Newry and Armagh

Details of each count in 1998 election

Map by Conal Kelly

See also results of all Newry and Armagh elections 1993-2010 and full counts from 2003 and 2007. Spreadsheet for 1998 here (NB small correction to published result).

Stage 2: Of Mallon's 13582 votes, 5241 went to Fee and 4729 to Feely, thus 9970 (73.41%) to the other SDLP candidates; 1182 to McNamee, 550 to Hyland and 415 to Murphy, thus 2147 (15.81%) to the SF candidates; 590 (4.34%) to Fearon (NIWC); 303 (2.23%) to Allen (Ind); 195 (1.44%) to Whitcroft (Alliance); 68 to Speers and 64 to Kennedy, thus 132 (0.97%) to the UUP candidates; 8 (0.06%) to Berry (DUP); 6 (0.04%) to Frazer (Ulst Ind); and 5 (0.04%) to Evans (NLP) with 226 (1.66%) non-transferable.

Stage 5: Of the 668 votes transferred to Berry from Fearon, Allen and Frazer (probably most from Frazer), 484 probably transferred further (though mathematically it could have been 242). In that case, 324 went to Kennedy and 152 to Speers, thus 476 (71.26%) to the UUP candidates; 4 to Fee and 2 to Feely, thus 6 (0.90%) to the SDLP candidates; 2 to Hyland and none to McNamee, thus 2 (0.30%) to the SF candidates with 184 (27.54%) non-transferable.

Stage 7: Of the 4094 votes transferred from Speers to Kennedy, 1002 probably transferred further (though mathematically it could have been 2004). In that case 535 went to Feely and 435 to Fee, thus 970 (23.69%) to the SDLP candidates; 14 to Hyland, 12 to McNamee and 6 to Murphy, thus 32 (0.78%) to the SF candidates with 3092 (75.53%) non-transferable.

A good result for the DUP; not so good for the UUP who held this parliamentary seat from 1983 to 1986. The three SF candidates balanced their votes well but one was overtaken by the SDLP's John Fee.

Full 1998 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | West Tyrone | Upper Bann

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Nicholas Whyte, 15 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.