South Tyrone was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one
Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922, using the
first past the post electoral system.
Prior to the 1885 redistribution the area was part of the
Tyrone constituency. From 1922 it formed part of the
Fermanagh and Tyrone constituency.
1885–1918: The baronies of Clogher and Dungannon Lower, and that part of the barony of Dungannon Middle consisting of the parishes of
Clonfeacle and
Donaghmore.
1918–1922: The rural district of Clogher, that part of the rural district of Cookstown consisting of the
district electoral divisions of The Sandholes and Stewartstown, that part of the rural district of Dungannon not contained in the
North East Tyrone constituency, that part of the rural district of Omagh consisting of the district electoral divisions of Carryglass, Derrybard, Dervaghroy, Draughton, Fallaghearn, Fintona, Seskinore and Tattymoyle, and the urban district of
Dungannon.
Politics
The constituency was a majority unionist area.
Sinn Féin and the Independent Nationalist candidate together polled about 2,500 votes less than the
Unionist received in 1918.