Northern Ireland Assembly
#### 2022

2022 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Nicola Brogan | 18.75% | 8,626 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Daniel McCrossan | 11.92% | 5,483 | 5,555 | 5,849 | 6,330 | 6,508 | 8,288 |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan | 14.44% | 6,640 | 6,642 | 6,739 | 6,751 | 7,634 | 7,798 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maoliosa McHugh | 14.48% | 6,658 | 7,047 | 7,189 | 7,567 | 7,571 | 7,731 |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan McAleer | 13.79% | 6,343 | 6,731 | 6,888 | 7,111 | 7,113 | 7,592 |
| | TUV | Trevor Clarke | 9.06% | 4,166 | 4,166 | 4,199 | 4,207 | 4,704 | 4,885 |
| | Alliance | Stephen Donnelly | 6.45% | 2,967 | 3,026 | 3,327 | 3,476 | 3,777 | |
| | UUP | Ian Marshall | 4.08% | 1,876 | 1,877 | 1,911 | 1,918 | | |
| | Independent | Paul Gallagher | 3.66% | 1,682 | 1,688 | 1,895 | | | |
| | Aontú | James Hope | 1.43% | 657 | 661 | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Carol Gallagher | 0.77% | 354 | 358 | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Susan Glass | 0.55% | 252 | 255 | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Amy Ferguson | 0.37% | 171 | 173 | | | | |
| | Independent | Barry Brown | 0.26% | 119 | 125 | | | | |
| Electorate: 69,702 Valid: 45,994 (65.99%) Spoilt: 635 Quota: 7,666 Turnout: 46,629 (66.90%) ||||||||||

#### 2017

2017 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan | 20.45% | 9,064 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle | 17.40% | 7,714 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 17.09% | 7,573 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Daniel McCrossan | 14.17% | 6,283 | 6,300 | 6,333 | 6,343 | 7,682 |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan McAleer | 13.61% | 6,034 | 6,035 | 6,289 | 6,421 | 7,035 |
| | UUP | Alicia Clarke | 8.24% | 3,654 | 4,689 | 4,689 | 4,690 | 6,275 |
| | TUV | Charlie Chittick | 1.92% | 851 | 1,429 | 1,429 | 1,429 | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Donnelly | 2.82% | 1,252 | 1,260 | 1,264 | 1,266 | |
| | Independent | Sorcha McAnespy | 1.95% | 864 | 866 | 871 | 875 | |
| | Green (NI) | Ciaran McClean | 0.93% | 412 | 416 | 417 | 418 | |
| | Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance | Barry Brown | 0.84% | 373 | 381 | 384 | 385 | |
| | Independent | Corey French | 0.22% | 98 | 99 | 101 | 102 | |
| | Independent | Roisin McMackin | 0.19% | 85 | 86 | 86 | 86 | |
| | Independent | Susan-Anne White | 0.09% | 41 | 45 | 45 | 45 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas | 0.06% | 27 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| Electorate: 64,258 Valid: 44,325 (68.98%) Spoilt: 582 Quota: 7,388 Turnout: 44,907 (69.89%) |||||||||

#### 2016

2016 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | SDLP | Daniel McCrossan | 11.05% | 4,287 | 4,297 | 4,343 | 4,434 | 4,482 | 4,600 | 4,880 | 5,552 | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan | 11.98% | 4,650 | 4,652 | 4,673 | 4,685 | 4,699 | 4,709 | 4,728 | 4,766 | 8,370 | | |
| | UUP | Ross Hussey | 11.44% | 4,441 | 4,454 | 4,486 | 4,563 | 4,596 | 4,663 | 4,705 | 4,848 | 5,124 | 7,932 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 11.77% | 4,568 | 4,568 | 4,588 | 4,597 | 4,671 | 4,715 | 4,916 | 5,250 | 5,252 | 5,252 | 5,263 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle | 11.49% | 4,460 | 4,460 | 4,495 | 4,505 | 4,574 | 4,599 | 4,806 | 4,953 | 4,955 | 4,959 | 4,993 |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan McAleer | 9.19% | 3,565 | 3,566 | 3,575 | 3,581 | 3,619 | 3,644 | 3,775 | 4,009 | 4,009 | 4,009 | 4,017 |
| | Sinn Féin | Grace McDermott | 9.56% | 3,711 | 3,711 | 3,721 | 3,727 | 3,750 | 3,774 | 3,865 | 3,974 | 3,974 | 3,974 | 3,996 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland | 10.01% | 3,884 | 3,887 | 3,897 | 3,902 | 3,919 | 3,924 | 3,941 | 3,952 | | | |
| | Independent | Josephine Deehan | 4.58% | 1,778 | 1,779 | 1,818 | 1,893 | 1,944 | 2,066 | 2,607 | | | | |
| | Independent | Sorcha McAnespy | 2.13% | 828 | 828 | 849 | 871 | 932 | 1,003 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patsy Kelly | 1.70% | 661 | 662 | 703 | 726 | 742 | 763 | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Ciaran McClean | 1.18% | 458 | 461 | 513 | 619 | 714 | | | | | | |
| | CISTA | Barry Brown | 1.41% | 547 | 549 | 582 | 612 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Donnelly | 1.27% | 494 | 495 | 506 | | | | | | | | |
| | Animal Welfare | Laura McAnea | 0.58% | 224 | 225 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Corey French | 0.32% | 124 | 125 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Susan-Anne White | 0.22% | 85 | 86 | | | | | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas | 0.11% | 44 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 65,694 Valid: 38,809 (59.08%) Spoilt: 516 Quota: 5,545 Turnout: 39,325 (59.86%) |||||||||||||||

