Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| candidate | party | constituency | year | days |
| alfred dobbs | labour | smethwick | 1945 | 1 1 |
| john sunderland | labour | preston | 1945 | 122 1 |
| john whittaker | labour | heywood and radcliffe | 1945 | 137 1 |
| philip clarke | sinn féin | fermanagh and south tyrone | 1955 | 152 3x |
| thomas mitchell | sinn féin | mid - ulster | 1955 | 152 3x |
| harry west | ulster unionist | fermanagh and south tyrone | february 1974 | 224 2 |
| michael ancram | conservative | berwick and east lothian | february 1974 | 224 2a |
| barry henderson | conservative | east dunbartonshire | february 1974 | 224 2a |
| paul tyler | liberal | bodmin | february 1974 | 224 2a |
| michael winstanley | liberal | hazel grove | february 1974 | 224 2b |
| james godfrey macmanaway | ulster unionist | belfast west | 1950 | 238 3 |
| judith chaplin | conservative | newbury | 1992 | 316 1 |
| peter law | independent | blaenau gwent | 2005 | 355 1 |
Title:
united kingdom general election records
Statement:
before 1955 , sinn féin was the party that thomas mitchell belonged to
Answer:
refuted