Ms Gildernew also appealled to Green Party and Alliance voters.
Battle lines already drawn for yet another election
MP Tom Elliott said he is prepared to do battle to retain his Westminster seat as voters in the North prepare to head to the polls again.
Fermanagh MP’s shock at Westminster attacks
FERMANAGH South Tyrone MP Tom Elliott has spoke of his shock at today’s attack at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. Earlier today one person was shot after stabbing a police officer outside parliament, while it is understood several people were injured in an incident on Westminster Bridge. The incidents, which are currently being treated […]
WATCH: Tom Elliott makes inaugural speech at Westminster
ULSTER Unionist MP Tom Elliot has made his inaugural speech at in the House of Commons in which he thanked the people of Fermanagh and South Tyrone who “took on a great challenge” to elect him.
Local SDLP divided over leader’s future
THERE are mixed views within SDLP members in Fermanagh with newly re-elected MP, Alasdair McDonnell insisting on holding on to the leadership despite the fact he will be giving up his seat in the Assembly and spending more time at Westminster.
ANALYSIS: Gildernew loss part of bigger picture as parties struggle to ‘get the vote out’
Getting the vote out isn’t the dead cert that it used to be and Maurice Kennedy reckons the parties will need to shape up quickly if they’re to stay in touch with young people incresingly turned off tribal politics…
Updated: Tom Elliott unseats Michelle Gildernew
Agreed unionist Tom Elliott has succeeded in his bid to unseat Sinn Fein candidate Michelle Gildernew.
Gildernew warns Orange Order getting the vote out for Elliott
MICHELLE GILDERNEW is warning voters that every last vote counts and claims the turnout within unionism will be higher in this year’s general election because, she claims, the Orange Order is playing a key role in mobilising support for her main rival, the UUP’s Tom Elliott.
Gildernew insists ‘never say never’ comments were ‘taken out of context’
LOCAL MP Michelle Gildernew, who last week hinted at a change in Sinn Fein’s opposition to taking their seats in Westminster when she quipped ‘never say never’, has this week claimed that the Herald quoted her out of context. She said she was a “never say never” type of person.