Mid Ulster

Details of each count in 1998 election

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Map by Conal Kelly

This constituency is the western shore of Lough Neagh. It takes in the whole of Magherafelt and Cookstown district councils, and the Coalisland part of Dungannon district council. The member of parliament has been Martin McGuinness (SF) since he defeated William McCrea (DUP) in 1997. The 1995 boundary changes were so substantial that it was only 30% the same constituency that McCrea had won in 1983.

Billy Armstrong MLA has his own web-site.

		Stage 1	Surplus McCrea		Exclude Boyle, Donnelly, Hutchinson, Daly		Surplus McGuinness
William McCrea	DUP	10339	-3224	7115		7115		7115
Martin McGuinness	SF	8703		8703		8703	-1588	7115
Billy Armstrong	UUP	4498	196.54	4694.54	220.96	4915.50	0.72	4916.22
Francie Molloy	SF	6008	1.55	6009.55	31.00	6040.55	1033.56	7074.11
Denis Haughey	SDLP	6410	3.72	6413.72	238.31	6652.03	84.78	6736.81
John Kelly	SF	5594	1.86	5595.86	62.00	5657.86	241.56	5899.42
Patsy McGlone	SDLP	4666	10.85	4676.85	105.00	4781.85	174.78	4956.63
Paul McLean	DUP	307	2701.34	3008.34	26.20	3034.54	7.02	3041.56
John Junkin	UUP	2440	240.87	2680.87	77.79	2758.66	0.18	2758.84
Yvonne Boyle	APNI	497	2.48	499.48	-499.48
Francie Donnelly	WP	207	0.62	207.62	-207.62
Harry Hutchinson	Soc	91	14.57	105.57	-105.57
Mary Daly	NLP	38		38.00	-38.00

non-transferable			49.60	49.60	89.41	139.01	45.4	184.41

Stage 2: Of McCrea's 10339 votes, 8714 (84.28%) went to McLean (DUP); 777 to Junkin and 634 to Armstrong, thus 1411 (13.65%) to the UUP candidates; 47 (0.45%) to Hutchinson (Socialist); 35 to McGlone and 12 to Haughey, thus 47 (0.45%) to the SDLP; 6 to Kelly and 5 to Molloy, thus 11 (0.11%) to SF; 8 (0.08%) to Boyle (Alliance); 2 (0.02%) to Donnelly (WP) and none to Daly (NLP) with 99 (0.96%) non-transferable.

Stage 4: Of McGuinness's 8703 votes, 5742 went to Molloy and 1342 to Kelly, thus 7084 (68.52%) to the other SF candidates; 971 to McGlone and 471 to Haughey, thus 1442 (13.95%) to the SDLP; 39 (0.38%) to McLean (DUP); 4 to Armstrong and 1 to Junkin, thus 5 (0.05%) to the UUP with 133 (1.29%) non-transferable.

		Stage 4	Exclude Junkin		Exclude McLean
William McCrea	DUP	7115		7115		7115
Martin McGuinness	SF	7115		7115		7115
Billy Armstrong	UUP	4916.22	1964.84	6881.06	586.00	7467.06
Francie Molloy	SF	7074.11	1.62	7075.73	7.45	7083.18
Denis Haughey	SDLP	6736.81	31.93	6768.74	282.24	7050.98
John Kelly	SF	5899.42	2.00	5901.42	12.23	5913.65
Patsy McGlone	SDLP	4956.63	13.00	4969.63	106.16	5075.79
Paul McLean	DUP	3041.56	686.28	3727.84	-3727.84
John Junkin	UUP	2758.84	-2758.84

non-transferable		184.41	59.17	243.58	2733.76	2977.34

The third Sinn Féin seat took everyone by surprise, though it had been presaged in Martin McGuinness' victory in the 1997 Westminster election. Patsy McGlone of the SDLP began in sixth place, but there were not enough SDLP votes to elect him and he was overtaken by the UUP when their second candidate was eliminated. Had the two SDLP candidates balanced their votes slightly better, UUP transfers would have elected McGlone at the expense of Captain Kelly.

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Nicholas Whyte, 15 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.

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