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2017 general election · Northern Ireland

Foyle: 2017 general election result

Elisha McCallion (Sinn Féin) won Foyle at the 2017 general election with a majority of 169 (SF gain from SDLP). Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Elisha McCallionSinn Féin
Majority
1690.4% of valid votes
Turnout
65.4%45,965 valid votes
Electorate
70,324
Result
SF gain from SDLP
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Elisha McCallion ElectedSinn Féin18,25639.7%+8.2
Mark Durkan sitting MPSocial Democratic and Labour Party
Social Democratic & Labour Party
18,08739.4%−8.6
Gary MiddletonDemocratic Unionist Party7,39816.1%+3.7
Shaun HarkinPeople Before Profit Alliance1,3773.0%+3.0
John DohertyAlliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alliance
8471.8%−0.4
Valid votes45,965
Majority1690.4%

Change compared with the 2015 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 9 June 2017, 02:45.

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Questions and answers

Who won Foyle at the 2017 general election?

Elisha McCallion (Sinn Féin) won with 18,256 votes (39.7%). Result: SF gain from SDLP.

What was the majority in Foyle in 2017?

169 votes (0.4% of valid votes) over the Social Democratic and Labour Party candidate, Mark Durkan.

What was the turnout in Foyle in 2017?

65.4% of the 70,324 registered electors cast a valid vote (45,965 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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