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Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Foyle
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Foyle in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern IrelandDerry City and Strabane District Council
Electorate68,565 (March 2011)
Major settlementsDerry
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentColum Eastwood (SDLP)
Number of members1
Created fromLondonderry
Mid Ulster (small parts of)[1]

Foyle (Irish: An Feabhal) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Northern Ireland.

Election results

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General election 2019: Foyle[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Colum Eastwood 26,881 57.0 +17.7
Sinn Féin Elisha McCallion 9,771 20.7 ―19.0
DUP Gary Middleton 4,773 10.1 ―6.0
Aontú Anne McCloskey 2,032 4.3 New
People Before Profit Shaun Harkin 1,332 2.8 ―0.2
Alliance Rachael Ferguson 1,267 2.7 +0.9
Ulster Unionist Darren Guy 1,088 2.3 New
Majority 17,110 36.3 N/A
Turnout 47,144 63.4 ―2.0
Registered electors 74,360
SDLP gain from Sinn Féin Swing +18.4

This seat saw the largest decrease in vote share for Sinn Féin at the 2019 general election.[3]

References

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  1. "'Foyle', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. "Foyle Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. "General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2021.