The placeConstituency · Northern Ireland · Electorate 77,828 · 2023 boundaries

Fermanagh and South Tyrone.

Sinn Féin MP Pat Cullen holds the seat on 48.6% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentPat Cullen · Sinn Féin
Boundary set2023
ONS codeN05000007
Electorate · 2024
77.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
48.6%
Sinn Féin · +8.9pp over Ind
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Fermanagh and South Tyrone's MP is making her mark almost entirely through local advocacy rather than Westminster activity. Pat Cullen has been publicly pressing on constituency health issues -- including demanding answers over the relocation of a South West Acute Hospital clinic due to staffing pressures and calling on the Health Minister to act urgently on ambulance service failures disproportionately affecting the area. She has also visited a local school to highlight what she described as a "dire" need for redevelopment, directly pressuring the Education Minister for action. Her most visible work is rooted in the constituency rather than the Commons chamber.

Her voting participation stands at 0% -- but this is not unusual. Sinn Féin operates an abstentionist policy, meaning its MPs do not take their seats or vote at Westminster on principle. This is a deliberate political position rather than disengagement, and no rebel votes or voting record exists as a result. There is no speech data from Parliament and she sits on no select committees, meaning her formal Westminster footprint is, by design, essentially zero.

The practical picture is of an MP whose work plays out through local media, direct ministerial pressure at Stormont level, and constituency casework rather than through parliamentary mechanisms. Health dominates her recent coverage -- five articles in the past 90 days -- followed by education. It is worth noting that some of the health coverage involves Stormont-level figures rather than Cullen directly, so the full picture of her individual impact is somewhat blurred. No speech or committee data is available to supplement this.

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 50.3% Female 49.7% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Pat CullenWONInd24,84448.6
Diana ArmstrongInd20,27339.7
Eddie RoofeInd2,4204.7
Paul BlakeInd2,3864.7
Gerry CullenInd6241.2
Carl DuffyInd5291.0

Turnout 51,076

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Michelle GildernewInd43.3
2017Michelle GildernewInd47.2
2015Tom ElliottInd46.4
2010Gildernew, MichelleInd45.5
Sources, methods & last update
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BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission