Boundaries
The seat was created in 1950 when the old Fermanagh and Tyrone two-member constituency was abolished as part of the final move to single-member seats. As the name implies, the seat includes all of County Fermanagh and the southern part of County Tyrone. Of the post-1973 districts, it initially contained all of Fermanagh and Dungannon and South Tyrone. In boundary changes resulting from a review in 1995, however, a section of Dungannon and South Tyrone (then simply called Dungannon) district around the town of Coalisland was transferred to the Mid Ulster constituency.
The most recent review of boundaries, passed through Parliament by means of the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituency Order sees no change to the boundaries of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. The electoral areas to make up this seat at the 2010 general election were:
- The entire district of Fermanagh
- The wards of Augher, Aughnacloy, Ballygawley, Ballysaggart, Benburb, Caledon, Castlecaulfield, Clogher, Coolhill, Drumglass, Fivemiletown, Killyman, Killymeal, Moy, Moygashel, and Mullaghmore from Dungannon and South Tyrone district
Read more about this topic: Fermanagh And South Tyrone (UK Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the word boundaries:
“We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
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—Bertha Honore Potter Palmer (1849–1918)
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