Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Fermanagh and Tyrone
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Districts of Northern Ireland	County Fermanagh and County Tyrone
1922–1950
Seats	Two
Created from	North Fermanagh South Fermanagh North-East Tyrone North-West Tyrone South Tyrone
Replaced by	Fermanagh & 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

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	Party		MP	Party
1922	Thomas Harbison		Nationalist	Cahir Healy		Nationalist
1924	James Pringle		UUP	Charles Falls		UUP
1929	Thomas Harbison		Nationalist	Joseph Devlin		Nationalist
1931(b)	Cahir Healy		Nationalist
1934(b)				Joe Stewart		Nationalist
1935	Patrick Cunningham		Nationalist	Anthony Mulvey		Nationalist
1950	constituency abolished; see Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Mid Ulster

Elections

General election 1922: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	45,236	27.0
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	44,817	26.8
	UUP	James Pringle	38,640	23.1
	UUP	William Allen	38,589	23.1
Majority			6,177	3.7
Turnout			167,282
	Nationalist win (new seat)
	Nationalist win (new seat)

General election 1923: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

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	3.7	0.0
Turnout			163,086
	Nationalist hold		Swing
	Nationalist hold		Swing

General election 1924: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

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	New
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Corrigan	6,685	6.5	New
Majority			37,899	36.8	N/A
Majority			38,031	37.0	N/A
Turnout			102,924
	UUP gain from Nationalist		Swing
	UUP gain from Nationalist		Swing

General election 1929: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Nationalist gain from UUP
	Nationalist gain from UUP

1931 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Nationalist hold

General election 1931: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

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	New
	UUP	Ynyr Burges	44,921	23.5	New
Majority			5,502	2.5	N/A
Turnout			191,275
	Nationalist hold		Swing
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1934 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Joe Stewart	28,790	61.4	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Dominick McCrossan	18,809	38.6	New
Majority			10,701	22.8	+20.3
Turnout			47,599
	Nationalist hold		Swing

General election 1935: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Patrick Cunningham	50,891	26.2	―0.3
	Nationalist	Anthony Mulvey	50,603	26.1	N/A
	UUP	Roland Deane	46,625	24.0	+0.4
	UUP	John Blakiston-Houston	46,000	23.7	+0.2
Majority			3,078	2.1	−0.4
Turnout			194,119
	Nationalist hold		Swing
	Nationalist hold		Swing

General election 1945: Fermanagh and Tyrone (2 seats)

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	4.3	+2.2
Turnout			203,169
	Nationalist hold		Swing
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Sources

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