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  UK Parliament - Foyle
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Parents > United Kingdom > Northern Ireland > Northern Ireland > Foyle
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 07, 2015 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close May 07, 2015 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start May 08, 2015 - 12:00pm
Term End June 08, 2017 - 11:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia April 19, 2017 09:24pm
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Description BBC Constituency Profile:

This constituency centres on Londonderry, Northern Ireland's second city. The seat has three major educational institutions including the University of Ulster campus at Magee. Derry is the principal retail centre in the north west of Ireland. Foyle has relatively high levels of deprivation.

The area traditionally had a strong manufacturing base centred on textiles and clothing. In recent years, there has been huge investment with new hotels, theatres, museums and galleries and shopping facilities opening. The city has one of the best examples of city walls in Europe. The estimated population of Foyle in 2013 was almost 102,000. Foyle has the second highest proportion of Catholics in Northern Ireland. In 1983 former civil rights leader and SDLP founder John Hume took the Foyle seat, and dominated the electoral scene for the next two decades. In 2005 he stood down from parliament, opening a vacancy filled by his successor as party leader, Mark Durkan.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartySocial Democratic and Labour Won05/06/2010
NameMark Durkan Votes16,922 (44.66%)
Term05/17/2010 - 05/17/2015 Margin4,824 (+12.73%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartySinn Féin Won06/08/2017
NameElisha McCallion Votes18,256 (39.72%)
Term06/08/2017 - 12/12/2019 Margin169 (+0.37%)
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Name (I) MP Mark Durkan Gearóid Ó Heára Gary Middleton Julia Kee David Hawthorne Kyle Thompson Hamish Badenoch
PartySocial Democratic and Labour Sinn Féin Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist Alliance UK Independence Conservative
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Certified Votes 17,725 (47.90%) 11,679 (31.56%) 4,573 (12.36%) 1,226 (3.31%) 835 (2.26%) 832 (2.25%) 132 (0.36%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -6,046 (-16.34%) -13,152 (-35.54%) -16,499 (-44.59%) -16,890 (-45.65%) -16,893 (-45.65%) -17,593 (-47.55%)
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