Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 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 Ireland	County Fermanagh and County Tyrone
1922–1950
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster
Created from	North Fermanagh South Fermanagh North-East Tyrone North-West Tyrone South Tyrone

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

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

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.

Election	MP		MP
1922	Thomas Harbison	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	Nationalist
1924	James Pringle	UUP	Charles Fausset Falls	UUP
1929	Thomas Harbison	Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	Nationalist
1931(b)	Cahir Healy	Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	Nationalist
1934(b)	Cahir Healy	Nationalist	Joseph Francis Stewart	Nationalist
1935	Patrick Cunningham	Nationalist	Anthony Mulvey	Nationalist
1950	constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1945: Fermanagh and Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Patrick Cunningham	55,373	27.3	+ 1.1
	Nationalist	Anthony Mulvey	55,144	27.1	+ 1.0
	UUP	Thomas Lyons	46,392	22.8	- 1.2
	UUP	Noreen Cooper	46,260	22.8	- 0.9
Majority			8,752
Turnout
	Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Fermanagh and Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Patrick Cunningham	50,891	26.2	- 0.3
	Nationalist	Anthony Mulvey	50,603	26.1	- 0.3
	UUP	Roland Deane	46,625	24.0	+ 0.4
	UUP	John Houston	46,000	23.7	+ 0.2
Majority			3,078
Turnout
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Joseph Francis Stewart	28,790	61.4	N/A
	Independent Nationalist	Dominick McCrossan	18,809	38.6	N/A
Majority			10,701
Turnout
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1931: Fermanagh and Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	50,650	26.5	N/A
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	50,603	26.1	N/A
	UUP	Hugh Irwin	45,101	23.6	N/A
	UUP	Ynyr Burges	44,921	23.5	N/A
Majority			5,502
Turnout
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1929: Fermanagh and Tyrone
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Nationalist gain from UUP		Swing	N/A

General Election 1924: Fermanagh and Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Charles Falls	44,716	43.5	+ 20.4
	UUP	James Pringle	44,711	43.4	+ 20.3
	Sinn Féin	Michael McCartan	6,812	6.6	N/A
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Corrigan	6,685	6.5	N/A
Majority			37,899
Turnout
	UUP gain from Nationalist		Swing

General Election 1923: Fermanagh and Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	44,003	27.0	0.0
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	43,668	26.8	0.0
	UUP	James Pringle	37,733	23.1	0.0
	UUP	Charles Falls	37,682	23.1	0.0
Majority			5,935
Turnout
	Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Fermanagh and Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	45,236	27.0	N/A
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	44,817	26.8	N/A
	UUP	James Pringle	38,640	23.1	N/A
	UUP	William James Allen	38,589	23.1	N/A
Majority			6,177		N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
ElectionsIreland.org

Parliamentary constituencies in County Fermanagh

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Enniskillen (1613–1800)
Fermanagh (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Enniskillen (1801–85) Fermanagh (1801–85) North Fermanagh (1885–1922) South Fermanagh (1885–1922) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50)

Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	South Fermanagh

Seats not taken	North Fermanagh

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Fermanagh and Tyrone

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

Enniskillen (1929–72)
Fermanagh & Tyrone (1921–29)
Lisnaskea (1929–72)
South Fermanagh (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Parliamentary constituencies in County Tyrone