General election 2024: Fermanagh and South Tyrone profile

From the border village of Belleek in the west to the outskirts of Armagh in the east, it covers a large rural population as well as the towns of Enniskillen and Dungannon.

Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew has been the MP since 2001, apart from two years between 2015-17 when the Ulster Unionist Party’s Tom Elliott held the seat. Outgoing MP Michelle Gildernew decided not to defend her seat having announced she was contesting the European election in the Republic.As general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing she has had a high profile during recent nationwide public sector strikes.at the South West Acute Hospital, the closure of rural GP surgeries and lengthy waiting lists top many voters’ concerns.

Diana Armstrong says she is offering a positive message of unionism, insisting the UUP has consistently opposed the Northern Ireland protocol, the post-Brexit trade agreement which introduced some new checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Tom Elliott described the changes as “puzzling” which suggests that unionists feel their vote has been squeezed.

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