#### 2011

2011 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 15.29% | 6,008 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 14.32% | 5,630 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle | 12.86% | 5,053 | 5,089.3 | 5,445.94 | 7,791.94 | |
| | SDLP | Joe Byrne | 8.53% | 3,353 | 3,372.08 | 4,555.86 | 4,918.98 | 5,320.98 |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan | 12.79% | 5,027 | 5,027.42 | 5,133.66 | 5,143.8 | 5,162.8 |
| | UUP | Ross Hussey | 10.36% | 4,072 | 4,073.08 | 4,365.88 | 4,394.94 | 4,397.94 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland | 10.33% | 4,059 | 4,059.18 | 4,115.18 | 4,116.78 | 4,123.78 |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan McAleer | 7.65% | 3,008 | 3,372.9 | 3,576.4 | | |
| | Independent | Paddy McGowan | 2.91% | 1,145 | 1,158.92 | | | |
| | Independent | Eugene McMenamin | 2.79% | 1,096 | 1,099.18 | | | |
| | Alliance | Eric Bullick | 2.17% | 852 | 854.04 | | | |
| Electorate: 62,970 Valid: 39,303 (62.42%) Spoilt: 1,020 Quota: 5,615 Turnout: 40,323 (64.04%) |||||||||

#### 2007

2007 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 16.82% | 6,971 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 16.18% | 6,709 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Claire McGill | 11.48% | 4,757 | 5,599.85 | 6,217.39 | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan | 11.16% | 4,625 | 4,625.3 | 4,625.41 | 4,690.71 | 4,697.82 | 6,207.82 | |
| | Independent | Kieran Deeny | 9.11% | 3,776 | 3,847.7 | 3,873.66 | 4,259.05 | 4,831.92 | 5,559.89 | 5,615.88 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland | 10.24% | 4,244 | 4,244.45 | 4,244.89 | 4,286.04 | 4,308.04 | 5,543.04 | 5,543.37 |
| | SDLP | Josephine Deehan | 6.49% | 2,689 | 2,741.8 | 2,773.37 | 3,280.48 | 4,886.49 | 5,085.23 | 5,185.55 |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey | 8.89% | 3,686 | 3,686.9 | 3,687.78 | 3,761.3 | 3,813.48 | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 5.48% | 2,272 | 2,290.75 | 2,328.15 | 2,700.96 | | | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Shields | 2.55% | 1,057 | 1,098.85 | 1,105.56 | | | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Joe O'Neill | 1.08% | 448 | 454.75 | 461.68 | | | | |
| | UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 0.53% | 220 | 220.9 | 222.33 | | | | |
| Electorate: 58,367 Valid: 41,454 (71.02%) Spoilt: 385 Quota: 5,923 Turnout: 41,839 (71.68%) |||||||||||

#### 2003

2003 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Kieran Deeny | 14.76% | 6,158 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 14.42% | 6,019 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan | 11.36% | 4,739 | 4,743.8 | 4,977.64 | 4,977.67 | 7,222.67 | | | |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey | 8.95% | 3,733 | 3,742.66 | 5,477.33 | 5,477.47 | 5,902.94 | 7,138.19 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 13.52% | 5,642 | 5,689.25 | 5,693.4 | 5,722.84 | 5,725.91 | 5,725.91 | 5,725.91 | 6,097.91 |
| | SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 8.30% | 3,465 | 3,479.07 | 3,517.15 | 3,518.15 | 3,533.24 | 3,545.24 | 3,692.99 | 5,975.68 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McMahon | 10.66% | 4,450 | 4,456.99 | 4,464.05 | 4,483.95 | 4,484.98 | 4,484.98 | 4,484.98 | 4,558.69 |
| | SDLP | Joe Byrne | 6.34% | 2,645 | 2,718.20 | 2,774.92 | 2,777.87 | 2,790.99 | 2,802.24 | 2,991.24 | |
| | DUP | Derek Reaney | 6.10% | 2,547 | 2,549.04 | 2,774.52 | 2,774.55 | | | | |
| | UUP | Bert Wilson | 4.63% | 1,934 | 1,940.12 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Roy Reid | 0.56% | 233 | 233.57 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Steven Alexander | 0.39% | 164 | 171.47 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 57,795 Valid: 41,729 (72.20%) Spoilt: 599 Quota: 5,962 Turnout: 42,328 (73.24%) ||||||||||||

#### 1998

1998 Assembly election: West Tyrone – 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | DUP | Oliver Gibson | 17.44% | 8,015 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 15.29% | 7,027 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Joe Byrne | 14.13% | 6,495 | 6,498.78 | 6,512.1 | 6,705.1 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey | 10.06% | 4,622 | 5,518.91 | 5,519.27 | 5,553.31 | 5,769.72 | 5,883.18 | 5,920.6 | 8,445.6 | |
| | SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 7.72% | 3,548 | 3,549.26 | 3,553.7 | 3,645 | 3,744 | 4,011.24 | 5,623.17 | 5,791.17 | 6,520.17 |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 10.80% | 4,963 | 4,963.84 | 5,276.44 | 5,386.33 | 5,415.75 | 5,664.77 | 5,989.21 | 5,993.26 | 5,997.26 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Devine | 8.00% | 3,676 | 3,676 | 3,747.64 | 3,806.48 | 3,836.66 | 3,937.62 | 4,072.94 | 4,078.05 | 4,088.05 |
| | UUP | Alastair Patterson | 5.69% | 2,615 | 3,055.16 | 3,055.16 | 3,112.58 | 3,270.1 | 3,356.81 | 3,372.02 | | |
| | SDLP | Pat McDonnell | 3.86% | 1,772 | 1,773.89 | 1,777.55 | 1,837.27 | 2,009.57 | 2,461.99 | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy McGowan | 2.76% | 1,269 | 1,301.34 | 1,304.82 | 1,447.09 | 1,718.23 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Ann Gormley | 2.20% | 1,011 | 1,020.66 | 1,022.64 | 1,104.62 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Johnny McLaughlin | 1.24% | 570 | 583.44 | 586.38 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Laurence O'Kane | 0.37% | 171 | 172.89 | 174.09 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 0.34% | 157 | 161.83 | 162.19 | | | | | | |
| | Natural Law | Robert Johnstone | 0.09% | 40 | 50.71 | 51.01 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 59,081 Valid: 45,951 (77.78%) Spoilt: 962 Quota: 6,565 Turnout: 46,913 (79.40%) |||||||||||||

### 1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Percentage |
| SDLP | Joe Byrne Paddy McGowan Ignatius Murtagh Seamus Shields | 11,622 | 28.4 |
| Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff Patrick McMahon Francis Mackey Patrick Watters Padraigin Ui Mhurdchadha | 11,516 | 28.1 |
| UUP | Derek Hussey William Oldcroft Edward Turner Desmond Anderson James Emery | 7,327 | 17.9 |
| DUP | Oliver Gibson Thomas Kerrigan | 6,727 | 16.4 |
| Alliance | Ann Gormley Elizabeth McCaffrey John Devine | 1,081 | 2.6 |
| Labour coalition | John McLaughlin Michael Duffy Anton McCabe Manus Maguire | 792 | 1.9 |
| Ulster Democratic | Thomas Lowry Stephen Taylor | 397 | 1.0 |
| UK Unionist | Dennis Wickersham John McNeil | 292 | 0.7 |
| PUP | Eileen Ward George McDermott | 238 | 0.6 |
| NI Women's Coalition | Helena Schlindwein Maria McGilloway Frances Donaghy | 185 | 0.5 |
| Workers' Party | Hugh Mullan John Doherty | 169 | 0.4 |
| Green (NI) | Ben Ryan Carolyn Bell Donald Spencer | 158 | 0.4 |
| Democratic Left | P. J. McClean Teresa McVeigh Mary Veronica McElroy Martin McCay | 130 | 0.3 |
| NI Conservatives | Lindsay Cumming Julian Robertson | 119 | 0.3 |
| Ulster Independence | Sandra Jones Stanley Hayes Richard Button | 107 | 0.3 |
| Natural Law | John McCallen Denis Nelson | 45 | 0.1 |
| Independent Chambers | Mandy Beattie Heather Ewart | 30 | 0.1 |