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2015 general election · Northern Ireland

Foyle: 2015 general election result

Mark Durkan (Social Democratic and Labour Party) won Foyle at the 2015 general election with a majority of 6,046. Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Mark DurkanSocial Democratic and Labour Party
Majority
6,04616.3% of valid votes
Turnout
52.8%37,002 valid votes
Electorate
70,036
Result
SDLP hold
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Mark Durkan Elected sitting MPSocial Democratic and Labour Party
Social Democratic & Labour Party
17,72547.9%+3.2
Gearóid Ó HeáraSinn Féin11,67931.6%−0.4
Gary MiddletonDemocratic Unionist Party4,57312.4%+0.5
Julia KeeUlster Unionist Party1,2263.3%+3.3
David HawthorneAlliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alliance
8352.3%+1.7
Kyle ThompsonUK Independence Party8322.3%+2.3
Hamish BadenochConservative1320.4%+0.4
Valid votes37,002
Majority6,04616.3%

Change compared with the 2010 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 8 May 2015, 01:42.

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Questions and answers

Who won Foyle at the 2015 general election?

Mark Durkan (Social Democratic and Labour Party) won with 17,725 votes (47.9%). Result: SDLP hold.

What was the majority in Foyle in 2015?

6,046 votes (16.3% of valid votes) over the Sinn Féin candidate, Gearóid Ó Heára.

What was the turnout in Foyle in 2015?

52.8% of the 70,036 registered electors cast a valid vote (37,002 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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