West Tyrone (,

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: ''Wast Owenslann'') is a constituency in the

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. The seat was first used for a

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-only election for the

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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 Omagh. ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrone West, Assembly Tyrone West Politics of County Tyrone 1996 establishments in Northern Ireland Constituencies established in 1996