West Tyrone (,
Ulster Scots: ''Wast Owenslann'') is a constituency in the
Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
-only election for the
Northern Ireland Forum
The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each Westmin ...
in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.
For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the
Mid Ulster constituency with a smaller section coming from
Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the
West Tyrone UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see
West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
West Tyrone is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP for the constituency is Órfhlaith Begley of Sinn Féin.
Constituency profile
The seat is rural and includes the towns of Strabane and Omag ...
.
Members
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly
2022
2017
2016
2011
2007
2003
1998
1996 forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.
1996 Candidates – West Tyrone
, Northern Ireland Elections
References
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Tyrone West
Politics of County Tyrone
1996 establishments in Northern Ireland
Constituencies established in 1996