Northern Ireland · Constituency
West Tyrone
Covers Omagh · Strabane
Photograph shows Omagh, a town in this constituency, not the whole of West Tyrone.
Your member of parliament
Órfhlaith Begley
Sinn FéinSinn Féin won West Tyrone at the 2024 general election with a majority of 15,917 votes, or 36.4 points. A swing of 18.2 points to Democratic Unionist Party would take it. That makes it safer than 603 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 47.
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How safe is this seat?
Very safe
A majority of 36.4 points, which is larger than 603 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Sinn Féin finished ahead of Democratic Unionist Party by 15,917 votes.
Majority
15,917
36.4% of votes cast.
Turnout
58.8%
-0.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
8
43,695 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Órfhlaith BegleyElected | Sinn Féin | 22,711 | 52.0% | +51.2 |
| Tom Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party | 6,794 | 15.5% | +15.0 |
| Daniel McCrossan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 5,821 | 13.3% | +13.0 |
| Matthew Bell | Ulster Unionist Party | 2,683 | 6.1% | +5.8 |
| Stevan Patterson | Traditional Unionist Voice | 2,530 | 5.8% | +5.6 |
| Stephen Donnelly | Alliance | 2,287 | 5.2% | +4.8 |
| Leza Houston | Aontú | 778 | 1.8% | +1.8 |
| Stephen Lynch | Conservative | 91 | 0.2% | -23.5 |
Very safe. Won by more than thirty points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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