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Sinn Fein hold Mid Ulster seat

02:05, Mar 8 2013

 

Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy has won the Mid Ulster Westminster by-election.

The outgoing principal deputy speaker at the Northern Ireland Assembly succeeds party colleague and Stormont deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.

Mr Molloy secured 17,462 votes.

His main rival for the seat - agreed unionist candidate Nigel Lutton - polled 12,781.

Of the remaining two candidates, Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA Patsy McGlone polled 6,478 votes and the Alliance party's Eric Bullick secured 487.

 

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