of his seat as was widely predicted among political pundits, the seat subsequently fell to Sinn Féin with Murphy out polling the SDLP by almost 8000 votes. Newry is overwhelmingly nationalist, and was one of two districts in Northern Ireland to return a numerical majority of people identifying themselves as "Irish" at the 2011 census at 52.1% Irish. Armagh is more unionist, though it does have a larger proportion of people identifying as "Irish" in comparison to the Northern Ireland average at 44.4% "British" 32.4% "Irish". Members of Parliament The Member of Parliament since the 2015 general election is Mickey Brady of Sinn Féin. He succeeded his party colleague, Conor Murphy who had gained the seat from the SDLP in 2005. Election results Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s 1997 Changes are compared to the 1992 notional results shown below. Elections in the 1980s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency) References External links 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) Politics Resources Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland Politics of Newry Politics of Armagh (city) Politics of County Armagh Politics of County Down