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Belfast West

Shows the general election results for Belfast West, which is a constituency in Belfast. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 62,423 and a turnout of 65.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SF
Sinn Féin Hold
Paul Maskey
Majority
21,652
Electorate
62,423
Turnout
65.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SF 66.7%
DUP 13.4%
PBPA 10.2%
SDLP 7.0%
APNI 1.8%
WP 0.9%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Paul Maskey  SF 27,107 66.7 12.5
Frank McCoubrey  DUP 5,455 13.4 5.6
Gerry Carroll  PBPA 4,132 10.2 -9.1
Tim Attwood  SDLP 2,860 7.0 -2.8
Sorcha Eastwood * APNI 731 1.8 0.0
Conor Campbell * WP 348 0.9 -0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SF DUP PBPA SDLP APNI WP UUP UKIP Con UCUNF Oth
2005 70.5% 10.6% 0.0% 14.6% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%
2010 71.1% 7.6% 0.0% 16.4% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0%
2015 54.2% 7.8% 19.2% 9.8% 1.8% 1.7% 3.1% 2.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 66.7% 13.4% 10.2% 7.0% 1.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
29 Belfast West 53.3%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
63 Belfast West 66.7%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
503 Belfast West 65.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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