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Election for the constituency of Belfast West on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Belfast West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Sinn Féin hold by Paul Maskey with a majority of 12,365 - 35.0% - on a turnout of 56.3%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MASKEY, Paul SF 19,163 54.2% -16.8%
CARROLL, Gerry PBPA 6,798 19.2% -
ATTWOOD, Alex SDLP 3,475 9.8% -6.5%
MCCOUBREY, Frank DUP 2,773 7.8% 0.3%
MANWARING, Bill UUP 1,088 3.1% -
HIGGINSON, Brian UKIP 765 2.2% -
CATNEY, Gerard APNI 636 1.8% -0.1%
LOWRY, John WP 597 1.7% -
SHEA, Paul Con 34 0.1% -

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 62,697, having a valid vote count of 35,329 and an invalid vote count of 281.

Result declared at 03:04 on 8 May 2015.