South Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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South Tyrone
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
South Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1973
Election method	First past the post

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)

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South Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

South Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. South Tyrone was created by the division of Fermanagh and Tyrone into eight new constituencies, of which five were in County Tyrone. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972 and then formally abolished in 1973.

The seat was made up from parts of the rural districts of Clogher and Dungannon as well as the town of Dungannon.

Politics

County Tyrone had five Stormont MPs from 1929 until 1972. The seats in the North and South of the county were Unionist, the constituency covering the East could be considered marginal, whilst those in the West and centre of the county were nationalist.

South Tyrone was contested by the Nationalist Party once, in 1949. All other contests were triggered by either an independent unionist or member of the Northern Ireland Labour Party standing against the Ulster Unionist Party, which consistently held the seat.

MPs for the area included Stormont's last Minister of State for Home Affairs, John Taylor, and William Frederick McCoy who served briefly as Speaker to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 25 January 1956 until 23 April 1956.

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1929	Rowley Elliott	UUP
1944	William Frederick McCoy	UUP
1965	John Taylor	UUP

Election results

General Election 1929: South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UUP	Rowley Elliott	8,743	65.0
	Ind. Unionist	J. J. Hazlett	4,699	35.0
Majority			4,044	30.0
Turnout			17,486	74.2
	UUP win (new seat)

At the 1933 Northern Ireland general election, Rowley Elliott was elected unopposed.

General Election 1938: South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	Rowley Elliott	9,478	71.6	*N/A*
	NI Labour	A. Graham	3,754	28.4	New
Majority			5,724	43.2	N/A
Turnout			13,232	75.0	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

South Tyrone by-election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	William Frederick McCoy	6,352	81.9	+10.3
	NI Labour	William Leeburn	1,400	18.1	−10.3
Majority			4,952	63.8	+20.6
Turnout			7,752	44.8	−30.2
	UUP hold		Swing

At the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, William Frederick McCoy was elected unopposed.

General Election 1949: South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	William Frederick McCoy	8,855	61.1	*N/A*
	Nationalist	James Slevin	5,630	38.9	New
Majority			3,225	22.2	N/A
Turnout			14,485	84.3	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1953, 1958 and 1962 Northern Ireland general elections, William Frederick McCoy was elected unopposed.

General Election 1965: South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	John Taylor	8,935	64.8	*N/A*
	NI Labour	Jack Hassard	4,862	35.2	New
Majority			4,073	29.6	N/A
Turnout			13,797	77.5	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: South Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	John Taylor	7,683	54.0	−10.8
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas Gerard Eakins	6,533	46.0	New
Majority			1,150	8.0	−21.6
Turnout			14,216	83.0	+5.5
	UUP hold		Swing

References

v t e Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies
1921–1929	1929–1973
Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim
Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh
Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria
Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill
Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor
Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale
Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down
Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone
Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry
Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

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

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Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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