Fermanagh and Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1922–1950

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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		MP
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	Joseph Devlin	Nationalist
1934(b)	Cahir Healy	Nationalist	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)
	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

Parliamentary constituencies in County Fermanagh

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Fermanagh (???–1800)
Enniskillen (1613–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Enniskillen (1801–85) Fermanagh (1801–85) North Fermanagh (1885–1922) South Fermanagh (1885–1922) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50)
Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	South Fermanagh
Seats not taken	North Fermanagh

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Fermanagh and Tyrone
No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

Enniskillen (1929–72)
Fermanagh & Tyrone (1921–29)
Lisnaskea (1929–72)
South Fermanagh (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Parliamentary constituencies in County Tyrone

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Tyrone (???–1800)
Augher (1614–1800)
Clogher (1264–1800)
Dungannon (1613–1800)
Strabane (???–1800)

Westminster
1801–present

Historic	Dungannon (1801–85) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50) Tyrone (1801–1885) East Tyrone (1885–1918) Mid Tyrone (1885–1918) North Tyrone (1885–1918) North-East Tyrone (1918–22) North-West Tyrone (1918–22) South Tyrone (1885–1922)
Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—) West Tyrone (1997—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	North West Tyrone
Seats not taken	North East Tyrone South Tyrone

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Fermanagh & Tyrone
No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

Fermanagh & Tyrone (1921–29)
East Tyrone (1929–72)
Mid Tyrone (1929–72)
North Tyrone (1929–72)
South Tyrone (1929–72)
West Tyrone (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster West Tyrone

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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