Mid Ulster

Map by Conal Kelly

This constituency was a little changed from the old Mid-Ulster; it included all of Cookstown and Omagh districts, and parts of Strabane and Magherafelt. The old Mid Ulster constituency was essentially split in two in 1995, with the larger part becoming the core of the new West Tyrone constituency and the eastern section becoming the core of a very different Mid Ulster. The Member of Parliament throughout this period was William McCrea (DUP).

Election results, 1983-1992

9 April 1992

Rev William McCrea MP (Democratic Unionist Party) 23,181 (42.3%)
Denis Haughey (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 16,994 (31%)
Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) 10,248 (18.7%)
Johnny McLaughlin (Independent) 1,996 (3.6%)
Ann Gormley (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 1,506 (2.7%)
Harry Hutchinson (LTU) 389 (0.7%)
Tommy Owens (Workers' Party) 285 (0.5%)
James Anderson (Natural Law Party) 164 (0.3%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority: 6,187; Electorate: 69,138; Turnout: 79.2%

11 June 1987

Rev William McCrea MP (Democratic Unionist Party) 23,004 (44.2%)
Denis Haughey (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 13,644 (26.2%)
Sean Begley (Sinn Féin) 12,449 (23.9%)
Paddy Bogan (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 1,846 (3.5%)
Paddy Joe McClean (Workers' Party) 1,133 (2.2%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority: 9,360; Electorate: 67,343; Turnout: 77.9%

23 January 1986

@Rev William McCrea MP (Democratic Unionist Party) 23,695 (46.4%)
@Danny Morrison (Sinn Féin) 13,998 (27.1%)
Adrian Colton (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 13,021 (25.2%)
Tommy Owens (Workers' Party) 691 (1.4%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority 9,697; Electorate 66,830; Turnout 77.6%

9 June 1983

@Rev William McCrea (Democratic Unionist Party) 16,174 (30.0%)
@Danny Morrison (Sinn Féin) 16,096 (29.9%)
@Denis Haughey (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 12,044 (22.4%)
@Willie Thompson (Ulster Unionist Party) 7,066 (13.1%)
Aidan Lagan (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 1,735 (3.2)
Tommy Owens (Workers' Party) 766 (1.4%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority: 78; Electorate: 63,899; Turnout: (84.3%)

See also:

Results from 1983 to 1995 for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 21 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.