Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

54°37′05″N 7°06′58″W / 54.618°N 7.116°W / 54.618; -7.116

Fermanagh and Tyrone
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Districts of Northern IrelandCounty Fermanagh and County Tyrone
19221950
SeatsTwo
Created fromNorth Fermanagh
South Fermanagh
North-East Tyrone
North-West Tyrone
South Tyrone
Replaced byFermanagh & South Tyrone
Mid Ulster

Fermanagh and Tyrone was a Parliamentary Constituency in Northern Ireland which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.

Boundaries

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The constituency was formed from the constituencies of Fermanagh North, Fermanagh South, Tyrone North-East, Tyrone North-West and Tyrone South. It covered County Fermanagh and County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, within which it was the only constituency to regularly elect Nationalist MPs. It was abolished in 1950. Much of the constituency then became Fermanagh and South Tyrone, the remainder part of Mid Ulster.

Members of Parliament

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Nationalist MPs were elected in every general election and by-election held in the constituency, except for the 1924 general election, when no Nationalist stood and two Ulster Unionists defeated two Sinn Féin candidates.

ElectionMPPartyMPParty
1922Thomas HarbisonNationalistCahir HealyNationalist
1924James PringleUUPCharles FallsUUP
1929Thomas HarbisonNationalistJoseph DevlinNationalist
1931(b)Cahir HealyNationalist
1934(b)Joe StewartNationalist
1935Patrick CunninghamNationalistAnthony MulveyNationalist
1950constituency abolished; see Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Mid Ulster

Elections

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General election 1922: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistThomas Harbison 45,236 27.0
NationalistCahir Healy 44,817 26.8
UUPJames Pringle38,64023.1
UUPWilliam Allen38,58923.1
Majority6,1773.7
Turnout167,282
Nationalist win (new seat)
Nationalist win (new seat)
General election 1923: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistThomas Harbison 44,003 27.0 0.0
NationalistCahir Healy 43,668 26.8 0.0
UUPJames Pringle37,73323.10.0
UUPCharles Falls37,68223.10.0
Majority5,9353.70.0
Turnout163,086
Nationalist holdSwing
Nationalist holdSwing
General election 1924: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UUPCharles Falls 44,716 43.5 +20.4
UUPJames Pringle 44,711 43.4 +20.3
Sinn FéinMichael McCartan6,8126.6New
Sinn FéinThomas Corrigan6,6856.5New
Majority37,89936.8N/A
Majority38,03137.0N/A
Turnout102,924
UUP gain from NationalistSwing
UUP gain from NationalistSwing
General election 1929: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistJoseph Devlin Unopposed N/A N/A
NationalistThomas Harbison Unopposed N/A N/A
Nationalist gain from UUP
Nationalist gain from UUP
1931 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistCahir Healy Unopposed N/A N/A
Nationalist hold
General election 1931: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistJoseph Devlin 50,650 26.5 N/A
NationalistCahir Healy 50,603 26.1 N/A
UUPHugh Irwin45,10123.6New
UUPYnyr Burges44,92123.5New
Majority5,5022.5N/A
Turnout191,275
Nationalist holdSwing
Nationalist holdSwing
1934 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistJoe Stewart 28,790 61.4 N/A
Independent NationalistDominick McCrossan18,80938.6New
Majority10,70122.8+20.3
Turnout47,599
Nationalist holdSwing
General election 1935: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistPatrick Cunningham 50,891 26.2 ―0.3
NationalistAnthony Mulvey 50,603 26.1 N/A
UUPRoland Deane46,62524.0+0.4
UUPJohn Blakiston-Houston46,00023.7+0.2
Majority3,0782.1-0.4
Turnout194,119
Nationalist holdSwing
Nationalist holdSwing
General election 1945: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NationalistPatrick Cunningham 55,373 27.3 +1.1
NationalistAnthony Mulvey 55,144 27.1 +1.0
UUPThomas Lyons46,39222.8―1.2
UUPNoreen Cooper46,26022.8―0.9
Majority8,7524.3+2.2
Turnout203,169
Nationalist holdSwing
Nationalist holdSwing

Sources

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