Apr 2026
A SF seat since 2010, held for 6 consecutive elections.
Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy means Órfhlaith Begley has cast zero votes in Westminster -- a deliberate political stance rather than absence or disengagement. Her most visible recent action was a prompt public response to a major industrial fire in Omagh in April 2026, where over 100 firefighters attended and a casualty was airlifted to hospital. Begley issued a swift statement commending emergency services, expressing concern for those injured, and advising constituents on road closures -- straightforward constituency communication during a local crisis.
Her wider news coverage over the past 90 days, across 28 articles, centres heavily on the local economy and jobs (11 articles), health (8), and agriculture. The farming stories largely feature Declan McAleer, an MLA rather than Begley herself, championing support payments for West Tyrone farmers on constrained land -- suggesting much of the rural economic advocacy for the area is being driven at Stormont rather than Westminster. With 0% voting participation as a matter of party policy, no committee memberships recorded, and no speech data available, her Westminster footprint is structurally limited.
Votes less often than 100% of MPs.
Current Member of Parliament
Órfhlaith Begley
Sinn FéinÓrfhlaith Begley is the Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone, and has been an MP continually since 3 May 2018.
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2024 General Election
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2019 GEWon West Tyrone By-election | SF | 22,711 | 52.0% |
| DUP | 6,794 | 15.6% | |
| SDLP | 5,821 | 13.3% | |
| UUP | 2,683 | 6.1% | |
| TUV | 2,530 | 5.8% | |
| APNI | 2,287 | 5.2% | |
| Ind | 778 | 1.8% | |
| Con | 91 | 0.2% |
2019 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2024 GEWon West Tyrone By-election | SF | 16,544 | 40.2% |
| DUP | 9,066 | 22.0% | |
| SDLP | 7,330 | 17.8% | |
| APNI | 3,979 | 9.7% | |
| UUP | 2,774 | 6.7% | |
| Ind | 972 | 2.4% | |
| Ind | 521 | 1.3% |
2018-05-03 West Tyrone By-election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2024 GEWon 2019 GE | SF | 16,346 | 46.7% |
| DUP | 8,390 | 23.9% | |
| SDLP | 6,254 | 17.9% | |
| UUP | 2,909 | 8.3% | |
| APNI | 1,130 | 3.2% |
2017 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 22,060 | 50.7% | |
| DUP | 11,718 | 26.9% | |
| SDLP | 5,635 | 13.0% | |
| UUP | 2,253 | 5.2% | |
| APNI | 1,000 | 2.3% | |
| Ind | 427 | 1.0% | |
| Ind | 393 | 0.9% |
2015 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2010 GE | SF | 16,807 | 43.5% |
| DUP | 6,747 | 17.4% | |
| SDLP | 6,444 | 16.7% | |
| UUP | 6,144 | 15.9% | |
| APNI | 869 | 2.3% | |
| Ind | 780 | 2.0% | |
| Ind | 528 | 1.4% | |
| Con | 169 | 0.4% | |
| Ind | 166 | 0.4% |
2010 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2015 GE | SF | 18,050 | 48.4% |
| DUP | 7,365 | 19.8% | |
| Ind | 5,281 | 14.2% | |
| SDLP | 5,212 | 14.0% | |
| APNI | 859 | 2.3% | |
| Ind | 508 | 1.4% |
Timeline
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Sign up freeBegley’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.
Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Begley has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.
Issue volume
Not enough division data yet for an issue breakdown.
Notable votes
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
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